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Conifers account for around one half (51%) of the UK woodland area, although this proportion varies from around one quarter (26%) in England to around three quarters (74%) in Scotland. [8] Britain's native tree flora comprises 32 species, of which 29 are broadleaves. The UK's industry and populace uses at least 50 million tonnes of timber a year.
Britain and Ireland have few endemic trees, most being micro-species of Whitebeam. But there are some interesting endemic trees nevertheless. Apomictic Whitebeams endemic to the British Isles: Sorbus arranensis – Isle of Arran only. Arran Service Tree – Isle of Arran only. Sorbus pseudomeinichii - Isle of Arran only.
Thetford Forest was created after the First World War to provide a strategic reserve of timber, since the country had lost so many oaks and other slow-growing trees as a consequence of the war's demands. It is managed by Forestry England.
The sessile oak (Quercus petraea), one of Wales' most common species, can be found across the region.English holly (Ilex aquifolium), one of the few native evergreen trees, can be found in southern Wales.
The common English name hornbeam derives from the hardness of the woods (likened to horn) and the Old English beam, "tree" (cognate with Dutch Boom and German Baum).. The American hornbeam is also occasionally known as blue-beech, ironwood, or musclewood, the first from the resemblance of the bark to that of the American beech Fagus grandifolia, the other two from the hardness of the wood and ...
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Alder trees by the Beaulieu river at Fawley Ford, north of Beaulieu. The New Forest National Park area covers 566 km 2 (219 sq mi), [42] and the New Forest SSSI covers almost 300 km 2 (120 sq mi), making it the largest contiguous area of unsown vegetation in lowland Britain. It includes roughly: 146 km 2 (56 sq mi) of broadleaved woodland
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