Somebody has photographed this sycamore and nobody has measured it. The photograph is on Wikimedia Commons, matched to the register's coordinate to within a third of a metre, and beyond that there is one line in a regulation. No age, no girth, no height. The regulation does give its reasons for keeping the tree, and it names two rather than one: how it sits in the landscape, and its biological interest. What that biological interest consists of is not spelled out in any source we found, which is a shame, because on a mature tree it is usually the more interesting half of the answer. It stands on the Hollerich stretch of the Petrusse valley path, the far end of the same walk that passes the braced beech under Bastion Beck. The valley runs on westward out of the fortress rock and through Hollerich, and the path stays public the whole way. From the bus stops on Rue de Bouillon it is about ten minutes down. Neither this sycamore nor the one down in Pfaffenthal has ever been dated. If you know anything about either of them, including who put them in and roughly when, we would take it.
In fruit
September to October: winged seeds that spin down in pairs
The line is our estimate of how much there is to see, not a measurement. Typical for this species where this tree stands; exact weeks shift with the year.
Petrusse valley path, Hollerich sectionYou can recognise it by standing at the Hollerich end of the Petrusse valley path, past the braced beech under Bastion Beck. It stands on the Hollerich section of the path.
Free, on the public Petrusse valley walking path
Hollerich, Rue de Bouillon bus stops, ~10 min walk into the valley
Sources
Where the facts on this page come from.
- In the official register: Arbres remarquables (Administration de la nature et des forets, Luxembourg), no. 126
- download.data.public.lu
- lb.wikipedia.org
- data.public.lu
