Best time to see: all year
Key facts
A spreading tree with smooth silver-grey bark, growing up to 25m
A woodland tree, preferring damp, heavy soils, widely planted to harvest for firewood and charcoal
Often coppiced or pollarded, forming trees with huge stools or huge swollen boles
- Main photo
- pollard
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Photo © Owen Keen
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Photo © Tony Gunton