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Atlas cedar
Eastnor, Herefordshire
Recorded by: Brian Jones
- Species:
- Atlas cedarCedrus atlantica
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.30m at a height of 1.50m (estimated)
- Veteran status:
- Notable tree
- County:
- Herefordshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO7333737138
- Public accessibility:
- Private - not visible from public access (permission required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Landscape garden, Other
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Atlas cedar
Eastnor, Herefordshire
Recorded by: Brian Jones
- Species:
- Atlas cedar
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.30m at a height of 1.50m (estimated)
- Condition:
- Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Notable tree
- Tree number:
- 146613
- Local or historic name:
- --
- County:
- Herefordshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO7333737138
- Public accessibility:
- Private - not visible from public access (permission required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Landscape garden, Other
- Ancient tree site:
- Eastnor Castle Park
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Ivy
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Brian Jones
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 03/02/2023
- First recorded:
- 29/09/2015
This tree is reported to be grown from seed collected in North Africa in 1859 by Earl Somers an indirect ancestor of the Hervey-Bathursts. The Eastnor Castle Estate claims that it has the largest girth of any blue cedar in Britain.