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This page covers the conifers (class Pinopsida). For the background to this list see parent article List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland. All are part of the order Pinales. Status key: * indicates an introduced species and e indicates an extinct species.
The extant conifers most likely form a monophyletic group. [4] [2] In 2018, the Gymnosperm Phylogeny Group was established, analogous to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group, with the intention of reaching a consensus. [21]
Encyclopedia of Conifers. A Comprehensive Guide to Conifer Cultivars and Species is an encyclopedia written by Aris G. Auders and Derek P. Spicer, published in 2012. The two-volume, extensively illustrated encyclopedia is a complete reference book covering all recognised conifer cultivars and species, both hardy and tropical.
[4] [5] Bedgebury Pinetum: Kent: 320 Bedgebury Pinetum has the largest collection of Conifers in the world. It was started in the 1840s and experienced expansion under the control of the Forestry Commission and Kew Gardens from 1925. The Commission took sole ownership of the Pinetum in 1965. [6] [7] Bernwood Forest: Oxfordshire: 136
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.
Sorbus leptophylla – endemic to UK; Sorbus arvonensis - endemic to the Menai Strait region of North Wales. [5] Sorbus wilmottiana – endemic to UK; Bloody Whitebeam – Exmoor only. Somerset Whitebeam – coastal North Devon and Western Somerset only. Cheddar Whitebeam – Cheddar Gorge only. Watersmeet Whitebeam – North Devon only.
The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. They are cone -bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants , the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubs .
The data used to produce the maps is gathered by volunteer biological recorders and collated by the BRC Recording Schemes. The atlases fall into two groups: Main Atlases are commercially published books, presenting the current state of knowledge for well-recorded groups. They typically include text information about the species, and other ...