Experts believe that a massive ancient oak tree has stood in the center of an iconic timberland for hundreds of years and may have been loved to death.

However, the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said that the 1,200-year-old Major Oak in the UK’s Sherwood Forest is presumed dead because it did not sprout leaves this spring.

The conservation group shared a surprising fact: visitors who viewed the tree’s deformed limbs and architectural shades compressed the soil around it which ultimately made it difficult for rain to reach its roots.

It has been observed that the forest has been........

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