Ninesprings - 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

A - C **** D - G**** H - K **** L - P **** R - S **** T - Y

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

Shrubs

B - K **** M - W

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

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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

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