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River Irwell
Forest Enterprise England manages around 1 Wild 20% cherry of the country’s Prunus avium woodland Turn over to find out more about these trees Woods are Be aTree special places Explorer Walking trail not only for wildlife English oak but for us all to enjoy... Wild cherry 2 Quercus robur Hazel The oak tree has long irregular Corylus avellana Prunus avium 3 1 and deep lobed green leaves. Hazel leaves are almost With over 70 million visitors Cherry leaves are large, light green They grow alternately along the twig. elliptical leaves around 6-15cm long. perfectly round with a narrow a year, we are committed to • Oak trees can live for 500 years, They grow alternately along the twig. pointed tip. They are double- and reach a height of 30m. toothed and have short stalks. making our forests special • Wild cherry trees are common in • The oak has always been held in high woodlands where birds often • Hazel was grown in the UK for large- esteem. The Druids worshipped and places for wildlife to live, spread seeds in their droppings. scale nut production until the early 1900s. practised their rites in oak groves. for people to enjoy and So it is often found in lowland woods Cultivated varieties (known as cob-nuts) around oak trees. • There are a number of non-native oaks in are still grown in Kent, but most of our the UK including holm, red and turkey oak. hazelnuts are now imported. for business to thrive. • Cherry wood is richly coloured and can The only other native is the sessile oak. be highly polished making it popular • If left, the hazel tree can grow for 80 in cabinet work, furniture and turning. • Oak trees provide a rich habitat for years, but if coppiced, they can grow for wildlife and support more life forms over 100 years. Coppicing involves cutting A budding that any other native trees. the tree back to a ‘stool’ at ground level, industry to encourage straight stems to grow. We are planting an ever more diverse range of tree species, grown Ash Fraxinus excelsior Silver birch from carefully selected seeds that 4 Sycamore Ash has compound leaves instead of 5 Betula pendula are better able to cope with our Acer pseudoplatunus single leaves. These are in pairs with an 6 Silver birch leaves are changing climate. This helps to The sycamore has large, dark green odd one on the end. They are lanced triangular in shape with rounded increase the availability of different leaves with 5 distinct ragged lobes. shaped with slightly toothed edges. corners at the base of the leaf. types of food and nectars • The sycamore was introduced • Ash wood is very strong and elastic. The leaves grow alternately to the UK in the 17th century. available to wildlife. It is said that an ash joint can bear more along the twig. weight than any other type of wood. • Sycamore is particularly tolerant of • Birch is a popular garden tree as ‘sea spray’ and is planted to offer • Ash is a great source of firewood. Its Latin it only grows to 15m in height. name ‘Fraxinus’ means firelight. shade and shelter along the coast. It ForestXplorer • Silver birch wood is of little is also tolerant of pollution and is often • The main threat to ash trees is Chalara Get free on the go information commercial value in Britain because planted in towns and cities. about your woodland with dieback; a disease that causes trees to the trees do not grow as large as • It is highly valued for making violins added Twitter and Facebook lose their leaves and the crown to die they do in other parts of Europe. feeds. Get your photos back, usually resulting in their death. and for veneers. In Wales, sycamore • Birch seeds itself freely, and is featured in the app using One way to help combat the spread is by trees were used in the traditional craft often the first species to grow Instagram #sitename restricting the movement of ash plants of making ‘love spoons.’ on freshly cleared ground. Find out more at: and seeds into and within the UK. • One sycamore tree can produce forestry.gov.uk/mobileapp 10,000+ winged seeds.