Help the Search for Box Woodlands and Trees

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Help the Search for Box Woodlands and Trees

Help the search for box woodlands and trees in the Chilterns

When you see box, please take a few minutes to contact Sarah Wright 07775 010414 or complete this form and email to [email protected] or post to Chilterns Conservation Board, 90 Station Road, Chinnor, Oxon OX39 4HA.

By reporting your sightings to us, you are helping to create a map of box in the Chilterns and supporting volunteers carrying out detailed follow-up surveys. Thank you for your help.

Please – 1. Provide your phone number or email so that we can check the details with you if necessary. 2. Send us photos, especially photos of the largest box tree at any one place and the immediate surroundings. 3. Consider volunteering to get involved in the detailed surveys – just get in touch.

There are photos of box at www.chilternsaonb.org/box to help with identification. Other plants can be mistaken for box so it is worth checking.

1. Your details:

Name Contact email Contact phone number

2. When did you see the box tree or box wood? (dd/mm/yyyy)

3. Where is the box that you saw? What is the nearest town or village? Can you give a name for the wood or the area where the box grows (if you have a map, look for a name)? Can you give a grid reference or post code?

4. What have you seen? To help you, consider comparing what you have seen with photos online at www.chilternsaonb.org/box.

Which description below best Please tick the relevant row and answer the matches what you have seen? questions in that row. Only complete ONE ROW.

Box trees associated with a boundary in any setting.

Are the trees managed as a hedge? Are they growing along a raised bank?

One to ten box trees in any setting but not along a boundary.

What setting is it - woodland, small garden, churchyard, park, field etc? How many trees can you count? Are the box trees spread across an area smaller or larger than a football pitch?

More than ten box trees spread across an area no bigger than a football pitch.

What setting is it - woodland, small garden, churchyard, park, field etc?

More than ten box trees spread across an area larger than a football pitch.

Is the box growing densely together in one or several clumps and/or as scattered, isolated individuals? Is there a large country mansion nearby?

Other – please describe

4. Can you find at least one box trunk where your two hands CANNOT meet when stretched around the trunk at waist height? Circle yes or no below. Yes No

5. Do you know who owns or manages the land where the box is growing? Do you know if the box is planted? Is there any additional information you would like to offer?

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