The survey
This survey was carried out in June-August 2020 by Peter Pitkin. All measurements in the following tables are rough estimates, in feet and inches. The plan indicating the position of the numbered trees was traced from the Google satellite image, 2020.
In some cases an identification is less than certain – indicated in the tables by ‘cf.’ (compare), e.g. Betula cf. pubescens. The identification of some trees, particularly the cherries, could be confirmed earlier in the year when they would be in flower or newly in leaf.
Some observations
There are around 40 different kinds of trees. Of these, seventeen commonly grow wild at least somewhere in the UK.
Planting
There is a mixture of planted and self-sown trees. Many of the birches are likely to have been self-sown, and there are frequent self-sown sycamores. It is difficult to discern much of a pattern to any older planting. More recently, however, the oaks and Austrian pines planted around 25(?) years ago were planted in a cross-like formation in each of the four divisions of the main part of the cemetery.
The most impressive trees visually are the copper (purple) beeches, the single wild-type beech, the limes and the larger sycamores, but there are also some very attractive silver birches. The limes are the tallest, reaching around 75ft.
The limes, the beeches and the largest sycamores were very likely all planted at the same time, probably when (or soon after) the cemetery was laid out. There are four very large wild cherries (gean) which may be contemporary with them.
It is very unlikely that any of the trees are older than the cemetery itself.
The most interesting specimens are the silver lime (Tilia tomentosa), the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), the field maple (Acer campestre) and the hornbeam (Carpinus betulus). All are young – probably planted around 20-25 years ago. The berberis (Berberis darwinii) is a common garden shrub, but is remarkable here for its height (c.22ft.).
There is an assortment of sycamores (though no more varied than on Bruntsfield Links and the Meadows) with three variegated trees, one resembling ‘Corstorphinense’ and a red-leaved one.
Pollarding
All the larger trees, except for one notable sycamore (no.150) and perhaps the birches, have at some time been pollarded, very likely more than once. At a rough guess the last time would have been between the wars. With the birches it is much harder to tell – a few show clear signs, but generally they do not respond by producing the crop of relatively uniform vertical stems that we see for instance in the lime trees. With the trees pollarded there would have been an open view across the cemetery, so its appearance and its atmosphere would have been very different from now.
Marked trees
Only two trees are marked as being planted in memory of the cemetery’s occupants.
Some of the older trees bear numbered tags. There appear to be two series of numbers, both incomplete – one (probably the earlier) with five figures followed by EDC, the other with five figures followed by CEM.
A young Scots pine (No 83) has a plaque labelling it ‘The Grange Association Millennium Tree’, recording that it was planted by Roger Crofts CBE, Chief Executive of Scottish Natural Heritage on 6t6 October 1999. The plaque needs replacing.
The birches are very varied. Many of them are clearly the silver birch, Betula pendula, but with varying degrees of ‘weeping’, some of them doing so very prettily. A smaller number resemble downy birch, B. pubescens, to some degree and while I am happy that some of these are the species, others with intermediate or mixed characteristics appear to be hybrids. I have not attempted to draw that line.
In addition to the trees, several shrubs are worth mentioning. Leycesteria formosa, the Himalayan honeysuckle is plentiful and very obviously self-seeding (spread by birds that eat the black fruits). Several species of Cotoneaster (incl. C. frigidus, C. horizontalis, C conspicuus) are present, no doubt similarly introduced by birds. And in the western extension Hebe armstrongii, one of the ‘whipcord’ hebes from New Zealand, has been planted on the E-W bank, and is quite striking even though it is now getting rather old.
Peter Pitkin
Edinburgh, September 2020
Kinds of trees ordered by number
Note that the numbers include some immature self-sown specimens which are perhaps better described as shrubs or bushes. The smallest and scrappiest are omitted.
* indicates species found wild in the UK.
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below for photos)
 | Betula pendula | *Silver birch | 50 |
 | Acer pseudoplatanus | *Sycamore | 21 |
 | Betula pubescens or hybrids B. pubescens x B. pendula | *Downy birch | 15 |
 | Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ | Copper (purple) beech | 12 |
 | Sorbus intermedia | Swedish whitebeam | 11 |
 | Tilia x europaea | Lime | 9 |
 | Quercus robur | *English oak | 9 |
| Ilex aquifolium | *Holly | 6 | |
| Sorbus aucuparia | *Rowan | 6 | |
 | Pinus nigra | Austrian pine | 5 |
 | P. sylvestris | *Scots pine | 5 |
| Prunus cf. ‘Kanzan’ | Ornamental flowering cherry | 5 | |
 | P. avium | *Gean/ wild cherry | 4(?5) |
| Crataegus monogyna | *Hawthorn | 4 | |
 | Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Variegatum’ | Sycamore, variegated | 3 |
| Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (vars.) | Lawson cypress (varieties) | 3 | |
 | Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ | Irish yew | 3 |
 | Malus x purpurea cf. Lemoinei | Crab apple, a purple-leaved variety | 2 |
 | Thuja occidentalis ‘Lutea’ | Eastern white cedar (variety) | 2 |
 | Acer campestre | *Field maple | 1 |
 | A. platanoides | Norway maple | 1 |
| A. platanoides (var.) | Norway maple, purple-leaved | 1 | |
| A. pseudoplatanus ‘Purpureum’ | Sycamore , red-leaved | 1 | |
| A. pseudoplatanus cf. ‘Corstorphinense’ | Sycamore, variety | 1 | |
| Berberis darwinii | 1 | ||
| Betula pendula ‘Dalecarlica’ | Silver birch, cut-leaved | 1 | |
 | Carpinus betulus | *Hornbeam | 1 |
 | Fagus sylvatica | *Beech, wild type | 1 |
| Fraxinus excelsior | *Ash | 1 | |
| M. x tschonoskii | Pillar apple | 1 | |
 | Malus sp. | Ornamental crab apple (? ‘Red Sentinel’) | 1 |
 | Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn redwood | 1 |
| Prunus, other ornamental, possible P. ‘Spire’ | Flowering cherry | 1 | |
| Salix caprea | *Goat willow | 1 | |
| Sambucus nigra | *Elder | 1 | |
| Sorbus aria | *Whitebeam | 1 | |
 | Sorbus cf. mougeotii | Vosges whitebeam | 1 |
 | Taxus baccata | *Yew, wild type | 1 |
 | Tilia tomentosa | Silver lime | 1 |
Inventory of trees in the Grange Cemetery
Numbers as marked on plan above
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| 1 | Fraxinus excelsior | Ash | (2 x 10ins) x 15ft. | |
| 2 | Prunus (cf. P. hillieri ‘Spire’) | Ornamental cherry | Multi-stemmed 10ft. | |
| 3 | Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine | 16ins x 25ft. | |
| 4 | Prunus avium | Gean | Multi-stemmed 10ft | Self-sown |
| 5 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (var.) | Lawson cypress | (c.5 x <8ins.) x 15ft. | |
| 6 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 30ins. x 35ft. | |
| 7 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | c.9ins. x 20ft. | |
| 8 | Ilex aquifolium | Holly | 8ins. x 15ft. | |
| 9 | Ilex aquifolium | Holly | (2 x 6ins.) x 12ft. | |
| 10 | Ilex aquifolium | Holly | 6ins. x 12ft. | |
| 11 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | (2 x 9-10ins.) x 35ft. | |
| 12 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | (3+3+4ins.) x 15ft. | Self-sown |
| 13 | Prunus avium | Gean | 2ins. x 10ft. | Ailing |
| 14 | Acer platanoides (var.) | Norway maple (purple) | 3ins. x 12ft. | Possibly ‘Faasens Black’ |
| 15 | Salix caprea ssp. sericea | Goat willow | Bush 12ft. x 12ft. | Quite a good match for ssp. sericea – no stipules, cuneate leaf base, lvs. silvery below, etc. |
| 16 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 8ins. x 25ft. | Self-sown |
| 17 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 40ins. x 55ft. | |
| 18 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | c.42ins. x 50ft. | Not quite so purple as 17 |
| 19 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 25ins. x 45ft. | |
| 20 | Acer pseudoplatanus ‘ Variegatum’ | Sycamore – variegated | 24ins. x 48ft. | |
| 21 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 30ins. x 50ft. | |
| 22 | Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine | 16ins. x 45ft. | Straggly – suffering from adjacent beech |
| 23 | Ilex aquifolium | Holly | 12ft. | Straggly |
| 24 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | (4 x 8ins) x 30ft. | |
| 25 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 8ins. x 18ft. | |
| 26 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (var.) | Lawson cypress | Bush 10ft. x 10ft. | |
| 27 | Malus x purpurea | Purple-leaved crab | 18ins. x 22ft. | Occasional leaves lobed. Possibly ‘Lemoinei’ cf. 54 |
| 28 | Prunus cf. ‘Kanzan’ | Flowering cherry | 25ins@ 3ft. (6x<16ins. above) x 20ft. | |
| 29 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 16ins. x 30ft. | |
| 30 | Prunus cf. ’Kanzan’ | Flowering cherry | 20ins. @ 4ft. x 15ft. | |
| 31 | Prunus avium | Gean | 32ins. x 45ft. | |
32 | Acer pseudoplatanus cf. ‘Variegatum’ | Sycamore – variegated | 30ins. x 40ft. | cf. 20 |
| 33 | Pinus nigra | Austrian pine | 15ins. x 25ft. | |
| 34 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 20ins. @ 2ft. (into 6 x c.10ins @ 4ft.) x 22ft. | 01990CEM |
| 35 | Prunus avium | Gean | 32ins. x 25ft. | 00030EDC; 01987CEM |
| 36 | Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ | Irish (fastigiate) yew | 25ft. | |
| 37 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 28ins. x 48ft. | Good ‘weeping’ specimen |
| 38 | Betula pubescens | Birch | 16ins. x 40ft. | |
| 39 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 18ins. x 50ft. | Another (cf. 37) good ’weeping’ form |
40 | Tilia tomentosa | Silver lime | 11ins. x 20ft. | Young tree – planted at the same time as the oaks (and in formation). Seemingly the only one in the Grange. |
| 40A | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 24-26ins. x 60ft. | 01996CEM Tall. Close against 40B, originally marked on map as one tree. |
| 40B | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 18-20ins. x 50ft. | Close against 40A – originally marked on map as one tree. |
| 41 | Betula cf. pubescens | Birch | c.18ins. x 40ft. | Possible hybrid |
| 42 | Prunus cf. ‘Kanzan’ | Flowering cherry | 24ins. @ 3ft. (into 3 x 8-16ins. above) x 20ft. | |
| 43 | Tilia x europaea | Lime | 34-40ins, x 65ft. | 00025EDC; 01982CEM. Good shape, clean trunk (no epicormics). Old pollarding – 4 stems @c.10ft. Cf. 59. |
| 44 | Quercus robur | English oak | 16ins. x 35ft. | One of 6 (44-49) planted together in formation. Nicely spaced, well-grown |
45 | Quercus robur | English oak | 16ins. x 40ft | One of 6 (44-49) planted together in formation |
| 46 | Quercus robur | English oak | 16ins. x 38ft. | One of 6 (44-49) planted together in formation |
| 47 | Quercus robur | English oak | 14ins. x 35ft. | One of 6 (44-49) planted together in formation |
| 48 | Quercus robur | English oak | 16ins. x 35ft. | One of 6 (44-49) planted together in formation |
49 | Quercus robur | English oak | 11ins. x 25ft. | One of 6 (44-49) planted together in formation |
50   | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 42ins. x 60ft. | 01975CEM. Big; once pollarded @ c.10-12ft. into c.10 x <20ins. |
| 51 | Prunus cf. ‘Kanzan’ | Flowering cherry | 24-30ins @ 3ft. (into 4x18ins. above) x 20ft | 01974CEM |
52 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 26-28ins. x 45ft. | |
| 53 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 25ins. x 50ft. | |
54  | Malus x purpurea | Purple-leaved crab | 18ins. @ 3ft, x 18ft. | Widely spreading; occasional leaves lobed. Possibly ‘Lemoinei’ cf. 27 |
| 55 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | c.12ins. x 18ft. | |
56  | Prunus avium | Gean | c.50ins. x 40ft. | 01998CEM. Big. |
| 57 | Betula cf. pubescens | Birch | 16ins. x 25ft. | Possible hybrid |
| 58 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | c.25ins. x 50ft. | |
59  | Tilia x europaea | Lime | c.42ins. x 75ft. | 01994CEM. Big: cf. 43. Once pollarded. Good specimen, but somewhat crowded by 58. Clean trunk. |
| 60 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 2.5ins. x 14ft. | Planted 2016 (in memoriam Klayman) |
| 61 | Malus tschonoskii | Pillar apple | 10ins. x 20ft. | Leaning @ c.30 degrees |
| 62 | Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan | 11ins. x 20ft. | |
| 63 | Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn | (4 x <9ins.) x 18ft. | |
| 64 | Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan | (10ins + 8ins) x 20ft. | Healthy |
| 65 | Sorbus aria | Whitebeam | 11ins. x 18ft. | |
66  | Betula pubescens | Downy birch | 25ins. x 45ft. | A good white trunk, but habit is that of B. pubescens. Twigs with sparse white (pilose) hairs and dense short glandular indumentum. |
| 67 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 15ins. x 35ft. | |
| 68 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 12ins. x 30ft. | Contemporary (and in formation) with 76 and 77. |
| 69 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | (4 x <2ins.) x 10ft | Weedy bush |
| 70 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 36ins. x 40ft. | Once pollarded @ c.12ft – c.15 x 12ins. |
| 71 | Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ | Irish yew | 12ft x 10ft. wide | Overshadowed and lopsided |
| 72 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 45ins. x 35ft. | Good spreading shape. Once pollarded at c.8ft into 8 stems. |
| 73 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 27ins. x 45ft. | |
| 74 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 14ins. x 35ft. | |
75  | Tilia x europaea | Lime | c.40ins. x 50ft | Missing a number tag |
| 76 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 10ins. x 22ft. | Contemporary (and in formation with) with 68 and 77. Badly dying back. |
| 77 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 9ins. x 15ft. | Contemporary (and in formation with) with 68 and 76. |
78  | Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn redwood | 22-26ins. x 35ft. | Well-spaced and doing nicely |
| 79 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 25ins. x 35ft. | |
| 80 | Prunus (uncertain which) | Flowering cherry | 38ins. x 25ft. | Possibly double-flowered P. avium, but impossible to tell when recorded in July. |
81  | Tilia europaea | Lime | c.40ins. x 65ft | Big – good specimen. Once pollarded @c. 12-25ft. Number tag missing. Cf. 43 and 59, but this with epicormic shoots. |
| 82 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore (variegated) | 36ins. x 50ft. | Good shape. Old pollarding – c.10 @ 12-15ft. |
83  | Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine | 14-15ins. x 25ft. | ‘The Grange Association Millennium Tree’ planted by R. Crofts CBE, Chief Executive, Scottish Natural Heritage, 6 October 1999. (Plaque adrift) |
| 84 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 40-46ins. x 50ft. | Old pollarding into 8-12 <18ins. @ 8-12ft. Small leaves. |
| 85 | Taxus baccata | Irish yew | Bush 20ft. x 16ft. across | |
| 86 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 16ins. x 40ft. | |
| 87 | Ilex aquifolium | Holly | 4.5ft. | Recently planted |
88 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 24ins. x 65ft. | Good weeping form – well spaced |
89 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 18-20ins. x 60ft. | Tall, narrow, good weeping form |
| 90 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 18ins. x 50ft. | On bank. Good white trunk and branches. |
| 91 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 34ins. x 50ft. | Not very pendulous, but twigs without short dense indumentum. |
92  | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 50ins. x 50ft. | 01934CEM. Old pollarding @ c.10-12ft. into c.15 x <20ins. |
| 93 | Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine | 32ins @ 2.5ft. x 30ft. | c. 7 x <18ins. @ 8ft. |
| 94 | Taxus baccata | Yew | 16ins. x 20ft. | Spreading – against wall |
| 95 | Ilex aquifolium | Holly | 15ins @ 4ft. (into 3 x 6-8ins. @ 6ft.) x 18ft. | |
| 96 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 9ins. x 20ft. | Ailing somewhat and straggly |
| 97 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (var.) | Lawson cypress | Bush 15ft. x 18ft. across. | |
| 98 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | (2 x 6ins.) x 20ft. | |
| 99 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 48ins. x 55ft. | Divided into 2 @ c 6ft; old pollarding @ c.8ft into 10 <24ins. Spreading: 56-60ft. |
100 | Thuja occidentalis ‘Lutea’ | White cedar (ornamental var.) | 12ft. | Neat tall pyramid. Of a pair with 101. |
101 | Thuja occidentalis ‘Lutea’ | White cedar (ornamental var.) | 10ft. | Neat tall pyramid. Of a pair with 100. |
| 102 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | (3 x c.16ins.) x 35ft. | Possibly 2 (or 3) separate trees. Trunks swathed in ivy. |
| 103 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 16ins. x 30ft. | Trunk thickly covered in ivy. |
| 104 | Berberis darwinii | 22ft. | Astonishingly tall; fighting with birches and ivy. | |
| 105 | Sambucus nigra | Elder | Bush 12ft. x 18ft. across. | Holly, ivy and sycamore growing through. NB: 105 and 107-110 much of a jumble growing on the bank. |
| 106 | Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine | 20ins. x 40ft. | Planted below bank |
| 107 | Sorbus intermedia x 4 | Swedish whitebeam | 1.5-8ins. x <15ft. | Four bushes; also a hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). See 105. |
| 108 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | Thicket <25ft. | Includes another Sorbus intermedia (cf.107,109). See 105. |
| 109 | Sorbus intermedia x2 | Swedish whitebeam | <15ft. | Also one rowan, one hawthorn. See 105. |
| 110 | Acer pseudoplatanus x2 | Sycamore | <10ins. x 20ft. | See 105 |
111  | Acer campestre | Field maple | c.16ins. @ 2ft. (into 5 x <12ins.@ 6ft.) x 35ft. | Well-spaced. Good spreading shape. |
112 | Carpinus betulus | Hornbeam | 20ins. @ 3ft. (into 5-6 @ 5ft.) x 35ft. | Neat, narrow, somewhat elongated leaves, but C. betulus (rather than C. caroliniana) nevertheless. Well spaced, good shape. |
| 113 | Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan | (3 x 1.5-2ins.) x 10ft. | 113-122 growing closely together (planted and self-sown) on the bank of the raised vault (cf.105, 107-110). |
| 114 | Betula pendula x4 | Silver birch | 2-8ins. x 25ft. | See 113 |
115 | Sorbus intermedia x2 | Swedish whitebeam | 2/6ins. x 20ft. 3ins. x 14ft. | See 113 |
| 116 | Betula cf. pendula | Birch | 6ins. x 20ft. | Possible hybrid (B. pendula x pubescens). See 113. |
| 117 | Sorbus aucuparia | Rowan | (2 x 2ins.) x 11ft. | See 113 |
| 118 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | (4 x <6ins.) x 25ft. | See 113 |
| 119 (i) | Betula cf. pubescens | Birch | (3 x <6ins.) x 30ft. | B. pubescens or possible hybrid in a thicket of birch with two weedy cherries (Prunus avium). See 113 |
| 119 (ii) | Betula sp. x 5 | 1-6ins x 28ft. | Probably <5 separate trees: B. pubescens and B. pendula. | |
| 119 (iii) | Betula pubescens | 5ins. x 22ft. | ||
| 120 | Sorbus intermedia | Swedish whitebeam | (5 x <6ins.) x 20ft. | See 113 |
| 121 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 11ins. x 30ft. | See 113 |
122 | Sorbus intermedia | Swedish whitebeam | (5 x 4-5ins.) x 25ft. | See 113 |
| 123 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 26ins. x 50ft. | Well-spaced, good shape |
| 124 | Betula pubescens | Downy birch | c.24ins. x 40ft. | |
| 125 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 22ins. x 38ft. | Spreading, hardly pendulous |
| 126 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 11ins. x 38ft. | Straggly, crowded and ailing |
| 127 | Prunus cf. ’Kanzan’ | Flowering cherry | c.25ins. @ 3ft. (into 6x <14ins. @ 5-6ft.) x 38ft. | Crowded by beech (128) |
128   | Fagus sylvatica (the type) | Beech | 55ins @5ft (into c.12 @ 10ft. x < c.24ins) x 65ft. | Possibly the stateliest and most impressive tree. Old pollarding @ 7-15ft. Spreading to c.80ft. |
| 129 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | c. 25ins x 45ft. | A good tree; not very weeping |
| 130 | Betula pubescens | Downy birch | (3 x 14-16ins.) x 40ft. | |
| 131 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 12ins. x 32 ft. | |
132 | Sorbus cf. mougeotii | Vosges whitebeam | (4 x <12ins @ c.3ft.) x c.30ft. (into c. 8 above) | Similar to S. intermedia, but leaves less deeply lobed, darker green above, whiter beneath (vs. yellowish) and narrower toward the (cuneate) base. Abundant red fruit. |
133 | Pinus cf. nigra | Austrian pine | 19ins. @ 3ft (3 x 5-16ins. @ 6ft.) x 27ft. | Well spaced; good shape. Planted in formation cf.138. |
| 134 | Betula pendula cf. ‘Dalecarlica’ | Cut-leaved silver birch | 5ins. x 20ft. | Planted in formation. Straggly – doing poorly. |
| 135 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | (3 x 3-7ins) x 25ft. | |
| 136 | Fagus sylvatica | Copper/purple beech | c.45ins. x 60ft. | Good shape. Old pollarding @ 7-10ft. into c. 12 segments. Spreading to c. 70ft. |
| 137 | Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Purpureum’ | Sycamore | 50ins. x 55ft. | Red undersides to leaves. Good shape; old pollarding @8-12 ft into 12+ verticals. |
| 138 | Pinus nigra | Austrian pine | <14ins. x 24ft. | Planted in formation cf. 133 |
| 139 | Quercus robur | English oak | c. 12ins.x 24ft. | Planted in formation cf. 133, 138 |
| 140 | Malus sp | Ornamental crab apple | 20ins. x 20ft. | Fruit scarlet <22mm, on short stalks; sepals not retained. Possibly ‘Red Sentinel’. |
| 141 | Tilia x europaea | Lime | <40ins. x 65ft. | Old pollarding into 8 main stems @ 8-12ft. |
| 142 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 16ins. +18ins. x 35ft. | |
| 143 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | <34ins. x 45ft. | 02587CEM. Poor shape, crowded by 142. |
| 144 | Prunus avium | Gean | 34ins. x 55ft. | Rather lopsided, crowded by 141. |
| 145 | Betula cf. pubescens | Downy birch | 25ins. x 60ft. | |
| 146 | Quercus robur | English oak | 12ins. x 30ft. | Planted in formation cf. 133, 138, 139. |
147    | Betula pubescens | Downy birch | 26ins. x 40ft. | Spreading. 00081EDC; 02594CEM. |
| 148 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 24ins. x 50ft. | |
| 149 | Prunus cf. Kanzan | Flowering cherry | c.30ins. @ 3ft, (leaning at c. 45 degrees) x 25ft. | Divides into 4 x <18ins. @ 4ft, |
150  | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | <c.56ins. x c.75ft. | Forks @ c.15ft into 3 main segments. Less obviously pollarded than others. |
151 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 40-42ins. x 50ft. | Good spreading shape, ?uniform with 154, 155. Old pollarding @ 10-12ft. into c.15 x <24ins. |
| 152 | Betula pubescens | Downy birch | Multiple <3ins. x 15ft. | |
| 153 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | (2 x 3/4ins) x 15ft. | + other stems <1in. |
154    | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 40/42ins. x 50ft. | 02621CEM (tag on the ground). Old pollarding @ c.10ft into c. 10 stems <20ins. Perhaps uniform with 151,155. |
| 155 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 36ins. x 45ft. | 00036EDC. Perhaps uniform with 154, 151 but foliage not quite as dark. Old pollarding @8-1ft. into 8-10 x <20ins. |
| 156 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | Multiple <2.5ins. x 18ft. | |
| 157 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 36ins. x 50ft. | 02612CEM. Good shape but not notably weeping. Probably pollarded @ c.10ft into 10 x <18ins. |
158 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 32ins. x 65ft. | Good weeping form |
| 159 | Betula pubescens or possible hybrid | Birch | 16ins. x 42ft. | 00071EDC. Twigs shiny and sticky with short glandular hairs. Trunk with unfissured bark. Crowded by adjacent beech. Possible old pollarding (into 6) @ 9-10ft. |
160 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 32-35ins. x 55ft. | Good spreading shape, moderately weeping. |
161   | Tilia x europaea | Lime | 50ins. x 75ft. | 02615CEM. Old pollarding @ c.12ft into >10 x 24ins. V. good shape; few epicormics |
| 162 | Tilia x europaea | Lime | <25ins. x 45ft. | Old pollarding @ c.8ft. into c.7 x <15ins. Poor specimen, crowded by adjacent sycamore. |
| 163 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | c.45ins, x 50ft. | Old pollarding @ c.8ft into 5 x <24ins. and above into 10+. Good spreading shape. |
164  | Acer pseudoplatanus ? ‘Corstorphinense’ | Sycamore | c.45ins. @ 2ft. (into 3 @ 5ft. x 32,18,18ins.) x 50ft. | Into 5 stems @10ft. Small pale leaves slightly speckled/mottled. |
165  | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 32ins. x 55ft. | Moderately weeping, rather one-sided. 00076EDC; 02614CEM |
| 166 | Pinus nigra | Austrian pine | 11ins. x c.20ft | Planted in formation cf. 133, 138, etc. but overshadowed and overcrowded by two sycamores. |
| 167 | Quercus robur | English oak | 12-13ins. x 32ft. | Planted in formation, cf. 139, 146, etc. |
| 168 | Pinus nigra | Austrian pine | 16-17ins. x 27ft. | Planted in formation, cf. 133,138,166, etc. |
| 169 | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 40ins. x 45ft. | Pollarded @c.7ft.(and again above) into c.12 x <18ins. |
| 170 | Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn | Bush 14ft x 21ft. across | |
| 171 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | c.5 @ 5ft. x <9ins. forming a bush 30ft. x 30ft. across | |
| 172 | Tilia x europaea | Lime | Sprouted stump forming a bush 10ft. x 12ft. across | Stump diameter c. 40ins. |
173 | Acer platanoides | Norway maple | 36-42ins. @ 3ft. (x2 @ 5ft) x 55ft. | Pollarded @ 8-12ft. into c.15 x <10ins. Some (relatively few) leaves reddish. |
| 174 | Tilia x europaea | Lime | <48ins. x 65ft. | Pollarded @ 7-12ft. into c.10 x <18ins. Some epicormics at base, plus self-sown holly. |
| 175 | Betula pendula | Silver birch | 30ins. x 65ft. | Lopsided, crowded by 174. With large, split hanging branch and some smaller dead branches. |
176   | Tilia x europaea | Lime | <50ins. x 65 ft. | Pollarded @ 8-12 ft into c.8 x <20ins, and @c.15ft into c.12. Some epicormics at base. |
177  | Fagus sylvatica | Purple/copper beech | 36-38ins. x 60ft | Pollarded @ 6-12ft. into a leader + c.7 main stems <24ins. Green tag embedded, number not visible. |
| 178 | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore | 40-42ins. x 60ft. | Pollarded @ 8-12ft into 4 main stems, then above into c. 10. Lopsided and crowded against 176, 177. |
| 179 | Quercus robur | English oak | 9-10ins. x 42ft. | Planted in formation cf. 167. Drawn up by shade/crowding from 176,177. |
| 180 | Acer pseudoplatanus | 2 sycamores (both multiples) | Each c. 20ins. at base x 45ft. | Two together c.10 @ 5ft x <10ins, forming a thicket with 181. |
| 181 | Acer pseudoplatanus | 3 sycamores | 3 stems <10ins. 2 stems <4ins. I stem 16ins. x 40ft. | Forming a thicket with 180. |
Photographs: David Watson, 2020
This is a highly commendable tree survey and a very useful guide to identify species on the map showing the location of trees usefully cross referenced with the data matrix.
Could this type of survey and record be extended more widely into additional areas in the Grange or maybe specific streets where trees are an essential part of the
townscape in the Area of Outstanding Conservation.
Donald Millar FRIAS