How to estimate the age of an oak

Ancient trees are trees of great age over 300 years for an oak tree Ancient oaks may show some of thesecharacteristics: far fatter than usual with a very wide trunk a squat or dumpy appearance gnarled showing signs of decay hollow inside gnarled roots above ground may look in poor shape to the untrainedeye (but in reality are probably veryhealthy for great age)You will need: a soft ribbon type 6m tape measureor a piece of string or ropeor be prepared to use your armsor some friends to help youHere is howyou do it:Measurethe tree fromthe the tree isvery bulbous, then ata point where the tree reverts to its usual waist your start point by noting the placeyou start or by leaning a branch against thetree as a marker or by asking a companionto mark the place with their ready reckoner on the reverse willwork out the approximate age of an oak for tree species will be different as theygrow at different rates, don t live so long(except for yews) and reach different can be considered ancient at a muchyounger age than to estimate theage of an oakThe Woodland Trust, Autumn Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 : 01476 581111 Woodland Trust logo is a registered Charity Number 294344 Oak bud:Pete HolmesOak tree illustration:Reproduced from an original drawing by John White,Forest Research Crown Copyright 03/07 Girth oftree in feetand inches6ft 2ins6ft 7ins8ft 3ins10ft 4ins12ft 4ins14ft 5ins16ft 6ins18ft 7ins20ft 8ins22ft 8ins

Ancient trees are trees of great age – over 300 years for an oak tree Ancient oaks may show some of these characteristics: • far fatter than usual with a very wide trunk

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