Trees at Parc Cefn Onn

Parc Cefn Onn has a significant number of rare and notable trees, including three Britain & Ireland Champions and 18 Wales Champions recorded in the Tree Register. These are shown in the following table, which can be sorted on botanical name or common name by clicking on the Name or Common Name heading.

Name Common Name Origin Status Location   OS Grid Tag Place Event Waypoint
Abies cilicica Cilician fir S Turkey, NW Syria & Lebanon Rare Glamorgan Champion 2013 Lower park, west, near pool ST 17745 84033   Parc Cefn Onn   013
Abies grandis Grand fir West North America Glamorgan Champion 2013 Upper park, east side of valley ST 17725 84453   Parc Cefn Onn   233
Abies koreana Korean fir South Korea Glamorgan Champion 2015 Lower park, east of main path ST 17849 83920   Parc Cefn Onn   031
Acer laxiflorum Loose-flowered maple West China GB Champion 2013 Lower park south, west of main path ST 17807 83899   Parc Cefn Onn   217
Acer palmatum Japanese maple Japan, China & Korea Wales Champion 2013 Upper park, west & uphill from the pool ST 17766 84410   Parc Cefn Onn   231
Acer palmatum 'Linearilobum' Japanese maple 'Red pygmy' Japan Wales Champion 2013 Upper park, west & uphill from the pool ST 17760 84418   Parc Cefn Onn   235
Acer tschonoskii subsp. koreanum Korean butterfly maple China & Korea Rare GB Champion 2016 West side of bathing pool ST 17802 84390   Parc Cefn Onn   476
Cedrus brevifolia Cyprian cedar Cyprus Rare Wales Champion 2013 Lower park, near first westerly path ST 17818 83829   Parc Cefn Onn   016
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Fraseri' Lawson's cypress 'Fraseri'   Rather rare Wales Champion 2013 Upper park, below ruined summer house ST 17765 84446   Parc Cefn Onn   223
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Stewartii' Lawson's cypress 'Stewarti'   Glamorgan Champion 2013 Upper park, below ruined summer house ST 17767 84445   Parc Cefn Onn   222
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa' Squarrosa sawara cypress Japan   Lower park, beside the first westerly path ST 17765 83963   Parc Cefn Onn   818
Cornus 'Norman Hadden' Dogwood 'Norman Hadden' Garden origin   Upper park, west & uphill from the pool ST 17770 84410   Parc Cefn Onn   230
Cryptomeria japonica #1 Japanese red cedar Japan   Lower park, off the east path ST 17869 83965   Parc Cefn Onn   215
Cryptomeria japonica #2 Japanese red cedar Japan   Upper park, near ruined summer house ST 17803 84423   Parc Cefn Onn   478
Cunninghamia lanceolata Chinese fir China & Vietnam Rather rare Wales Champion 2013 Lower park, north, to east of main path ST 17841 84017   Parc Cefn Onn   023
Diselma archeri† Dwarf pine Tasmania   Upper park, west & uphill from the pool ST 17768 84411   Parc Cefn Onn   477
Fitzroya cupressoides #1 Patagonian cypress South Andes Rather rare Wales Champion 2013 Lower park, north west ST 17743 84077   Parc Cefn Onn   221
Fitzroya cupressoides #2 Patagonian cypress South Andes Rather rare Lower park, west ST 17768 84001   Parc Cefn Onn   465
Juniperus recurva var. coxii Cox's juniper Upper Burma Wales Champion 2015 Upper park, top west, beside small pool ST 17641 84454   Parc Cefn Onn   232
Magnolia obovata Japanese big-leaf magnolia Japan Rather rare Glamorgan Champion 2015 Lower park, upper west ST 17716 84070   Parc Cefn Onn   220
Magnolia salicifolia Willow-leaved magnolia Japan Glamorgan Champion 2015 Lower park, upper west ST 17763 83974   Parc Cefn Onn   228
Picea omorika Serbian spruce Serbia Glamorgan Champion 2013 Upper park, far north ST 17640 84482   Parc Cefn Onn   224
Picea spinulosa Sikkim spruce East Himalaya Rather rare Lower park, off east path ST 17840 83922   Parc Cefn Onn   200
Pinus ayacahuite Mexican white pine Mexico & Central America Rather rare Glamorgan Champion 2013 Lower park, upper west, by path ST 17725 84054   Parc Cefn Onn   027
Pinus contorta var. contorta Shore pine West North America   Lower park, south, west of main path ST 17802 83888   Parc Cefn Onn   237
Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey pine SW USA & Mexico Glamorgan Champion 2013 Lower park, west, near pool ST 17725 84013   Parc Cefn Onn   011
Pinus monticola Western white pine West North America Rare Glamorgan Champion 2013 Lower park, upper west, near path ST 17722 84051   Parc Cefn Onn   234
Pinus x holfordiana Holford's pine Garden origin   Lower park, upper west ST 17712 84048   Parc Cefn Onn   012
Populus szechuanica var. tibetica Tibetan poplar West China Glamorgan Champion 2013 Lower park, beside west path ST 17784 84042   Parc Cefn Onn   213
Prunus avium 'Plena' Double gean Europe & West Asia Glamorgan Champion 2015 Lower park, off east path ST 17846 83911   Parc Cefn Onn   201
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa Big-cone Douglas fir South California Wales Champion 2013 Lower park, west, near pool ST 17750 84020   Parc Cefn Onn   528
Quercus canariensis Algerian oak North Africa & Iberia Rare Glamorgan Champion 2013 Lower park, south, west of path ST 17817 83817   Parc Cefn Onn   030
Quercus x schochiana Schoch oak SE USA Rare Wales Champion 2021 Lower park, off west path ST 17795 84032   Parc Cefn Onn   625
Rehderodendron macrocarpum   South west China Rare Wales Champion 2015 Top of lower park, east of bridge ST 17860 84063   Parc Cefn Onn   214
Stuartia pseudocamellia Deciduous camellia Japan Rather rare Glamorgan Champion 2013 Lower park, beside east path ST 17868 83977   Parc Cefn Onn   022
Taxus baccata 'Dovastoniana' Westfelton yew Garden origin Rare Lower park, beside east path ST 17856 84000   Parc Cefn Onn   474
Thuja plicata 'Zebrina' Western red cedar 'Zebrina' Garden origin Wales Champion 2013 Upper park, just south of summer house ST 17784 84429   Parc Cefn Onn   239
Trochodendron aralioides Wheel tree Japan, Taiwan & S. Korea Rare Glamorgan Champion 2016 Lower park, west ST 17776 84001   Parc Cefn Onn   475
Tsuga diversifolia Northern Japanese hemlock North Japan Rare Wales Champion 2013 Lower park, west of main path ST 17800 83960   Parc Cefn Onn   020
Tsuga dumosa Himalayan hemlock South west China Rare Wales Champion 2013 Lower park, west of main path ST 17803 83955   Parc Cefn Onn   021

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