Writtle - College (Essex)
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Writtle - College (Essex) |
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 Giant Redwood and a Larch (to the right in its Autumn colours) - November 2011 |
| Writtle College contains many varied specimen trees and most have labels giving their latin names. The larger of the Giant Redwoods has numerous branches sweeping to the ground on one side where it is not crowded by other trees and it is one of the earliest added to this website. |
 Two of the Dawn Redwoods and two Swamp Cypress (on the left) in their Autumn colours - November 2011 |
| The November 2011 picture of the Dawn Redwoods shows them in their very late Autumn colours, in fact they are in the process of dropping their leaves. By contrast, two adjacent large Swamp Cypress (which are often mistaken for Dawn Redwoods due to the similarity of the foliage) are at the peak of their Autumn colour and therefore quite vivid. |
 Two very young Coast Redwood - November 2011 |
| Two very young Coast Redwood trees growing vigorously, one has two trunks at ground level and the other has quite a lean. |
 The young Blue Giant (Glaucum) - November 2011 |
| Another younger Giant Redwood can be found in the same area as the larger, this one being of the variety Glaucum whose colour has a blue tint and was around two metres tall in 2011. Please click on the photograph to see the image in greater detail. |
 Two of the Dawn Redwoods - July 2006 |
 The larger Giant - July 2006 |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | ||
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| Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum | 1 | N51.73830 E0.42910 | N51.73780 W0.43075 | TL 67818 07190 | 23ft (07.01m) | 18.5m -- | 4.88m 4.56m | November 2011 July 2006 | |
| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostrobodies | 2 | N51.73527 E0.42811 | N51.73477 W0.42976 | TL 67761 06851 | 25ft (07.62m) | 19.6m | 2.6m | November 2011 | |
| 3 | N51.73531 E0.42814 | N51.73481 W0.42979 | TL 67763 06856 | 23ft (07.01m) | 21.8m | 2.96m | November 2011 | ||
| 4 | N51.73533 E0.42781 | N51.73483 W0.42946 | TL 67740 06857 | 23ft (07.01m) | 7.4m | 0.63m | November 2011 | ||
| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens | 5 | N51.73537 E0.42821 | N51.73487 W0.42986 | TL 67767 06862 | 26ft (07.93m) | 8.7m | 0.82m | November 2011 | |
| 6 | N51.73540 E0.42825 | N51.73490 W0.42990 | TL 67770 06866 | 26ft (07.93m) | 10.3m | 0.83m | November 2011 | ||
| Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Glaucum' | 7 | N51.73838 E0.42750 | N51.73788 W0.42915 | TL 67707 07196 | 21ft (06.40m) | 2m | -- | November 2011 | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5 metres from ground | |||||||||