• Alder
• Ash
• Aspen
• Bay Willow
• Beech
• Bird Cherry
• Black Poplar
• Box
• Crab Apple
• Crack Willow
• Common Oak
• Downy Birch
• Field Maple
• Goat Willow
• Hazel
• Hawthorn
• Holly
• Hornbeam
• Large Leaved Lime
• Juniper
• Midland Thorn
• Rowan
• Scots Pine
• Silver Birch
• Small Leaved Lime
• Strawberry Tree
• Sessile Oak
• Walnut
• Whitebeam
• White Willow
• Wild Cherry
• Wild Service Tree
• Wych Elm
• Yew

Irish Fea (Family - Fagaceae)

Description: Magnificent, large, deciduous tree. Important economic forestry tree. Height: Max 40m. Age: mature at 120 years

Where found: Chalky soils and limestone but tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Up to 300m Natural distribution in Southern England to Gloucestershire and a few
localities in South Wales. Not native to Ireland.
Found throughout most of Europe except
Spain, Former USSR, Norway and Sweden.

Phenology:

Flowers      Leaves     Fruit   Ripen     Fall
Apr-May      Mar-Apr           October   Nov-April
Catkins

Propagation and growth: Grown from seed. Scaly cup splits in Autumn to release 2 three sided nuts. Seed should be moist chilled for approx 12 weeks before sowing. Approx 3000 germinable seeds per Kg. Best established when sheltered by birch or hazel coppice. Frost tender. Increases in size to 120 years.

Uses past & present: Pale brown hard wood but relatively easily worked. Whitest wood considered to be best grade. Uses of wood -
Large trees for timber. Not suitable for outside use although used for piles immersed in water. Used for furniture and many other uses such as bowls, spoons, tools, plywood, and veneers. Valuable as sawn timber. Good for firewood and production of charcoal. Food and drink - The nut is known as mast and occurs in abundance
every five to eight years. It is nutritious and rich
in oil and attractive to birds and small mammals
including deer and badger. The oil can be
extracted and used for culinary purposes.