European Tree of the Year 2018

Whistler cork oak tree

This cork oak, known as Whistler, owes the name to the sound from countless birds that lay on its branches, wons the 1st place on the European Tree of the Year 2018

Whistler cork oak was planted in 1783 in Águas de Moura, Setúbal, Portugal and has already been stripped more than twenty times. With 235 years, has been classified as Tree of Public Interest since 1988 and is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest cork oak in the world.