Hermitage Douglas-fir
| Hermitage Douglas-fir | |
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_-_geograph.org.uk_-_55758.jpg) The tree (centre) in 2004 | |
  Hermitage Douglas-fir Location of the tree within Scotland | |
| Species | Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) |
| Coordinates | 56°33′32″N 3°37′16″W / 56.559°N 3.621°W |
| Height | 201.1 ft (61.3 m) |
| Date seeded | c. 1750 |
| Date felled | 13 January 2017 |
The Hermitage Douglas-fir (also known as Ossian's Douglas-fir) was a Douglas-fir tree which stood in The Hermitage pleasure ground, in Dunkeld, Scotland, between c. 1887 and 2017.
It was the second tree (after a grand fir in Argyll) in Britain to reach 200 feet (61 m) in height, in 1980.[1] It eventually reached a height of 63 metres (207 ft) in 2009 before it was blown over due to high winds in the early hours of 13 January 2017.[2] It was a self-sown tree, growing from seed blown from one of three older trees at the Hermitage, and was found by increment boring to have germinated around 1887.[1]
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Looking up the trunk of the Hermitage Douglas-fir
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Mitchell, Alan F.; Mitchell, Alan (1996). Alan Mitchell's Trees of Britain. Whitman Publishing & Distribution Company. ISBN 0-00-219972-6.
- ^ "Common Douglas-fir 'Hermitage Douglas-fir' at The Hermitage, Dunkeld, Scotland, United Kingdom". Monumental trees. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2024-11-08.