Significant trees around the centre of Nailsea 2011
Species shown on the map ‘Significant trees around the centre of Nailsea’ 2011
| Common name | Latin name | Notes |
| Alpine Laburnum | Laburnum alpinum | Pendulous with yellow flowers |
| Ash | Fraxinus excelsior | A native tree |
| Bay | Laurus nobilis | Flavouring agent in cooking |
| Beech | Fagus sylvatica | Shallow rooted with good timber |
| Blue Atlantic Cedar | Cedrus atlantica glauca | From the Atlas mountains in N. Africa |
| Cockspur Thorn | Crataegus x prunifolia | Cross raised in 1797 |
| Common Lime | Tilia x europaea | Often with bushy growth at the base |
| Corsican Pine | Pinus maritima | an important timber tree |
| David’s Maple | Acer davidii | One of the snake bark maples |
| Evergreen (Holm) Oak | Quercus ilex | Widely planted by the Victorians |
| Ginkgo | Ginkgo biloba | A living fossil, surviving 350 million years |
| Hornbeam | Carpinus betulus | Very hard wood, used for cart bearings |
| London Plane | Platanus x hispanica | Vigorous hybrid with peeling bark |
| Malus John Downie | Malus ‘John Downie’ | Ornamental apple in Church yard |
| Malus Cowichan | Malus ‘Cowichan’ | Ornamental apple in Church yard |
| Manna Ash | Fraxinum ornus | Like our native ash but with brown buds |
| Medlar | Mespilus germanica | Much liked by the Victorians |
| Mitchell’s Whitebeam | Sorbus thibetica | One of many Whitebeam species |
| Monterey Cypress | Cupressus macrocarpa | One of the parents of the hybrid Leylandii |
| Oak at Royal Oak | Quercus robur | Probably planted ca 1897 |
| Oak on Village Green | Quercus robur | Probably planted ca 1897 |
| Oregon Maple | Acer macrophyllum | Large leaves from west coast of N. America |
| Pear Chanticleer | Pyrus calleriana | An upright tree with good flowers |
| Red Horse Chestnut | Aesculus briotii | Prone to disease, attractive flowers |
| Robinia | Robinia pseudoacacia | In the pea family |
| Silver Lime | Tilia tomentosa | Disliked by aphids, unlike common Lime |
| Swamp Cypress | Taxodium distichum | From south USA |
| Sycamore | Acer pseudoplatanus | Brilliantissimum arose in the UK |
| Tulip-tree | Liriodendron tulipifera | In the Magnolia family |
| Walnut | Juglans regia | Probably Introduced by the Romans |
| Wellingtonia | Sequoiadendron giganteum | From the West Coast of USA |
| Yew | Taxus baccata | Native tree now used to treat cancer |