In the small village of Águas de Moura, in Portugal’s Alentejo region, stands the world’s largest Cork oak tree (Quercus suber). Well over 230-years-old, the tree was planted in 1783, the same year that the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolutionary War. Sobreiro Monumental is also affectionately known as “The Whistler Tree [Sobreiro Assobiador],” attributed to the sounds made by dozens of songbirds when they land and shelter among its branches. The magnificent tree is over 53-feet tall and has a trunk diameter of over 14-feet. Its…
