Tree search
Common horse chestnut
Willesley, Leicestershire
Recorded by: Ian Retson
- Species:
- Common horse chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 4.77m at a height of 1.50m History
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- County:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SK3400014470
- Public accessibility:
- Private - not visible from public access (permission required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Parkland, Woodland
-
{{comment.comment}}
Back to summary
Common horse chestnut
Willesley, Leicestershire
Recorded by: Ian Retson
- Species:
- Common horse chestnut
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 4.77m at a height of 1.50m History
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- Tree number:
- 187217
- Local or historic name:
- --
- County:
- Leicestershire
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- SK3400014470
- Public accessibility:
- Private - not visible from public access (permission required to view)
- Surroundings:
- Parkland, Woodland
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- --
- Fungi:
- Species not listed
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Ian Retson
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 21/11/2024
- First recorded:
- 12/09/2018
Remeasured 23/3/21 by Ian Retson and David Logan.Poor with several missing lower limbs, some cut close to trunk showing signs of rot and disease. Several types of fungi present, including Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) and Rigidiporous ulmarius.