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Wild black poplar
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Recorded by: Susan Stevens
- Species:
- Wild black poplarPopulus nigra ssp. betulifolia
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 4.80m at a height of 1.50m History
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- County:
- West Yorkshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SE1189548105
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space
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Wild black poplar
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Recorded by: Susan Stevens
- Species:
- Wild black poplar
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 4.80m at a height of 1.50m History
- Condition:
- Hollowing branches, Decaying wood on the ground, Decaying wood in the crown <10%
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- Tree number:
- 238446
- Local or historic name:
- --
- County:
- West Yorkshire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SE1189548105
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss, Ivy
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Susan Stevens
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 20/03/2025
- First recorded:
- 26/01/2023
One of 4 similar. Knobbly bark but not many burrs. There is a possibility this is the 'Manchester' clone of the Wild Black, widely planted across the North in Victorian / Edwardian times.