[PnBA]

30 June 2019 at 20:43:03 #822578

Saw these in various places around Switzerland. Gnarly-looking things! The attached photo was taken in Lauterbrunnen …

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[Snowman]

30 June 2019 at 21:01:51 #916569

Could be a chestnut tree, but your photo does no clearly show the leaves.

[PnBA]

30 June 2019 at 21:13:56 #916570

Here are some leaves

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[Snowman]

30 June 2019 at 21:16:46 #916571

Thanks. I have no clue, then, but it is not a chestnut…

[rockoyster]

30 June 2019 at 21:34:42 #916572

A well-pollarded mulberry?

[Slowpoke]

1 July 2019 at 0:19:57 #916573

Pollarded trees are not uncommon.

The attached composite image shows some. I recall that the ones by the church are plane trees….maybe.

I don’t know what kind yours is., either, but, indeed, you’ll see pollarded trees frequently, as you note.

Slowpoke

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[rockoyster]

1 July 2019 at 0:23:59 #916574

Lauterbrunnen one definitely not a Plane.

[Removed user]

1 July 2019 at 10:05:50 #916575

Hi PnBA and folks,

I get asked this questions quite often on tour, these trees seem to fascinate people mainly through their “cut” in winter.

They ARE PLANE TREES!!! Platane in German.

Best,
Steph

[rockoyster]

1 July 2019 at 10:07:49 #916576

Sorry Steph but Plane trees are not the only ones you can pollard. This image posted by PnBa is NOT a plane tree.

[Removed user]

2 July 2019 at 14:46:27 #916577

Plane trees have a divided leaf. See attached photo.

This tree (from close up photo of the leaves) could possibly be an elm. I can’t really see clearly from the photo but the new leaf veins look similar but the really distinctive feature is the uneven leaf base (see second photo).

[Removed user]

2 July 2019 at 14:59:35 #916578

These are the photos referred to above.

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