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... that Monster Energy cans, pregnancy tests, and "other pop culture detritus" have been left as offerings at the 100 gecs Tree? Source: : "the offerings they leave behind... cans of Monster Energy, and other pop culture detritus... 'There were cigarettes and pregnancy tests,' remembers Kylie"
ALT1: ... that the 100 gecs Tree is listed as a "place of worship" on Google Maps? Source: : "Labelled by Google as a 'place of worship'"...
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Hate to disappoint fans of this tree, but it's actually a European Black Pine, not a Ponderosa Pine: there's enough good quality photos of it around for accurate identification. Going by its growth on historical street view footage back to 2007, it was planted about 25-30 years ago. I don't have any citeable references for this, unfortunately! MPF (talk) 08:50, 5 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
Quite late, but you could either
Email the Chicago Tribune and get a correction?
Find a tree scientist (no idea what the right word is) who would be considered a subject matter expert in tree identification to publish something correctly identifying the tree.
Seems good to go. Nice article, would recommend use of either hook, personally prefer ALT1. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 22:23, 17 July 2023 (UTC)