COMMON TREE SPECIES OF THE UK


tree species

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Acer campestre
 - Field Maple
Up to about 25m		 Acer pseudoplatanu
 - Sycamore
Up to about 35m		 Aesculus hippocastanum
 - Horse Chestnut
Up to about 35m		 alder
 - Alnus glutinosa
Up to about 20m
Betula pendula
 - silver birch
Up to about 25m		 Carpinus betulus
 - Hornbeam
Up to about 30m		 Castanea sativa
 - Sweet Chestnut
Up to about 30m		 Corylus avellana
 - Hazel
Up to about 10m
Crataegus monogyna
 - Hawthorn / May Tree
Up to about 15m		 Fagus sylvatica
 - Beech
Up to about 42m		 Fraxinus excelsior
- ash
Up to about 45m		 Ilex aquifolium
 - Holly
Up to about 15m
Juglans regia
 - Walnut
Up to about 20m		 Laburnum anagyroides
 - Laburnum
Up to about 6m		 Malus domestica
 - Apple
Up to about 12m		 Populus alba
 - White Poplar
Up to about 16m
Populus tremula
 - Aspen
Up to about 20m		 Prunus avium
 - Wild Cherry
Up to about 30m		 Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn / Sloe
Up to about 5m		 Quercus robur
 - English / Pedunculate Oak
Up to about 40m
Salix alba
 - White Willow
Up to about 25m		 Salix babylonica
 - Weeping Willow
Up to about 15m		 Sambucus nigra
Elder - Elderberry
Up to about 9m		 Sorbus aria
 - Whitebeam
Up to about 20m
Sorbus aucuparia
 - Mountain Ash / Rowan
Up to about 20m		 Tilia cordata
 - Small-leaved Lime
Up to about 38m		 Tilia x europaea
 - Common Lime / Linden
Up to about 25m		 Ulmus procera
 - English Elm
Up to about 36m
     
Ulmus minor
 - Small-leaved Elm
Up to about 35m		      

conifers
 
Cedrus libani
- Cedar of Lebanon
Up to about 40m		 Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
 - Lawson Cypress
Up to about 40m		 Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica
 - Juniper
Up to about 3m		 Larix decidua
 - Larch (deciduous conifer)
Up to about 50m
Picea sitchensis
 - Sitka Spruce
Up to about 70m		 Pinus sylvestris
- Scots pine
Up to about 30m		 Pseudotsuga menziesii
 - Douglas Fir
Up to about 50m		 Sequoia sempervirens
 - Coast Redwood
Up to about 80m (UK)
Sequoiadendron gigantea
 - Giant / Sierra Redwood
Up to about 90m (UK)		 Tsuga heterophylla
 - Western Hemlock
Up to about 70m		 Taxus baccata
- yew
Up to about 15m

and separately, as I hate the tree so much
 

Araucaria araucana
 - Monkey Puzzle
Up to about 30m