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Mitre Oak
Stourport-On-Severn, Worcs
Recorded by: Not specified
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea
- Form:
- Pollard form (natural)
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.84m at a height of 1.50m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Worcs
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO8429168260
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access (permission not required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Roadside, Domestic garden
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Mitre Oak
Stourport-On-Severn, Worcs
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Sessile oak
- Form:
- Pollard form (natural)
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.84m at a height of 1.50m
- Condition:
- Decaying wood in the crown >90%, Hollow trunk - with opening
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 23426
- Local or historic name:
- Mitre Oak
- County:
- Worcs
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SO8429168260
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access (permission not required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Roadside, Domestic garden
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Ivy
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 24/07/2024
- First recorded:
- 01/01/2004
The mitre oak is mentioned in the flight of Charles II after Boscobel see http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/issue_pdf/frontmatter_pdf/s4-I/24.pdf
There is an interesting account - with photos - of the shortening of the Mitre Oak in 2004 at https://www.wbrc.org.uk/WORCRECD/Issue%2016/recent_highlights.htm