On a recent trip to Stavanger from USA we saw a number of these unusual (to us) trees all over town. Does anyone know what they are, and whether they are native to Scandinavia or introduced?
On a recent trip to Stavanger from USA we saw a number of these unusual (to us) trees all over town. Does anyone know what they are, and whether they are native to Scandinavia or introduced?
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It is a regular Norway maple.
We just cut trees this way, so they don’t grow too big.
Acer platanoides
The first one is the small-leaved lime or small-leaved linden,
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia_cordata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia_cordata)
I’ve wondered this too. Must be the most labour-intensive trees that the kommune has. Every 3 years, crews drive around trimming them to make them look like Tim Burton scary halloween trees. They look nice when allowed to grow out, but otherwise? Cactuses.
Im norwegian and I always thought it was crows nests lmaoo
A pollarded maple, looks like.