Giant trees of Switzerland

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Apple tree, Eglisau, Zurich Roughly 70 years old, 2.55m circumference, 0.83m diameter

Swiss stone pine, Celerina, Graubünden Roughly 600 years old, 6.20m circumference

Sycamore, Axalp, Bern Roughly 450 years old, 7.90m circumference, 2.29m diameter

Pear tree, Orges, Vaud Roughly 250 years old, 4.10m circumference, 1.37m diameter

Mountain ash, Les Prés-d'Orvin, Bern Roughly 150 years old, 3.10m circumference, 1.08m diameter

European chestnut, Chironico, Ticino Roughly 750 years old, 12.55m circumference, 3.72m diameter

Yew, Crémines, Bern Roughly 1,500 years old, 4.25m circumference, 1.34m diameter

Mountain oak, Felsberg, Graubünden Roughly 600 years old, 7.20m circumference, 2.36m diameter

Spruce, Luven, Graubünden Roughly 250 years old, 5.85m circumference, 1.80m diameter, height 47m

Hornbeam, Bern Roughly 350 years old, 5.50m circumference, 1.88m diameter

Scots pine, Oberriet, St Gallen Roughly 250 years old, 2.55m circumference, 0.92m diameter

Larch, Prarion, Valais Roughly 900 years old, 10.70m circumference, 3.34m diameter

Fir, Romairon, Vaud Roughly 450 years old, 7.50m circumference, 2.39m diameter

Juniper, Röthenbach im Emmenthal, Bern Roughly 200 years old, 1.10m circumference

Walnut tree Perhaps Europe's most splendid alley of nut hybrids in Satigny, Geneva

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Unknown natural wonders of the world – a homage to the "gentle giants".

Michel Brunner, a graphic artist and author of “Giant Trees of Switzerland”, has been measuring and photographing giant trees in Europe for more than ten years. He has listed more than 2,000 trees, of which more than 1,000 are in Switzerland. (Photos: Michel Brunner and André Hübscher; selected by Rolf Amiet, swissinfo.ch)