 Veteran
trees provide an abundance of specialist habitats for plant,
insect and animal species, particularly in relation to dead
wood.
Landowners have
a duty of care to protect the habitats of species designated
for conservation priority.
Treework Environmental Practice have extensive
experience in surveying and assessing veteran trees and have
been instrumental in the development of methods for evaluating
veteran tree habitat and viability.
Treework Environmental Practice were commissioned
by English Nature to design a national standard for surveying
veteran trees. This system is known as the Specialist
Survey Method (SSM) and has been adopted by the National
Trust, Local Authorities and the Woodland Trust, amongst others.
Treework Environmental Practice utilise
the Treework System™ tree management
database, which incorporates the SSM. This enables us to efficiently
record and quantify veteran tree habitat and provide long-term
veteran tree management plans.
Our highly experienced and efficient tree surveyors undertake
surveys ranging form detailed individual tree inspections
to inventories of populations numbering 50,000+ trees.
Our range of veteran tree surveys
- Individual detailed tree inspections
- Assessments of habitat provided by individual veteran
trees
- Assessment of signs of plant, insect and animal species
associated with veteran trees
- Assessment of tree viability
- Assessment of tree hazard
- Prescription of targeted veteran tree works specifications
for long-term management
- Quantification of fallen and standing deadwood (using
the Line Transect Method)
- Trees plotted onto GIS or using GPS/Laser
We can provide the following outputs
- Data in a range of standard digital formats for integration
in database management systems and GIS
- Analyses and reports on findings
- Maps of tree positions with legends for easy identification
of tree characteristics
- Easy to read schedules of survey data
- Prioritised works schedules
- Works orders
- Archiving of completed work
- Assessment of implications for future policy
- Overview of the veteran tree population viability
Treework Environmental Practice also provide services for
the Formulation of Tree Safety Policy, Continued Tree Management
and Tender Preparation as well as Environmental Assessments.
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