Hermitage Douglas-fir

Hermitage Douglas-fir
The tree (centre) in 2004
Hermitage Douglas-fir is located in Scotland
Hermitage Douglas-fir
Hermitage Douglas-fir
Location of the tree within Scotland
SpeciesDouglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Coordinates56°33′32″N 3°37′16″W / 56.559°N 3.621°W / 56.559; -3.621
Height201.1 ft (61.3 m)
Date seededc. 1750
Date felled13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)

The Hermitage Douglas-fir (also known as Ossian's Douglas-fir) was a Douglas-fir tree which stood in The Hermitage pleasure ground, in Dunkeld, Scotland, between c. 1887 and 2017.

It was the second tree (after a grand fir in Argyll) in Britain to reach 200 feet (61 m) in height, in 1980.[1] It eventually reached a height of 63 metres (207 ft) in 2009 before it was blown over due to high winds in the early hours of 13 January 2017.[2] It was a self-sown tree, growing from seed blown from one of three older trees at the Hermitage, and was found by increment boring to have germinated around 1887.[1]

  • Looking up the trunk of the Hermitage Douglas-fir
    Looking up the trunk of the Hermitage Douglas-fir

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Mitchell, Alan F.; Mitchell, Alan (1996). Alan Mitchell's Trees of Britain. Whitman Publishing & Distribution Company. ISBN 0-00-219972-6.
  2. ^ "Common Douglas-fir 'Hermitage Douglas-fir' at The Hermitage, Dunkeld, Scotland, United Kingdom". Monumental trees. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2024-11-08.