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How could a tree be remarkable?
It depends upon the nature of the tree and its existence. Let us assume that we are talking about a large, stately oak with bark full of character and personality, gnarled branches reaching out into the sky like an old man's fingers, and leaves blowing in a gentle breeze on a warm summer day.
Philosophically speaking, it isn't necessarily remarkable. Of course, if the tree were unique and had never existed before in all of space-time reality then perhaps that would be a sufficient condition to call it remarkable.
However, if the tree has existed before - perhaps as a seed that grew into this same oak; or even as another unique oak several years ago; or maybe even just in someone's imagination - then it isn't really remarkable at all. My own existence would also include an infinite number of other possible lives I could have lived and trees I might have been.
So, to say that a tree is remarkable suggests that it has not existed before (or at least not yet). This would be the case for any newly created trees, but I imagine most trees are pretty old and have already been around for centuries or even millennia.
So, it appears that most trees are not remarkable at all. Since they've already existed for some time and haven't really changed much; or if they have then the changes aren't very significant. So, I would say that calling a tree 'remarkable' is possible but hardly probable.
I suppose that if I were to be confronted with a remarkably unique tree, like one of the first trees on Earth, or perhaps even an alien species from another planet; then it would stand out for me since I have never seen anything like it before. However, this is more likely to happen in a work of fiction than reality.