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 |