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Veteran Tree WWI
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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴
April 21, 2023
Cycling
Veteran trees are monumental trees that are in the decay phase. Even more than dead wood, they play a crucial role for biodiversity. As soon as a tree enters the …
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Dirk V 🚲 🚶📷
July 11, 2021
Cycling
The Veteran Tree, this beech survived the two world wars, in itself very surprising because many trees disappeared, especially during the first war. The occupier needed a lot of material to keep his war machine running and especially tall trees had to be cut down because otherwise the opponents could use them as a lookout.
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