FarrellSRNov 30, 2022
Maritza Campos ☑
I love it in here. There's currently a hashtag named #thicktrunktuesday that is basically pics of massive, beautiful trees.
I humbly submit El Tule, an incredible ahuehuete from the state I was born, Oaxaca. It's over 2000 years old. "Tule" means "Tree of Enlightment" #Oaxaca #Mexico #ElTule It has the thickest trunk in the world.
Nov 29, 2022 at 8:26pmWeb
Show threadJordiBeltranNov 29, 2022
@maritzac wow… sin palabras
Show threadSoniaRaySNov 29, 2022
@maritzac WOW! You’ve just won this hashtag!
Show threadMaritza Campos ☑Nov 29, 2022
@soniasivewright I love this tree and I'm happy more people can know about it!
Show threadSoniaRaySNov 29, 2022
@maritzac It’s amazing 😃
Show threadDaisy SpringNov 29, 2022
@maritzac I think you’d also enjoy #thicktrunktuesday @natterjack2 . Take a look.
Show threadLeesamkapNov 29, 2022
@maritzac wow!
Show threadRevNancyFitzNov 29, 2022
@maritzac WOW that’s quite a tree! #thicktrunktuesday
Show threadJoão PinheiroNov 29, 2022
@maritzac What a beautiful tree! @isabelpinheiro
Show threadIsabel PinheiroNov 30, 2022
@joaopinheiro Indeed!
Show threadJohn G FitzgeraldNov 30, 2022
@maritzac That's one mighty tree. 2,000 years old and still growing.
Show threadMaritza Campos ☑Nov 30, 2022
@j_g_fitzgerald Imagine how much history it has witnessed!
Show threadKaybeeNov 30, 2022
@maritzac that’s one single tree?
Show threadMaritza Campos ☑Nov 30, 2022
@kaybee One single tree! They had done genetic studies on different sections. It's a single organism.
Show threadKaybeeNov 30, 2022
@maritzac that is amazing! Nature is just awesome when you really dig in and look at it!
Show threadnickNov 30, 2022
@maritzac i visited this tree! so amazing.
Show threadMaritza Campos ☑Nov 30, 2022
@nickterry did you see the animal shapes? :D
Show threadnickNov 30, 2022
@maritzac we did lol! junior guide's notes were 10/10 😂
Show threadUnprecedented 2023Nov 30, 2022
@maritzac Ohhhh my! 😳😳
Show threadfritzcokidNov 30, 2022
@maritzac spectacular ✨️
Show threadHaddagutfullNov 30, 2022
@maritzac
What an amazing and glorious tree, a true sentinel.
Show threadDerek Caelin is writing a bookNov 30, 2022
@maritzac I am astounded. How wonderful!
Show threadEarthistNov 30, 2022
@maritzac what a magnificent living organism! Wow. People just have to be humbled living near El Tule.
Show threadRC HopgoodNov 30, 2022
@maritzac Bello! Aqui comparto uno de mis favoritos. #ThickTrunkTuesday. Un arbol de Ceiba.
Show threadLPSNov 30, 2022
@maritzac incredible!!!
Show threadMarkNov 30, 2022
@maritzac That trunk crosses a few time zones
Show threadJohn ChapmanNov 30, 2022
@maritzac Not sure about that. There are many old churchyards which are surrounded by a ring of yew trees - except yews die in the middle and spread out. The curchyards are surrounded by a single tree! As to age, many cuurches were built on former pagan worship sites and the yews may well be more than 2,000 years old.
Show threadStuart Celarier ❌👑Nov 30, 2022

@jaydax @maritzac
John, you could look it up quite easily instead of speculating. Google is your friend.

I looked at several sources for trees of the greatest girth and none of them mentioned the ones you proposed, so it doesn't seem like your supposition is correct.
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Show threadJohn ChapmanNov 30, 2022
@VisualStuart @maritzac
1. https://www.treesforcities.org/stories/sacred-trees#:~:text=Yews%20and%20rebirth,to%20create%20new%20hallowed%20land.
2. http://www.tree-ring.co.uk/Research/Yew%20Trees.htm
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Show threadStuart Celarier ❌👑Dec 1, 2022
@jaydax @maritzac
Ah, got it. I believe you are mistaken, and perhaps confused by the terms. El Arbol del Tule has a girth (circumference) of 36m. The first article mentions a grove of Yew trees, the largest of which has a girth of 6m. The map in the second article suggests girths up to 20m (approx 7m in diameter). The relevance of Yew trees becoming hollow is that the innermost tree rings are not available for dating the exact age of the tree. They are quite old.
Show threadKristFistNov 30, 2022
@maritzac #proLife4Trees
Show threadstefan hartwigNov 30, 2022
@maritzac the others were amazing, probably even more so in person, but this one is mind blowing. so cool!
Show threadjajaNov 30, 2022
@maritzac
How magnificent! Are you fortunate enough to have visited it in real life?
Show threadMaritza Campos ☑Nov 30, 2022
@jaimeJ Yeah, many times! It's breathtaking in person!
Show threadBushbarkNov 30, 2022
@maritzac stunning
Show threadAlaricNov 30, 2022
@maritzac looks healthy!
Show threadSuzPedNov 30, 2022
@maritzac I adore trees and photograph them a lot!! This is FANTASTIC!!!
Show threadMaritza Campos ☑Nov 30, 2022
@suzannepedersen trees are incredible ♥
Show threadKim007Nov 30, 2022
@maritzac if only it could tell us it’s thoughts! I love this, thank you for sharing!
Show threadCLAUDIO MARTIGNONINov 30, 2022

@maritzac hermoso post. Gracias x compartirlo

beautiful post. Thanks for sharing

Show threadtakeoNov 30, 2022
@maritzac I was just there on Saturday and posted my pic of it today as well! It’s amazing and Oaxaca is an incredible place!
Show threadKazNov 30, 2022
@maritzac that is one special piece of nature
Show threadJennyDNov 30, 2022
@maritzac
THAT is the most spectacular tree I have ever seen! I swear it's so majestic that even just seeing the photo I feel like bowing down to it. Just gorgeous!
Show thread@Regia_MTNov 30, 2022
@maritzac Great! I love #ElTule 💚.
Show threadfhaedraNov 30, 2022
@maritzac Wow…Winner! ✨
Show threadOriginal.p.hNov 30, 2022
@maritzac Ohfuckyeaheh that’s a big tree
Show threadRichard 🏳️‍🌈Nov 30, 2022
@maritzac !Que increíble!
Show threadDebby RyanNov 30, 2022
@maritzac Words are inadequate to express how incredible this tree is. Hard to imagine all that it has seen and heard!
Show threadShe’s GoneNov 30, 2022
@maritzac Stunningly beautiful!
Show threadOleg "Ole" R. 🇱🇹🇨🇦🇺🇦Nov 30, 2022
@maritzac Subscribed!! This is so good 😌😌😌
Show threadRabbi Jill ZimmermanNov 30, 2022
@maritzac @hardyoyo that’s AMAZINGLY gorgeous!
Show threadMileHighGuyNov 30, 2022
@maritzac That's a good one!
Show threadbshawlangNov 30, 2022
@maritzac I took this picture of these three little birds on that tree. Just like the song 🎶
Show threadMaritza Campos ☑Nov 30, 2022
@bshawlang nooo i love them so much!!
Show threadAnnaNov 30, 2022
@maritzac I took a similar photo from when I visited it in 2007!!
Show threadChrizNov 30, 2022
@maritzac 😮
Show thread@martlund 🌲🐶🇸🇪🇨🇱🌈Nov 30, 2022
@maritzac Oaxaca is a place of enchantment. What a fabulous tree!
Show threadRafael DeSoto JrNov 30, 2022
@maritzac You win best thick trunk tuesday!
Show threadEarl Dave of MaegonSaete 🖖Nov 30, 2022
@maritzac I think all 2000 year old trees are enlightened 😉
Show threadMeeshyNov 30, 2022
@maritzac that's amazing
Show threadClaire MirandaNov 30, 2022
@maritzac How glorious!