How can you tell if a tree is ancient?
- A big fat tree!
- Hollow trunk
- Holes in branches
- Cracks
- Crevices
- Dead branches
- Fallen dead wood
- Fungi at the base, on the trunk and on the branches
- Thinning crown
- New young growth on trunk and low down on branches
- Water pockets at base of branches
- New roots in water pockets or rot holes
- Other plants growing in the crown
- Old wounds
- Sap runs
