trees
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Nottinghamshire’s Native Black Poplars: Part 2
Siobhan Brocklehurst Initiation of the project In January 2026, we discovered which of our sampled trees are true natives. The following February we took cuttings from the native trees across Nottinghamshire, and we planted some in the ground and in pots with the hope that they would continue to grow into saplings. With the Environment…
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Nottinghamshire’s Native Black Poplars: Part 1
Siobhan Brocklehurst The Black Poplar (Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia) is one of Britain’s rarest native trees. Historically, these trees thrived along lowland river floodplains, but land drainage, urbanisation, and canalisation have confined them to scattered remnants. Once valued for timber—used in building construction, wagon bottoms, rifle butts, and even flooring near fireplaces because of its…
