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One of the oldest trees in Slovenia


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I was lucky enough to spend xmas this winter in Slovenia and managed to make a visit to this huge small leaved lime (Tilia cardata) called the Navjevska lipa - one of the most important trees in Slovenia.

 

It was planted in 1290 making it around 727years old.

Small-leaved lime 'Najevska lipa' near the farm in Ludranski Vrh

The girth of the tree, measured at a height of 1.30 m, is 10.70 m on Jun 11, 2006. Its height is around 25.50 m (Jun 11, 2006, measurement taken from info sign near tree, on which the exact measurement method is not elaborated.

 

It was a real beauty of a tree, heavily hollowed out to the extent that there was minimal sound wood left at the base and large open cavities throughout. It seemed that the cavities were cleared of any partially rotted material and debris to try and reduce the food bank for decay fungi and protect what little sound wood still exists. There was some flexible, steel bracing within the primary branches and a fence used to exist around the tree that would help protect the root plate from compaction. Last pic illustrates the decay pattern across the basal area.

 

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