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Trees

Outstanding trees, record trees, interesting trees, alleys.

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The Ives spruce
This is the thickest and mightiest Norwegian spruce (Picea abies) in Latvia. Its monolithic trunk, with its small holes, is unusual. The tree is in the overgrown park of the former Īve Estate, behind the ruins of the mansion.
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Turbu ozols

Turbu dižozols aug Mazās Juglas stāvkrastā, atpūtas kompleksa Turbas teritorijā. Dižozols ir aptuveni 800 gadu vecs, tā apkārtmērs ir 7,1 m, augstums - 27 m, vainags 18x16 m. Dižozols ir ļoti labā stāvoklī. Zaļo viss vainags. Ozolā ligzdo pūce, kā arī iecienījuši daudzi citi putni. Zinātāji runā, ka Ozols ir ar spēcīgu  dziedniecisku enerģiju.

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The Sasmaka idolatry lime tree of Valdemarpils
This is Latvia’s largest small-leaved lime tree (Tilia cordata). Some of its mighty branches are held up by supports. There are large holes in the trunk that have been covered up to prevent water entering the holes and causing even more rot. Just like many other trees of this size, this was a sacred tree in the past
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The Zilenu ash tree
This is the thickest European Ash (Fraxius excelsior) in Latvia and the Baltic States. The homestead where the tree is found is the memorial museum of the painter Ģederts Eliass, and for that reason, the tree is sometimes also known as the Eliass ash tree.
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The Kanepju oak tree
This is the second thickest tree in Latvia and the Baltic States. There is a large and open hole in the trunk of the tree. Like most trees of its size, it has suffered lightning damage. The tree is a wonderful part of the landscape, and a little wooden fence has been put up around it.
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The Vicezu ash tree
A very beautiful and expressive tree, it is found on the land of what was once the Vīceži Semi-estate.
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The Meru oak tree
This tree is the one in Latvia and perhaps the Baltic States that has the densest foliage. Its crown measures 33 x 31 metres.
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The Ciemgalu wild apple tree
This is the thickest European wild apple tree in Latvia. It is just lovely when it is blossoming.
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The Great Pine of Bigaunciems
The Great Pine of Bigauņciems outside the Dižpriede café,
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The remaining fragment of the Zauskas pine tree
In 1951, when it died, the pine tree had a circumference of 4.63 metres. It was the thickest pine tree in the Baltic States This is one of the few trees with such a long history for which age has been determined by counting up circles – 370 years. All that’s left is a conserved part of the stump at the side of the road. Cross-sections of the stump are on exhibit at the Latvian Museum of Nature and the Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum.
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The Dzenisu willow tree
This is certainly the thickest White Willow (Salix alba) in Latvia and perhaps the thickest one in the Baltic States. Many of its mighty branches are resting on the ground, and the enormous monolithic trunk has been split. There’s a small information stand alongside the tree. A pathway which starts at the Raganu cliffs can be taken to the tree.
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The Kandavas pear tree
This is the thickest wild pear tree in Latvia. The tree is particularly beautiful when it is blossoming.
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The Araisu pine tree
This is an unusually shaped pine which, according to legend, was planted by the king of Sweden during the Great Northern War.
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The Auzulu lime tree
Before a great storm in 2005, this was one of the tallest and most noble lime trees in Latvia. Now only one branch is still alive.
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The Rutinu maple tree
This is a large, outstanding and expressive tree, Latvia’s thickest Norway Maple (Accer platanoides).
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The Balozu juniper
This is the thickest common juniper (Juniperus communis) in Latvia and the Baltic States. It stands in the middle of a field and looks wonderful. The tree is sometimes known as the Rieteklis juniper, because the Latvian poet Rieteklis (Jūlijs Eduars Balodis, 1856-1940) like to sit under it.
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The Sejas oak tree
This tree is in the park of the Sēja Estate and is one of the four trees in Latvia that have a circumference of more than four metres.
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The Dainu black alder tree
This is the thickest Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Latvia
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The Niglini linden tree

An impressive two-trunk tree at the Nigliņi homestead, this is one of the most impressive trees on the Liv Shore.  The Liv language teacher Zoja Sīle was born here.  The Medieval Old Cemetery Hill – once used as burial grounds – is nearby.

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The Zentenes yew tree
This is the thickest and tallest common ivy in Latvia. It is in the park of the Zentene Estate, opposite the mansion (which is now a school).
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The Glika oak trees
This is one of the rare cases in which we know precisely when the trees were planted. It was in 1685 and 1689, and they were planted by the priest of the local congregation, Ernest Johann Glück (1654-1705) in commemoration of the fact that he had completed the translation into Latvian of the Old Testament and the New Testament respectively.
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The Dambju oak tree
The tree is on the side of a hillock, and its visible roots are unusually huge.
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The Vaidavas pine tree
This tree, too, was supposedly planted by the king of Sweden – and upside down, no less.
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The Rigzemju oak tree
The tree is in the middle of an untended field. Despite many dead branches and the messy surroundings, the tree is beautiful and well visible from the road. It is the third thickest tree in the Baltic States.
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The Oak of Kemeri
The Oak of Kemeri which grows in front of the Pienenīte preschool on Tukums Street is of local importance and is protected.
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The Kaive Oak
Most of the great tree’s mighty branches are gone, and among those that are still there, the thickest ones are held up by supports, and the tree’s hollow centre is protected against snow and rain with a little roof. This is the thickest Common Oak (Quercus robur) in Latvia and the Baltic States. Indeed, it is one of the thickest oak trees in all of Northern Europe. The tree is a gorgeous part of the surrounding landscape. There is a car park and an information stand nearby.
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The Sausupju birch tree
This is the thickest birch (Betula pendula) tree in Latvia and can be seen from the Klapkalnciems-Milzkalne road.
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The Allu (Tiltinu) pine tree
This is Latvia’s thickest common pine (Pinus slyvestris)
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The mighty oak tree of Kvepene

After the death of the Kalnasikšņi oak tree, which was the mightiest tree in the Gauja National Park, the mighty Kvēpene oak tree has taken over that role. It has a circumference of 6.1 m, a height of 20 m, and a crown which measures 28 x 30 m. The beautiful tree is on the right bank of the Gauja River valley and is one of the most excellent trees in Latvia. Near it is the forested Kvēpene castle hill, as is the Svētavots stream, which is reputed to have medicinal waters. To the North of the castle hill is the Rūsiņš hillock, which offers a good view of the surrounding forests, the towers of the city of Cēsis, Ieriķi, and the Rakšupe estuary at the Gauja. There is a bench at the top of the hillock from which lovely sunsets can be seen.