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9 rare and beautiful wild UK orchids
Orchids are some of the most beautiful and unique wild plants you'll see in the UK. They are rare but well worth finding if you are up for the challenge.
Laura Cottam • 29 May 2019
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Trees woods and wildlife
Juniper
A cosy home for wildlife and a gin-drinker’s delight, the juniper is a much-loved evergreen that brightens up the winter months.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Oak, Turkey
A pretender to the throne, the Turkey oak was introduced to the UK in the 1700s and is now impacting our native oak populations. It’s less valuable to wildlife, but much faster growing and a host of the knopper oak gall wasp.
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Forestry Commission Scotland Wood
Lesmahagow South
South Lanarkshire
728.43 ha (1799.95 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Little Doward Woods
Wyastone Leys nr Whitchurch
82.39 ha (203.59 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Great spruce bark beetle
The great spruce bark beetle damages spruce trees by tunnelling into the bark. This pest was accidentally introduced into the UK in 1982 and now has become established in Western England, Wales and Southern Scotland.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Coed Tregib
Llandeilo
43.64 ha (107.83 acres)
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Crunch time for trees as petition calling for new protection laws is handed in
A petition calling for stronger laws to protect iconic trees has been handed to the government, the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity has confirmed.
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Press centre
New report reveals serious threat to Welsh woods and trees
A Woodland Trust report provides evidence of multiple threats that pose catastrophic consequences for woods and trees across the UK.