An oak with some age

[Per PF]

Spotted this oak beauty the other week. My two "little helpers" 10 & 4 for size comparison... The branch on the ground could have been a tree by itself!

GAMM-EKEN Görvälns slott.jpeg

[kcpoole]

Nice tree,

[boom64]

Very powerful tree Per. Cheers John

[shibui]

That's certainly a big tree. Is it still Q. robur up your way or another species? I noramally associate Q. robur with ca broad spreading canopy. Maybe this was one in a forest to cause the tall trunk and higher branches?

[Raging Bull]

Thanks for posting Per. I'm growing some Q. Robur from acorns and they are a couple of years old now, so they've got a while to grow yet . Most oaks I've seen have been in full leaf, so this is of interest as it shows the "bones" of the tree and quite a few jins, showing me some direction that would be interesting to take with mine. Cheers, Frank.

[Per PF]

I agree that the crown is a bit high but you can see that there have been some lower branches on it before. We also have Quercus petraea here but not nearly as common. It's growing in a quite steep slope towards water, I don't know if that has affected it.

Here's Sweden's fattest and maybe oldest (1000+ years) oak in stark comparison. It's about 14 m high and 13 m in circumference.
"Rumskullaeken" or "Kvilleken" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumskulla_oak)

Kvillek.jpg