Pocket Book of Trees

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A pocket sized book containing some facts about particular trees

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www.theseasonsreserve.com

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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

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Around 400 Species knownNative to the Northern Hemisphere

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

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Around 400 Species knownNative to the Northern Hemisphere

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

WILLOWSalix Babylonica

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

BOXBuxus Sempervirens

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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

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ELMUlmaceae

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

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BeechFagaceae

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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

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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

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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

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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

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