Grid reference | ST 17765 79649 |
Common name | Common oak |
Common name | English oak |
Origin | Europe |
Deciduous | Yes |
Height | 18M August 2015 |
Girth | 289cm August 2015 |
Reference | 270 |
This tree is located on the east edge of the main car park.
The approximate age of this tree is calculated by estimating its lifetime growing conditions and measuring its girth.[1]
The age calculation has been made on the basis that this ground is a "average" site. The ground is considered no better than average as the soil comprises blue clay and is compacted.
Doing the calculation on the basis of this being a average site, the tree is estimated to be approximately 136 years old in 2015, and therefore started growing around 1879.
General tree description
Quercus robur is a large deciduous tree with a wide spreading crown. In maturity it can reach a height of 20 to 40 metres, and a girth of over 4 metres, exceptionally 12 metres. It has a long lifespan and commonly lives to several hundred years old. There are examples of Quercus robur reaching ages of more than a thousand years. The leaves are around 10cm long with 4-5 deep lobes with smooth edges, and they have very short stalks. Flowering occurs in mid spring, and the fruits, in the form of acorns, ripen in autumn. They come singly or in groups of up to three in cups on a slender stalk.
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