Duke of York Gardens Tree Walk Guide (PDF, 890KB)

Set on the banks of the River Freshney, work on the Duke of York Prior to this, the area was mainly farmland with the River Freshney The park is separated by a foot path that links York Street with Haven Gardens began in 1877 but it wasn’t opened until September meandering through it, and in1787 the only street present was Avenue. The eastern side of the park consists of areas to sit and take in 1894. The Mayor of Grimsby, George Doughty, performed the Haycroft Street which led to the south bank of the River Freshney. the wildlife whilst the western side of the park provides a more active opening ceremony accompanied by his wife and family. offering including play equipment, parkour, football and basketball. 1 Silver Birch Betula pendula 4 Holm Oak Quercus ilex 7 Holly Ilex aquifolium Holm oaks are different to other oaks in Distinguished by its white bark, the silver birch They can live for 300 years and can be seen flowering that they keep their leaves all year, they improves the soil by taking on otherwise here in October and November, and holly is dioecious are evergreen. They still produce acorns, inaccessible nutrients deep in the ground with its meaning that male and female flowers are found on which are smaller than our native oak very deep roots. These nutrients become part of different trees. The male flowers are scented and the acorns. the tree which are recycled when the leaves fall. female flowers, once pollinated by insects, produce bright red berries throughout winter. Common Yew Taxus baccata 2 5 Wild cherry Prunus avium Smooth-leaved Elm Ulmus minor var. minor An evergreen native tree, they can reach the 8 A native tree, in April it produces white Elms are identified by the asymmetric base of the grand age of 400 to 600 years old. Unlike blossom which, after pollination by insects, leaf. Although highly susceptible to Dutch elm other conifers, Yews produce seeds as fruit produce deep red berries – cherries! Look out disease, the smooth-leaved elm is showing some and the red berries (arils) are food for several for its most colourful autumnal display as resistance because it is better at reproducing from birds, especially blackbirds. leaves change from green to yellow to orange seed than the other elms, and therefore produces to red! more genetic variation. Maidenhair Tree Ginkgo biloba 3 6 White weeping willow Salix x sepulcralis The Ginkgo is native to the Zhejiang Province Ash Fraxinus excelsior 9 The true weeping willow is from China and is very of China where it is endangered in the wild. This native tree provides habitat for rare in Europe, but hybrids with crack willow and It’s known as a living fossil as it’s one of the many species; birds nest in them and eat white willow are common. The weeping forms in world’s oldest living tree species having been the single-winged seeds or keys, insects the park are hybrids with white willow. They have around for 350 million years! live in the wood, moth caterpillars rely on the leaves for food, and lichens and yellow, drooping shoots rather than brown. The mosses live on the bark. leaves are also longer. 13 10 Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus Common Lime Tilia x europaea 16 American Lime Tilia Americana Sycamores can live for 400 years! After A native tree, it doesn’t grow limes but it This tree is a native of North America where pollination by wind and insects the does like lime-rich soil! The leaves are very it is called the Basswood tree. It has heart- female flowers develop into winged attractive to aphids so they’re a good shaped leaves that create a zig-zag pattern fruits called samaras, or more hunting ground for their predators such as as they grow along the stem. commonly called ‘helicopters’. hoverflies, ladybirds, and birds. 11 17 Japanese Elm Ulmus japonica Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna 14 Swedish Whitebeam Sorbus intermedia A native tree, the flowers are highly It is a native tree of Japan but it has been scented and, after insect pollination, This is a native of Scandanavia, as the planted in Britain because of its resistance develop into berries called 'haws'. name suggests, and it is a triple hybrid. It to Dutch elm disease and it is one of the key Hawthorns support over 300 insects. is also tolerant of air pollution. species in the fight against it. 18 Lombardy-Poplar Populus nigra ‘Italica’ 12 Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ 15 Rowan Sorbus aucuparia Because of their narrow, upright form they are often A natural variant of the Common Beech, A native tree that can live to be 200 years planted in long lines along field margins and its unmistakeable leaf colour results from old, its berries are food for the Apple Fruit roadsides to form windbreaks. Typical, slender a mutation present in around 1 in 1000 Moth. The red of the berries was thought Lombardy-poplars are all males whilst the females seeds which makes new leaves red and to be the best for warding off witches, and are of the scarce sub-species ‘Gigantea’ which have a older leaves a deep purple. its old Celtic name means Wizard’s tree. broader form. 1 4 3 7 18 2 5 6 8 17 9 16 15 14 13 11 10 12 .

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