QUODITCH EDUCATION DEVON

To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall. And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.   "Under the Greenwood Tree" - Thomas Hardy - published June 1872

This page will contain an alphabetical list of all the trees at Quoditch that we can identify and show them at different times of the year. Currently we are still writing the information and collecting pictures. However you might like to see what we have so far.

ALDER BUCKTHORN

Frangula Alnus

ASH

Fraxinus Excelsior (Oleaceae)

BEECH
Fagus Sylvaticus (Fagaceae)

SILVER BIRCH
Betula Pendula (Betulaceae)

BLACKTHORN or SLOE
Prunus Spinosa (Rosaceae)

GUELDER ROSE
Viburnum Opulus (Caprifoliaceae)

HAWTHORN or MAY
Crataegus Monogyna (Rosaceae)

HAZEL
Corylus avellana (Corylaceae)

HOLLY
Ilex Aquifolium (Aquifoliaceae)

SESSILE or DURMAST OAK
Quercus petraea (Fagaceae)

ROWAN (MOUNTAIN ASH)
Sorbus Acaparia, (Rosaciae)

GOAT WILLOW, PUSSY WILLOW or SALLOW
Salix Caprea (Salicaceae)

Page last updated 21st August 2004

REFERENCES
Cyril HART and Charles RAYMOND - BRITISH TREES IN COLOUR - Rainbird Reference Books, London 1973

WILLIAMS Michael - SUPERSTITIONS AND FOLKLORE - Bossinney Books, Bodmin, Cornwall, 1982.

Paul STERRY and Bob PRESS - A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO TREES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE, New Holland Publishers Ltd, London 1995
 
 

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