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Originally Posted by Alan How long do you think it took the trees to re-populate the British Isles. I mean after the last Ice Age. I know it started with Birch and Willow scrub, then the Scotts Pines moved in before the Hazels, Alder and Oaks and such like. But how long did it take do you reckon? 1000 years maybe, before they reached Scotland? |
I don't know, I think the lovely titchmarsh covered that sort of thing in his natural history doc.
Wasn't the wildwood dominated by small leaved Lime? - Must hunt out my Oliver Rackham - he's a brilliant author on that sort of stuff!
It doesn't seem to take trees like Birch or ash or blackthorn long to start creeping in - obviously only if you have mature trees adjacent or nearby though.