300-year-old Polish beech voted Tree of the Year

bbc.co.uk

222 points by n1b0m a month ago


emacdona - a month ago

Loved the article. Texted it to my family group chat. My wife told me she had to close it immediately because the ads were so bad.

I checked it in a browser without an ad blocker. TWO overlay (one after the other) that covered the entire content of the page. Then ads, ads, and more ads in the content.

I get that the BBC needs to make money to produce content. But what good does it do for an advertiser to have ads be so annoying that people without ad blockers are just closing the page? What good does it to for an advertiser to be one of ten different brands being advertised on the same page?

pneumic - a month ago

The genteel American Beech is currently threatened by disease. Where I live in New England is covered in beeches, and starting last year I have not seen a single one that doesn’t show symptoms of infection: https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/delivering-mission/sustain...

hsshhshshjk - a month ago

https://www.treeoftheyear.org/vote

Here's where the BBC got their information from. Let's give them the traffic :)

randerson - a month ago

"... for it's fourth consecutive time".

Given the rate at which trees grow, perhaps they should change this to tree of the decade?

yakshaving_jgt - a month ago

There was apparently quite a big social media campaign for voting for these trees, with some notable grumpiness from Spain that Poland keeps winning.

jmclnx - a month ago

Too bad the US did not have this contest, but that would mean it would have to care for the environment. Maybe Canada and Mexico can get together to have NA Contest.

All the pics were beautiful.

rsynnott - a month ago

> The Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills, a breathtaking 300-year-old beech, has won Poland the European Tree of the Year award for the fourth consecutive time.

Hardly seems fair; what chance do any of the other trees have? Like, if it’s Best Tree now, it will probably continue to be.

EDIT: Oh, apparently it was _different_ Polish trees! Last year was a different Polish tree, also a beech. So that seems fair enough.

calrain - a month ago

That Scottish tree is amazing

karaterobot - a month ago

I bet a lot of money on that Latvian oak tree, looks like I'm going to have to tighten up the old belt for a few months. I thought it was a sure thing!

scyzoryk_xyz - a month ago

„survivors” „witnesses of history” „testament to tradition”

I do wonder if the trees share in a mutual understanding of all these human metaphors and language.

s0rce - a month ago

We should start The America's tree of the year. I nominate a bristlecone pine and a monkey puzzle tree.

CyberDildonics - a month ago

Shouldn't it be tree of the year every year? What tree is catching up to it and overtaking it?

uwagar - a month ago

hope some vandals now dont chop it!

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vkou - a month ago

Given that both the winner and the runner-ups are all in Europe. I suppose that other continents just don't have any trees of note.

fabrixxm - a month ago

No. 1 The Beech.