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Six firs compete in the competition for the most impressive protected fir: Raganų fir, Renavas fir, Eglė Sesės, Eglė Boba, Barklainiai manor fir and Peršokšna pyramid fir.
Before the Christmas holidays (December 25), you are invited to vote and choose the most impressive protected Christmas tree. Click the link to vote: https://forms.gle/65mXhK6ps3neTabj8
The Christmas trees competing in the Christmas contest belong to the common fir (spruce abies – lot.), but the soil structure and other natural conditions distinguished them from other green roosters.
Fir multiplies by seeds. Its trees grow relatively fast in forest density. During the first 25 years, in good growing conditions, it can grow 60-90 cm per year. The age of natural maturity is 120 years. Fir is more demanding on the soil than common pine and grows well in fertile and sufficiently moist loams.
Fir has long been a favorite tree in Lithuania, because it is green in winter and summer, people also plant it in their houses. With the Christian tradition, the fir tree has been turned into a Christmas tree.
The witch’s fir grows in the Vilkyškiai geomorphological reserve of the Rambynas Regional Park.
Photo VSTT / Witch spruce
It is a perennial spruce. The circumference of its trunk on the branch is 5.1 m, height – 34 m. It is called a witch’s fir for its unusual shape. This is one of the most interesting cultivated trees in Lithuania. At a height of about 1 meter, the spruce branches into 18 larger or smaller trunks (one broke in late 2007). Various legends intertwined with historical events speak of the appearance of the fir.
The Renavas fir is the thickest green kerchief in Lithuania and grows in the town of Renavas in the Mažeikiai district, in the Varduva State Landscape Reserve.
VSTT Photo / Renovated Spruce
The circumference of its trunk at a height of 1.3 m is 3.89 m, the height is 36.8 m. This spruce, having withstood the attacks of even the pest bark beetle, continues to grow and grow upward.
The Egle sisters are interesting in their way, they grow up in the Zarasai district, Gražutė regional park. These are two separate trees, but their trunks are mature in the middle, which makes the fir trees appear to be holding hands.
Photo VSTT / Spruce Sisters
Spruce Boba is a common fir that grows in the Samogitian National Park. This name is given to this fir tree not by chance, because the tubers / shoots on the trunk of this fir tree give it a unique shape that is very reminiscent of the figure of a woman.
VSTT nuotr./Eglė Boba
The Barklainiai mansion fir is a green kerchief that grows in the village of Barklainiai, Pasvalys district, on the territory of the Barklainiai mansion. The circumference of its trunk reaches 3 m, the height – 27.4 m. This spruce is protected by the state only in 2016, but its dense and regularly shaped conical crown leaves an impression on everyone.
Photo VSTT / Barklainiai stately fir
The Peršokšna pyramidal fir grows in the Švenčionys district, in the Peršokšna Landscape Reserve of the Labanoras Regional Park. The pyramidal fir is a fairly common form of fir, but few can see such a regular pyramidal crown.
VSTT photo / Spruce too large
All the spruces described are registered in the State Registry of Protected Areas. These are state-protected botanical natural heritage sites.
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