The Tree Register, or more fully, the Tree Register of the British Isles (T.R.O.B.I.), is a
registered charity
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
The legal definitio ...
collating and updating a database of notable trees throughout Britain and Ireland. It comprises a computer database which in 2022 contained details of 250,000 trees.
It contains data from the original hand-written records of the late and internationally acclaimed
dendrologist Alan Mitchell, and other historical records taken from reference works going back more than 200 years.
[ .] Recent height and girth measurements can be compared to those recorded by the likes of
Loudon (1830s),
Elwes and
Henry (early 1900s) and the Hon.
Maynard Greville (1950s), providing a valuable record of growth rates. The Tree Register was one of the founders of the
Ancient Tree Hunt campaign.
See also
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The Tree Council
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Champion Trees
References
External links
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Environmental charities based in the United Kingdom
Ecology of the British Isles
Organisations based in Bedford
Trees of the United Kingdom