Trees Of Britain And Ireland

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 (UK conservation charity promoting woodland restoration and expansion.)

• Tree For All (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.)

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