Audley End - Audley House (Essex)
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Audley End - Audley House (Essex) |
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 Giant Redwood - May 2007 |
 Giant Redwood - May 2007 |
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| Among the ten Giant Redwood at Audley House there are two in particular that stand out from the rest. What makes them unusual is that their roots that sprouted upward and have formed numerous individual stems around the original tree. These stunning examples of this rare phenomenon are similar to the ones found at Cambridge University Botanical Gardens and Shalstone Manor. As if this were not enough to make them special, in addition many of their large low branches have attached themselves to the ground and have also sprouted upwards in the form of fresh new trees! Curiously, these "treelets" have a huge profusion of small cones. They are approximately two-thirds the size of a standard full-grown cone and even more are currently in production, as the photograph below shows. |
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 Giant Redwood - May 2007 |
| There are also eight "normal" Sequoiadendron giganteum, including several young trees. Two of these stand in a line with an older tree on the other side of the river Cam, near Adam Bridge, while the rest of the Sequoias are around the four corners of the house amongst the gardens. |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | |
| WGS84 | OSGB36 | |||||||
| Giant Redwood, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum | 1 | N52.02007 E0.21565 |
N52.01961 E0.217317 |
TL 52130 38056 | 160ft (48.8m) |
29.4m | 5.3m | May 2007 |
| 2 | N52.02019 E0.21530 |
N52.01973 E0.21697 |
TL 52105 38068 | 168ft (51.22m) |
5.9m | .75m | May 2007 | |
| 3 | N52.02021 E0.21517 |
N52.01975 E0.21684 |
TL 52096 38070 | 169ft (51.52m) |
7.5m | .47m | May 2007 | |
| 4 | N52.02131 E0.22137 |
N52.02085 E0.22304 |
TL 52518 38206 | 129ft (39.33m) |
28.4m | 4.7m | May 2007 | |
| 5 | N52.02128 E0.22218 |
N52.02082 E0.22385 |
TL 52574 38204 | 147ft (44.82m) |
30.6m | 6.85m | May 2007 | |
| 6 | N52.02119 E0.22198 |
N52.02073 E0.22365 |
TL 52560 38194 | 153ft (46.65m) |
9m | .98m | May 2007 | |
| 7 | N52.02011 E0.22195 |
N52.01965 E0.22362 |
TL 52562 38073 | 127ft (38.72m) |
28.3m | 3.71m | May 2007 | |
| 8 | N52.02041 E0.22167 |
N52.01995 E0.22334 |
TL 52542 38106 | 144ft (43.9m) |
36.6m | 5.62m | May 2007 | |
| 9 | N52.02015 E0.21983 |
N52.01969 E0.22150 |
TL 52416 38074 | 154ft (46.95m) |
5m | .37m | May 2007 | |
| 10 | N52.02003 E0.22021 |
N52.01957 E0.22188 |
TL 52443 38061 | 148ft (45.12m) |
35m | 5.3m | May 2007 | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | ||||||||