Centuries-old ‘hidden’ oak wins tree of the year vote …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
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A centuries-old Skipinnish Oak named after a Scottish band has won this year’s Tree of the Year contest.
The oak, thought to be at least 400 years old and hidden away in a Sitka spruce plantation in Lochaber, in the Scottish Highlands, is a surviving remnant of the native ecosystem, playing host to rare lichens and other species, the Woodland Trust said.
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