Petworth - Petworth Park (Sussex)
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Petworth - Petworth Park (Sussex) |
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| Thanks to Luke for sending this photograph of a Giant Redwood in Petworth Park. Luke says it is "not too wide at the bottom and probably about 5m girth, you will notice it has a very blatant bend in the trunk." The people sitting at the base of the trunk illustrate the scale of these trees. It is interesting that there are so few branches on the lower part of the trunk. It is possible that in past decades the tree was crowded with undergrowth, this would cause the Giant Redwood to drop its lower branches. |
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| Petworth Park also contains several young Giant and Coast Redwood. Most of these can be found adjacent to the far end of the car park. It is good to see places such as this planting young Redwood trees to compliment the Victorian legacies. |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | |
| WGS84 | OSGB36 | |||||||
| Giant Redwood, Giant Sequoia, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
1 | N50.99418 W0.61278 |
N50.99362 W0.61125 |
SU 97450 22558 | 141ft (42.99m) |
20.3m | -- | September 2007 |
| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens |
2 | N50.99404 W0.61290 |
N50.99348 W0.61137 |
SU 97442 22542 | 138ft (42.07m) |
11m | -- | September 2007 |
| 3 | N50.99399 W0.61286 |
N50.99343 W0.61133 |
SU 97445 22537 | 141ft (42.99m) |
approx 10m | -- | September 2007 | |
| 4 | N50.99400 W0.61295 |
N50.99344 W0.61142 |
SU 97439 22538 | 150ft (45.73m) |
approx 10m | -- | September 2007 | |
| 5 | N50.99395 W0.61296 |
N50.99339 W0.61143 |
SU 97438 22533 | 155ft (47.26m) |
approx 10m | -- | September 2007 | |
| 6 | N50.99400 W0.61301 |
N50.99344 W0.61177 |
SU 97414 22538 | 158ft (48.17m) |
approx 10m | -- | September 2007 | |
| 7 | N50.99401 W0.61308 |
N50.99345 W0.61178 |
SU 97413 22539 | 168ft (51.22m) |
approx 10m | -- | September 2007 | |
| 8 | N50.99399 W0.61305 |
N50.99343 W0.61152 |
SU 97432 22537 | 161ft (49.09m) |
approx 10m | -- | September 2007 | |
| Giant Redwood, Giant Sequoia, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
9 | N50.99104 W0.61022 |
N50.99048 W0.60869 |
SU 97636 22212 | 137ft (41.77m) |
37.2m | 5.88m | September 2007 |
| 10 | N50.99127 W0.61023 |
N50.99071 W0.60870 |
SU 97635 22238 | 172ft (52.44m) |
17.9m | 1.44m | September 2007 | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | ||||||||