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The Darwin Oak
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Recorded by: karen Pearce
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Pollard lapsed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.01m at a height of 1.20m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Shropshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SJ4656813734
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Hedgerow, Field
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The Darwin Oak
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Recorded by: karen Pearce
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Pollard lapsed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 7.01m at a height of 1.20m History
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 192920
- Local or historic name:
- The Darwin Oak
- County:
- Shropshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SJ4656813734
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Hedgerow, Field
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Ivy
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- karen Pearce
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 05/12/2023
- First recorded:
- 11/05/2019
The Darwin Oak was named in early April 2021. Karen Pearce of Love Selton Rough (Facebook) and Rob McBride the Tree hunter
There is presently a hornet's nest in the tree
The fate of the tree will be decided Tuesday 31st October 2023.