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An endemic species is a plant only native to a certain area. Outside this area, unless spread naturally it is considered non-native, usually as a result of cultivation. Britain and Ireland have few endemic trees, most being micro-species of Whitebeam. But there are some interesting endemic trees nevertheless.
The Great British Trees were 50 trees selected by The Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in the United Kingdom in honour of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. [1]
empress tree; princess tree; foxglove tree; paulownia Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) 712 Radermachera: radermachera trees ; Radermachera sinica: China doll tree; serpent tree Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Spathodea: spathodea trees ; Spathodea campanulata: African tulip tree Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Tabebuia: trumpet ...
List of widest trees in the UK Tree name Species Girth Location References and notes Meters Feet Marton Oak: Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) 14.02–14.4 46.0–47.2 Marton, Cheshire: The Marton Oak is the current UK champion for girth, [5] although is not very well known and is at the end stage of its life. The tree split into three enormous ...
A bibliographic database of the species has been compiled by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. [1] The lists (spread across multiple pages due to size) give an English name and a scientific name for each species, and two symbols are used to indicate status ( e for extinct species, and * for introduced species ).
This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
The following is a list of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens which are constant species in one or more community of the British National Vegetation Classification system. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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