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Wivenhoe Whopper
Greenstead Estate, Essex
Recorded by: Graeme Cassidy
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Pollard lapsed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 9.10m at a height of 1.30m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Essex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TM0306224237
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- School / college ground, Parkland
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Wivenhoe Whopper
Greenstead Estate, Essex
Recorded by: Graeme Cassidy
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Pollard lapsed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 9.10m at a height of 1.30m History
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing trunk, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 177493
- Local or historic name:
- Wivenhoe Whopper
- County:
- Essex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TM0306224237
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- School / college ground, Parkland
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss
- Fungi:
- Beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica)
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Graeme Cassidy
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 17/02/2025
- First recorded:
- 21/05/2017
Have now measured this more accurately and it's a whopping 8.57m. One of the biggest trees in Essex.