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Coast Redwood - September 2005

Dawn Redwood - September 2005

Giant Redwoods - September 2005

Young Giant Redwood - September 2005
Twenty five acres of beautiful gardens at Blake Hall include two Coast (Sequoia sempervirens), two Dawn (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) and three Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees - one of these is approximately 30 yrs old and has the classic pyramid shape of a young Giant Redwood.

Common Names and Latin Name No. Latitude and Longitude OS National Grid Elevation
(above sea-level)
Height Girth Date Measured
WGS84 OSGB36
Coast Redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
1 N51.72328
E0.22539
N51.72278
W0.22702
TL 53805 05071 225ft
(68.60m)
24.7m 2.95m Mar 2010
2 N51.72322
E0.22528
N51.72272
W0.22691
TL 53798 05064 220ft
(67.07m)
23.7m 3.3m Mar 2010
Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostrobodies
3
-- -- --
4
-- -- --
Giant Redwood
Sequoiadendron giganteum
5 N51.72224
E0.22307
N51.72174
W0.22470
TL 53648 04951 193ft
(58.84m)
30.7m 4.15m Mar 2010
6 N51.72241
E0.22313
N51.72191
W0.22476
TL 53652 04970 172ft
(52.44m)
33.1m 4.45m Mar 2010
7 N51.72195
E0.22248
N51.72145
W0.22411
TL 53608 04917 190ft
(57.93m)
17.5m -- Mar 2010
Girth was measured at 1.5 metres from ground

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