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An endemic species is a plant only native to a certain area. Outside this area, unless spread naturally it is considered non-native, usually as a result of cultivation. Britain and Ireland have few endemic trees, most being micro-species of Whitebeam. But there are some interesting endemic trees nevertheless.
A list of Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae including all the native plants and established aliens known to occur in Ireland with the distribution of each species, and recommended Irish and English names. pp. [i]-xxvii, 1-171, map. Dublin: Stationery Office. Reynolds, S.C.P. (2002). A catalogue of alien plants in Ireland. pp. [4], 1 ...
Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus: a relict plant of the Ice Age. Ice-sheets covered most of Ireland until 13,000 years ago when the Holocene began. The majority of Ireland's flora and fauna has only returned as the ice sheets retreated and sea level rose accompanied by post-glacial rebound when 10,000 years ago the climate began to warm.
A new 20-year research project has catalogued changes in British and Irish flora since the mid-20th century.
Jadernička moravská, Sorb tree: Malus domestica, Sorbus domestica [51] [52] Nepal: Rhododendron: Rhododendron [16] New Zealand: Silver fern: Cyathea dealbata Nicaragua: Lemonwood: Calycophyllum candidissimum [53] North Korea: Pine: Pinus [54] Pakistan: Deodar: Cedrus deodara [55] Palestine: Olive: Olea europaea Panama: Panama tree: Sterculia ...
During the first 75 years of the 20th century, forestry in Ireland was almost exclusively carried out by the state. By 1985, forest and woodland cover was approximately 420,000 hectares. Upon the first arrival of humans in Ireland around 12,500 years ago, the entire island was predominantly covered in a blanket of thick woodland.
Cratloe Woods is a forested area around the village of Cratloe in County Clare, Ireland.Much of the original oak forest has been replaced with coniferous softwoods during the past century; however, small pockets of native oak survive.
Celtic Rainforest is a colloquial term which refers to the temperate rainforest of Ireland and Great Britain.These woodlands are also variously referred to as Atlantic rainforest, Upland Oakwoods, Atlantic Oakwoods or Western Oakwoods.