Pocket Book of Trees

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A pocket sized book containing some facts about particular trees

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Here at The Seasons Reserve we strive to both preserve the natural excellence an beauty of a variety of trees, while informing and presenting them to you in an interesting fashion.This small booklet will hopefully be found informative as well as a beautiful keepsake for you to remember your time here.

WELCOMETo The Seasons Reserve

Around 400 Species knownNative to the Northern Hemisphere

Can reach heights of 11-15m tallOne of the fastest growing shade trees

Around 400 Species knownNative to the Northern Hemisphere

Can reach heights of 11-15m tallOne of the fastest growing shade trees

WILLOWSalix Babylonica

Less than twenty speciesNative to SouthWest EuropeGrowing to 1–9m tallMember of the large and mostly acridly poisonous “Order Euphorbiaceae”

BOXBuxus Sempervirens

Around ten speciesNative to Central EuropeGrow as tall as 30 - 40m

One of the oldest tree family of the worldIt lives for almost six hundred years

SYCAMOREPlatanaceae

ELMUlmaceae

30 to 40 speciesNative to Eastern North AmericaCan reach 38mBeen known to grow for more than 300 years

BeechFagaceae

Around just 10 speciesHomelands of North America and EurasiaReach heights of up to 37mKnown for its many and low branches that create a deep shadeChips of beech wood are used in the brewing of Budweiser beer as a fining agent

MapleAceraceae

Over 125 speciesNative to North America and Eurasia

Reach from 10-45m in heightBranches spread horizontally

and form a rounded headMaple is the most common

tree found in the United States

LarchLarix

PoplarPopulus

More than a dozen different typesNative home along the Bavarian AlpsExceed 20-45 m tallOne of the best wood materialsfor the building of residences

25-35 separate speciesNorth America and Eurasia

15-50m tallBase of 1-2m in diameter

The first tree to have itsfull DNA code sequenced

AshFraxinus

45-65 speciesGrow from the Arctic Circle to Turkey

15-25 feet in heightAsh is a hardwood and is; hard, dense,

tough, very strong yet elasticThe fourth commonest tree

species in Britain