Heritage Ash - Swineshead Wood, Swineshead, Bedfordshire, UK
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Dragontree
N 52° 17.415 W 000° 26.496
30U E 674482 N 5796404
This very old Ash Tree is marked as a Heritage Tree and is 200-250 years old.
Waymark Code: WM3QXM
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/07/2008
Views: 28
In the depths of the Woodland Trust's Swineshead Wood stands this magnificent tree. It is very unusual to see an Ash of this age still alive. Despite some disease at the base, the tree is just about coming into to leaf now (Spring 2008). There are a few suckers from the base of the tree which perhaps will, in time, replace the older trunk. It stands tall amongst the other younger trees providing a canopy of green in the summer months.
Thanks to The Woodland Trust for giving us this information.
Genus/Species: Fraxinus (Ash)
Height: 70
Girth: 16
Method of obtaining height: Sighting along a 45 degree angle
Method of obtaining girth: Arm reaching
Location type: Other public property
Age: 250
Historical significance:
Part of the ancient woodland of Bedfordshire which is now restricted to only Swineshead and Spanoak Woods in these parts.
Website reference: [Web Link]
Walk time: 20
Planter: Not listed
Parking coordinates: Not Listed
Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed
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