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Medusa / The Fairy Tree

Newark and Sherwood, Notts

Recorded by: Helen Leaf

  • Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)

About the tree

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Species:
Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
Form:
Coppice (high stump)
Standing or fallen:
Standing
Living status:
Alive
Girth:
9.81m at a height of 0.10m History
Veteran status:
Ancient tree

Location of tree

County:
Notts
Country:
England
Grid reference:
SK6212268407
Public accessibility:
Public - open access (e.g. public park)
Surroundings:
Bridlepath / footpath, Woodland, Nature Reserve, Ancient woodland

Comments (1)

  • This oak is a stump, once sawn off, which retained bark and cambium on one side, from which new stems arose as from a large coppice stool. How to measure its girth? If we did it at the base, why not there with all trees? At. 1.30 m at the sawn level does not seem correct either; the bole was burred before it lost its bark. Perhaps somewhere in-between these extremes would give a less biased girth (but I did not do it when I visited). Aljos Farjon