Back to Tree Search
Sun Oak
Horsham, West Sussex
Recorded by: Not specified
-
Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 9.38m at a height of 1.10m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- West Sussex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ2026929929
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Roadside, Bridlepath / footpath
-
{{comment.comment}}
Back to summary
Sun Oak
Horsham, West Sussex
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 9.38m at a height of 1.10m History
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 5831
- Local or historic name:
- Sun Oak
- County:
- West Sussex
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ2026929929
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Roadside, Bridlepath / footpath
- Ancient tree site:
- St Leonards Forest
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Recorded on:
- 29/08/2021
With one of my pictures I commented that it was unlikely to have grown as much in girth as the difference between the 2007 and 2015 measurements. However, Owen Johnson informed me that a series of measurements taken since the 1950's, assuming all were taken at the narrowest girth, may indicate rapid growth at least since then. Aljos Farjon
I visited this oak today and recorded carefully its girth and height. It is in remarkably good health for such a large-girthed ancient oak - I only saw one dead bough in its large crown