Trees
E
veryone who uses the countryside will sooner or later come across
a tree - or around our way they will, anyway. Trees and woods are of particular
landscape and conservation importance both in the countryside and in the town,
and accordingly they have a number of special laws and regulations. If you intend
to fell a tree, or if you want to try to stop someone felling a tree, you need
to know the law, as it can be quite complex. As usual, Naturenet will step forward.
Read on for our guide.
Trees,
boundaries and highways
.
Tree Preservation Orders
(TPOs).
Trees
in Conservation Areas.
Felling Licenses.
Hedgerows.
Update on new
High Hedges law.
Tree
consultants and contractors:
our guide to who to choose, and why.
Trees in gardens.
New trees:
the right tree in the right place.
How high are
hedges and trees allowed to grow?
More about trees:
books, contact information and organisations to help you find out more about
arboriculture and good tree working practice.
Trees and development
sites:
a guide to best practice.
Why trees are important:
a personal view by Rowan Adams.
Tree Terms: a website with definitions of a lot of terms you will come across when dealing with trees and arboriculture.
Ask an arborist: post
your tree care questions there and a team of UK arborists will try to point
you in the right direction... some very good advice available free - you'd normally
pay good money for this.
The Native Tree Shop: a service
from the Woodland Trust selling native trees online. Tthese
are regionally indigenous too, following FC provenance guidelines. Very good.
The-Tree: a huge website with a vast
store of well-researched information about British tree lore, species, uses
of wood, tree cultivation, stories, mythology and no end of other stuff. Look
out for the wonderful guide to the best firewood, and the British trees gallery.
Why Topping Hurts Trees:
has some cowboy suggested that your trees should be topped? If so, you need
to read this.
Ancient
Tree Forum: good place to start for info on UK old trees and veteran trees.
The Woodland Trust
Briefings Page: a great resource which gives good background info (although
not always up to date) on a whole range of tree and woodland facts as well as
stating the Woodland trust viewpoint. Includes pages on Ancient Woodland, seed
provenance, translocation, and much more.
British Trees: a major site well
worth visiting.
The Wesspur Tree Information and Reference Guide: particularly recommended for US readers, lots of tree-related stuff which would be good for students.
The Forestry Commission.
The Tree Shop: trees for sale
online, and some planting and silviculture advice.
Rhododendron: a
killer of the countryside.
Coppice Association North West.
National Orchard Forum: umbrella
organization for orchard groups throughout the UK, promoting traditional orchards.
The
Effect of Trees on Television Reception: BBC information page.
Community Forest Programme:
if you want to know about urban forestry and community woodlands in the UK here's
a good place to start.
The Arboricultural Information Exchange:
more useful and comprehensible than it sounds.
International Tree Foundation:
UK based charity to do with planting trees. You can sponsor trees all over the
place through them.
Woodlots: putting wood users in touch
with producers also worth reading if you want to buy or sell a small woodland,
or small or specialist timber or woodland related produce, tools or services.
Good coverage across the UK.
UK Tree care mailing list.
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