I'm sad.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

I'm sad. This first snowstorm was too much for my locust tree. It split right in the middle.
#snow

[ottaross@mastodon.social]

@dillyd Condolences. Hope an arborist (or you!) can maybe save it still.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@ottaross
I hope so!

[gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org]

@dillyd @ottaross

If it is a Robinia pseudoacacia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia_pseudoacacia — is robust enough to survive.

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@GustavinoBevilacqua @ottaross it is!

[gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org]

@dillyd @ottaross

Here it is considered almost an "invasive" plant, and it is also the oldest planted tree in Paris:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_of_Square_Ren%C3%A9-Viviani

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@GustavinoBevilacqua @ottaross wow, amazing that their oldest tree isn't a native.

[gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org]

@dillyd @ottaross

The "planted" (and documented) one: probably there are older native trees.

It seems the oldest French tree is this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennial_olive_tree_of_Roquebrune_Cap-Martin