Impressive bark of Pinus bungeana.

Fascinating ..

Most unusual never seen that before

It is also called lacebark pine, Brian. Comes from China amd here it was imported by the founder of arboretum in the 19th century. I made a photo for sure to document it, as the tree looked very unhealthy, maybe it will die soon. I noticed, that many old trees were in a bad condition.

It reminds me of the Plane tree - very attractive. What a pity that the trees are in poor condition.

wow, that is impressive! like a mosaic

Melchi@ I do not know, but as the bark was beautiful, the crown of the tree looked "shabby", needles were very sparse - so I think something wrong is with the tree, but maybe it is such sort of tree. As I never saw it before, I made that conclusion. But maybe I am wrong.

I have just googled some images - I don't think it is generally sparse. It certainly is an impressive tree!