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Silver birch
Leicester, Leicestershire
Recorded by: Ian Retson, Woodland Trust Volunteer
- Species:
- Silver birchBetula pendula
- Form:
- Pollard form (natural)
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 1.50m at a height of 1.50m
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- County:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SK5362405055
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Other, Woodland
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Silver birch
Leicester, Leicestershire
Recorded by: Ian Retson, Woodland Trust Volunteer
- Species:
- Silver birch
- Form:
- Pollard form (natural)
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 1.50m at a height of 1.50m
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood on the ground, Decaying wood in the crown >50%, Hollow trunk - with holes <15cm
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- Tree number:
- 289633
- Local or historic name:
- --
- Tag number:
- County:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SK5362405055
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Other, Woodland
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss
- Fungi:
- Birch Polypore/ razorstrop fungus (Piptoporus betulinus), Species not listed
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Ian Retson
- Recording organisation:
- Woodland Trust Volunteer
- Last visited:
- 08/03/2026
- First recorded:
- 08/03/2026
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