Sentence examples for Veteran tree from inspiring English sources
We compared stand composition and structural attributes (i.e., snag and veteran tree densities, tree size variability, and maximum tree size) at sites found to be mixed-severity, as well as those found to be high-severity after recent (<150 years) and older (⩾150 years) stand-replacing fires.
Its acorns propagate many oaks, preserving this veteran tree's genes for years to come.
Shaun Burky, a veteran tree verifier for the Woodland Trust in the north east Wales, spoke to Oliver Hides on BBC Radio Wales.
"The tree has been recorded on a number of veteran tree surveys such as Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Countryside Trust 2013 and Woodland Trust Ancient Treee Hunt' 2009". A campaign to protect the tree was launched in 2007 by local author John Barrington, who said the tree was "one of the great wonders" and "a freak of nature".
"Increased storminess, and increased extreme weather events generally, are likely to stress trees further, especially veteran trees.
Rare specialists (e.g. on veteran trees) may be more sensitive to local continuity, and should be at the center of future research.
The forest that once swathed the entire area is now fragmented, but still boasts Scotland's largest number of veteran trees, including alder, oak and birch.
Among more than 300 veteran trees in the grounds of this castle near Leominster is an avenue of magnificent sweet chestnuts.
Veteran trees offer an excellent model system for testing the responses of habitat specialists vs. generalists in a changing environment, as they host a rich fauna of associated insects, with different degrees of strict habitat affinity.
Within the case study areas, the remnants of historic cultural landscapes with associated vegetation, large open-grown veteran trees and species-rich upland pastures, are related to their historical land-use origins.
