Native trees

Native trees are those that have been in the British Isles for a very long time indeed; roughly speaking, they colonised the land without human assistance before the land was separated from the continent of Europe, when the ice was retreating at the end of the last Ice Age. Some native species are illustrated in the menu options. For the time being, a few common, non-native trees are included in this section, such as the Horse chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum *, and False acacia - Robinia pseudoacacia *, and the Hungarian *, Red * and Pin * oaks.

Native trees form the list below. Trees marked with an * can be found at Highbury Fields, Islington.