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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.
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]
[9] [10] Queen Elizabeth Oak: Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) 13.18 43.2 Cowdray Park, Sussex: One of the most famous trees in the UK, it is said that Queen Elizabeth visited this tree in 1591 when hunting. This tree is almost entirely hollow and it has rapidly increased in girth in recent years. Estimates of its age vary from 600 to 1000 years [11]
The UK's industry and populace uses at least 50 million tonnes of timber a year. More than 75% of this is softwood, and British forests cannot supply the demand; in fact, less than 10% of the timber used in Britain is home-grown. Paper and paper products make up more than half the wood consumed in Britain by volume. [3] [9] [10]
Census catalogue of the flora of Ireland. A list of Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae including all the native plants and established aliens known to occur in Ireland with the distribution of each species, and recommended Irish and English names. pp. [i]-xxvii, 1-171, map. Dublin: Stationery Office.
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The most famous and most visited tree of Great Britain. About 800 years old, [18] with a girth at breast height of 10.5 m. Dinoša mulberry tree: Mulberry tree (Morus (plant)) Dinoša, Montenegro: Mulberry tree in Dinoša that spouts water following heavy rainfall. Gilwell Oak: Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur)
List of Great British Trees; D. Druid oak This page was last edited on 31 July 2015, at 06:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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