Fragmented willow tree, Coombe Abbey Park
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Fragmented willow tree, Coombe Abbey Park
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 20 Apr 2024
The tree has a hole through its trunk, visible near the bottom left of the picture. One recumbent branch crosses the path - it can just be seen through the hole - before climbing at an angle; it is catching the evening sun to the right of the picture. Most of the foliage visible here belongs to overhanging sycamores, but the willow is alive and is sending out shoots and leaves. It is listed as an ancient tree in the Ancient Tree Inventory of the Woodland Trust. The Trust describes it as a crack willow, Salix fragilis, fragmented, with a girth of 3.1m at a height of 0.6m https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/tree?treeid=217654&from=3523&v=2519254&ml=map&z=17&nwLat=52.42082788255367&nwLng=-1.4247794784381518&seLat=52.41843960206815&seLng=-1.4112289584949145#/ . As with other trees photographed in this wood, the location is very approximate.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.419525
Longitude
-1.416942