{"id":297,"date":"2020-03-08T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T13:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:19:00","slug":"tree-trail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/?page_id=297","title":{"rendered":"Tree Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inspection of the labels for trees below show most are damaged or missing<\/strong>. We needed to think of a new way to create this project<\/strong>. We are now experimenting with using the what3words app for which you will need to bring your smart phone<\/strong>. We will start to add a what3words reference to each tree and photos and location notes which also help to locate the example<\/strong>. Further trees have been added all located on the river side of the park, but hopefully extending into other areas later in the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having entered the w3w reference into the app search box for any tree, use the navigate button which will give you amongst others Google Maps and w3w Compass; the latter i used to check locations. The accuracy was about 15ft so you might need to walk round the tree you suspect before the app says ‘Arrived’ with a big tick. Google maps only takes you on a footpath even if you only have to cross a short stretch of grass so not ideal. (Roughly upstream is North for w3w compass)<\/p>\n\n\n

Tree Trail See below for more information about the trees on the Tree Trail. We acknowledge much of this information comes from the Woodland Trust and\u00a0highly recommend a visit to this interesting and informative website www.<\/strong>woodland trust.org.uk<\/b><\/p>\n

Please note the majority of items 1 -10 are now complete with w3w reference, location notes, photos and description of the tree and its uses. Trees 11 -22 now have their w3w references and location notes added. I hope to add photos and content about these remaining trees<\/strong>\u00a0very soon. At present all trees are on the river side of the park.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Click on each underlined item to find out more about the tree and the wildlife it attracts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a01. \u00a0Common Ash<\/a> (Fraxinus excelsior)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a02. \u00a0Black Poplar\u00a0 <\/span><\/a>Populus nigra hybrid<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a03. \u00a0Hawthorn<\/a> \u00a0Crataegnus monogyna<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a04. Holm Oak, (Holly oak)<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Quercus ilex<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a05. Lombardy Poplar<\/a> Populus nigra Italica<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a06. London Plane<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Platunus x hispanica<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a07. Maple (Field Maple)<\/a> \u00a0 <\/span>Acer campestre<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a08. Silver Birch<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Betula endula<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a09. Rowan, (Mountain Ash)<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Sorbus aucuparia<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a010. Sycamore<\/a> \u00a0 <\/span>Acer pseudoplatanus<\/strong><\/p>\n

11. English or Common Oak<\/span><\/span><\/a> Quercus robur<\/strong><\/p>\n

12. Weeping Willow<\/span><\/a> Salix babylonica<\/strong><\/p>\n

13. Turkey Oak<\/span><\/a> Quercus cerris<\/strong><\/p>\n

14. Crab Apple<\/span><\/a> Malus sylvestris<\/strong><\/p>\n

15. Group of 3 Northern Red Oaks<\/span><\/a> Quercus\u00a0<\/strong>rubra<\/b><\/p>\n

16. Group of 2 Horse Chestnuts<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Aesculus hippocastanum<\/strong><\/p>\n

17. Elder Tree<\/span><\/a> Sambucus nigra<\/strong><\/p>\n

18. Cotoneaster Tree<\/span><\/a> Cotoneaster frigidus<\/strong><\/p>\n

19. Sweet Chestnut<\/span><\/a> Castanea sativa<\/strong><\/p>\n

20. Norway Maple<\/span><\/a> Acer platanoides<\/strong><\/p>\n

21. Group of 3 – <\/span>Tree of Heaven<\/span><\/a> Ailanthus altissima<\/strong><\/p>\n

22. Common<\/span> Lime<\/span><\/a> Tilia x <\/strong>europaea<\/b><\/p>\n

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Inspection of the labels for trees below show most are damaged or missing. We needed to think of a new way to create this project. We are now experimenting with using the what3words app for which you will need to bring your smart phone. We will start to add a what3words reference to each tree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1180,"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsofriversidepark.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}