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The Camperdown Elm
Dundee, Dundee City
Recorded by: Not specified
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
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Tree of the Year – Shortlisted
Scotland, 2018
- Species:
- Wych elmUlmus glabra
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 0.92m at a height of 0.65m History
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- County:
- Dundee City
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NO3584032790
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Other, Parkland
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The Camperdown Elm
Dundee, Dundee City
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Wych elm
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 0.92m at a height of 0.65m History
- Condition:
- Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- Tree number:
- 5897
- Local or historic name:
- The Camperdown Elm
- County:
- Dundee City
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NO3584032790
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Other, Parkland
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- --
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 19/02/2021
- First recorded:
- 27/02/2008
This unique mutant form of contorted weeping elm was discovered in woods near Dundee in the 1830s by the head forester of the Earl of Camperdown, who admired its twisted form. He had it replanted in the gardens of Camperdown house, now known as Camperdown Park, where it still stands today. This tree is the original specimen of the ‘Camperdown Elm’ cultivar, which became a popular garden tree in the 19th century. As they cannot reproduce on their own, every other Camperdown Elm is descended from cuttings taken from the one in Camperdown Park, and the cultivar now appears in parks all over the world, from Prospect Park, New York, to Victoria in Australia.