LIST OF NATIVE SPECIES TREES AND SHRUBS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PLANTING IN HEDGE GAPS UNDER MANAGEMENT OF HEDGEROWS & MANAGEMENT OF EXTENDED HEDGES OPTIONS

Native Woody Species

Trees

Alder ( Alnus glutinosa)

Crab apple ( Malus sylvestris)

Ash ( Fraxinus excelsoir)

Aspen ( Populus tremula)

Downy birch ( Betula pubescens)

Silver birch ( Betula pendula)

Bird cherry ( Prunus padus)

Wych elm ( Ulmus glabra)

Gean (wild cherry) ( Prunus avium)

Holly ( Ilex aquifolium)

Pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur)

Sessile oak ( Quercus petraea)

Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris)

Rowan ( Sorbus aucuparia)

Crack willow ( Salix fragilis)

Goat willow ( Salix caprea)

White willow ( Salix alba)

Whitebeam ( Sorbus aria)

Shrubs

Blackthorn ( Prunus spinorsa)

Broom ( Cytisus scoparius)

Elder ( Sambucus nigra)

Gooseberry ( Ribes uva-crispa)

Gorse/Whin ( Ulex europaeus)

Guelder rose ( Viburnum opulus)

Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna)

Hazel ( Corylus evellana)

Juniper ( Juniperus communis)

Dog rose ( Rosa canina)

Wild rose ( Rosa spp.)

Bay willow ( Salix pentandra)

Eared willow ( Salix aurita)

Grey willow ( Salix cinerea)

Osier ( Salix viminalis)

Purple willow ( Salix purpurea)

Sources: Tayside Native Woodlands Initiative Factsheets

Native trees and shrubs for wildlife in the United Kingdom, NCC, 1988

Stace C 1997. New Flora of the British Isles, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press