I’ve visited this tree. It is absolutely spectacular.

Thank you for being a guardian of nature!

How fascinating! And that it only appears in latitudes 45 and 55 °N in broadleaf forest! Wow what a sighting!

Fascinating! Did they ever tell you what it was? Or did they just send warnings to the companies?

Ugh the pollarding is terrible! Can anything be done?

Too late. I’m using it. 😉

Good evening!

You’ve captured them beautifully! I love to sit and study moss and lichens. So plentiful and their delicate forms are so often overlooked.

This is fascinating! Wow!

It’s called marcescence and it’s postulated it may be to keep buds protected from browsing deer or to hold warmth. I have some oaks in front of my house that do this, and I love their red color behind my white pines! Nature is amazing!

That’s incredible- I’m in the US and all of ours are gone.

Wow they’re beautiful! I wonder how they avoided elm disease?