Native Woodland Trees

Ask anyone to name a native woodland tree and most people could probably come up with half a dozen names. 

Identifying them might be a different matter altogether !

As a mature student I spent a year at Horticulture College and part of the course was learning how to identify over one hundred different plants. Many of which were trees which you had to be able to recognise both with and without leaves. Trees change their appearance with the seasons and recognising a deciduous tree only by it's leaves is no help in the winter ! You had to learn it's shape and it's bark as well as it's preferred growing location.

Trees have folklore and superstitions attached to them. Some country lore stems from the medicinal uses which man has derived from them.

Here are the trees that I intend to explore in the coming months.

Beech, Birch,Elder, Hawthorn, Hazel, Holly, Oak,Rowan, Ash, Alder, Willow, Sycamore amd Yew.

I hope that you enjoy their stories.