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List of widest trees in the UK Tree name Species Girth Location References and notes Meters Feet Marton Oak: Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) 14.02–14.4 46.0–47.2 Marton, Cheshire: The Marton Oak is the current UK champion for girth, [5] although is not very well known and is at the end stage of its life. The tree split into three enormous ...
Laurus nobilis / ˈ l ɔːr ə s ˈ n ɒ b ɪ l ɪ s / [2] [3] is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth) leaves. It is in the flowering plant family Lauraceae . It is native to the Mediterranean region and is used as bay leaf for seasoning in cooking.
Forestry Commission (UK government department responsible for protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands.) Elwes, Henry John, and Henry, Augustine, 1906 The trees of Great Britain & Ireland BHL Monograph.Includes rare introduced trees.Seven volumes and seven volumes of excellent black and white plates.
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.
These trees are both tall and large in diameter and, in particular, hold a large diameter high up the trunk. Measurement is very complex, particularly if branch volume is to be included as well as the trunk volume, so measurements have only been made for a small number of trees, and generally only for the trunk.
A database of over 69,000 such designated trees in the UK, detailed by genus, species, height, girth, site, county and country is maintained at the Tree Register. [3] This UK database dates back to 1620 and in 2022 completed the recording of its 250,000th tree. [4] The designations in the US are recorded in the National Register of Champion Trees.
The Great British Trees were 50 trees selected by The Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in the United Kingdom in honour of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. [1]
Bay tree can refer to: Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), a tree in the family Lauraceae native to Europe; Sweet bay tree (Magnolia virginiana), a tree in the family Magnoliaceae native to southeastern North America; West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa), a tree in the family Myrtaceae native to the Caribbean