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Trees and shrubs appropriate for planting in Cornwall

Common
name
Scientific
name
Soil
preference
Height at
  maturity
 (feet)

Propagation

Associated
wildlife
Productive
use
Alder Alnus glutinosa Damp, acid to calcareous 60 Seed Rich insect/bird association Turnery
Birch Betula pubescens and Betula pendula Dry acid sites 60 Seed Woodpecker, chaffinch, redpoll favour seed Turnery
Dogwood cornus sanguinea Calcarous-neutral clays and loams 10 Seed Birds Skewers; winter colour
Hazel Corylus avellana Neutral-slightly acid loams; clay 20 Suckers freely from base of stool Mammals; birds for nuts; insects Important coppice tree for peasticks, thatching, hedging spars, cratewood, fascines, faggots
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Calcareous-neutral loams; clay 20 Seed via birds Mammals; birds for berries; many insects; wood mouse eats fruit Hedging
Spindle Euonymus europaeus calcareous - neutral loams 10 Seed Alternative host for bean aphid Decorative fruit
Alder buckthorn Frangula alnus Fenland soil; damp peats; acid sands 8 Suckers; seed Brimstone butterfly birds on fruit Charcoal for fuses
Ash Fraxinus excelsior Dry calcareous and wet heavy loams 70-90 seed Ash keys for small mammals and birds Sports goods, vehicle bodies, furniture, hurdles
Holly Ilex aquifolium Well-drained, neutral-acid soils 50 seed or cuttings Fruits for birds, nesting cover, deer browse Turnery, inlays
Privet Ligustrum vulgare calcareous loams and clays 5 Suckers; seed Birds for fruit; some insects Game cover, but can spread to form tangled thickets
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum All soils - seed; rooted layers Bees in flowers; birds on insects and fruit  
Gean or wild cherry Prunus ayium Calcareous loams neutral-acid 50-70 seed Fruits for birds Furniture, turnert, inlays
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Calcareous-neutral clay and loams 8 suckers from thickets Butterflies; good nesting thicket for nightingales in south Sticks and cudgels; sloe gin
Pendunculate and sessile oak Quercus robur and Quercus petracea Loams, clays and neutral-acid 80 seed Prime tree; insects, birds, mammals, lichens Veneers, furniture, rails, posts, bark for tanning
Dog rose Rosa canina Calcarous-neutral clays and loams 3 ramps by layers Birds on fruit; insects on flowers Root stocks for rose budding
Blackberry Rubus fruitcosa Calcarous-neutral clays and loams 3 ramps by layers Basic browse for deer; birds feed and nest; insects Fruit
Eared willow Salix aurita Neutral loams 40 seed; cuttings Liked by deer for fraying; insects on catkins and leaves Shelter
Goat willow Salix caprea Neutral loams 40 seed; cuttings Liked by deer for fraying; insects on catkins and leaves Shelter
Common sallow Salix cinerea ssp. Oleifolia Neutral loams 40 seed; cuttings Liked by deer for fraying; insects on catkins and leaves Shelter
Elder Sambucus nigra Calcarous-neutral clays and loams 20 seed Birds on fruit; insects on flowers Berries for wine, cordials
Broom sarathamnus scoparius Neutral-acid sands 6 seed Insects including butterflies Bedding, fixing soil; handsome flowers
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia Light soils 30-50 seed Fair insect fauna, fruit for birds Turnery - fair
Gorse Ulex europaeus Neutral loams; sands 8 seed Insects ; nesting for linnets Fodder
Western gorse Ulex gallii Acid loams; clays 1 seed Insects Fodder
English elm/
wych elm
Ulmus Procera/glabra Strong heavy loams 120 Suckers (English), seed (wych) Insects - white hairstreak, comma and large tortoiseshell butterflies; nest sites Planking, baulks, furniture
Guelder rose Viburnum opulus Neutral-calcareous damp clays and loams 3 See via birds Birds; wood mouse on fruit; insects on flowers  

 

Please note:

Many common traditional species are not native to Britain - e.g. sycamore, chestnut. Some are native to Britain but not to Cornwall - e.g. beech.  No conifer has ever been native to Cornwall.

 

 

 

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