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Bullace
Ringland, Norfolk
Recorded by: Sheridan Sayer
- Species:
- BullacePrunus domestica var. insititia
- Form:
- Pollard lapsed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 2.20m at a height of 0.30m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Norfolk
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TG1168014279
- Public accessibility:
- Private - not visible from public access (permission required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Hedgerow, Field, Historic Woodbank
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Bullace
Ringland, Norfolk
Recorded by: Sheridan Sayer
- Species:
- Bullace
- Form:
- Pollard lapsed
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 2.20m at a height of 0.30m
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground, Hollow trunk - with opening
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 262176
- Local or historic name:
- --
- County:
- Norfolk
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TG1168014279
- Public accessibility:
- Private - not visible from public access (permission required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Hedgerow, Field, Historic Woodbank
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss
- Fungi:
- Species not listed
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Sheridan Sayer
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 18/04/2025
- First recorded:
- 24/07/2024
From its stature and what I can see of the leaf size and shape, I suspect this is Bullace (Prunus insititia) rather than Blackthorn, for which it would be the largest found in Britain. These trees seem to be flowering in April 2019 in Google Earth's library of historic aerial images, ruling out the other obvious possibility, P. cerasifera. If it is P. insititia, the fruit will be larger (2cm), yellowish or purple, and sweet. It's a traditional vernacular hedging plant in some parts of England - I don't know about Norfolk.