World's largest wingnut!

[seedscanada]

Here is a Pterocarya fraxinifolia or Chinese wingnut tree. It is only a five minute drive from our house.
We measured it's circumference. 32 feet! Just a massive tree. Perhaps the largest in eastern Canada and NE of all the Americas.


<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9725243946/" title="Pterocarya fraxinifolia 298 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/9725 ... b6d3_c.jpg" width="800" height="449" alt="Pterocarya fraxinifolia 298"></a>

Seeds for this tree were brought to Great Britain around 1800, then here thereafter. So this tree is no older than around 210 years old.

Here is a video from our last visit to the tree.
Duration 1:22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC9PcJmygPg

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[lucky1]

Wow, Adam, that's incredible.
Have never heard of that type.

Barb