Train Hugger Planting Projects

Storm Recovery in Berwickshire 2

Tree Planting

Storm Recovery in Berwickshire 2

The non-native spruce trees on this farm were destroyed by Storm Arwen. Following an extensive clear up operation, the site has been planted with native tree species. The new trees will provide shelter for livestock on the farm and benefit wildlife. The trees will allow more light onto the woodland floor, encouraging wildflowers to grow and the nuts and fruit on the new trees will encourage wild mammals and woodland birds.

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This project is in partnership with:

Royal Forestry Society

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Listed below are some of the trees planting on this site

This species is the UK’s only native maple and is often grown as an ornamental tree in large gardens and parks, as well as in woods and hedgerows. Its wood is white, hard and strong, and is popular for making furniture, flooring and musical instruments, especially harps. Field maple flowers are hermaphrodite, meaning each flower contains both male and female reproductive parts.

Field Maple

Sycamores can live for 400 years and are attractive to aphids and their predators. Their seeds are very fertile and float to the ground like little helicopters. Sycamore timber is pale cream in colour and good for carving, which is why it is used for making traditional Welsh lovespoons. Fans of the children’s author Julia Donaldson may know that her popular character Stick Man and his family live in a sycamore tree!

Sycamore

The downy birch, or white birch, is a deciduous, broad-leafed tree which grows abundantly across the north of Europe and northern Asia. The outer bark can be stripped off without killing the tree, and its twigs and branches are flexible and make good brooms. The Sami people in Scandinavia use downy birch bark when making their traditional bread, while the tree’s sap can be collected in early spring and used to make a syrup or beer.

Downy Birch

The silver birch is an elegant, majestic-looking tree which can survive in a range of climates, making it a very popular choice for gardeners. It attracts hundreds of insect species, and woodpeckers like to nest in its rough, tough, silver-white trunk. There is a lot of mythology attached to the silver birch, which is said to symbolise purity, new beginnings and protection. Once upon a time, on Midsummer’s Eve, silver birch boughs were hung across the doors of houses to bring good luck to their residents.

Silver Birch

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