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The American colonies still could exported little timber to England, only great masts could justify the cost of the long transatlantic journey. Thus New England, rather than producing timber and naval stores for the motherland was instead building its own ships that were cheaper and often of superior quality to those produced in Britain.
Conifers account for around one half (51%) of the UK woodland area, although this proportion varies from around one quarter (26%) in England to around three quarters (74%) in Scotland. [8] Britain's native tree flora comprises 32 species, of which 29 are broadleaves. The UK's industry and populace uses at least 50 million tonnes of timber a year.
The Commission originally expanded the forest using fast growing conifers, but has begun a project to convert much of this to mixed woodland. [53] [54] Salcey Forest: Northamptonshire: 495 Salcey Forest has a 20 metre high "Tree Top Walkway". The forest is also made up of ancient woodland including 600-year-old oak trees. [55] [56] [57 ...
Heart of England Forest; Worcestershire. Wyre Forest (part in Shropshire) Derbyshire. Darwin Forest; Nottinghamshire. Greenwood Forest; Sherwood Forest; Leicestershire. Charnwood Forest; Lincolnshire. List of Forests and Woodland in Lincolnshire; Rutland. Leighfield Forest; Northamptonshire. Rockingham Forest; Salcey Forest
Foxley Wood is a nature reserve in Foxley, Norfolk, England, the largest ancient woodland and coppice in Norfolk. The Norfolk Wildlife Trust , which manages this reserve, bought it in 1998. [ 1 ] It is 123 hectares (300 acres) in size.
26% of the UK woodland (0.86 million hectares) is managed by Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland, Natural Resources Wales or the Northern Ireland Forest service. [64] When the Forestry Commission was founded in 1919 it inherited responsibility for several forests, some of which were former royal forests and contained ancient woodland. [65]