Most common trees in the UK

[Cactusjack1993]

Hi guys. 

 

Just bought Collins Complete Guide To British Trees and already have pretty sound knowledge in identifying 

 

Cherry trees 

Ash

Conifers Firs Spruce Pine 

Alder 

Oak 

Holly

Birch 

 

 

Apart from listed above what trees do you most commonly come across as an arborist? 

 

Just thought I would try focus studying first in the more common ones then move onto to the less common ones

 

Thanks 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2021 by Cactusjack1993

[htb]

Lawsons cypress, Abies grandis and noble, Elm

[MattyF]

Rowen
White beam
Lime
Beech
Hornbeam
Horse chestnut
Sweet chestnut
Larch
Western red cedar
Willow
Poplar
Yew
Seem to be pretty standard trees you come across a lot

[spuddog0507]

I would say that one that would be up there and classed as common has to be Sycamore grows any where and on some sites we work on they crop up every where, we did thin on a re-gen site that had been birch and 1 row of sycamore on the western side of the woodland but there was far more re-gen sycamore than birch we cut 1000s of 3-4ft syc off, 

[Dan Maynard]

Leyland cypress
Cedars deodar , blue atlantic

Learn the Pyracantha hedge so you don't grab it in the middle of something else.

[Rough Hewn]

Sycamore....lots of it.
Black thorn and Hawthorne you will recognise by touch alone.
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[nepia]

If you're looking to do tree work in gardens learn Lawson's Cypress, Leyland Cypress and Western Red Cedar.  They look different and smell different but you should know one from the other.

 

Pyracantha... almost every job has at least a token stem or two, often 10ft up the middle of a conifer tree.

 

The same goes for Clematis armandii!