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This orange-berried tree is a conundrum. Closely related to the Sea Buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides, this is actually H. salicifolia, an Asian species from the Himalayas. It hasn't got a commonly accepted English name, often just being called 'Sea Buckthorn', but it is a different species native to arid, high altitude lands a long, long way from the sea. It's an unusual tree to find on the street, although a few are beginning to be planted in Southwark and Hackney. This one is in Hammersmith though, and I'll be checking it out tomorrow morning during Great Western Trees, an urban forest tour I'm leading from Ravenscourt Park (for more details, click the link in my bio). We'll be seeing a host of rare trees along the way, and I'm hoping we might come up with a more satisfactory common name for this one.⠀ ⠀ #Treestagram #Treesofinstagram #instatree #tree_captures #Tree_brilliance #sharenaturepics #allkindsofnature #treesplease #HammersmithandFulham #RavenscourtPark #treemagic #treelover #pocket_trees #worldwide_trees #treelover #treeshunter #streettree #treelinedstreet #UrbanForest #Urbanlandscape #londonstreets #treesoflondon #LondonPop #LondonisaForest #Hippophaesalicifolia #londonbylondoners #london_enthusiasts #ilovelondon #thisislondon

Meet the, possibly original, 'Royal Oak'. Perhaps all those boozers were named after this characterful tree. This Royal Oak can be found in Richmond Park and is thought to be 750 years old. The thing about old trees is their decline can take centuries, so this corpulent specimen will have been developing that hollow trunk for some time. You could fit a saloon bar full of imbibers in there now, so what once would have been timber has decayed into thin air - no use for counting the rings, so we'll never truly know how old this tree is.⠀ Richmond Park is home to hundreds of veteran trees, in fact, there are more really old trees just in this west London park than in the whole of some European countries. Many are oaks, and this one is perhaps the most picturesque; but, like its true age, it's a mystery where that 'Royal' moniker came from. Perhaps a young prince or princess liked to hide in it back in the day when this was a Royal deer park? Or perhaps it was the first JD Wetherspoon...⠀ Either way, if you'd like to find the Royal Oak, it features on one of the urban forest trails described in my book, #LondonisaForest.⠀ ⠀ #UrbanForest #ancientwoodland #Treestagram #treesoflondon #LondonHistory #RoyalOak #Quercusrobur #Treesofinstagram #instatree #tree_captures #lotiloves #nationaltrust #london_enthusiasts #ilovelondon #Richmond #Parklife #RichmondPark #sharenaturepics #maybeLDNer #prettycitylondon #allkindsofnature #treesplease #infrontoftrees #urbanarboretum #urbanlandscape #urbannature #naturewriting #ancienttree

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