Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Bird Cherry (Prunus padus), affectionately known in northern Britain as the Hagberry or Mayday tree, is a delightfully fragrant, medium-sized deciduous flowering tree belonging to the rose family Rosaceae. Native across the cool, damp woodlands and river...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Field Maple (Acer campestre), also known in traditional folklore as the Common Maple or Hedge Maple, is a charming, medium-sized deciduous hardwood tree belonging to the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. As the only maple species truly native to the...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa), known in Britain as the Black Alder, is a keystone deciduous wetland tree belonging to the birch family Betulaceae that reigns supreme along the watercourses, flooded marshes, and river valleys of Europe. Uniquely adapted to...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), known across Europe as the Great Maple or Sycamore Maple, is a colossal, robust deciduous hardwood tree belonging to the soapberry family Sapindaceae. Native to the cool mountain slopes and ravine forests of central and...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) is a classic, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree that has stood at the heart of European woodland ecology, agroforestry, and folklore for millennia. Belonging to the birch family Betulaceae, it is native to the...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Silver Birch (Betula pendula), celebrated in northern folklore as the ‘Lady of the Woods’, is a graceful, light-demanding deciduous pioneer tree that forms a quintessential element of the boreal and temperate European landscape. Belonging to...
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OverviewThe Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia), internationally celebrated as the Flamboyant, Flame of the Forest, or Peacock Flower, is a jaw-dropping tropical deciduous tree belonging to the legume family Fabaceae. Endemic strictly to the dry deciduous limestone...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Blue Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia), also known as the green ebony or black poui, is a spectacular, globally iconic flowering broadleaf tree belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. Indigenous to the sub-Andean river valleys and dry montane Yungas forests...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), historically known as the ‘ironwood’ of Europe, is a sturdy, handsome deciduous broadleaf tree belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. Native across Central, Western, and Southern Europe, extending...
Plants > Broadleaf Trees
OverviewThe Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa), universally revered across South and Southeast Asia as the Bodhi Tree, Peepal tree, or Ashvattha, is an immense, long-lived tropical broadleaf tree belonging to the fig family Moraceae. Native to the Indian Subcontinent and...
