Talk:List of trees

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Removed from the List of individual trees:

"*Tyburn Tree, the name given to a gallows which stood in London, England between 1571 and 1783. The name is derived from elm trees which stood near the site, which was used as a place of execution before the construction of the gallows."

Tyburn 'tree' is not a tree at all, it is a figurative term for a (wooden) gallows, and derives from the gallows situated at Tybrun in London. The place name does not derive from elms, but means 'boundary place'. - MPF 09:35, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

"The General Grant tree, the official Christmas tree of the United States..." My impression is that the official tree is on the White house lawn. Wetman 06:36, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Verified. Official designation is "Nation's Christmas Tree."

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[edit] Page title

This page should be moved back to List of famous trees. It is a listing of notable individual trees; List of trees instead suggests a list of tree species or genera. - MPF 20:44, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. Either that or add in famous/important tree species/groups. EG - Wollemia

[edit] adding to list

What criteria are being used for addition of trees to this list?

Courtland 02:58, 2005 May 29 (UTC)

[edit] The Wonderboom

The article at Wonderboom is pretty lame, but maybe it could be fleshed out and added to this list.72.196.104.129 01:07, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should the joshua tree from U2's album be included?

Has there been any prior discussion on whether the actual joshua tree, as seen on the cover of U2's "The Joshua Tree" album, belongs on this page? It could be added to the list of famous North American historical trees, or under the North American "other" section.

Pros: It's well recognized, or at least the album cover is. People make pilgrimages to the site of the tree.

Cons: Joshua trees technically aren't trees. But there's no "List of famous yuccas" page. Its location isn't well-known.

GMOTSL 02:29, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] methuselah still the oldest tree?

I just read this article on MSN talking about five thousand to seven thousand year old hybrid scrub oaks: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19577541/

[edit] Anne Frank Tree

How about the Anne Frank Tree? What is the criteria? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.44.61 (talk) 17:30, 29 September 2007 (UTC)