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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. Apomictic Whitebeams endemic to the British Isles: Sorbus arranensis – Isle of Arran only.
Lists of the plant species found in Ireland can be found at Irish Species Register The lists on this site are based on these "Key references"; Scannell, M.J.P. & Synnott, D.M. (1987).
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]
The United Kingdom, being in the British Isles, is ideal for tree growth, thanks to its mild winters, plentiful rainfall, fertile soil and hill-sheltered topography. In the absence of people, much of Great Britain would be covered with mature oaks as well as savannah -type of plains, except for Scotland.
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An Ulmus stricta parvifolia, a "less common" form of Cornish elm, was described by Lindley in A Synopsis of British Flora, arranged according to the Natural Order (1829), from trees in Cornwall and North Devon, with "leaves much smaller" than Cornish elm, "less oblique at the base, finely and regularly crenate" and "acuminate" rather than, as ...
Ulmus minor subsp. minor, the narrow-leaved elm (also known as smooth-leaved elm or East Anglian elm), was the name used by R. H. Richens (1983) for English field elms that were not English elm, Cornish elm, Lock elm or Guernsey elm. [1]
narrowleaf fig; willow-leaf fig; oleander-leaf fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus nota: tibig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus obliqua: small-leaf fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus petiolaris: rock fig; lava fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus platypoda: desert fig; Australian fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus pseudopalma: Philippine fig