Remote woodland — home to Scotland’s oldest wild pine — saved as part of rewilding initiative
<p>A remote ancient woodland — home to Scotland’s oldest wild Scots pine, which is at least 565-years-old — has been saved from being lost forever and given a chance of regeneration thanks to Trees for Life, as part of the charity’s vast Affric Highlands rewilding initiative.</p>
<p>The pinewood remnant of some 57 pines, all several centuries old and scattered through Glen Loyne in the northwest Highlands, was at risk from overgrazing by excessive numbers of deer — a key threat to surviving Caledonian pinewoods that prevents them from naturally regenerating.</p>
<p>The oldest pine has been dated to at least 1458 by St Andrews Tree-Ring Laboratory, and is believed to be even older. The ancestry of such pines stretches back to the last ice age.</p>
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