Trees

Trees I'd like to visit before I die:

Asia

• The Cedars of God, a small forest of about 400 Lebanon Cedar trees at about 2,300 meters above sea level in the mountains of northern Lebanon. The Cedars of Lebanon are mentioned in the Bible over 70 times and used as symbols of the Messiah, and were prized by historical figures such as Herod, Alexander, and Caesar.
• The Great Banyan in the botanical garden near Kolkata of Indian Baynan with a crown circumference of over 330m.
• The Sri Maha Bodhi tree, a Sacred Fig propagated from the Bodhi tree, planted in 22BC at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
• The 450 year-old giant banyan tree at Adyar in Chennai, India in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters under which people listened to discourses by luminaries such as J. Krishnamurti, Annie Besant and Maria Montessori.
• Jomon Sugi, a very large, old Sugi on Yakushima island, Japan.
• The Strangler Fig trees at Ta Prohm, Angkor, Cambodia

Europe

• Granit oak, an oak in Granit village near Stara Zagora in Bulgaria; one of the oldest trees in Europe, estimated to be about 1650 years old. Its crown spread covers an area of 1017 square metres, its girth is 7.45 m and its height is 23.4 m.
• Bartek, an oak grows in Zagnansk in Swietokrzyskie Mountains; the most famous tree in Poland, said to be about 1200 years old, but after research more accurately about 650 years, 30 m tall, measures 9.5 m in girth at breast hight and 13.5 m near the ground and its crown spread is about 40 m.
• Fortingall Yew, a yew at Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; probably the oldest tree in Europe, thought by some to be about 4,000 years old.
• Gernikako Arbola, an oak representing the Basque people, at Guernica, Spain.
• Kongeegen (the King Oak), an ancient Pedunculate oak in Jægerspris Nordskov, Sjælland, Denmark; estimated to be over 1200 years old, one of the oldest oaks in the world.
• Major Oak, an ancient Pedunculate oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England, the most famous and most visited tree of Great Britain. About 800 years old, with a girth at breast hight of 10.5 m.
• Ivenack Oak, a huge and ancient Pedunculate oak in Ivenack, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, thought to be about 800 years old, 35 m tall, 11 m in girth at breast hight and 16.5 m near the ground. The largest oak of Germany and (in wood volume) probably of Europe.
• Baikushev's Pine, an ancient Bosnian Pine in the Pirin mountains near Bansko, Bulgaria, estimated to be 1300 years old, 24 m tall, 6.9 m in girth at breast height. One of the oldest trees of Bulgaria.

North America

• The Angel Oak, a Southern live oak on Johns Island, South Carolina, is estimated at 1400 years of age. The tree and surrounding park have been owned by the neighboring city of Charleston since 1991.
• The Balmville Tree, the oldest eastern cottonwood in the Eastern United States, in Balmville, New York.
• Banyan Tree Park, a 132 year-old tree in Lāhainā, Hawai'i. The tree was imported from India and was 2.5 m (8 feet) tall when it was planted in 1873 by Sheriff William O. Smith to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Christian missionary work. The tree is now 18 m (60 feet) high with 12 major trunks.
• El Árbol del Tule, the stoutest tree in the world, a Montezuma Cypress in Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• The Devil's Tree, in Bernards Township, New Jersey. Solitary oak is believed to punish those who damage or disrespect it.
• El Palo Alto, a Coast Redwood in Palo Alto, California.
• The General Grant tree, the "Nation's Christmas Tree" of the United States, a Giant Sequoia in Kings Canyon National Park, California.
• The General Sherman tree, the world's largest living thing, a Giant Sequoia in Sequoia National Park, California.
• The Hangman's Elm, an English Elm and the oldest known tree in Manhattan.
• Kiidk'yaas, a rare golden Sitka Spruce sacred to the Haida, on Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada.
• The Lone Cypress, a dramatically situated Monterey Cypress on the 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, California.
• Methuselah, the oldest known living organism (approximately 4,700 years), a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine in California.
• Pando (Quaking Aspen), an aspen colony, is the oldest known clonal colony at possibly 80,000 years, and the heaviest at six million kilograms (6,000 tonnes).
• The Queens Giant, a Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in northeast Queens, New York that is 40 m (134 feet) tall and 350-450 years old. It is the oldest living thing in the New York metropolitan area.
• Stratosphere Giant, tallest tree in the world, a Coast Redwood in California.
• Treaty Oak, in Austin, Texas.
• The Tree That Owns Itself, a white oak tree that owns itself and all land within 2.5 m (8 feet) of it in Athens, Georgia.
• The Washington tree, a Giant Sequoia in California.
• The Big Tree - Goose Island, Texas' Largest Tree in Goose Island State Park, Rockport, Texas.

Oceania

• Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, Karri forest fire lookout tree with accessible platform, near Manjimup, Australia.
• Diamond Tree, Karri forest fire lookout tree with accessible wooden platform (52m high), 10km from Manjimup, Australia.
• Gloucester Tree, Western Australia's most famous Karri tree, with accessible aluminium platform, in Gloucester National Park (61m high), Australia.
• Old Gum Tree, Glenelg, Australia
• The Tree of Knowledge near Barcaldine, Queensland under which the Australian Labour Party was traditionally founded.
• Tane Mahuta ('Lord of the Forest'), a giant Kauri in Northland Region, New Zealand.
• Te Matua Ngahere ('Father of the Forest'), another giant Kauri in New Zealand.