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View of the Fortingall Yew, an ancient European yew (Taxus baccata) in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall, Scotland. Considered one of the oldest trees in Britain, modern estimates place its age at an average of 5,000 years. This makes it one of the oldest non-clonal trees in Europe. The trunk was recorded in 1769 as having a girth of 52', but since then the heartwood has decayed. The tree is male but one branch has started to bear berries.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortingall_Yew
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