Trees of Britain - Definition and Overview

List of species

Native trees

• Alders
  • Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

• Ashes
  • Common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

• Birches
  • Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
  • White Birch (Betula pubescens)

• Box
  • Box (Buxus sempervirens; southern Great Britain only)

• Cherries and Plums
  • Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)
  • Bird Cherry (Prunus padus)
  • Sloe (Prunus spinosa)

• Elms
  • Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra)
  • English Elm (Ulmus procera; southern Great Britain only)
  • Smooth-leaved Elm (Ulmus carpinifolia; southern Great Britain only)

• Hawthorns
  • Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
  • Midland Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata; southern Great Britain only)

• Hazels
  • Common Hazel (Corylus avellana)

• Hornbeams
  • European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus; southern Great Britain only)

• Hollies
  • European Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

• Junipers
  • Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)

• Lindens (Limes)
  • Small-leaved Linden/Lime (Tilia cordata; southern Great Britain only)
  • Large-leaved Linden/Lime (Tilia platyphyllos; southern Great Britain only)

• Maples
  • Field Maple (Acer campestre; southern Great Britain only)

• Oaks
  • Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur)
  • Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)

• Pines
  • Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

• Poplars
  • Aspen (Populus tremula)
  • Black Poplar (Populus nigra; southern Great Britain only)

• Rowans and Whitebeams
  • European Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
  • Common Whitebeam (Sorbus aria) and several similar apomictic microspecies
  • Service Tree (Sorbus domestica; recently discovered growing wild on a cliff in south Wales)
  • Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis)

• Strawberry Tree
  • Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo; Ireland only)

• Willows (Salix spp.; several species)

• Yews
  • European Yew (Taxus baccata)

Naturalised species

• From Europe
  • European Larch (Larix decidua)
  • Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris)
  • Pear (Pyrus communis)
  • European Beech (Fagus sylvatica; widely considered native, but probably an early human introduction)
  • Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
  • Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
  • Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)
  • Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris)
• From Asia
  • Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi)
• From North America
  • Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
  • Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
  • Grand Fir (Abies grandis)
  • Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
  • Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)
  • Lawson's Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)

See also

• Trees of the world
• Woodland management
• Coppicing
• Pollarding
• NVC National Vegetation Classification, of the above data

External links

• The Woodland Trust (http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/) (UK conservation charity promoting woodland restoration and expansion.)

• Tree For All (http://www.treeforall.org.uk/) (Tree For All is the most ambitious children's tree-planting project ever launched in the United Kingdom, with plans to help plant 12 million trees over the next five years.)