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Beech trees should be considered native to Scotland -- despite a long-running debate over their national identity, researchers report.
For any home buyers looking to live out their own Hallmark movie, a Christmas tree farm in Scotland has just hit the market asking for offers over £2 million (US$2.6 million). Garrocher Christmas ...
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is trialling frozen tree planting across Highland Perthshire and the Angus Glens as part of exploring ways to extend its planting season.
Scotland’s national tree planting targets have been surpassed, according to the latest official figures, making a critical contribution to combatting the global climate emergency.
As part of our Scotland’s Wonderful Wildlife series, Alan Watson Featherstone reveals the many threats faced by Scotland native aspen trees – a species that created the world oldest and ...
The Scottish archive has been established as part of £700,000 of Defra-funded research. The 1.5ha archive will grow trees resistant to the disease, Ash dieback, in a bid to conserve and ...
Celebrating trees - from forest bathing to Tree of the Year. And this week's mystery bird... Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith celebrate the wonder of trees.
Scotland's ancient forests facing a 'biodiversity crisis' from non-native tree planting Trees, including the imported species, help to combat climate change by soaking up harmful CO2 emissions ...
Scotland has surpassed its targets for planting more trees across the country, official figures show. According to Scottish Government statistics, 11,200 hectares of new planting was undertaken in ...
Using old tree rings and archival documents, historians and climate scientists have detailed an extreme cold period in Scotland in the 1690s that caused immense suffering. It may have lessons for ...