Tree circles

I have continued to fret about the name of the tree responsible for the circle noticed at reference 1, not being at all sure about western cedar, with google being keener on the western red cedar which looks rather too big.

So I was interested to come across a tree at Wisley, in the course of the visit noticed in passing at reference 2, which had somehing of the same habit. The nearby ticket said 'chamaecyparis pisifera filifera', but google wants to stick an 'aurea' on the end and comes up with something which looks rather too small.

At least Wisley is a good bit nearer than Stourhead, so I will be able to check it out properly on our next visit.

Comparing the two photographs not, in any event, the same tree. Perhaps this suckering off roots in this circular way is a more common format than I had thought.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/cedar.html.

Reference 2: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/nature-notes.html.

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