Vaidava Willow

Nature

When we think of willow we think of small trees planted in parks. Sometimes it even can be mistaken as a bush.

But not if we let it grow in natural habitat for more than hundred years, then its girth of the trunk can reach almost 9 meters near the soil and the crown about 26 meters in diameter. That is what has happened to Vaidava Willow near Dzenīši farmstead. Growing there for more than 120 years it is now the largest willow in Europe.

About 100 meters from this willow there was once one even greater. Unfortunately it wasn’t spared in the storm in 1992.


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Photo: Thanks to Ape town Tourism Information Center.

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