Home » Uncategorized » Change of plans, so instead of chasing down some family history today we spent the day taking in some castles from the local area. we will revisit the family history next week after we are finished with a biology class I am attending nearby, were i will be staying several nights in heritage homes learning the local tree species.
Change of plans, so instead of chasing down some family history today we spent the day taking in some castles from the local area. we will revisit the family history next week after we are finished with a biology class I am attending nearby, were i will be staying several nights in heritage homes learning the local tree species.
Global Circumnavigation 
So cool! Say hello to the trees in that area for me!
I’m a big fan!
Thanks! I hope you continue to enjoy.
Oh yeah and forgot to mention, as well as going to Framlingham Castle and Orford Castle, on the way back from Orford we saw a brown hare in a field! Got to love the early British summer.
Here’s a list of all the trees Chris saw when he came along as a student on my ‘Trees and Tree Identification in Early Summer’ on 26-29 May 2017 at beautiful Flatford Mill:
27 May 2017: Wolves Wood, Hadleigh, TM054439
Hazel Corylus avellana
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Field maple Acer campestre
Crab apple Malus sylvestris
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus
Silver birch Betula pendula
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Aspen Populus tremula
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
27 May 2017: Flatford Mill Field Centre, north side of lake
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
White willow Salix alba
Crack-willow Salix fragilis
Wild Cherry Prunus avium
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
28 May 2017: Milsom’s, Stratford-St-Mary, TM043333
Gingko Gingko biloba
Wellingtonia (Giant redwood) Sequoiadendron giganteum
Irish yew Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’
Yew Taxus baccata
Norway spruce Picea abies
False-acacia Robinia pseudoacacia
Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Elder Sambucus nigra
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus
Whitebeam Sorbus aria
Unknown ?
Purple sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Purpureum’
Native black poplar Populus nigra ssp. betulifolia
28 May 2017: Dedham churchyard, Dedham, TM057331
Common lime Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea
Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata
Lawson’s cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
European larch Larix decidua
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Irish yew Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’
28 May 2017: Valley Farm, Flatford Mill Field Centre
Downy birch (hairy birch) Betula pubescens
Silver birch Betula pendula
Cherry-plum Prunus cerasifera
Chinese weeping willow Salix alba x babylonica = S. x sepulcralis
Black mulberry Morus nigra
Walnut Juglans regia
Monterey pine Pinus radiata
28 May 2017: Flatford Mill Field Centre, south side of lake
Pedunculate oak Quercus robur
London plane Platanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica
Red oak Quercus rubra
Roble Nothofagus obliqua
29 May 2017: Essex University campus and grounds of Wivenhoe House, TM031603
Norway maple Acer platanoides
Silver birch Betula pendula
Scarlet oak Quercus coccinea
Hybrid black poplar Populus nigra x deltoides = P. x canadensis
Narrow-leaved Ash Fraxinus angustifolia ssp angustifolia
Ash (2nd sighting) Fraxinus excelsior
Cork Oak Quercus suber
Chestnut Castanea sativa
Deodar Cedrus deodara
Blue Atlas Cedar Cedrus atlantica var. glauca
Monkey puzzle Araucaria araucana
Wellingtonia (Giant redwood) Sequoiadendron giganteum
Hybrid larch Larix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii
Japanese Chestnut oak Quercus acutissima
Medlar Mespilus germanica
Bhutan pine Pinus wallichiana
Common rowan Sorbus acucuparia
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Large-leaved Lime Tilia platyphyllos
Service tree of Fontainebleau Sorbus latifolia
Cedar-of-Lebanon Cedrus libani
Red oak Quercus rubra
Swamp cypress Taxodium distichum
Pedunculate oak Quercus robur
Cider gum Eucalyptus gunnii
Hybrid larch Larix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii
Turkey oak Quercus cerris
Alanna Cooper