Giant trees of Switzerland
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
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)
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