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The Gritnam Oak
New Forest, Hants
Recorded by: Not specified
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.00m at a height of 1.30m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Hants
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SU28150616
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Woodland, Wood Pasture
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The Gritnam Oak
New Forest, Hants
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.00m at a height of 1.30m History
- Condition:
- Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 28973
- Local or historic name:
- The Gritnam Oak
- County:
- Hants
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SU28150616
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Woodland, Wood Pasture
- Ancient tree site:
- New Forest
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss, Fern, Ivy
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 16/02/2025
- First recorded:
- 26/02/2009
This tree is burred all round the trunk and, therefore, excluded from the lists of the largest New Forest oaks by Nicholas Flower in 1983 and Chris Read in 1999 although mentioned by both at SU28120626 and SU28190623 respectively.
GPS readings in canopy woodland are not that accurate: on 15 July 2021 David Russell and I obtained SU2815706170.
I measured the Gritnam Oak twice at 1.30m and arrived at 8.0m; very heavy burring but none bulbous.