PROJECT OVERVIEW Pedunculate Oak Hazel Hornbeam Beech Aspen Common Alder Wild cherry Quercus robur Corylus avellana Carpinus betulus Fagus sylvatica Populus tremula Alnus glutinosa Prunus avium ENFIELD CHASE The Enfield Chase Restoration RESTORATION Project, led by Enfield Council Providing nuts enjoyed by people Known as the “Queen of British Found in ponds or riverside, will create a publicly accessible, and dormice alike. A smaller tree Trees”, Beech can live up to 200 alders thrive in moist soils. These Woodland sustainable native broad-leaf growing up to 12m, Hazel trees years (and sometimes beyond), trees are equally useful when woodland. This will increase are a great habitat for marsh tits. their gnarled and cavity-rich they have died with the lesser- SPECIES INFO tree cover, provide natural flood branches are a good home for spotted woodpecker using the protection, benefit wildlife and hole-nesting birds such as tawny dead limbs for nesting. They improve access within the greenbelt owls. They can grow up to 40m. grow up to 28m. of London.

Here we outline the trees that will be planted across the project. CLIMATE The national tree of England, Popular in Scotland and ACTION Despite being a deciduous tree ENFIELD Oak is the King of British trees. Northern Ireland, Aspen is the hornbeam keeps its leaves They are havens for many birds, resistant to grazing deer who do Providing food for birds and 100% Native UK Species all year round providing shelter bats and insects supporting life not like the taste. Often noted mammals, the Wild Cherry is also for wildlife in the winter. It has the 100,000 Trees for over 300 species! Oaks can for its foliage which trembles loved by gardners for its beautiful hardest wood of any other native CLIMATE grow up to 40m and live for 100s and shimers in the breeze. They white flowers in the Spring. They ACTION Across 60 hectares tree! It can gow up to 30m and ENFIELD of years. usually grow to 25m. can grow up to 30m. lives for 300 years. Silver Birch Hawthorn Scots Pine Blackthorn Dogwood Black poplar Crab Apple Goat Willow Holly Other tree speices we are Betula pendula Craetaegus monogyna Pinus sylvestris Prunus spinosa Cornus sanguinea Populus nigra Malus sylvestris Salix caprea Ilex aquifolium planting include:

Numbers have fallen in recent The Goat Willow supports life for A thorny shrub-like tree (between A small (6m) tree well-known Small Leaved Lime (Tilia cordata) times, with very few naturally many caterpillars including they 5-15m) that provides habitat for by lovers of sloe gin, with the Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) pollinating Black Poplars left in purple emperor butterfly. Its fruits a large number of species. Birds fruits of this tree often used Norway Spruce (Picea abies) choose this tree to build their to infuse alcoholic beverages. the wild countryside - only 600 can be quite soft and woolly. A females exist in Britain. They small tree reaching heights of Red Alder (Alnus rubra) nests in, in particular bullfinches, It is the fourth richest tree for Grey Alder (Alnus incana) song thrushes and turtle doves. invertebrates in the UK, with the provide food for many moth 8-10m. Wych Elm (Ulmus glubra) black hairstreak butterfly solely caterpillars and are an early Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) relying on it. source of nectar for bees. They grow between 20-30m. Elder (Sambucus nigra) Often found in English Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) hedgerows dogwood bursts into Buckthorn (Fragula alnus) White Willow (Salix alba) action in the Autumn. It is a food Famous for its berries and prickly One of the few conifers native to Crack Willow (Salix fragilis) source for robins, tits and many Known for providing cooking leaves, Holly leaves are a festive the UK, typically seen towering Grey Sallow (Salix cinerea) others. Its flowers are small apples the Crab Apple tree can tradition. Its high-fat fruits are in the highlands (up to 35m tall), Gelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) Known by its silvery white bark, cream-coloured and develops live up to 100 years and offers useful to birds enduring the Scots Pine will grow quicker typically a medium sized tree small black berries - sometimes food to mice, foxes and badgers winter. Redstarts and firecrests Osier (Salix viminalis) than many of the other species growing up to 25m. The Silver called dogberries. Often used as - and people. They typically often use the Holly tree for and will add diversity to the Birch provides food and habitat a shrub growing between 2-6m grow between 4 and 12m with a habitat. They grow up to 15m woodland. Species illustrations by Anna Darley for 100s of insects. but can get up to 10m. dense twiggy crown. tall.