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원성 대안리 느티나무 ( 原城 大安里 느티나무 )

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Classification Natural Monument
Name of Cultural Properties

Quantity 547㎡ (Protected area)
Designated Date 1982.11.09
Age
Address 42, Geumsan-gil, Heungeop-myeon, Wonju, Gangwon-do

Growing in warm areas such as temperate and subtropical regions, Zelkova is distributed in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. Its flowers bloom in May, and its fruit, which is disk-shaped, gets ripe in October. This Saw-leaf Zelkova serves as a shady resting place and it has long been worshipped by the local community as a village guardian. It is about 350 years old, with height of 24m and girth of 8.1m. The saw-leaf zelkova in Wonseong has lived under the attention and care of our ancestors, and it is valued highly for its biological implication. Therefore, it is designated and protected as a Natural Monument.