Tree Identification

Conservation

Whether you have a few trees in your garden or several acres of trees our horticultural expertise and experience gives us the capacity to identify your trees and either map out or give you a written report stating size, species and canopy width.

Our native trees are wide and varied; here are just a few examples

Alders

Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Apples

Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris)

Ashes

Common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Birches

Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
Downy Birch (Betula pubescens)

Box

Box (Buxus sempervirens; southern England only)

Cherries and Plums

Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)
Bird Cherry (Prunus padus)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

Elms

Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra)
English Elm (Ulmus procera; southern Great Britain only; doubtfully native)
Smooth-leaved Elm (Ulmus minor, syn. U. carpinifolia; southern Great Britain only)

Hawthorns

Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra)
Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Midland Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata; southern Great Britain only)

Hazels

Common Hazel (Corylus avellana)

Hornbeams

European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus; southern Great Britain only)

Hollies

European Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Junipers

European Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Lindens (Limes)

Small-leaved Linden/Lime (Tilia cordata; southern Great Britain only)
Large-leaved Linden/Lime (Tilia platyphyllos; southern Great Britain only)

Maples

Field Maple (Acer campestre; southern Great Britain only)

Oaks

Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur)
Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)

Pines

Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Poplars

Aspen (Populus tremula)
Black Poplar (Populus nigra; southern Great Britain only)

Rowans and Whitebeams

European Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Common Whitebeam (Sorbus aria) and several related apomictic microspecies
Service Tree (Sorbus domestica; recently discovered growing wild on a cliff in south Wales)
Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis)

Willows (Salix spp; several species)

Bay Willow (Salix pentandra)
Crack Willow (Salix fragilis)
White Willow (Salix alba)
Almond-leaved Willow (Salix triandra)

Yews

European Yew (Taxus baccata)

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