Collins Complete Guide to British Trees: A Photographic Guide to Every Common Species (Collins Complete Photo Guides)

Collins Complete Guide to British Trees: A Photographic Guide to Every Common Species (Collins Complete Photo Guides)

Paul Sterry

Language: English

Pages: 320

ISBN: 0007236859

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


This easy-to-use guide covers the 360 species of tree that are found in Britain & Ireland. Each species is covered in detail with information on how to identify, whether from a leaf, twig, bark or whole tree, plus extra information on where the tree grows (including a map), how high they grow, what uses it is put to, and history. Every species is also comprehensively illustrated with photographs of every useful feature—bark, leaf, seed, flower, twig, and whole tree. Sample identification section: "Silver Birch Betula pendula (Betulaceae) height to 26m A slender, fast-growing deciduous tree with a narrow, tapering crown when young and growing vigorously. Older trees acquire a weeping habit, especially if growing in an open, uncrowded situation."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

236 crus-galli 238 heterophylla 236 laciniata 236 laevigata 236 ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ 236 ‘Plena Alba’ 236 ‘Punicea’ 236 × lavalleei 238 mollis 238 monogyna 234 pedicellata 238 persimilis 238 submollis 238 Cryptomeria japonica 94 Cunninghamia lanceolata 96 Cupressaceae 16, 76–90 Cupressus × Cupressocyparis leylandii 76 ‘Haggerston Grey’ 76 ‘Leighton Green’ 76 glabra 80 goveniana 82 lindleyi 80 macrocarpa 80 sempervirens 80 torulosa 82 Cydonia oblonga 202 Cypress, Bhutan 82

avellenarius is particularly reliant on the nuts and numerous moth larvae eat the leaves. Some Hazels that have been coppiced and recoppiced many times are now extremely old trees, having greatly exceeded their normal lifespan through the constant regeneration caused by cutting them back and allowing them to regrow. Hazel leaf Hazel nut Hazel nuts Filbert Corylus maxima (Betulaceae) 6m Very similar to Hazel except for the nuts, which are longer, mostly solitary or in bunches of 2–3 and

often with several main stems. BARK Vertically fissured and peeling. LEAVES In opposite pairs, to 8cm long, rounded, with pointed tips and heart-shaped bases. Pink at first, turning green in summer, then red in autumn. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Flowers in leaf nodes in April. Male flowers are small clusters of reddish stamens, female flowers are darker red clusters of styles. Fruits are claw-like bunches of 5cm-long pods that change from grey, through green, to brown. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of

and foliage Kevin Carlson Snowy Mespil flowers Snowy Mespil fruits and foliage Canadian Snowy Mespil fruits and foliage Juneberry foliage Juneberry autumn colours Tree Cotoneaster fruits and foliage Tree Cotoneaster flowers and foliage Tree Cotoneaster bark THORNS CRATAEGUS (FAMILY ROSACEAE) A large and rather confusing group with many very similar species and numerous local forms. They are characterised by thorny twigs, and many also have attractive flowers and fruits, and good autumn

polished stems make fine walking sticks; particularly stout stems were used in the past as cudgels. Blackthorn leaves are the food plant for the larvae of a significant number of moth species, as they are for the larvae of 2 scarce and fascinating butterfly species, the Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae and the Black Hairstreak Strymondia pruni. Early to flower, and producing prolific blossom, Blackthorn is an important source of food for insects, such as bumblebees, in spring. The plant’s dense,

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