How old/ big do hornbeam get to?

[TMJ]

There is a large hornbeam close to me. It looks like it has been pollarded before. Can anyone give me some idea how to date it?

[David Humphries]

  TMJ said:

There is a large hornbeam close to me. It looks like it has been pollarded before. Can anyone give me some idea how to date it?

 

 

The tallest Hornbeam (in England) is somewhere in the region of 31 meters in Surrey.

 

Guestimating a date for a Hornbeam pollard is not an easy task.

 

 

Any phots of it ?

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I would think life span similar maybe slightly longer than beech 300-400 being an old tree

[TMJ]

Getting dark here so no chance of a good photo. Tapemeasure around the trunk is about 6.5 meters.

[Hodge]

Hornbeam were popular for making shuttles for weaving.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

  TMJ said:

Getting dark here so no chance of a good photo. Tapemeasure around the trunk is about 6.5 meters.

 

 

!!!!!!!!!!!

 

that needs recording!

[TMJ]

This is it in daylight. For a sense of scale that is my MS660 with 36" bar at the base. Any more suggestions on age/ importance appreciated....

[dave fox]

  hamadryad said:

!!!!!!!!!!!

 

that needs recording!

your spent to many years on your own in the woods mate!!!

[RobRainford]

  dave fox said:

your spent to many years on your own in the woods mate!!!

 

thats probably true , but that tree does need recording!

[David Humphries]

  TMJ said:

Getting dark here so no chance of a good photo. Tapemeasure around the trunk is about 6.5 meters.

 

Champion girth for Hornbeam in the British Isles is from Brede in East Sussex 829 @ 0.5m

 

 

 

 

 

 

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