Information on over 60 tree species that are either widely grown in British forests at the present time or which could play an increasing role in the future, focusing on those species which could be expected to produce usable timber in British conditions.
- Alder (Black)
- Alder (Common)
- Alder (Green)
- Alder (Grey)
- Alder (Italian)
- Alder (Red)
- Ash
- Ash (Mountain)
- Aspen
- Beech
- Birch (Downy)
- Birch (Silver)
- Cedar (Atlas)
- Cedar (Lebanon)
- Cherry (Wild)
- Chestnut (Sweet)
- Cypress (Lawson)
- Cypress (Leyland)
- Douglas fir
- Elm (Wych)
- Fir (Caucasian silver)
- Fir (European silver)
- Fir (Grand)
- Fir (Noble)
- Fir (Pacific silver)
- Gean
- Gum (Cider)
- Gum (Shining)
- Hornbeam
- Larch (European)
- Larch (Hybrid)
- Larch (Japanese)
- Lenga
- Lime (Small-leaved)
- London plane
- Maple (Big-leaf)
- Maple (Norway)
- Maple (Silver)
- Oak (Pedunculate)
- Oak (Red)
- Oak (Sessile)
- Pine (Corsican)
- Pine (Lodgepole )
- Pine (Macedonian)
- Pine (Maritime)
- Pine (Monterey)
- Pine (Radiata)
- Pine (Scots)
- Pine (Western white)
- Pine (Weymouth)
- Poplar (Balsam)
- Poplar (Black)
- Poplar (Hybrid black)
- Poplar (Hybrid)
- Rauli
- Red-cedar (Japanese)
- Red-cedar (Western)
- Redwood (Coast)
- Redwood (Giant)
- Roble
- Rowan
- Service-tree (True)
- Service-tree (Wild)
- Spruce (Norway)
- Spruce (Oriental)
- Spruce (Serbian)
- Spruce (Sitka)
- Sycamore
- Walnut (Black)
- Walnut (Common)
- Wellingtonia
- Western hemlock
Seeing examples of different species
Places where you can see examples of these different species include Forestry Commission arboreta and forest gardens at Bedgebury, Brechfa, the Forest of Dean, Kilmun, Lynford, the New Forest and Westonbirt.
