The Independent - London, November 11th, 1996
A campaign to promote the conservation of Britain's oldest trees is to be launched today by seven landscape, wildlife and heritage organisations.
The seven, led by the Government's wildlife conservation arm, English Nature, say these trees are misunderstood. They may look as if they are dying but they have a special place in the country's history and culture. They are also invaluable to lichens, insects, fungi and birds.
The trees are 500 years old or more, and a few may have lasted longer than a millennium. Often their heartwood has rotted away, leaving a cavern inside their great girths an...
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