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Information on the different types of trees in the UK.

Contents

  1. What is a tree?
  2. List of native trees
  3. Lift of naturalised trees
  4. What is a native tree?
  5. What is a naturalised tree?
  6. Useful websites
  7. Where to buy trees online?

What is a tree?
A tree is a perennial woody plant.

Native trees

A list of native trees in the United Kingdom.

  • Alders
  • Apples
  • Ashes
  • Birches
  • Box
  • Cherries and Plums
  • Elms
  • Hawthorns
  • Hazels
  • Hornbeams
  • Hollies
  • Junipers
  • Lindens [Limes]
  • Maples
  • Oaks
  • Pines
  • Poplars
  • Rowans & Whitebeams
  • Strawberry Tree
  • Willows
  • Yews

Naturalised Trees

A list of naturalised trees in the United Kingdom.

  • From Europe
    • Maritime Pine
    • European Black Pine
    • Norway Spruce
    • European Larch
    • European Pear
    • Plymouth Pear
    • Cherry Plum
    • European Beech
    • Sycamore
    • Norway Maple
    • Sweet Chestnut
    • Turkey Oak
    • Aesculus hippocastanum
  • From Asia
    • Japanese Larch
  • From North America
    • Lodgepole Pine
    • Sitka Spruce
    • Black Spruce
    • Douglas-fir
    • Grand Fir
    • Western Hemlock
    • Western Redcedar
    • Lawson’s Cypress
    • Monterey Cypress

What is a native tree?

Species of trees that are present in the region in question, that have been continuously present in the region in question for set amount of time.

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What is a naturalised tree?

Many thousand trees have been imported by humans. A far smaller number of these trees have actually become naturalised, spreading independently of humans.

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Useful websites

A lot of the information from this article has been taken from Trees of Britain and Ireland @ Wikipedia.

To find information on types of trees in the UK a great place to start is the website BritishTrees.com.

Other great websites I would recommend to someone doing research on types of trees in the UK are:

Where to buy trees online?

A list of UK based sites which sell trees online, that have full contact details displayed.

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