Obviously not, but also trees don't hold tree of the year competitions for themselves. This is a human competition for humans. I was quite moved when I saw an

Obviously not, but also trees don't hold tree of the year competitions for themselves. This is a human competition for humans. I was quite moved when I saw and touched the trees that had survived the Hiroshima bombing. (More so actually than the buildings or other memorials.) They're a real, living connection to history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibakujumoku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibakujumoku