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Re: List of individual trees

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Post by vanderZwan » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC

rplnt wrote: post #12

However obscure this page might be, I was there just a few days ago. Clicked on it from this article about a tree that was cut down, and it was apparently a big thing in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Gap_tree

I remember that incident! As a side-effect I discovered that beautiful panorama picture[0], which was perfect for my two-monitors-plus-laptop-screen set-up aside from the low resolution, so I used my stippling notebook[1] to hide that a little bit[2]. I could probably tweak the stippling settings a bit to have prettier output, but it's been my wallpaper for over two years now.

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Sycamore...

[1] https://observablehq.com/@jobleonard/a-fast-colored-stipple-...

[2] https://blindedcyclops.neocities.org/sycamore_gap_tree_pano/... https://blindedcyclops.neocities.org/sycamore_gap_tree_pano/... https://blindedcyclops.neocities.org/sycamore_gap_tree_pano/...

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by domh » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC

jcul wrote: post #29

domh wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was huge news in the UK when it happened. Massive public uproar for an illegal felling. The perpetrators were both jailed: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6295zv9101o

I can understand the outrage. Was there any motivation given for why they cut it down? Just vandalism?

Yeah I think so. Attention seeking, maybe something to do with a planning application to live somewhere being rejected too: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn811px4m7mo

Honestly it's my first time looking at the story for a while! I just knew they got jail time for it.

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by thinkingemote » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC

kreeben wrote: post #34

Why is Pippi Longstocking's "soda pop tree" not on the list? It's dying and the whole of Sweden are freaking out. We're putting tax payer money on solving its disease. We're developing a vaccine to try and save it for gods sake. Yes, this is a very LOL type of situation to the rest of the world, I know that. But it's not a laughing matter in Sweden: https://www.slu.se/nyheter/2025/11/pippis-sockerdrickstrad-r...

Does the tree have a Wikipedia article about it? If not you can add it. If it does, you can add it to the list.

Wikipedia allows anyone to edit and contribute! (although many users don't know that and a smaller than miniscule amount of users actually do.)

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by smusamashah » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC

croisillon wrote: post #23

kelseyfrog wrote: post #3

Several more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Individual_physical_o... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_individual_a...

The list of animals has dolphins and birds but not humans?

A different list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_hominids#Humans

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by kilroy123 » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC

Slightly off topic but does anyone know where to get a huge dataset of tree images? I'm talking millions.

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by autoexec » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC

kelseyfrog wrote: post #3

Several more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Individual_physical_o... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_individual_a...

I'm surprised that the Katamari games include a longer list of physical objects than wikipedia.

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by dspillett » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC

sph wrote: post #37

cbdevidal wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My dumb butt thought it was gonna be a list of every tree in the world, all eight gazillion of them

I did a search, there are an estimated 3 trillion trees in the world; somehow that's much fewer than I expected.

It is actually three treellion.

Even nature likes a terrible pun.

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by esperent » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC

317070 wrote: post #15

esperent wrote: post #5

> A tree located in an established gay cruising area, noted for its slender trunk which facilitates gay sex. The mind boggles haha I can't believe this got past the Wikipedia editors.

Why would it have been stopped? I don't see anything non-factual, and I regularly pass by that tree. It is well known and referenced [1]. [1] https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/07/hampstead-heaths-...

"slender trunk which facilitates gay sex"

You don't see the euphemism?

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by esperent » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

anotherblue wrote: post #19

esperent wrote: post #5

> A tree located in an established gay cruising area, noted for its slender trunk which facilitates gay sex. The mind boggles haha I can't believe this got past the Wikipedia editors.

Wikipedia is not censored.

No, but editors there are quite notorious for lacking a sense of humor. I'm not surprised it's listed, I'm surprised that particular euphemistic description remains.

Re: List of individual trees

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Post by NicuCalcea » Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

esperent wrote: post #5

> A tree located in an established gay cruising area, noted for its slender trunk which facilitates gay sex. The mind boggles haha I can't believe this got past the Wikipedia editors.

It's a pretty notorious tree in London, don't see a reason why it wouldn't be included.