The most beautiful Ile-de-France tree of 2024 is an elm: discover it at Crouy-sur-Ourcq (77)

Published by Margot de Sortiraparis · Published on November 14, 2024 at 03:45 p.m.
Like every year, botany enthusiasts await the results of the competition for the most beautiful tree in the Paris region. This year, it's a specimen planted in Crouy-sur-Ourcq that is drawing its thorn from the lot, with a view to competing for the title of "Tree of the Year 2024".

From November 8 to December 20, 2024, the general public - including you - is invited to vote for its favorite tree from among the 14 specimens selected in theTree of the Year 2024 competition. In Île-de-France, a specimen from Crouy-sur-Ourcq, in the Seine-et-Marne département, will defend the region.

The lucky winner is none other than a smooth elm, selected by the Ile-de-France competition jury as the region's most emblematic tree. Having survived a mass extinction of its species, the selected smooth elm has in fact resisted the deadly disease that decimated many specimens of the same species in France in the 1970s. As a result, only a few specimens remain in the Île-de-France region, of which this tree is one: it has been classified as a "remarkable surviving tree" by the Conseil d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de l'environnement de la Seine-et-Marne (CAUE 77).

More than 25 meters high, this tree has stood alongside the GR11 on the route de Montigny in Crouy-sur-Ourcq for more than 100 years. Numerous associations took part in the jury, including Île-de-France Nature, Terre Sauvage, the Office national des forêts (ONF), the A.R.B.R.E.S association and the Ligue de protection des oiseaux (LPO).

So, to follow the Tree of the Year 2024 competition, don't miss the calendar to vote for your favorite tree:

  • November 8, 2024: announcement of nominated trees and opening of online voting(on the dedicated website)
  • December 20, 2024: online voting closes
  • January 2025: deliberation for the Jury Prize and announcement of the Public Prize and Coup de Coeur Prize
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