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Common ash
Staines-upon-Thames, Windsor and Maidenhead
Recorded by: Tim Kellett
- Species:
- Common ashFraxinus excelsior
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 3.60m at a height of 1.50m
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- County:
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ0047872767
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space, Parkland, Field
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Common ash
Staines-upon-Thames, Windsor and Maidenhead
Recorded by: Tim Kellett
- Species:
- Common ash
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 3.60m at a height of 1.50m
- Condition:
- Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- Tree number:
- 263628
- Local or historic name:
- --
- County:
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ0047872767
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space, Parkland, Field
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- --
- Fungi:
- Shaggy bracket (Inonotus hispidus)
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Tim Kellett
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 20/08/2024
- First recorded:
- 18/08/2024
A major limb fallen on the ground had Inonotus hispidus fruiting and a white-rotten interior. The internal wood mould was found to contain a rich assemblage of rare invertebrates, including a larva of Rusty Click Beetle Elater ferrugineus (Endangered in Britain and Near Threatened at a European level), elytra of Stephens' Red-winged Cardinal Click Beetle Ampedus rufipennis (Vulnerable in Britain) and the Nationally Scarce false darkling beetle Melandrya caraboides, as well as a larva of a stiletto fly (Therevidae). Quite remarkable.