Juglans regia
The tree produces chemicals called "juglones" that stop other plants from growing underneath them. "Regia" means royal. The leaves are made up of small leaflets, similar to ash but without black buds in winter; usually about seven [... more]
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Field Maple (Acer campestre)
Rarely produces timber sized trees and hence used for turnery, marketry, and craft work (used in middle ages for musical instruments). Satisfactory for firewood. Small tree with small yellow green mature at 50 years. Coppices strongly and ... [... more]
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Crack Willow (Salix fragilis)
British Isles except Ireland. Europe across Asia to Siberia. Varied uses such as children's toys, artificial limbs and charcoal. Small rapid growing tree. Twigs break off with a Easily grown from sets. Seed wind dispersed and twigs blown off by ... [... more]
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Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Evergreen small tree or bush producing blue black berry (really a cone) which has a whitish bloom. All over British Isles but particularly chalk in Southern England. Found across N. America and Irish juniper (a variety of J. communis) has a more ... [... more]
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Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Now believed to have been native to Scotland and Ireland only at time of separation of England from continent although must have been found over the whole Ireland and Britain as the Ice sheets retreated. Found from Spain to Siberia. The needles ... [... more]
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Whitebeam (Sorbus aria)
Calcareous woods in association with ash, beech, field maple, hawthorn and wych elm. Southern England, Central and Southern Europe. Also western Ireland (Galway) A number of very similar species are found with limited distribution and are ... [... more]
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Alnus glutinosa
Rapidly growing tree (0.5m pa for first 30 - 40 Requires plenty of light and can be used as pioneer Very tolerant of water logged conditions whilst Broads. All soil types except poor acid peats. Fixes Natural throughout British Isles and most of ... [... more]
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White Willow (Salix alba)
By streams in association with Alder and downy birch but not waterlogged soils. Through Britain but commonest in England and throughout North Africa and parts of Asia. From sets - insert short lengths of shoots into suitable soils leaving one or ... [... more]
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Box (Buxus sempervirens)
Native to a few locations in Southern England and distributed though Southern Europe, N.Africa and Western Asia. Has been used for carving, turnery, engraving blocks and inlay work. Takes a high polish and once highly valued. Still used for heads ... [... more]
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Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
A smallish fast growing short lived tree. Pioneer and light demanding species. Rapid growth for first 20 years and mature at 40 years. Seldom planted in the UK by foresters although major This tree tolerates a wide range of habitats, soil ph 3.5 ... [... more]
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Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)
Depending on size and quality used for sawn timber, veneer, building timber, hardwood pulp, poles, fencing, firewood and charcoal. Coppicing of woodland used to produce stakes. Tannin used to be produced from bark for tanning leather. Acorns ... [... more]
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Bay Willow
North Wales and Northwards. Height 18m Wet Places. - Bay Willow Other Salix [... more]
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