sweet chestnut

noun

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A towering sweet chestnut renowned for its beauty and history has been voted the UK's tree of the year.

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A sweet chestnut which has been standing tall since Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne is in the running to become the UK's tree of the year.

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The animals target young trees, typically 10-50 years old, and favour broadleaf species including oak, beech, sweet chestnut, and sycamore.

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Six months on, the stump of a sweet chestnut has sent up a single shoot, there are several dozen living saplings and some bluebell bulbs have started to grow roots.

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There were tall trees here and there on either side, oak and sycamore and ash and occasionally a sweet chestnut.