Nine Springs - Yeovil Country Park, Trees and Shrubs

A report prepared by Forestry Consultants and Timber Surveyors in October 1961 emphasises the “very fine heavy timber ... an over-mature mixture of Beech and Sweet Chestnut [etc]” and also emphasises the quantities of “dead, dying, diseased or dangerous” trees. In 1964, 534 trees of ten species were felled, 32.8% being sweet chestnut, 27.3% being beech 15.9% being oak, 7.3% being larch and 6.7% being Scots pine. A survey of the remaining trees in 1971 found just over 300 trees of more than ten metres in height and about another 100 smaller trees. Of the larger trees, 72% were broad-leaved (mainly beech, oak and sycamore) and 28% were coniferous.

Trees .... Shrubs

Trees

A - F .... G - K ....L - R .... S - Y

Common Name		Species
Alder	Image	Alnus glutinosa
Amur Maple	Image	Acer ginnala
Ash	Image	Fraxinus excelsior
Beech	Image	Fagus sylvatica
Bird Cherry	Image	Prunus padus
Blackthorn Sloe	Image	Prunus spinosa
Brewers 'Weeping' Spruce	Image	Picea breweriana
Chinese Witch Hazel	Image	Hamamelis mollis
Cockspur-thorn	Image	Crataegus crus-galli
Common Box	Image	Buxus sempervirens
Common Whitebeam	Image	Sorbus aria
Corkscrew Willow	Image	Salix matsudana `Tortuosa'
Crack Willow	Image	Salix fragilis
Dawn Redwood	Image	Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Empress Tree	Image	Paulownia tomentosa
English Elm	Image	Ulmus procera
European Larch	Image	Larix decidua
Evergreen Oak	Image	Quercus ilex
False-acacia	Image	Robinia pseudoacacia
Fern-leaved Beech	Image	Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia'
Field Maple	Image	Acer campestre
Goat Willow	Image	Salix caprea ssp. caprea
Golden Weeping Willow	Image	Salix Alba 'Niobe'
Gray Birch	Image	Betula populifolia
Grey Poplar	Image	Populus x canescens
Hawthorn	Image	Crataegus monogyna
Hazel	Image	Corylus avellana
Holly	Image	Ilex aquifolium
Honey Locust	Image	Gledischia triacanthos
Hornbeam	Image	Carpinus betulus
Horse-chestnut	Image	Aesculus hippocastanum
Indian Bean Tree	Image	Catalpa bignonioides
Italian Alder	Image	Alnus cordata
Japanese Cedar	Image	Cryptomeria japonica
Japanese Cherry	Image	Prunus serrulata
Japanese Crabapple	Image	Malus floribunda
Judas Tree	Image	Cercis siliquastrum
Katsura Tree	Image	Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Laburnum	Image	Laburnum anagyroides
Lime	Image	Tilia x vulgaris
London Plane	Image	Platanus x hispanica
Magnolia	Image	Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’
Manna Ash	Image	Fraxinus ornus
Monkey-puzzle	Image	Araucaria araucana
Monterey Pine	Image	Pinus radiata
Norway Maple	Image	Acer platanoides
Paperbark Maple	Image	Acer griseum
Pedunculate Oak	Image	Quercus robur
Persian Ironwood	Image	Parrotia persica
Plume Japanese Red Cedar	Image	Cryptomeria japonica Elegans
Portugal Laurel	Image	Prunus lusitanica
Purple Beech	Image	Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea
Purple Laburnum	Image	Laburnum Adami
Red Oak	Image	Quercus rubra
Red Maple	Image	Acer rubrum
Roble Beech	Image	Nothofagus obliqua
Rowan	Image	Sorbus aucupana
Rusty Willow	Image	Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia
Scots Pine	Image	Pinus sylvestris
Silver Birch	Image	Betula pendula
Smooth Japanese Maple	Image	Acer palmatum
Snake Bark Maple	Image	Acer pensylvanicum
Spindle Tree	Image	Euonymus europaeus
Spring Cherry	Image	Prunus subhirtella
Swamp Cypress	Image	Taxodium distichum
Sweet Chestnut	Image	Castanea sativa
Sweet Gum	Image	Liquidambar styraciflua
Sycamore	Image	Acer pseudoplatanus
Tartarian Maple	Image	Acer tataricum
Turkey Oak	Image	Quercus cerris
Walnut	Image	Juglans regia
Western Balsam-poplar	Image	Populus trichocarpa
Western Hemlock	Image	Tsuga heterophylla?
Western Red Cedar	Image	Thuja plicata
White Poplar	Image	Populus alba
White Willow	Image	Salix alba
Wild Cherry	Image	Prunus avium
Wych Elm	Image	Ulmus glabra
Yew	Image	Taxus baccata

Shrubs

B - K **** M - W

Bramble/Blackberry	Image	Rubus fruticosus agg.
Bridal Wreath	Image	Spiraea 'arguta'
Butcher’s Broom	Image	Ruscus aculeatus
Butterfly-bush or Buddleia	Image	Buddleia davidii
Cherry Laurel	Image	Prunus laurocerasus
Elder	Image	Sambucus nigra
Firethorn	Image	Pyracantha coccinea
Garden Privet	Image	Ligustrum ovalifolium
Gooseberry	Image	Ribes uva-crispa
Gorse	Image	Ulex europaeus
Hedgehog Holly	Image	Ilex aquifolium ‘Ferox' Argentea
Himalayan Honeysuckle	Image	Leycesteria formosa
Honeysuckle	Image	Lonicera periclymenum
Kerria	Image	Kerria japonica
Mock-orange	Image	Philadelphus coronarius
Photinia	Image	Photinia davidiana
Pink Snowberry	Image	Symphoricarpos x chenaultii
Raspberry	Image	Rubus idaeus
Red Currant	Image	Ribes rubrum
Rhododendron	Image	Rhododendron ponticum
Snowberry	Image	Symphoricarpos albus
Spotted Laurel	Image	Aucuba japonica
Tutsan	Image	Hypericum androsaemum
Western Gorse	Image	Ulex gallii
Wild Privet	Image	Ligustrum vulgare
Willmott Winter Hazel	Image	Corylopsis willmottiae
Wilson’s Honeysuckle	Image	Lonicera nitida
Yellow Azalea	Image	Rhododendron Iuteum

Information on British trees courtesy of:

Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS) A Key for Identifying British Trees or Shrubs

http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/home.html

The Royal Forestry Society http://www.rfs.org.uk

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

British Wild Flowers - http://www.british-wild-flowers.co.uk

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