news about the OneOak tree
Nature is repairing herself at the woodland where the OneOak tree was felled in January 2010. Foresters at Blenheim Estate have also given nature a helping hand by leaving habitat piles. Piles of branchwood have been left to provide homes for wildlife, for small mammals such as voles, and for insects and fungi that thrive…
Moss expert or Bryologist Jacqueline Wright collected moss samples from the OneOak tree on the day that it was felled. Jacqueline volunteers for Shotover Wildlife which is a voluntary organisation founded to research and communicate the importance of Shotover Hill for wildlife. Jacqueline has written the following article for the OneOak project. Green Fuzz! Mosses…
The OneOak tree was laser scanned today as part of ongoing research making it one of Britain’s most studied trees. The laser scanning research was supported by Treemetrics and the equipment and work was brought to the site by Leica Geosystems and scanning specialists SCCS; the foremost provider of innovative solutions in surveying, monitoring, setting…
Niel Nicholson of Nicholson Nurseries visited Bladon Primary school today to help sow the next generation of oak trees. We have already posted the story of how difficult it has been to collect acorns this autumn see here. With help from many of the staff of Blenheim Palace, the total number of seeds collected by…
Wood gurus James Binning from Deep in Wood sawmill and furniture designer Phil Koomen visited the OneOak tree this week. We asked for their expert opinion as to the possible amount of usable timber we may be able to harvest from the tree. We hope to be able to make many wooden products from the…
Collecting seeds (acorns) from the OneOak tree has been a long-standing plan. Unfortunately the tree had other ideas and has produced very few acorns this year. Growing a new generation of oak seedlings is an important part of the project as it will actively demonstrate the cycle of life and the sustainablility of growing trees.…
Forest Research have now provided us with the results of their analysis of the OneOak tree’s leaf area. After taking the spectacular images of the tree canopy with the hemispherical camera lens (see post of September 18th), they used special software to calculate how much of the sky was visible underneath the tree. Leaf Area…
We have received some stunning images of the canopy of the OneOak tree. These were taken when Forest Research scientists visited the tree last week to measure it. Using a fisheye lens fitted to a digital camera, they took hemispherical images looking up into the tree canopy. This produced a complete circular image taking in…
Matt and Ian from Forest Research visited the tree today. They work with the government research agency as scientists specialising in tree measuring or ‘mensuration’. Matt brought along a hemispherical camera – basically a normal camera fitted with a fisheye lens. A fisheye produces a picture that takes in an amazing 180 degrees field of…
