Trees (Native British)

The ancient trees of the British Isles form a distinct and fascinating group in this little book their form and character are carefully described by Welsh border woodsman Andy Thompson. With rare early engravings of seeds and branches, leaf shapes, typical tree outlines and common timber uses, printed on the highest quality recycled papers, this is an unusual, useful and beautiful book.

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• 2 3 First published 1998 AD Wooden Books Ltd 2005 AD Published by Wooden Books Ltd. 12A High St, Gl
• 4 5 I would like to dedicate this book to my wife Annie and family and would also like to thank Lucy
• 6 1 INTRODUCTION Trees are such a prominent feature of the landscape and yet we tend to take them fo
• 2 3 Charcoal created by partial burning with restricted oxygen to create a high temperature fuel is
• 4 5 King of trees to the Vikings with its roots in hell and its branches reaching to the heavens 120
• 6 7 The Oak is our most common broadleaved tree and has been the most dominant timber tree since ear
• 8 9 Elms are large, shady classically shaped trees. They essentially fall into two lowland species
• 10 11 Much planted and widespread. Solo trees develop huge canopies with dense shade beneath. Clas
• 12 13 A medium sized, rounded tree, similar to Beech, but with serrated edged leaves, older trees ha
• 14 15 Introduced in Roman times from Mediterranean lands this much loved tree can now almost be trea
• 16 17 Two species of Lime, the smallleaved cordata and the large leaved platyphyllos, are native to
• 18 19 mAplE Acer campestre The Field Maple is a roundheaded tree with a sinuous pale grey trunk
• 20 21 There are two main species that can be classed as one. Most liked by those who look at it, the
• 22 23 A small tree, frequently branching close to the base and flourishing wherever the nitrogen con
• 24 25 The Whitebeam is a small tree 30 50 tall. A lightdemanding, warmthloving species it is often
• 26 27 One of the rarest of Britains native trees, the Wild Service is generally a small to medium si
• 28 29 A familiar and graceful tree, often known as Mountain Ash. Of medium size with ascending bran
• 30 31 Hazel was one of the first trees to grow in these islands soon after the last ice age. A comm
• 32 33 Hawthorn is one of the most common British trees. A quickgrowing hedge plant, yet growing slow
• 34 35 This small tree, often occurring as a large shrub, is native throughout Britain, growing on wo
• 36 37 The Crab Apple is a small tree in the wild reaching a height of about 30. It has a broad crow
• 38 39 A mediumlarge conical to broad crowned tree usually with a well developed trunk and shiny redd
• 40 41 Many of our finest rivers are held on course by the round leaved Alders. Fast growing in wet
• 42 43 The Black Poplar is one of the rarest and most distinctive native trees. Although easily reco
• 44 45 It is unusual to find an Aspen tree on its own as they are invariably surrounded by abundant s
• 46 47 Two main species of willow are known to be native to Britain. The White Willow Salix alba is
• 48 49 Sallow is the colloquial name given to the smaller of the willow species Sally trees. The Goat
• 50 51 Given space and light Holly can grow into a fine tree up to 80 tall although more often it gro
• 52 53 The only large conifer to recolonize these islands after the retreat of the ice age, the Scots
• 54 55 The Juniper is one of Britains native conifers and occurs naturally in the south on chalk down
• 56 57 Our oldest lived, most mysterious and sacred tree. A Yew at Discoed, Powys, is reputed to be
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