Angel Oak
Angel Oak is a Southern live oak ("Quercus virginiana") located in Angel Oak Park on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The tree is estimated to be 400-500 years old. It stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1,600 m). Its longest branch distance is 187 ft in length. Angel Oak was the 210th tree to be registered with the Live Oak Society.
The oak derives its name from the estate of Justus Angel and his wife, Martha Waight Tucker Angel. Local folklore tells stories of ghosts of former slaves appearing as angels around the tree.
Napoleon Oak (Lausanne)
The Napoleon Oak in Lausanne is a single, living individual of "Quercus robur" in Lausanne, Switzerland known to have been present during Napoleon Bonaparte's march to Italy in 1800. It has recently been subjected to extensive genomic research, one of the few examples of such in a very long-lived organism. It was replanted in 1800 when it was 22 years old in the center of what was the Dorigny estate, traditionally in honor of Napolean when he stopped there on his way to the conquest of Italy. It now stands as a living historical monument on the Dorigny campus of the University of Lausanne. In 2012, the tree was dated as 234 years old by dendrochronology.