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A new tree-map suggests there could be around two million unrecorded ancient trees in England.

A new map shows there could be around two million trees with exceptional environmental and cultural value previously unrecorded in England.This tree-map is sounding a rare note of optimism in the conservation world.

Instead we discover an ancient unnamed tree - one the Trust has no record of. We take turns sitting inside - the air is cool and still.An ancient tree is considered remarkably old for its age - they are sometimes known as "living archaeology". Those buildings are protected, he explains, but the only reason this ancient tree has survived is because it's in a park where landowners have looked after it, he suggests

After poring over existing records and tramping through the English countryside, it was "incredible" to establish there could be two million, she told me. Before their work, tree records usually showed the places where scientists had gone to look for trees, rather than where they might be.But the results of her work are also "kind of scary".

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