The Giant is a London plane tree, located in the city Chojna, Poland. It is one of the thickest trees in the country.Polish Monumental Trees Register (PMTR)
The name of the tree in Polish – Olbrzym – means a very large, huge thing (even a person).Wiktionary - olbrzym
The Giant is about 300 years old, according to the dendrochronological research,Cezary Pacyniak. Najstarsze drzewa w Polsce. PTTK Kraj. 1992. p.?. and once stood in the Viereck'scher Garten. It is a monumental, 35 mKrzysztof Borkowski, Robert Tomusiak, Paweł Zarzyński. Drzewa Polski. PWN. 2016. p.452 tall tree with a trunk circumference of 1066 cm (in 2014, at the narrowest place, 0.45 m high).Krzysztof Borkowski. Polskie drzewa. DALPO. 2014. p.42 Its circumference at breast height (CBH) is 11 m (in 2015).Monumental trees
This plane has a large, probably multistemmed, ellipsoid trunk. It forks at heights of 2.5 and 5 m, creating a large crown.
The tree is preserved by the local government because it had been set on fire several times. Since 2011 it is fenced to protect it from birds and insects.
In 2012, it was judged among the best trees in the competition for tree of the year in Poland.
The Giant Plane is the third thickest tree in Poland, and the largest and oldest London plane in the country.
References
Further reading Paweł Zarzyński, Robert Tomusiak, Krzysztof Borkowski, Drzewa Polski, PWN, Warszawa, 2016, Krzysztof Borkowski, Polskie drzewa, Wyd. DALPO, Poznań, 2014, Paweł Zarzyński, Robert Tomusiak, 90 drzew - Okazy niezwykłe Centrum Informacyjne Lasów Państwowych, Warszawa, 2014,
See also Bartek oak Bażyński Oak Jagiełło Oak