British Trees

Juglans regia

The tree produces chemicals called "juglones" that stop other plants from growing underneath them. "
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British Isles except Ireland. Europe across Asia to Siberia. Varied uses such as children's toys, artificial limbs and
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Large deciduous tree and probably our commonest tree. Height 30 - 40 m. Age 1000 year or more. Basic fertile soils ph 4.
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Evergreen small tree or bush producing blue black berry (really a cone) which has a whitish bloom. All over British
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Now believed to have been native to Scotland and Ireland only at time of separation of England from continent although
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Small deciduous tree with black egg shaped fruit. In woods particularly by stream sides on limestone hills. N. England,
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Rapidly growing tree (0.5m pa for first 30 - 40 Requires plenty of light and can be used as pioneer Very tolerant of
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Gaelic Caorunn, Welsh Cerddin, Irish Caorthann Small vigorous hardy deciduous tree producing Light and peaty soils not
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The attractive small fruit are extremely sour but make good jelly by themselves or with blackberries or rowan berries.
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Calcareous woods in association with ash, beech, field maple, hawthorn and wych elm. Southern England, Central and
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Native to a few locations in Southern England and distributed though Southern Europe, N.Africa and Western Asia. Has
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Shrubby tree with laurel like evergreen leaves and warty red berry that looks like a strawberry. Native to South West
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Fast growing small tree or bush. Striking catkins Woods and hedgerows not restricted to wet places. Up to 600m in
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The generally accepted definition of "Native Tree" is based on those trees that colonised the British Isles
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Large deciduous tree believed at one time to have been dominant tree in English forests. Good for carving and making
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