Leighton - Royal Forestry Society's Redwood Grove (Powys)
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Leighton - Royal Forestry Society's Redwood Grove (Powys) |
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| Thanks to Ilyan for allowing us to use his above photographs of Coast Redwoods in the Royal Forestry Society's Redwood Grove at Leighton, Montgomeryshire in Wales. We knew that Sequoia sempervirens can root quite easily, but when Iylan told us about "a fallen Sequoia turning into a row of trees" and sent the above pictures, we were amazed at the endurance of this tree. No matter that it had toppled, its branches had taken over to become trees themselves. Ilyan wrote, "This year I was invited to a gathering in North Wales and took a photo. It shows what could happen with a fallen Sequoia turning into a row of trees. It is on page 7 of "Woodland Heritage 2006" the magazine of an organisation for people who use timber as well as for those who grow trees." Naylor purchased Coast Redwood and Wellingtonia seedlings in 1857 fromCalifornia and the forests of the Pacific north-west and planted them along the hillside. These now cover about 12 hectares and form part of the Charles Ackers grove. Charles Ackers gave the entire woodland to the Royal Forestry Society in 1958, having bought it from Captain J. Murray Naylor in 1931. He planted an additional redwood woodland and also started to lay out a pinetum to the north and east. This work which has been continued by the Royal Forestry Society The following set of photographs didn't come out quite as well as Ilyan's but I have included them as a matter of interest. Click on the small pictures to see the full size photographs. |
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| Please note that the site is not generally open to the public and permission needs to be sought from the RFS (via their website) in order to gain access. |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | |
| WGS84 | OSGB36 | |||||||
| Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum | 1 | N52.63744 W3.11241 | N52.63709 W3.11111 | SJ 24818 04990 | 593ft (180.79m) | 50.719m | 7.52m | May 2010 |
| 2 | N52.63735 W3.11308 | N52.63700 W3.11178 | SJ 24772 04980 | 535ft (163.11m) | 42.749m | 5.62m | May 2010 | |
| 3 | N52.63722 W3.11355 | N52.63687 W3.11225 | SJ 24740 04966 | 513ft (156.40m) | 46.4m | 7.7m | May 2010 | |
| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens | 4 | N52.63353 W3.11185 | N52.63318 W3.11055 | SJ 24849 04554 | 659ft (200.91m) | -- | 4.92m | May 2010 |
| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostrobodies | 5 | N52.62980 W3.11156 | N52.62945 W3.11026 | SJ 24862 04139 | 611ft (186.28m) | -- | -- | -- |
| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens | 6 | N52.62739 W3.11320 | N52.62704 W3.1119 | SJ 24747 03873 | 643ft (196.04m) | -- | -- | May 2010 |
| Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum | 7 | N52.62995 W3.11234 | N52.62960 W3.11104 | SJ 24810 04157 | 616ft (187.80m) | -- | 6.9m | May 2010 |
| 8 | N52.63345 W3.12009 | N52.63310 W3.11879 | SJ 24291 04554 | 438ft (133.54m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 9 | N52.63369 W3.12007 | N52.63334 W3.11877 | SJ 24293 04581 | 440ft (134.15m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 10 | N52.63387 W3.12007 | N52.63352 W3.11877 | SJ 24293 04601 | 432ft (131.71m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 11 | N52.63427 W3.12006 | N52.63392 W3.11876 | SJ 24295 04645 | 429ft (130.79m) | 37m | -- | May 2010 | |
| 12 | N52.63449 W3.12009 | N52.63414 W3.11879 | SJ 24293 04670 | 426ft (129.88m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 13 | N52.63469 W3.12008 | N52.63434 W3.11878 | SJ 24294 04692 | 430ft (131.10m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 14 | N52.63501 W3.12009 | N52.63466 W3.11879 | SJ 24294 04728 | 399ft (121.65m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 15 | N52.63524 W3.11999 | N52.63489 W3.11869 | SJ 24301 04753 | 408ft (124.39m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 16 | N52.63527 W3.12019 | N52.63492 W3.11889 | SJ 24288 04757 | 429ft (130.79m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 17 | N52.63539 W3.12010 | N52.63504 W3.1188 | SJ 24294 04770 | 435ft (132.62m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 18 | N52.63558 W3.12006 | N52.63523 W3.11876 | SJ 24297 04791 | 428ft (130.49m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 19 | N52.63567 W3.12027 | N52.63532 W3.11897 | SJ 24283 04801 | 439ft (133.84m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 20 | N52.63581 W3.12026 | N52.63546 W3.11896 | SJ 24284 04817 | 436ft (132.93m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 21 | N52.63600 W3.12022 | N52.63565 W3.11892 | SJ 24287 04838 | 428ft (130.49m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 22 | N52.63621 W3.12004 | N52.63586 W3.11874 | SJ 24299 04861 | 427ft (130.18m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 23 | N52.63619 W3.12019 | N52.63584 W3.11889 | SJ 24289 04859 | 429ft (130.79m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 24 | N52.63645 W3.12002 | N52.63610 W3.11872 | SJ 24301 04888 | 423ft (128.96m) | -- | 6.9m | May 2010 | |
| 25 | N52.63644 W3.12031 | N52.63609 W3.11901 | SJ 24282 04887 | 420ft (128.05m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 26 | N52.63655 W3.12010 | N52.63620 W3.1188 | SJ 24296 04899 | 421ft (128.35m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 27 | N52.63656 W3.12023 | N52.63621 W3.11893 | SJ 24287 04900 | 428ft (130.49m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 28 | N52.63678 W3.12022 | N52.63643 W3.11892 | SJ 24288 04925 | 436ft (132.93m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 29 | N52.63702 W3.12027 | N52.63667 W3.11897 | SJ 24285 04951 | 443ft (135.06m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 30 | N52.63716 W3.12006 | N52.63681 W3.11876 | SJ 24300 04967 | 440ft (134.15m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 31 | N52.63726 W3.12031 | N52.63691 W3.11901 | SJ 24283 04978 | 430ft (131.10m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 32 | N52.63757 W3.12008 | N52.63722 W3.11878 | SJ 24299 05012 | 441ft (134.45m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 33 | N52.63795 W3.12027 | N52.63760 W3.11897 | SJ 24287 05055 | 421ft (128.35m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 34 | N52.6381 W3.12028 | N52.63775 W3.11898 | SJ 24286 05072 | 414ft (126.22m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 35 | N52.63836 W3.12032 | N52.63801 W3.11902 | SJ 24284 05100 | 405ft (123.48m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| 36 | N52.63852 W3.12003 | N52.63817 W3.11873 | SJ 24304 05118 | 399ft (121.65m) | -- | -- | -- | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | ||||||||