trees

A selection of twelve tree species found in the UK (of course

there are more tree species than just 12, so please feel free

to browse the websites linked below to discover more)

• Fagus sylvatica - European Beech (Skye Plant Identification Guide)

• Betula pendula - silver birch (Forestry Commission)

• Quercus robur - pedunculate oak (BioImages UK)

• Aesculus hippocastanum - horse chestnut (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)

• Castanea sativa - sweet chestnut (Kew Gardens)

• Carpinus betulus - hornbeam (WSL, Switzerland)

• Acer pseudoplatanus - sycamore (Forestry Images)

• Platanus x hispanica - London plane (Google Scholar)

• Fraxinus excelsior - common ash (Botanische Bilddatenbank der Uni Basel)

• Tilia cordata - small-leaved lime (Baumkunde)

• Ficus carica - fig tree (California Rare Fruit Growers)

+ extra!

• Pinus sylvestris - Scots pine (Trees for Life - Restoring the Caledonian Forests)
• Pinus pinea - stone pine - (Gymnosperm database)
• Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust (Digital Library, Univ. of California, Berkeley)
• Picea sitchensis - sitka spruce (US Dept. Agriculture - Plants Database)