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Post by Bonobo on Jul 3, 2009 20:41:06 GMT 1
Bartek the Oak in danger
thenews.pl
24.06.2009
Poland's most famous tree – the oak named `Bartek' – is said to be in a poor condition and needs intensive care!
Research by a Polish-German team has revealed that the decay process is faster than the growth of the tree. There is a need to construct an intricate system of support columns to protect the tree's branches. The research has also shown that the oxygen content in the soil surrounding the oak is too small. The local authorities are looking for a sponsor to finance the conservation project.
`Bartek' grows in Zagnansk near Kielce in the Swietokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains. Its age, long estimated at up to 1200 years, has recently been established at 625 years.
The tree measures 13,5 metres round its girth near the ground and its circumference at breast height is about 40 metres. Legend has it that King Jan III Sobieski, who rested under this tree on his way back after the victorious Battle of Vienna in 1683, hid a Turkish sabre and a bottle of wine inside the oak.
The tree became a listed monument of nature in 1952. 
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 15, 2018 22:56:32 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Mar 16, 2018 1:39:39 GMT 1
Once a week I have a lesson in a living room decorated with a giant picture of certain pine which grows in Pieniny Mountains and it has become a cult tree here. I think it is even more famous than the oldest oak. Tourists post hundreds photos of the pine. Is the attraction that it is the small, strong, determined tree that beats the odds of survival and keeps growing if even in a twisted manner? A metaphor people like to embrace to help themselves get through the rigors of life? These mountains look like a sleeping dinosaur!!...or, should I say dragon, since it is sleeping in Poland??  |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 16, 2018 22:32:04 GMT 1
Is the attraction that it is the small, strong, determined tree that beats the odds of survival and keeps growing if even in a twisted manner? A metaphor people like to embrace to help themselves get through the rigors of life? These mountains look like a sleeping dinosaur!!...or, should I say dragon, since it is sleeping in Poland?? Hmm, quite possible, one should do some research on the motifs.  However, I think the main reason is that so many tourists visit the place and each of them feels obliged to take a photo and then share it with all they can. :0 Dragon/Dino Mountains are called Pieniny (meaningless word) and the summit visible is Three Crowns. Not the highest in Poland but one of most picturesque.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 3, 2018 19:13:39 GMT 1
Local residents protested against the plans to remove their leaning pine, the symbol of the district. The mayor decided to keep it after the examination proved the tree is in a very good condition.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 3, 2018 19:19:07 GMT 1
Do you remember this pine from my holiday photos?   |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 28, 2018 17:48:43 GMT 1
Once a week I have a lesson in a living room decorated with a giant picture of certain pine which grows in Pieniny Mountains and has become a cult tree here. I think it is even more famous than the oldest oaks. Tourists post hundreds photos of the pine.  oops, the most famous tree got damaged by a helicopter during a rescue operation. They had to cut off its top branch. What a pity.   |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 23, 2019 23:48:14 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Feb 28, 2019 1:40:25 GMT 1
There is a large old tree in the town next to mine that is growing like this one...it is in someone's front yard; I see it every time I drive by and wonder how old it is. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 6, 2019 21:14:35 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 14, 2019 15:29:16 GMT 1
The oldest tree in Poland is 1300 yo. Henryk`s yew.    |
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Post by jeanne on Aug 18, 2019 20:27:58 GMT 1
The oldest tree in Poland is 1300 yo. Henryk`s yew. Why is the scaffolding there...what are they doing to the tree? |
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 21, 2019 7:44:35 GMT 1
The oldest tree in Poland is 1300 yo. Henryk`s yew. Why is the scaffolding there...what are they doing to the tree? Ordinary conservation of an old tree. E..g, they play woodpeckers. ): |
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Post by jeanne on Aug 21, 2019 23:58:09 GMT 1
Why is the scaffolding there...what are they doing to the tree? Ordinary conservation of an old tree. E..g, they play woodpeckers. ): Sorry, but I need a little more explanation before I "get" what you mean. It seems to me woodpeckers do the opposite of conservation work...especially on an old tree! |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 1, 2019 8:39:45 GMT 1
Sorry, but I need a little more explanation before I "get" what you mean. It seems to me woodpeckers do the opposite of conservation work...especially on an old tree! If woodepeckers were harmful, they would be declared pests/vermine and shoot down from trees en masse. But they aren`t coz they pick bugs and their eggs from the bark and under it. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 4, 2021 22:34:25 GMT 1
The iconic pine tree from Pieniny Mountains lost another branch   |
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