A Tree Hollow: So Humble-So Important

It is easy to spot a tree hollow and just as easy to ignore it. Why look at a knotted hole in an old tree trunk with so many other interesting forest secrets to discover? This, literally speaking, hole-in-corner feature is just one more example of the importance of every biodiversity.

Some hollows are not easy to overlook. Let's first look at some famous tree hollows, find out how hollows form, and, most importantly, how their value and subsequent loss affects the species that depend on them. Sometimes the species being human such as the South Australian treasure: " This hollow tree trunk provided a 'home' for Friedrich and Caroline Herbig and two of their 16 children until 1860 at Springton." Shakespeare writes about the Great Oak in Sherwood Forest. Legend tells that the hollow of this tree hid Robin Hood hid from his enemies.

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