Native British Trees

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Alnus glutinosa

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Alder

Found near water

Bark dark normally covered in lichen

Twigs are sticky when young. Light brown spotted stem.

Identify small brown cones which stay on all year round. Winter purple twigs with orange lenticals

Leaves. Tip indented, dark green, serrated edges, purple or grey leaf buds, leathery

Flowers monoecious

Extra. It's association with nitrogen fixing bacteria allows it to grow in nitrogen poor soils

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Alnus glutinous

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Alnus glutinous

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Alnus glutinous

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Populus tremula

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Aspen

Identify petioles which are flat. Winter twigs which are knobbly especially older ones, buds spiral around and are closely pressed to the twig

Leaves. Round with irregular teeth. Petioles flat and flexible. Turns yellow and sometimes red before falling

Flowers dioecious. Green then white

Fruits catkins ripen to release fluffy seeds. Can also propagate by suckers

Where. Needs sunlight and moist soil. Intolerant of shade. Most common in North West Scotland

Trembling, fluttering and shimmering in the slightest breeze

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Populus tremula

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Populus tremula

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Populus tremula

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Betula pubescens

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Downy birch

Drooping branches. Browner bark then silver but still grey white, not papery, and horizontal grooves.

Identify. Grey White bark with hairy leaves.

Leaves triangle in shape but more rounded at base. Stalks hairy

Flowers monoecious

Where. Damper soil then silver birch. Can tolerate bogs and clay. Can grow further north than any other broad leaf sources.

Extra. Light canopy which allows plants to grow underneath.

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Betula pubescens

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Populus tremula

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Populus tremula

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Rhamnus cathartica

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Buckthorn purging

Named after laxative effects of berries. Grey bark.

Leaves grow opposite along the twig and have 3/5 pairs of curved viens that meet at the tip of the leaf. Glossy, toothed, turns yellow before falling

Winter. Twigs which have thorns, buds have scales, are elongated and closely pressed to the twig. Peeling back the bark surface reveals orange bark underneath.

Flowers dioecious. Yellow green in colour 4 petals

Where. Moist soils sun and shade

Fruits black berries.

Wildlife. Brimstone butterfly

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rhamnus cathartica

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rhamnus cathartica

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rhamnus cathartica

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Sambucus nigra

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Elder

Grey brown, corky, furrowed bark.

Leaf. Pinnate, 5/7 pairs, oval, serrated edges, smelly

Fruit. Purple black. Late summer.

Where. Rabbit warrens badger setts

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Sambucus nigra

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Sambucus nigra

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Sambucus nigra

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Ulmus procera

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English elm

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Viburnum opulus

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Guelder rose

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Acer pseudoplatanus

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Sycamore

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Acer pseudoplatanus

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Ulmus procera

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Viburnum opulus

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Acer pseudoplatanus

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Viburnum opulus

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Acer pseudoplatanus

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Ulmus procera

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Ulmus procera

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Viburnum opulus

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Corylus avellana

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Hazel

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Crataegus monogyna

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Hawthorn

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Corylus avellana

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Crataegus monogyna

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Corylus avellana

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Corylus avellana

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Crataegus monogyna

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Crataegus monogyna

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Juniperus communis

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Juniper

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Populus nigra

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Black poplar

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Acer campesture

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Field maple

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Euonymus europaea

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Spindle

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Sorbus aria

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Whitebeam

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Sorbus aria

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Whitebeam

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Carpinus betulus

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Hornbeam

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Sorbus torminalis

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Wild service tree

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Populus nigra

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Juniperus communis

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Juniperus communis

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Populus nigra

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Populus nigra

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Populus nigra

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Juniperus communis

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Sailix caprea

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Pussy willow, willow goat

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Fraxinus excelsior

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Ash

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Salix alba

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White willow

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Sorbus aucuparia

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Rowan

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Fraxinus excelsior

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Salix caprea

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Sorbus torminalis

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Sorbus aria

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Fraxinus excelsior

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Fraxinus excelsior

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Salix caprea

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Salix caprea

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Sorbus torminalis

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Sorbus torminalis

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Sorbus aria

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Sorbus aria

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Euonymus europaea

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Euonymus europaea

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Euonymus europaea

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Acer campestre

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Acer campestre

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Acer campestre

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Salix pentandra

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Willow bay

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Salix alba

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Sorbus aucuparia

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Sorbus aucuparia

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Sorbus aucuparia

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Salix alba

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Salix alba

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Salix pentandra

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Salix pentandra

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Salix pentandra

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Pinus nigra

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Black pine

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Pinus sylvestins

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Pine Scots

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Quercus petraea

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Oak sessile

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Difference between Hornbeam and beech

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Leaves= beech smooth, glossy, smooth undulating teeth. Hornbeam rougher, furrowed leaves, teeth like a saw small then big.

Buds= beech cigar shaped. Hornbeam smaller oval

Fruits= beech 3 angled nut borne in soft spiny husks. Hornbeam leafy bracts typical of betulaceae

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Quercus petraea

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Quercus petraea

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Quercus petraea

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Quercus petraea

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Oak sessile

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Prunus padus

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Prunus padus

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Prunus padus

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Cherry bird

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Prunus padus

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Ulmus glabra

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Elm Wych

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Ulmus glabra

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Ulmus glabra

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Ulmus glabra