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identity_of_trees_walks [2014-08-12 15:11] – [* Silver birch, zilverberk, le bouleau verruqueux, betula pendula] rasaidentity_of_trees_walks [2014-08-17 17:16] – rasa
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-Initially developed in collaboration with Z33 and Heath Bunting and performed in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]] in April 2013+Initially developed in collaboration with Z33 and Heath Bunting and performed in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]] in April 2013, with the support of the [[http://www.vgc.be/|Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie]].
  
  
 +{{:0_silent1.png?200|}}  {{:0_silent.png?200|}}
 ===== Itinerary ===== ===== Itinerary =====
  
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 ==== * Oak, Eik, Chêne, Quercus robur ==== ==== * Oak, Eik, Chêne, Quercus robur ====
  
 +La: 50.7917  Lo: 4.40385
  
-{{:dscn0607.jpg?200|}}+{{:1_eik.png?200|}}
  
  
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 === More about the oak === === More about the oak ===
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 +{{:dscn0607.jpg?200|}}
  
 Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape. Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape.
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 ==== * Elder, Vlier, Sureau, Sambucus nigra ==== ==== * Elder, Vlier, Sureau, Sambucus nigra ====
  
-{{:elder6919lg.jpg?200|}}+La: 50.79201  Lo: 4.40285 
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 +{{:elder6919lg.jpg?200|}}  {{:2_vlier.png?200|}} 
 + 
  
 // The best way to listen to the elder, is to smell its flowers, to touch its spotted skin, to taste its leaves and to look closely at all its details. // // The best way to listen to the elder, is to smell its flowers, to touch its spotted skin, to taste its leaves and to look closely at all its details. //
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 Notwithstanding these negative beliefs, elder continued to be put to such a wide range of medicinal uses that the mediaeval herbalist John Evelyn called it "a kind of Catholicon against all Infirmities whatever".  Notwithstanding these negative beliefs, elder continued to be put to such a wide range of medicinal uses that the mediaeval herbalist John Evelyn called it "a kind of Catholicon against all Infirmities whatever". 
 +
 +
 +
 +==== * The Kissing Trees ====
 +
 +{{:3_haagbeuk_es5.png?200|}}  {{:3_haagbeuk_es2.png?200|}}
 +
 +=== * Hornbeam, haagbeuk, le charme, carpinus betulus ===
 +
 +La: 50.79224  Lo: 4.40612
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 +{{:hornbeam_carpinus_betulus_donkey_lane_sapcote_sp_4865_9312_taken_9.7.2007_.jpg?200|}}  {{:3_haagbeuk_huid.png?200|}}
 +
 +
 +gespierde jerom
 +friends: meikever, boomklever en bosmuizen houden v an deze boom
 +duties: hout wordt gebruikt voor hakblokken in slagerij, stampers, kammen in molenwieken, gereedschap
 +character: integriteit, netwerk
 +
 +// Look at trees as if they were individuals and think of their variety in race, age, … //
 +
 +
 +=== * Ash, es, le frêne, fraxinus excelsior ===
 +
 +La: 50.79223  Lo: 4.40614
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 +{{:3_es1.png?200|}}
 +
  
  
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 ==== * Hazelnut, hazelnoot, noisetier, corylus ==== ==== * Hazelnut, hazelnoot, noisetier, corylus ====
  
 +La: 50.79177  Lo: 4.40702
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 +{{:4_hazelaar.png?200|}}  {{:4_hazelaar2.png?200|}}
  
-{{:dscn0604.jpg?200|}} 
  
 // The branches of the hazel are very flexible and strong, find out for yourself: touch, bend, climb // // The branches of the hazel are very flexible and strong, find out for yourself: touch, bend, climb //
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 +==== * Alder, els, l'aulne, alnus ====
  
-==== * Hornbeam, haagbeuk, le charme, carpinus betulus ====+La: 50.7919  Lo: 4.40729
  
-gespierde jerom 
-friends: meikever, boomklever en bosmuizen houdenv an deze boom 
-duties: hout wordt gebruikt voor hakblokken in slagerij, stampers, kammen in molenwieken, gereedschap 
-character: integriteit, netwerk 
  
-// Look at trees as if they were individuals and think of their variety in race, age, … //+{{:aldertreeleaves.jpg?200|}}   {{:5_els.png?200|}}
  
- 
-==== * Alder, els, l'aulne, alnus ==== 
  
 roots in water roots in water
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-==== * Larch, lork, le mélèze, larix ====+==== * Silver birch, zilverberk, le bouleau verruqueux, betula pendula ====
  
-Friends: toads, bats +La: 50.79159  Lo: 4.40651
-Duties: wood is used for fences, bats, staircases, telephone poles +
-Character: is a pioneer, the first to come back after the ice age, can survive in very austere environments, did not evolve in reproduction system (gymnosperm (naaktzadige) vs seeds & sperm of the flowering plants), fertilization through wind (vs also insects for flowering plants) +
-check story on tannine+
  
-// We thought of birth, when you walk on, think how is death present // +{{:6_berk.png?200|}}
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-==== * Silver birch, zilverberk, le bouleau verruqueux, betula pendula ====+
  
-{{:0_berk1.jpg?200|}} 
  
 Duties: from cradle to cradle: everything can be used, sap is used for wine, honey, sugar and can be drank in spring as a long-life-elixir; the skin was used for writing (2000y ago in teaching of Buddha; the name would be originally from sanskrit 'burgha' which means 'writing on a tree' or from Ghotic 'bairths' which means light), skin can also be used to light a fire in a wet place, or for shoes, coats, canoes; wood is used for furniture; leaves and buttons are used for soap, oil, paint Duties: from cradle to cradle: everything can be used, sap is used for wine, honey, sugar and can be drank in spring as a long-life-elixir; the skin was used for writing (2000y ago in teaching of Buddha; the name would be originally from sanskrit 'burgha' which means 'writing on a tree' or from Ghotic 'bairths' which means light), skin can also be used to light a fire in a wet place, or for shoes, coats, canoes; wood is used for furniture; leaves and buttons are used for soap, oil, paint
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 // what trees are missing? // // what trees are missing? //
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 +
 +==== * Larch, lork, le mélèze, larix ====
 +
 +La: 50.79148  Lo: 4.40627
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 +{{:7_lork1.png?200|}} {{:7_lork2.png?200|}}
 +
 +
 +Friends: toads, bats
 +Duties: wood is used for fences, bats, staircases, telephone poles
 +Character: is a pioneer, the first to come back after the ice age, can survive in very austere environments, did not evolve in reproduction system (gymnosperm (naaktzadige) vs seeds & sperm of the flowering plants), fertilization through wind (vs also insects for flowering plants)
 +check story on tannine
 +
 +// We thought of birth, when you walk on, think how is death present //
 +
  
  
 ==== * Beech, beuk, le hètre, fagus sylvatica ==== ==== * Beech, beuk, le hètre, fagus sylvatica ====
  
-{{:geluidswandeling.jpg?200|}}+La: 50.79158  Lo: 4.40559 
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 +{{:8_beuk.png?200|}}  {{:8_beuk1.png?200|}}
  
  
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 ====== Tree walk in the centre of Brussels ====== ====== Tree walk in the centre of Brussels ======
  
-  in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]]+Initially developed in collaboration with Z33 and Heath Bunting and performed in the framework of [[http://www.bessst.be/|Bessst]] in April 2013, with the support of the [[http://www.vgc.be/|Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie]]. 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Itinerary ===== 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Start ==== 
 + 
 +La Bourse/De Beurs at Boulevard Anspach laan in the centre of Brussels; you can reach this place by tram 3 or 4. 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Duration ==== 
 + 
 ++- 1 hour 
 + 
 +{{:citywalk_trees_map.png?200|}} 
 + 
 +// Click on the image for large view (with many thanks to [[http://http://www.openstreetmap.org|Open Street Map]]) // 
 + 
 + 
 +===== A little introduction ===== 
 + 
 +During this walk you will meet some of the arboreal persona that survive in the centre of this European, Belgian and Flemish capital. 
 +more humans than trees  
 +regional roads 
 +city roads, different boroughs 
 +different criteria to plant trees 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Enjoy the walk ! ===== 
 + 
 + 
 +Walk on the square in front of the hotel. Near the road you'll find a stand with the most famous arboreal persona of Brussels. 
 + 
 + 
 +   
 +==== * Prutske ==== 
 + 
 +Fig tree, vijgenboom, figuier, Ficus 
 + 
 + 
 +==== * Elms ==== 
 + 
 +the twins 
 + 
 + 
 +==== *Wild chestnut ==== 
 +  
 + 
 +Leopold 
 + 
 + 
 +==== *Imaginary tree Dansart ==== 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +==== *Platanus the Court of justice ====
  
-  *Fig Prutske 
-  *Elms the twins 
-  *Bamboo not a tree 
-  *Wild chestnut Leopold 
-  *Non existing tree Dansaard 
-  *Platanus the Court of justice 
  
  
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