Tree List - Bite Sized Gardening

The following list details all the trees in the Sidmouth Arboretum.

Tree No.	Name	Location	Notes
1001	Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa	The Byes	The favourite tree of the Arboretum’s President, Diana. With a girth of about 5.5m, this tree could be between 200-250 years years old! wowFor more about Sweet Chestnuts click here.
1002	Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum	Sidmouth, Redwood Road	At over 25m (80ft) this is an enormous tree by Sidmouth standards, but this is a baby compared to the Redwood named General Sherman in California, the most massive tree alive today. The General is 84m (275ft) tall and has a girth of 31m (102ft). Redwood Road is named after this tree. More about Giant Redwoods if you click here.
1003	Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica Purpurea	The Byes	About 50 years old and so a handy successor to the older trees on the nearby bank that succumbed to fungal attack last year. It is important that we keep planting trees to ensure that future generations can enjoy as pleasant a townscape as we have today. More about Copper Beeches if you click here.
1004	Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica purpurea	The Byes	An odd shape, it looks as if the tree lost some branches near the top at some stage, but still a good tree. With a girth of 180cm this tree is about 70 years old. It should be around for many years yet but it is good that young trees are being planted because the time will come when it will not be there. More about Copper Beech if you click here.
1005	English oak Quercus robur	Byes, Gilchrist’s Field	The quintessential tree of England, even the National Trust has it as its emblem. Planted over centuries for their timber which was used for ship building and house frames. Oaks support more other species, insects, birds, mammals and fungi, than any other UK tree. This large tree sits on an old hedge bank and is about 400 years old. More about English Oak if you click here .
1006	English Oak Quercus robur	Byes Gilchrist’s Field	Another venerable giant, with a girth of about five and a half metres, this English Oak is probably over 350 years old and is registered as a veteran on the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Register.More about English Oaks if you click here.
1007	English Oak Quercus robur	Byes Lane	Byes Lane is an old road/track bounded by Devon hedge banks with regular standard trees, usually Oaks, and the age of the oldest trees shows something about the age of the bank. With a girth of over 4m this tree is well over two hundred years old, possibly much older because it was pollarded (cut off at head height) at some time and this slows the growth of the trunk. Further south, tree 1005 on the bank beside Gilchrist’s Field is possibly 400 years old.More about English Oaks if you click here.
1008	English Oak Quercus robur	Byes Lane	One of several large Oaks growing on the ancient bank that marks Byes Lane although not as old as the much larger Oak on the bank beside Gilchrist’s Field, that tree is probably 400 years old.More about English Oaks if you click here.
1009	Persian ironwood Parrotia persica	Holmesley Nursing Home	Persian Ironwoods do come from Persia and their wood is very hard. They make excellent ornamental trees for a garden, they grow to a small dome and have attractive red flowers in February and good autumn colour before the leaves drop. More about Persian Ironwood trees if you click here.
1010	Lawson Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Pendula Vera	Sid Road Fortescue	Visible from the road, a narrow columnar form of Lawson Cypress. More about Lawson Cypress if you click here.
1011	Service berry Amelanchier lamarckii	Sidmouth, Beatlands	Decorative shrub with lovely white star-shaped flowers in March and sweet, edible berries in the autumn. More about about Service Berries if you click here.
1012	Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus	The Byes	A pair of multi-stemmed trees growing on what looks like the remains of an old hedge bank. More about Sycamore if you click here.
1013	Norway Maple Acer platanoides	The Byes	A large specimen of this member of the Maple genus. Distinguished from its cousin the Sycamore by the pointed lobes of the leaves rather like the leaf on the Canadian flag and the upturned flowers, Sycamore has rounded leaf lobes and flowers that hang down. More about Norway Maple if you click here.
1014	Eucryphia Eucryphyia sp.	Sidmouth, Sidlands	You can visit this garden during the Sidmouth In Bloom Open Gardens weekend. More about Eucryphia if you click here.
1015	Lucombe oak Quercus x hispanica	Sidmouth, Lymebourne Lane	In the 18th Century England was running out of mature oaks because so many were being felled to build warships. Foreign oaks were imported in the hope of finding quicker growing trees. An accidental cross between a Turkey and a Cork Oak was spotted in William Lucombe’s Exeter nursery in 1762 which was non-deciduous. It was propagated and many sold around the area. More about Lucombe Oaks if you click here .
1016	Walnut Juglans regia	The Byes	Rather hemmed in by the Sycamore, it will be interesting to see if this tree affects the young trees planted nearby because Walnuts exude a chemical that suppresses competing plants underneath. Although called English walnut sometimes, it is not a native tree but it has been here since Roman times and is naturalised. More about Walnut trees if you click here.
1017	Walnut Juglans regia	The Byes	Planted with plenty of room to spread its rounded canopy, Walnuts are not native but an introduction of the Romans. They have been with us so long, they are now naturalised. Walnut was the fashionable wood for furniture in the 17th and 18th century but newly imported species such as Mahogany and Rosewood took over. As foreign hardwoods are now under threat, Walnut is making a comeback and new plantations are being started across the country, although some of them use new hybrids of the Common and the Black Walnut. More about Walnut trees if you click here.
1018	Common Lime Tilia x europaea	The Byes	One of several Limes planted along the river 90-100 years ago. An avenue of Limes has been planted along the path ready to succeed the old trees when their time is up. Common Limes are nothing to do with citrus fruits, the name is a corruption of the old English name of Linden tree. More about Common Lime if you click here.
1019	Common Lime Tilia x europaea	The Byes	One of several Limes planted along the river 90-100 years ago. An avenue of Limes has been planted along the path ready to succeed the old trees when their time is up. Common Limes are nothing to do with citrus fruits, the name is a corruption of the old English name of Linden tree. More about Common Lime if you click here.
1020	Myrtle Myrtus communis	Sidmouth Parish Church	Native across the Mediterranean and all the way to India. Grown for its fragrant flowers and fragrant oil. More about Myrtles here.
1022	Cork oak Quercus suber	Sidbury, High Street	Visible from the road but access is limited because it is in the garden of the Dower House, near the church. The Cork Oak is an evergreen native of Spain. Its thick bark has been harvested for centuries to be used in a variety of ways because of its properties. It is soft, waterproof and it floats and has been used to cushion shoes, plug wine bottles and hold fishing nets afloat. More about Cork Oak if you click here.
1023	Red oak Quercus rubra	Roxborough Car Park	A large tree for such a restricted site, this native of the eastern USA can suffer from water stress because of the surrounding tarmac and this distorts the leaves. Other Red Oaks, such as the large one by the car park in Knowle, show the usual large leaves up to 20cm (8ins) long with pointed lobes. Red Oaks are planted for their autumn colour, as the name suggests, the leaves turn red. In their native range the red can be brilliant, but our climate brings about a more muted copper colour. More about Red Oaks if you click here.
1031	Maidenhair tree Ginkgo biloba	Sidmouth, Sidmount, Station Road	Dating back before the dinosaurs, its common name refers to the leaves which are similar to the Adiantum, Maidenhair Fern. Surrounded by lots of health mythology, it is actually poisonous. This tree is claimed to be the second largest Ginkgo in the UK and the wonderfully gnarled trunk indicates the tree is well over 100 years old. To get the scale, note the man standing by the tree in the picture. More about Ginkgo if you click here.
1035	Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna	Thorn, Salcombe Regis	Considered a very significant marker tree for the village that must be replaced if it dies. You can watch a short video about the history if you click here. The current tree was planted recently to replace the tree featured in the video which, if you look closely, shows serious fungal attack. More about Hawthorn Trees if you click here.
1040	Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa	Powys, All Saints Road	An ancient giant supposed to be 600 years old, but this is difficult to verify,its girth of about 8m could equate to that age if it is not a double trunk. The stag’s horn top is one of the characteristics of ancient trees and it is certainly very old. More about Chestnuts if you click here.
1042	Weeping birch Betula pendula	Masonic Hall, Sidmouth	Elegant trees famous for their white bark. The two commonest weeping forms are Youngii or Tristis but we do not know which one this is. More about Silver Birch if you click here.
1043	Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum	The Byes	From one side this looks a fine, open grown specimen, but it is fighting for space with the large Red Oak planted too close. With a girth of about 2.5m, this tree is between 70 and 100 years old. Sadly, some other Horse Chestnuts in the Lawns area have been lost to a combination of Bleeding Canker and Leaf Miner, but this tree seems to be in robust health and should be able to fight off infection. More about Horse Chestnuts if you click here.
1044	Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica Purpurea	The Byes	A young tree about 30 years old, rather swamped by the adjacent Red Oak and Limes and so growing tall quite quickly as it fights for light.. More about Copper Beech if you click here.
1045	Common Lime Tilia x europea	The Byes	One of a line of Common Limes planted along the boundary wall about 100 years ago. Common Limes have nothing to do with citrus fruits. They are a hybrid between the two native Lime or Linden trees, Small Leaved and Large Leaved Limes, with heart shaped leaves intermediate in size. Rather than being juicy, the fruits are small hard pods that hang in clusters under bracts that help them disperse with the wind. More about Common Limes if you click here.
1046	Common Lime Tilia x europaea	The Byes	One of a line of Common Limes planted along the boundary wall about 100 years ago. Common Limes have nothing to do with citrus fruits. They are a hybrid between the two native Lime or Linden trees, Small Leaved and Large Leaved Limes, with heart shaped leaves intermediate in size. Rather than being juicy, the fruits are small hard pods that hang in clusters under bracts that help them disperse with the wind. More about Common Limes if you click here.
1047	Red Oak Quercus rubra	The Byes	A large tree fighting for space with the adjacent Horse Chestnut. The girth of 277cm makes this tree about 200 years old. Introduced from North America as a fast growing ornamental tree, its large leaves put on a good show of autumn colour. The acorns are flatter than those from the English Oak, but squirrels like them just as much. More about Red Oaks if you click here.
1048	Beech Fagus sylvatica	The Byes	With a girth of more than 2m, this Beech is about 90 to 100 years old and stands on the line of an old field boundary bank. It is tall and straight, that shows it grew up surrounded by other, now gone, trees. There are many trees along this stretch of river that are in a similar state and are still clustered as a small copse. More about Beech trees if you click here.
1049	Common Lime Tilia x europaea	Cotmaton Road	A beautiful street tree with a spreading crown. More about Common Lime if you click here.
1050	English Oak Quercus robur	Manor Road	A grand specimen probably as old as the Belmont in whose garden it stands. You can tell it is an English Oak by looking closely at the leaves, They have a very short stem or petiole and there are two small tabs at the base of the leaf. Also the acorns appear on a long stalk called a peduncle. When the acorn has gone, the cupule looks like a small pipe that an elf might use. More about English Oaks if you click here.
1051	Olive Olea europaea	Heydons Lane	A gnarled old tree donated to Sidmouth in Bloom by the local garden centre when it was owned by Ian Barlow. More about Olive Trees if you click here.
1052	Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum	The Byes	A young tree that is growing strongly just inside the community orchard. More about Horse Chestnut trees if you click here.
1053	Grey Poplar Populus x canescens	The Byes	A hybrid between the White Poplar and Aspen, the leaves are similar to aspen but covered in a grey down, and the petiole is stronger and so the leaves do not tremble like Aspen leaves. The bark has characteristic lines of diamond shaped lenticels. More about Grey Poplar if you click here.
1054	Grey Poplar Populus x canescens	The Byes	A hybrid between the White Poplar and Aspen, the leaves are similar to aspen but covered in a grey down, and the petiole is stronger and so the leaves do not tremble like Aspen leaves. The bark has characteristic lines of diamond shaped lenticels. More about Grey Poplar if you click here.
1055	Grey Poplar Populus x canescens	The Byes	A hybrid between the White Poplar and Aspen, the leaves are similar to aspen but covered in a grey down, and the petiole is stronger and so the leaves do not tremble like Aspen leaves. The bark has characteristic lines of diamond shaped lenticels. More about Grey Poplar if you click here.
1056	English Oak Quercus robur	The Byes	A young tree about 30 years old that should outlast the Poplars that surround it, almost like a forest nurse crop. More about the English Oak if you click here.
1057	Norway Maple Acer platanoides Purpurea	The Byes	Rather thin growth because of the surrounding trees, this member of the Maple genus Acer has leaves similar to the Maple leaf on the Canadian flag with its pointed lobes. It differs from its cousin the Sycamore because its flower sprays turn up while the Sycamore flowers hang down. More about Norway Maple if click here.
1058	Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus	The Byes	The curious trunk of this tree was caused by damage to the main apical bud when the tree, probably self sown, was very young, possibly the mower clipped the top. The next two buds, which occur in opposite pairs on most members of the Acer species, took over and produced the twin trunk. Distinguished from its cousin the Norway Maple by the flower panicles that hang down.More about Sycamore if you click here.
1059	Japanese Keaki Zelkova serrata	The Byes	One of several Zelkovas planted along this hedge as replacements for the Horse Chestnuts that used to stand here but have succumbed one by one to disease. Zelkovas are in the Elm family, unfortunately that makes them slightly susceptible to Dutch Elm Disease. Read more about Keaki by clicking here.
1060	Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum	The Byes	Two of a line of Horse Chestnuts planted alongside the hedge dividing the Byes and Hunter’s Moon garden about 80 years ago, possibly to mark Annie Leigh Browne’s death and her bequest of 20 acres of the Byes to the National Trust. Several have had to be removed because of disease and the left hand one of this pair is struggling. More about Horse Chestnuts if you click here.
1062	Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum	The Byes	One of a line of Horse Chestnuts planted alongside the hedge dividing the Byes and Hunter’s Moon garden about 80 years ago, possibly to mark Annie Leigh Browne’s death and her bequest of 20 acres of the Byes to the National Trust. Several have had to be removed because of disease but this tree looks healthy, for now. More about Horse Chestnuts if you click here.
1063	Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum	The Byes	One of a line of Horse Chestnuts planted alongside the hedge dividing the Byes and Hunter’s Moon garden about 80 years ago, possibly to mark Annie Leigh Browne’s death and her bequest of 20 acres of the Byes to the National Trust. Several have had to be removed because of disease but this tree looks healthy, for now. More about Horse Chestnuts if you click here.
1064	Red Oak Quercus rubra	The Byes	Smaller than the one in the opposite corner of the Lawns area about 40-50 years old. An American import, as the name suggests, the large leaves of this tree put on a good display of autumn colour. In its native range it is a brilliant red in September, but our climate doesn’t allow the chemical changes to run so well and we get a muted display of orange red turning to copper. More about Red Oak if you click here.
1065	English Oak Quercus robur	The Byes	A young tree, 35-40 years old, but it is in a good site and should flourish for several hundred years. More about English Oak if you click here.
1066	Common Lime Tilia x europaea	Sid Road	Standing alone, you can fully appreciate this tree which is about the same age as the line of Limes across the road in The Byes. More about Common Lime if you click here.
1067	Rowan Sorbus aucuparia	Hunter’s Moon	Dwarfed by the Foxglove Tree, this young Rowan has a slightly weeping habit. More about Rowan if you click here.
1068	Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus	The Byes	One of the many Sycamores that have self sown and been allowed to grow in this part of the Byes. The girth of nearly 2m indicates an age of about 50 years. Apart from the leaf colour, this tree can be distinguished from the nearby Norway Maple by the flowers and samara fruits, in Sycamore they hang down, in Norway Maple they stand up. More about Sycamore if you click here.
1069	Bird Cherry Prunus padus	The Byes	A delightful member of the cherry family with long panicles of white flowers hanging down in April. The almond scented flowers are very popular with insects. The flowers give way to small,black cherries too bitter for us but a treat for birds. More about Bird Cherry if you click here.
1070	Hornbeam Carpinus betulus	The Byes	A young tree that has been given plenty of space to grow. It is already old enough to be producing seeds in the strings of dangling samaras that look rather like Christmas decorations, but not yet old enough for the sinuous streaking to develop on the bark. More about Hornbeams if you click here.
1071	Keaki, Japanese Elm Zelkova serrata	The Byes	One of a line of three of these members of the Elm family from Japan. The are closely related to the Caucasian Elms found in the Lawns area but the leaves are more serrated, hence the Latin name, and they have a flat, spreading crown. More about Keaki if you click here.
1072	Camperdown Elm Ulmus glabra Camperdownii	Salter’s Meadow	Local residents tell me that this tree was planted in 1971 when the bungalows were built. As children, they called it the umbrella tree and played inside the branch tent. A mass of twisted branches branches in winter, splattered with pale green seed samaras in late spring, and clothed in dark green leaves that are rough to touch and have the characteristic Elm lop-sided bottom. This cultivar of the Wych Elm was first discovered on the Camperdown estate near Dundee in Victorian times. As it doesn’t grow to be very tall, it is missed usually by the beetles that carry Dutch Elm Disease which fly above heights of 5m. More about Camperdown Elm if you click here.
1073	Silver Birch Betula pendula	Salter’s Meadow	A well developed tree growing in plenty of space. With a girth of nearly 2m, this tree was probably planted about 1950 and local residents tell me the first houses were built in 1948. The nearby Camperdown Elm was planted in 1971 when the bungalows were built. Easily recognised from the white bark, there is more about Silver Birch if you click here.
1074	Beech Fagus sylvatica	The Byes	With a girth of 372cm, this tree is between 190-210 years old. Obviously, it was much taller than now but it has been attacked by fungus and had to be reduced for safety. There was an equally large tree beside it which was felled completely. They are on an old field boundary, possibly they were part of a beech hedge that was left to grow. The tree workers have turned the old tree into what is called a standing snag, dead wood left as a habitat for wildlife. The carving at the top is like a wind snapped tree, the clean cuts will weather down steadily. More about Beech trees if you click here.
1075	Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus	The Byes	With a girth of two and a half metres, this tree is probably 60-70 years old, the oldest Sycamore in the area and possibly the parent of many of the others as the winged samaras helicoptered seeds on the wind. In spring, note the racemes of green yellow flowers that hang down, unlike its nearby cousin the Norway Maple whose flowers are held up. More about Sycamore if you click here.
1076	Whitebeam Sorbus aria	Sidmouth Cemetery	A pair of beautiful trees that open their silvery leaves in late April. The silver is a coat of tiny wax scales. As the leaves lose the waxy coat to reveal their pale green colour the pure white flowers open in multiple panicles. In autumn the leaves change colour as the berries redden as a signal to the birds that they are ready to be eaten. More about Whitebeam if you click here.
1077	Bird Cherry Prunus padus	Sidmouth Cemetery	Unusual among cherries, the flowers of the Bird Cherry hang in thick racemes like white foxtails. The flowers are very fragrant and a rich source of food for insects. The flowers develop into small black cherries, too bitter for humans, they are enjoyed by birds as a good winter food. More about Bird Cherry if you click here.
1078	Japanese Cherry Prunus serulata	Sidmouth Cemetery	A large tree that is a ball of white flowers in spring. There are many varieties of Japanese Cherry but we are unsure which this is. The bark of the trunk has the characteristic stripes of the cherry family. In late summer there is a profusion of dark cherries, but they are very sour and fit only for bird food. More about Japanese Cherry if you click here.
1079	Vine Leaved Maple Acer cissifolium	Sidmouth Cemetery	Planted too close to the edge, this tree was falling over at one stage but the canopy has corrected itself as it spread. An unusual Maple for two reasons, it has trifoliate (three leaflets) leaves and the winged fruits hang down in long racemes. It is called the Vine leaved Maple because the leaves are similar to those of the Cissus Vine. The hanging strings of fragrant yellow flowers open in early April and then develop into the double winged fruits known as samaras that are usual for the Acer genus. More about Vine Leaved Maple if you click here.
1080	Winters Bark Drimys winterii	Sidmouth Cemetery	A beautiful aromatic shrub from Chile found to fight scurvy among sailors when Francis Drake and John Wynter landed in Patagonia in 1577-8 and found that locals ate the highly aromatic leaves and bark of a shrub they called Chachaca to stave off a similar condition.Later botanists gave the plant the scientific name Drimys which means astringent, and winteri to acknowledge Wynter’s part in the story. Now grown for its ornamental value, more about Drimys if you click here.
1081	Hornbeam Carpinus betulus	Sidmouth Cemetery	Standing like a twisted gatepost at the side entrance to the cemetery. Hornbeam have very hard wood which was used to make parts for the machinery in mills. More about Hornbeam if you click here.
1082	Western Red Cedar Thuja plicata Zebrina?	Sidmouth Cemetery	A golden cultivar of Western Red Cedar, possibly Zebrina. Superficially similar to some Lawson Cypress cultivars but the upturned seed cones like small tulips distinguish it, Cypresses have ball shaped seed cones. This cultivar seems to be a squat form of a species that can grow quickly to a huge size. More about Western Red Cedar if you click here.
1083	Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata	Sidmouth Cemetery	A rather sickly specimen of this British native. More about Midland Hawthorn if you click here.
1084	Pittosporum Pittosporum tenuifolium	Sidmouth Cemetery	Usually grown for the attractive evergreen foliage. This visitor from the southern hemisphere which has small purple flowers that emit a strong fragrance at night to attract moths. The flowers develop into small hard fruits and the seeds inside are very sticky which probably helps with dispersal by sticking to animal fur. More about Kohuhu if you click here.
1085	Rowan Sorbus aucuparia	Sidmouth Cemetery	A neat, rounded crown that is spattered with the flat topped bunches or corymbs of white flowers in late April and early May. These give way to bunches of red berries that are a great source of winter food for birds. There are many superstitions around Rowans and it is considered unlucky to chop one down. More about Rowan from the Woodland Trust.
1086	Red Horse Chestnut Aesculus x carnea	Sidmouth Cemetery	A hybrid between Horse Chestnut and its cousin the Red Buckeye. There is a large Yellow Buckeye near the Chapel. The hybrid is unusual because it produces fertile seeds. More about Red Horse Chestnut including information about why it produces fertile seeds if you click here.
1087	Variegated Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus variegatum	Sidmouth Cemetery	A splash of light in this dark corner. Sycamores are not native to Britain but they have been with us a long time and become naturalised, a part of nature. Many insects feed on the nectar rich flowers and the leaves. This one has variegated leaves which means patches of the leaves are white because they lack chlorophyll. More about Sycamore if you click here.
1088	Fastigiate Oak Quercus robur fastigiata Koster	Sidmouth Cemetery	At first glance you might be surprised to find that this is an English Oak. It is an unusual form called fastigiate which means the branches point upwards keeping close to the trunk, but the leaves and acorns are the usual form to confirm it is an English Oak. Apparently there is a very large one at Bicton. More about Fastigiate Oak if you click here.
1089	Aspen Populus tremula	Peasland Knapp	Tall and straight, this member of the Poplar family gets its scientific name from the leaves which appear to tremble in the slightest breeze because the stalks or petioles are very thin. The leaves are a shiny bronze when they first open in spring. More about Aspen from the Woodland Trust.
1090	English Oak Quercus robur	Peasland Knapp	A young tree about 15 years old with plenty of room to develop into a well formed tree. More about English Oak from the Woodland Trust.
1091	Cappadocian Maple Acer cappadocicum	Peasland Knapp	Quite why we have three of these visitors from Turkey in the middle of the Knapp is a mystery, they might be a hangover from when the whole Knapp was part of the garden of Bohemia Villa. They sucker vigorously to form a dense rounded mass. More about Cappadocian Maple if you click here.
1092	English Oak Quercus robur	Peasland Knapp	A young tree about 25 years old. It is surrounded by Maples that will draw it up as a tall rather than a rounded specimen. Click for more about English Oak from the Woodland Trust.
1093	Lawson Cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	Sidmouth Cemetery	It has formed a beautiful cone but, if it had not been cut back when young, it would be a huge tree by now. More about Lawson Cypress if you click here.
1094	Italian Cypress Cupressus sempervirens	Sidmouth Cemetery	An avenue of the columnar form of this tree from the Mediterranean. The seed cones are much larger than many other Cypress trees and weigh down the erect branches. More about Italian Cypress if you click here.
1095	Hornbeam Carpinus betulus	Peasland Knapp	A line of young Hornbeams alongside the footpath. There are many Hornbeams on the Knapp, many self sown, but these half dozen were clearly planted deliberately, perhaps intended as a hedge but it was not maintained. More about Hornbeam if you click here.
1096	Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris	Peasland Knapp	A stand of Scots Pine that is about 50 years old. They are slightly younger than the tree by Knapp Pond but they have grown taller because they are crowded for space and they have fought to reach the light. They show the characteristic orange bark high up the trunk. More about Scots Pine if you click here.
1097	Norway Maple Acer platanoides Purpurea	The Byes	A young tree that is growing upwards rather than spreading outwards because it is close to the Grey Alder. More about Norway Maple if you click here.
1098	Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica Purpurea	Victoria Hospital car park	With a girth of 230cm, this tree is about 95 years old and was possibly planted when the enlarged hospital was opened by Lady Balfour in August 1930. The hospital grounds are excluded from the surrounding conservation which automatically protects the trees, but this tree has its own tree preservation order. More about Copper Beech if you click here.
1099	Japanes Maple Acer palmatum	Sidmouth Cemetery	A very dense small tree with tangled and twisted branches if you look inside the canopy of deep purple palmate (hand shaped) leaves which have their glorious colour throughout the summer, turning bright red in autumn. More about Japanese Maples if you click here.
1100	Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata Paul’s Scarlet	Victoria Hospital car park	A form of this British native species with red double flowers instead of the usual white ones. Easiest spot the difference with the Common Hawthorn is the leaves, Midland leaves usually have three lobes, Common hawthorn leaves usually have at least five lobes. More about Midland Hawthorn if you click here.

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