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9781842464526

Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland

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  • ISBN13:

    9781842464526

  • ISBN10:

    1842464523

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-01-15
  • Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Summary

What kinds of tree grow where, how long do they live, and how big do they become? Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland answers all these questions and many more, introducing the finest examples of every kind of tree growing in the British Isles from ancient yews and towering sequoias to the rarest of recent introductions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. 8
Foreword: HRH The Prince of Walesp. 10
Preface: Thomas Pakenhamp. 11
Introductionp. 15
Superlative trees
Oldest treep. 27
Tallest treep. 27
Biggest treep. 28
Thickest trunkp. 29
Most spreading treep. 31
Fastest growthp. 32
Rarest treep. 32
Tree collecttonp. 34
A tree flora of Britain and Ireland
The speciesp. 40
Other trees in cultivationp. 173
Gazetteer Ireland
Munsterp. 179
Leinsterp. 182
Connaughtp. 188
Ulsterp. 189
Scotland
Scottish Highlandsp. 192
Central Scotlandp. 204
Southern Scotlandp. 208
England
North-eastp. 211
North-westp. 216
Midlandsp. 221
East-Angliap. 230
Home Countiesp. 234
South-eastp. 244
South-westp. 277
Welsh Marchesp. 302
Walesp. 307
Isle of Manp. 322
Channel Islands
Sarkp. 322
Jerseyp. 322
Guernseyp. 322
How to measure a treep. 324
Collectors' references for tress featured in this bookp. 326
Glossary and abbreviations used throughout this bookp. 327
Select bibliography and some useful websitesp. 328
A checklist of native treesp. 331
Index of synonymsp. 333
Index to Part One: some common namesp. 343
Index to part two: counties, parishes and some gardensp. 347
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