Tree species provenance.

[Slicx]

I'm looking for any good websites that can tell me the best provenances for various commonly grown U.K. trees.

 

Has anyone had any experience dealing with tree provenance?

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[John Shutler]

http://www.albatrees.co.uk/plantspricelist

http://www.albatrees.co.uk/home

http://www.click-forestry.co.uk/welcome.asp

[Taxus]

Try Burntwood Nurseries near Winchester.

 

Hampshire provenance native stock.

 

Useful if you are in Hampshire, less useful if you are not.........

 

 

Taxus

[nod]

Hi Slicx

 

Are you looking for native provenance plants or purely info about provenance in general? With regard native plants I believe that the UK is divided into geographical areas that are given a provenance number. If a planting spec states that native provenance plants must be used then they would need to be sourced from seed collected in that area.

 

For the past five years I.ve been involved with a project that collects, propogates & grows seed from the Bedford region. This is area 42, so whenever we spec native stock I know it is from seed collect from ancient woodland within our locality. My feeling is that it promotes native genetis ==c stock.

 

Cheers

Nod

[sylvestris stew]

FC have a booklet with provenance zones and species key. I have one lying about somewhere, If I can find it I'll let you know the booklet code etc.

 

Also try FC website

 

http://www.forestry.gov.uk

[Joe]

try the stihl website, and go to the know how section, then the tree encyclopedia, and it is a really comprehensive tree guide.

[Slicx]

Thanks guys for those links. I've found some pretty good sources for tree provenance.

 

Quick responses too, which I didn't expect .