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Originally Posted by RCAF_FB_Orville
Hi all. According to the "Royal Horticultural Society Gardeners Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers" the most common trees in England are;
The Common Oak - Quercus Robur
The Ash - Fraxinus Excelsior
& The Beech - Fagus Sylvatica
All large trees growing well over 20 metre plus.
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Before "dutch elm disease", the Elm was a lot more common, and may have been the most common.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease
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Circa 1967, a new, far more virulent strain arrived in Britain on a shipment of Rock Elm logs from North America, and this strain proved both highly contagious and lethal to European elms; more than 25 million trees have died in the UK alone.
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@ AndyJWest:
