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Forestry in Scotland. Conifer plantations surround Loch Trool in the Galloway Forest Park. Scotland is ideal for tree growth, thanks to its mild winters, plentiful rainfall, fertile soil and hill-sheltered topography. [1][2] As of 2019 about 18.5% of the country was wooded. Although this figure is well below the European Union (EU) average of ...
v. t. e. The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes. The total number of vascular species is low by world standards but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of global importance.
Area. 180 km 2 (69 sq mi) The Caledonian Forest is the ancient (old-growth) temperate forest of Scotland. The forest today is a reduced-extent version of the pre-human-settlement forest, existing in several dozen remnant areas. The Scots pines of the Caledonian Forest are directly descended from the first pines to arrive in Scotland following ...
56°35′54″N 4°03′03″W / 56.59823°N 4.05093°W / 56.59823; -4.05093. Date seeded. circa 2,000 BC. The Fortingall Yew is an ancient European yew (Taxus baccata) in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. Considered one of the oldest trees in Britain, modern estimates place its age at an average ...
Maples. Field Maple (Acer campestre; southern Great Britain only) Limes. Small-leaved Lime (Tilia cordata; southern Great Britain only) Large-leaved Lime (Tilia platyphyllos; southwestern Great Britain only) Strawberry-trees. Strawberry-tree (Arbutus unedo; Ireland only; recent genetic studies suggest that it is not native, but an early Bronze ...
Flora. The Birnam Oak located in the Tay Valley. The flora of Scotland is an assemblage of native plant species including over 1,600 vascular plants, more than 1,500 lichens and nearly 1,000 bryophytes. The total number of vascular species is low by world standard but lichens and bryophytes are abundant and the latter form a population of ...
Forestry and Land Scotland. Glen Affric National Nature Reserve. Glen Affric (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Afraig) [4] is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some 15 miles (25 kilometres) west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin.
Semi-natural Atlantic oakwoods in the Sunart district. [14] Ardcastle. Argyll and Bute. Forest on the shore of Loch Fyne, with cycling, horse-riding and walking trails. [15] Ardentinny. Argyll and Bute. Part of the Argyll Forest Park, this forest borders Cowal 's longest sandy beach, on the shore of Loch Long.