{"id":1343,"date":"2018-06-06T22:02:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T21:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?page_id=1343"},"modified":"2021-11-07T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T16:11:00","slug":"silver-birch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?page_id=1343","title":{"rendered":"Silver Birch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0507.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0507.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0507.png 700w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0507-67x100.png 67w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0507-267x400.png 267w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_0507-533x800.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a>A fine example of mature Silver Birch in Hut Glade. However, in most parts of the wood, the density of trees creates tall spindly examples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you walk around the wood, birches tend to look like this. Older trees have rougher and darker bark towards the base.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2206.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2206.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2206.png 700w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2206-67x100.png 67w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2206-267x400.png 267w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2206-533x800.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHeather Glade (north of car park) has many birches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2193-1575x1050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2193-1575x1050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1575\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2193-1575x1050.jpg 1575w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2193-1575x1050-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2193-1575x1050-400x267.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2193-1575x1050-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2193-1575x1050-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/a>Some of the more spindly examples have been removed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06419.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06419.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06419.png 788w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06419-75x100.png 75w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06419-300x400.png 300w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06419-768x1024.png 768w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06419-600x800.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a>Dense regeneration of birch along Middle Way led to groves of spindly trees which have been cleared:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06308-1400x1050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06308-1400x1050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06308-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06308-1400x1050-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06308-1400x1050-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06308-1400x1050-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DSC06308-1400x1050-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a>Birch is a pioneer species, one of the first trees to recolonise any clear area, and its young shoots with the characteristic triangular leaves can be seen over much of the wood:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4288.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4288.png 700w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4288-67x100.png 67w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4288-267x400.png 267w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_4288-533x800.png 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another view of the Hut Glade birch in the autumn sunshine:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_4900-720x1080-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_4900-720x1080-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_4900-720x1080-1.png 720w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_4900-720x1080-1-267x400.png 267w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_4900-720x1080-1-533x800.png 533w, http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_4900-720x1080-1-67x100.png 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?page_id=1221\">Trees<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fine example of mature Silver Birch in Hut Glade. However, in most parts of the wood, the density of trees creates tall spindly examples. As you walk around the wood, birches tend to look like this. Older trees have &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/?page_id=1343\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2267,"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions\/2267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fongw.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}