Thanks for jumping in, Brian. Although I respect your opinion as an expert in
this field (ho, ho), but I thought that Scotland was forested with mainly
deciduous trees in the distant past, and that Scots Pines were a relatively
modern introduction to the region.
I'll need to go and do some research: for instance, what types of tree covered
the region before the clearances, and how long before?
Chris
On 9 Oct 2013, at 18:00, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Look at some photos along shores (and elsewhere) and you will also see some
> pine trees.
> The native pine of Scotland is - wait for it - called Scots pine ! Pinus
> sylvestris, which has the
> widest range of any of the many pine species, ranging on the continent from
> the west in
> France and Norway, right across Russia to the Bering Strait, and from Siberia
> in the north to
> Spain and Portugal in the south.
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