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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera
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  • Gambel's-Scaled Quail Hybrid
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  • Cherry-Crab hybrid Malus x zumi (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 9m<br />
Hybrid crab apple popular for its small red fruits. BARK Reddish brown. BRANCHES Spreading. LEAVES Narrowly oval. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Flowers white, arising from pink buds. Fruits ovoid, to 2cm long; typically red but lemon-yellow in cultivar ‘Golden Hornet’. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Widely planted.
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  • Cherry-Crab hybrid Malus x zumi (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 9m<br />
Hybrid crab apple popular for its small red fruits. BARK Reddish brown. BRANCHES Spreading. LEAVES Narrowly oval. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Flowers white, arising from pink buds. Fruits ovoid, to 2cm long; typically red but lemon-yellow in cultivar ‘Golden Hornet’. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Widely planted.
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  • Hybrid Cherry leaf. Many hybrid cherry cultivars have been developed. Many are favoured in municipal gardens and as street trees. The following are particularly popular cultivars: Prunus ‘Umineko’ with upright to spreading branches, ovate leaves that are toothed and long-tipped, and white flowers that appear just as the leaves are bursting; Prunus ‘Pandora’ with upright and spreading branches, oval and toothed leaves and dull pink flowers; Prunus ‘Spire’ with an extremely erect habit, broadly oval leaves with a slender tip and toothed margins, and dull pink flowers; Prunus ‘Accolade’ with a densely spreading habit, oval to elliptical leaves with toothed margins, and bright pink flowers.
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  • Hybrid Elm Ulmus ‘Lobel’ (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 35m<br />
Narrowly columnar tree with rather dense foliage. BARK Brown, cracking into small, square plates. BRANCHES Upright, straight and spreading at shallow angles. LEAVES Ovate to elliptical, dark green and shiny with a pointed tip and toothed margins; base is almost equal and upper surface of leaf is smooth. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Widely planted. COMMENTS An artificial hybrid with a complex parentage that includes U. x hollandica.
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  • Hybrid Oak - Quercus x rosacea<br />
= Quercus robur x Quercus petraea
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  • Lucombe Oak Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ (Fagaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Tall evergreen hybrid between Cork Oak and Turkey Oaks BARK Variable, some specimens similar in character to Cork Oak, and others having a smoother, darker bark. LEAVES Long, glossy and toothed, remaining on the tree throughout all but the hardest winters. Some of the earliest trees, dating from the original hybridisation, lose a large proportion of their leaves; later crosses have a more dense crown. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins are produced in early summer, and acorns appear in autumn in small scaly cups. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Hybrid originated in Exeter, Devon, in the 18th century, and was named after Lucombe’s nursery. It is still most common in parks and gardens around Exeter, especially near the sea.
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  • Lucombe Oak Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ (Fagaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Tall evergreen hybrid between Cork Oak and Turkey Oaks BARK Variable, some specimens similar in character to Cork Oak, and others having a smoother, darker bark. LEAVES Long, glossy and toothed, remaining on the tree throughout all but the hardest winters. Some of the earliest trees, dating from the original hybridisation, lose a large proportion of their leaves; later crosses have a more dense crown. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins are produced in early summer, and acorns appear in autumn in small scaly cups. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Hybrid originated in Exeter, Devon, in the 18th century, and was named after Lucombe’s nursery. It is still most common in parks and gardens around Exeter, especially near the sea.
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  • Voss’s Laburnum Laburnum x watereri 11m (hybrid between Laburnum and Scottish Laburnum) has early-opening flowers of the first and the longer, more densely packed racemes of the second. Where laburnums are planted for ornament they are likely to be of this type: it has good hybrid vigour and makes a finer, longer-lived tree.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Leyland Cypress (Leylandii) X Cuprocyparis leylandii (Cupressaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Evergreen hybrid between the Monterey and Nootka Cypresses (see pp 34-37), first raised in 1888. Normally a tall, narrowly conical tree; densely foliaged, fast-growing and hardy. BARK Reddish-brown with thin vertical ridges; usually hidden by dense branches. BRANCHES Arise along whole length of trunk, and are almost vertical, with a dense growth of green shoots. LEAVES Pointed, scale-like and about 2mm long. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male and female cones are seldom produced, but occur on same tree. Male cones are small and yellow, growing at tips of shoots; release pollen in March. Female cones are up to 3cm across, rounded with 8 scales bearing pointed processes; green at first, becoming brown and shiny. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Manmade hybrid, hence does not have a native range; today, very widespread in parks and gardens. Tolerant of most soil types.
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  • RUSSIAN COMFREY Symphytum x uplandicum (Boraginaceae) Height to 1m. Hybrid between Common and Rough Comfreys, found in hedgerows and on verges. Note the slightly winged stems. FLOWERS are 12-18mm long, usually bluish purple and borne in curved clusters (May-Aug). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are oval; stalks of upper ones run a short distance down stem. STATUS-Widely naturalised. Nb. various other hybrid garden escape comfreys are naturalised locally eg Symphytum ‘Hidcote Blue’.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulandiana (Magnoliaceae) HEIGHT to 12m. Dense bush or untidy, low, spreading tree. BARK Grey. BRANCHES Much-divided and untidy, shoots carrying silky buds. LEAVES Dark green, ovate and pointed at the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Upright, the 9 pale tepals flushed pinkish-orange or purple at the base. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Widely planted hybrid and contributor to many other hybrid cultivars.
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  • Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulandiana (Magnoliaceae) HEIGHT to 12m. Dense bush or untidy, low, spreading tree. BARK Grey. BRANCHES Much-divided and untidy, shoots carrying silky buds. LEAVES Dark green, ovate and pointed at the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Upright, the 9 pale tepals flushed pinkish-orange or purple at the base. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Widely planted hybrid and contributor to many other hybrid cultivars.
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  • Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulandiana (Magnoliaceae) HEIGHT to 12m. Dense bush or untidy, low, spreading tree. BARK Grey. BRANCHES Much-divided and untidy, shoots carrying silky buds. LEAVES Dark green, ovate and pointed at the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Upright, the 9 pale tepals flushed pinkish-orange or purple at the base. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Widely planted hybrid and contributor to many other hybrid cultivars.
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  • Voss’s Laburnum Laburnum x watereri 11m (hybrid between Laburnum and Scottish Laburnum) has early-opening flowers of the first and the longer, more densely packed racemes of the second. Where laburnums are planted for ornament they are likely to be of this type: it has good hybrid vigour and makes a finer, longer-lived tree.
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  • Lucombe Oak Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ (Fagaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Tall evergreen hybrid between Cork Oak and Turkey Oaks BARK Variable, some specimens similar in character to Cork Oak, and others having a smoother, darker bark. LEAVES Long, glossy and toothed, remaining on the tree throughout all but the hardest winters. Some of the earliest trees, dating from the original hybridisation, lose a large proportion of their leaves; later crosses have a more dense crown. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins are produced in early summer, and acorns appear in autumn in small scaly cups. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Hybrid originated in Exeter, Devon, in the 18th century, and was named after Lucombe’s nursery. It is still most common in parks and gardens around Exeter, especially near the sea.
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  • Leyland Cypress (Leylandii) X Cuprocyparis leylandii (Cupressaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Evergreen hybrid between the Monterey and Nootka Cypresses (see pp 34-37), first raised in 1888. Normally a tall, narrowly conical tree; densely foliaged, fast-growing and hardy. BARK Reddish-brown with thin vertical ridges; usually hidden by dense branches. BRANCHES Arise along whole length of trunk, and are almost vertical, with a dense growth of green shoots. LEAVES Pointed, scale-like and about 2mm long. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male and female cones are seldom produced, but occur on same tree. Male cones are small and yellow, growing at tips of shoots; release pollen in March. Female cones are up to 3cm across, rounded with 8 scales bearing pointed processes; green at first, becoming brown and shiny. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Manmade hybrid, hence does not have a native range; today, very widespread in parks and gardens. Tolerant of most soil types.
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  • Voss’s Laburnum Laburnum x watereri 11m (hybrid between Laburnum and Scottish Laburnum) has early-opening flowers of the first and the longer, more densely packed racemes of the second. Where laburnums are planted for ornament they are likely to be of this type: it has good hybrid vigour and makes a finer, longer-lived tree.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Saucer Magnolia Magnolia x soulandiana (Magnoliaceae) HEIGHT to 12m. Dense bush or untidy, low, spreading tree. BARK Grey. BRANCHES Much-divided and untidy, shoots carrying silky buds. LEAVES Dark green, ovate and pointed at the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Upright, the 9 pale tepals flushed pinkish-orange or purple at the base. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Widely planted hybrid and contributor to many other hybrid cultivars.
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  • Dutch Elm Ulmus x hollandica (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Tall and rather straggly hybrid tree.  BARK Brown, cracking into small, shallow plates. BRANCHES Higher branches are longer than ones lower down, and are spreading. LEAVES Oval, toothed, to 15cm long, sometimes buckled. Leaf base is only slightly unequal. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruits. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid, whose parents are presumed to include Wych Elm, Plot’s Elm and Ulmus minor. Has a scattered range across southern England and south-west Wales and is found in hedgerows in lowland districts.
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  • Lucombe Oak Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ (Fagaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Tall evergreen hybrid between Cork Oak and Turkey Oaks BARK Variable, some specimens similar in character to Cork Oak, and others having a smoother, darker bark. LEAVES Long, glossy and toothed, remaining on the tree throughout all but the hardest winters. Some of the earliest trees, dating from the original hybridisation, lose a large proportion of their leaves; later crosses have a more dense crown. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male catkins are produced in early summer, and acorns appear in autumn in small scaly cups. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Hybrid originated in Exeter, Devon, in the 18th century, and was named after Lucombe’s nursery. It is still most common in parks and gardens around Exeter, especially near the sea.
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  • Leyland Cypress (Leylandii) X Cuprocyparis leylandii (Cupressaceae) HEIGHT to 35m. Evergreen hybrid between the Monterey and Nootka Cypresses (see pp 34-37), first raised in 1888. Normally a tall, narrowly conical tree; densely foliaged, fast-growing and hardy. BARK Reddish-brown with thin vertical ridges; usually hidden by dense branches. BRANCHES Arise along whole length of trunk, and are almost vertical, with a dense growth of green shoots. LEAVES Pointed, scale-like and about 2mm long. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male and female cones are seldom produced, but occur on same tree. Male cones are small and yellow, growing at tips of shoots; release pollen in March. Female cones are up to 3cm across, rounded with 8 scales bearing pointed processes; green at first, becoming brown and shiny. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Manmade hybrid, hence does not have a native range; today, very widespread in parks and gardens. Tolerant of most soil types.
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  • Hamamelis x intermedia is a popular hybrid of Witch Hazel H. mollis with more showy spring flowers than of the above species; seen as many different cultivars.
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  • Hybrid between Eastern and Western Balsam-poplars Populus trichocarpa x balsamifera, often referred to as  Populus 'Balsam Spire' HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Conical to slightly spreading tree with numerous ascending<br />
branches arising from a tapering bole; base of bole is often surrounded by suckers. BARK is grey and smooth at first, becoming fissured with age. SHOOTS Young shoots (and 2.5cm-long buds) are covered with shiny resin. LEAVES To 10cm long, rounded and dark shiny green above, paler and downy below. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Female catkins only. Widely planted in parks and plantations.
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  • Hamamelis x intermedia is a popular hybrid of Witch Hazel H. mollis with more showy spring flowers than of the above species; seen as many different cultivars.
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  • Hybrid between Lady Orchid and Monkey Orchid
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  • Hamamelis x intermedia is a popular hybrid of Witch Hazel H. mollis with more showy spring flowers than of the above species; seen as many different cultivars.
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  • Nyman’s Eucryphia Eucryphia x nymansensis (Eucryphiaceae) HEIGHT to 17m. Narrow, columnar evergreen tree. BARK Smooth and grey. BRANCHES Dense. LEAVES Compound, with 3 toothed, glossy dark-green leaflets, paler below, to 6cm long. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS 4-petalled white flowers, to 7.5cm across, contain many pink-tipped stamens; in leaf axils, opening in late summer. Fruit is a small, woody capsule. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Hybrid between E. cordifolia and E. glutinosa, raised in Nymans Garden, Sussex; the most frequently seen Eucryphia.
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  • Hybrid Lady x Monkey orchids - Orchis x angusticruris
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  • Bee/Fly Orchid hybrid - Ophrys apifera x O. insectifera
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  • Hybrid Lady x Monkey orchids - Orchis x angusticruris
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  • Hybrid Lady x Monkey orchids - Orchis x angusticruris
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  • Hybrid Lady x Monkey orchids - Orchis x angusticruris
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  • Huntingdon Elm - Ulmus x vegeta (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Widely spreading tree with a domed crown. BARK Greyish and broken into regular ridges. BRANCHES Main branches are long, straight and upright to spreading. LEAVES Ovate to elliptical with a pointed tip and toothed margins; base is markedly unequal and upper surface of leaf is smooth. Leaves are rather similar to those of Wych Elm but with a petiole more than 5mm long. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruit. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid between Wych Elm and Ulmus glabra, found in East Anglia and central England. However, the true native distribution is obscured because cultivars, raised from the same parents, are widely planted. COMMENTS The cultivar known as ‘Huntingdon Elm’ is popularly planted and has a degree of resistance to Dutch Elm Disease.
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  • Grey Poplar Populus x canescens (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 37m. Stable hybrid between White Poplar and Aspen. When fully mature, grows into an impressively large tree with a good solid bole. In spring the tree has a whitish appearance when the wind displaces the leaves, but it is not as brilliantly white as the White Poplar. BARK Whitish with diamond-shaped fissures. LEAVES Rounded to oval and toothed with regular blunt, forward-pointing teeth; borne on long petioles. Leaf upper surface is glossy grey-green and lower surface is covered with a greyish-white felt. By mid- to late summer the leaves lose some of the white felt and the tree looks greyer. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male and female catkins are borne on separate trees. Fe¬male trees with green, pendulous catkins are rare. Male catkins are elongated and pendulous, giving whole tree a purplish col¬our when they swell before opening in spring. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of mainland Europe and introduced into Britain very early, probably with the White Poplar.
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  • Southern Marsh x Common Spotted Orchid hybrid
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler' -Adult male breeding
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Highclere Holly Ilex x altaclarensis (Height to 20m) is a descendent of hybrid crosses between Holly and Madeira Holly Ilex perado (not hardy in our region). It is an evergreen tree with a dense columnar habit, spreading branches and a domed crown; the bark is purplish-grey and the twigs are greenish or purple-tinged. The alternate leaves are mostly flat, smaller than those of Holly and not as prickly; they may have up to 10 small forward-pointing spines on each side. The small white 5-petalled flowers are sometimes purple-tinged near the base and, like Holly, the males and females are on separate trees. The bright-red berries can be up to 12mm long. Highclere Holly, in its various cultivar forms, is a very popular park and garden tree because of its vigorous habit and resistance to disease and pollution.
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  • London Plane Platanus x hispanica Platanaceae Height to 44m. Deciduous tree with tall trunk and spreading crown. Bark Grey-brown, flaking in patches. Branches Tangled and twisted. Leaves To 24cm long, 5-lobed, palmate. Reproductive parts Flowers rounded, in clusters. Greenish, spherical fruits have spiky hairs. Status Widely planted hybrid in towns and cities.
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  • Yoshino Cherry Prunus x yedoensis (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 15m. A spreading tree, similar to the Japanese Cherry. BARK Greyish, with brown lenticel bands. BRANCHES Slightly weeping at tips; young twigs are downy. LEAVES Ovate, to 20-cm long, with a long, tapering tip and a toothed margin that is ‘whiskered’ towards the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS The flowers occur in clusters of 5–6 on 2cm pedicels and the pale-pink petals are deeply notched; the flowers appear before the leaves. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A hybrid first seen in Japan, now popular here as a street tree.
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  • Japanese Crab Malus floribunda (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 8m <br />
A compact, densely crowned small tree on a thick bole with dark brown, fissured bark. The twigs are slightly pendulous and reddish when young, remaining densely hairy. The alternate leaves are up to 8cm long, oval with a pointed tip and a toothed margin. The underside is downy when the leaves first open, but becomes smooth later. Reproductive parts The fragrant flowers appear soon after the leaves and are usually so dense that they hide the leaves. At first the buds are a rich pink, then they become paler as they open and the blossom gradually fades to white. The fruits are rounded and up to 2.5cm across, but sometimes smaller. They ripen to a bright yellow, and are often present in the same abundance as the flowers. Habitat and distribution Probably a hybrid between two Japanese garden species, as this tree has not been found growing in the wild. Frequently planted in gardens and parks all over Europe for its attractive blossom and convenient small size.
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  • Weeping Willow Salix x sepulcralis (Height to 20m) similar to Chinese Weeping Willow S. babylonica but  is more popular. Hybrid between Chinese Weeping Willow and White Willow. Pendulous branches and golden foliage look elegant in waterside settings.
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  • Red Horse-chestnut Aesculus x carnea (Height to 20m) is a hybrid between Horse-chestnut and Red Buckeye (see next page) and forms a sizeable, domed tree with a gnarled bole and twisted branches. The leaves are composed of 5–7 leaflets, each dark green and with toothed margins. The flowers are similar to those of Horse-chestnut: sometimes creamy-white with yellow blotches at first but turning pink with red blotches. Red Horse-chestnut is widely planted in parks and formal gardens.
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  • Weeping Willow Salix x sepulcralis (Height to 20m) similar to Chinese Weeping Willow S. babylonica but  is more popular. Hybrid between Chinese Weeping Willow and White Willow. Pendulous branches and golden foliage look elegant in waterside settings.
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  • Crimean Lime Tilia x euclora (Height to 20m) is similar to Lime, but leaves are dark, shiny green above with reddish hairs in vein axils below. Flower clusters have 3–7 flowers and fruits are elliptical and pointed. A hybrid between Small-leaved Lime and T. dasystyla, planted because aphid numbers are low.
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  • Service-tree of Fontainbleu Sorbus latifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 18m. Spreading, divided tree. LEAVES To 10cm long, broadly oval with indistinct triangular lobes and double-toothed margins. Shiny green above, downy grey below on 7 to 9 pairs of veins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Fruits rounded, to 1.5cm long, yellowish-brown with large lenticels. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably a hybrid between Whitebeam and Wild Service-tree, first found near Fontainebleau, France. Widely planted; also naturalised.
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  • London Plane Platanus x hispanica Platanaceae Height to 44m. Deciduous tree with tall trunk and spreading crown. Bark Grey-brown, flaking in patches. Branches Tangled and twisted. Leaves To 24cm long, 5-lobed, palmate. Reproductive parts Flowers rounded, in clusters. Greenish, spherical fruits have spiky hairs. Status Widely planted hybrid in towns and cities.
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  • Grey Poplar Populus x canescens (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 37m <br />
Stable hybrid between White Poplar and Aspen. When fully mature, grows into an impressively large tree with a good solid bole. In spring the tree has a whitish appearance when the wind displaces the leaves, but it is not as brilliantly white as the White Poplar. BARK Whitish with diamond-shaped fissures. LEAVES Rounded to oval and toothed with regular blunt, forward-pointing teeth; borne on long petioles. Leaf upper surface is glossy grey-green and lower surface is covered with a greyish-white felt. By mid- to late summer the leaves lose some of the white felt and the tree looks greyer. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male and female catkins are borne on separate trees. Fe¬male trees with green, pendulous catkins are rare. Male catkins are elongated and pendulous, giving whole tree a purplish col¬our when they swell before opening in spring. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of mainland Europe and introduced into Britain very early, probably with the White Poplar.
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  • Red Horse-chestnut Aesculus x carnea (Height to 20m) is a hybrid between Horse-chestnut and Red Buckeye (see next page) and forms a sizeable, domed tree with a gnarled bole and twisted branches. The leaves are composed of 5–7 leaflets, each dark green and with toothed margins. The flowers are similar to those of Horse-chestnut: sometimes creamy-white with yellow blotches at first but turning pink with red blotches. Red Horse-chestnut is widely planted in parks and formal gardens.
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  • Lime Tilia x europaea Tiliaceae Height to 46m<br />
Hybrid between Small-leaved and Large-leaved Limes; suckers freely. Bark Grey-brown, ridged. Branches Ascending and arching; twigs green. Leaves To 10cm long, ovate with heart-shaped base; hairs in vein axils below. Reproductive parts Flowers yellowish, 5-petalled, clustered, with greenish bract. Fruit hard and rounded. Status Widely planted.
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  • Lime Tilia x europaea Tiliaceae Height to 46m<br />
Hybrid between Small-leaved and Large-leaved Limes; suckers freely. Bark Grey-brown, ridged. Branches Ascending and arching; twigs green. Leaves To 10cm long, ovate with heart-shaped base; hairs in vein axils below. Reproductive parts Flowers yellowish, 5-petalled, clustered, with greenish bract. Fruit hard and rounded. Status Widely planted.
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  • London Plane Platanus x hispanica Platanaceae Height to 44m. Deciduous tree with tall trunk and spreading crown. Bark Grey-brown, flaking in patches. Branches Tangled and twisted. Leaves To 24cm long, 5-lobed, palmate. Reproductive parts Flowers rounded, in clusters. Greenish, spherical fruits have spiky hairs. Status Widely planted hybrid in towns and cities.
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  • PEPPERMINT Mentha x piperata (Lamiaceae) Height to 1m<br />
Robust perennial, a hybrid between Spear and Water Mints. Has a strong peppermint smell. Grows in damp ground. FLOWERS are 3-4mm long and pinkish lilac; borne in a terminal spikes with a few whorls below (Jul-Sep). FRUITS are nutlets. LEAVES are narrow-ovate and stalked. STATUS-A popular culinary herb that is naturalised locally.
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  • Edible Frog Rana x esculenta Length 7-9cm Not a genuine species, as was once supposed, but a viable hybrid between Pool and Marsh Frogs. Long-legged, and can be bright green or yellowish brown with dark spots and a pale greenish vertebral stripe.
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  • Edible Frog Rana x esculenta Length 7-9cm Not a genuine species, as was once supposed, but a viable hybrid between Pool and Marsh Frogs. Long-legged, and can be bright green or yellowish brown with dark spots and a pale greenish vertebral stripe.
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  • Hybrid Oak - Quercus x rosacea<br />
= Quercus robur x Quercus petraea
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  • Hybrid Lady x Monkey orchid - Orchis x angusticruris<br />
= Orchis purpurea x simia
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler Hybrid - Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera - 'Brewster's Warbler'
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  • Lime Tilia x europaea Tiliaceae Height to 46m<br />
Hybrid between Small-leaved and Large-leaved Limes; suckers freely. Bark Grey-brown, ridged. Branches Ascending and arching; twigs green. Leaves To 10cm long, ovate with heart-shaped base; hairs in vein axils below. Reproductive parts Flowers yellowish, 5-petalled, clustered, with greenish bract. Fruit hard and rounded. Status Widely planted.
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  • Japanese Crab Malus floribunda (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 8m <br />
A compact, densely crowned small tree on a thick bole with dark brown, fissured bark. The twigs are slightly pendulous and reddish when young, remaining densely hairy. The alternate leaves are up to 8cm long, oval with a pointed tip and a toothed margin. The underside is downy when the leaves first open, but becomes smooth later. Reproductive parts The fragrant flowers appear soon after the leaves and are usually so dense that they hide the leaves. At first the buds are a rich pink, then they become paler as they open and the blossom gradually fades to white. The fruits are rounded and up to 2.5cm across, but sometimes smaller. They ripen to a bright yellow, and are often present in the same abundance as the flowers. Habitat and distribution Probably a hybrid between two Japanese garden species, as this tree has not been found growing in the wild. Frequently planted in gardens and parks all over Europe for its attractive blossom and convenient small size.
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  • Highclere Holly Ilex x altaclarensis (Height to 20m) is a descendent of hybrid crosses between Holly and Madeira Holly Ilex perado (not hardy in our region). It is an evergreen tree with a dense columnar habit, spreading branches and a domed crown; the bark is purplish-grey and the twigs are greenish or purple-tinged. The alternate leaves are mostly flat, smaller than those of Holly and not as prickly; they may have up to 10 small forward-pointing spines on each side. The small white 5-petalled flowers are sometimes purple-tinged near the base and, like Holly, the males and females are on separate trees. The bright-red berries can be up to 12mm long. Highclere Holly, in its various cultivar forms, is a very popular park and garden tree because of its vigorous habit and resistance to disease and pollution.
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  • Red Horse-chestnut Aesculus x carnea (Height to 20m) is a hybrid between Horse-chestnut and Red Buckeye (see next page) and forms a sizeable, domed tree with a gnarled bole and twisted branches. The leaves are composed of 5–7 leaflets, each dark green and with toothed margins. The flowers are similar to those of Horse-chestnut: sometimes creamy-white with yellow blotches at first but turning pink with red blotches. Red Horse-chestnut is widely planted in parks and formal gardens.
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  • Yoshino Cherry Prunus x yedoensis (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 15m. A spreading tree, similar to the Japanese Cherry. BARK Greyish, with brown lenticel bands. BRANCHES Slightly weeping at tips; young twigs are downy. LEAVES Ovate, to 20-cm long, with a long, tapering tip and a toothed margin that is ‘whiskered’ towards the tip. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS The flowers occur in clusters of 5–6 on 2cm pedicels and the pale-pink petals are deeply notched; the flowers appear before the leaves. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A hybrid first seen in Japan, now popular here as a street tree.
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  • Lime Tilia x europaea Tiliaceae Height to 46m<br />
Hybrid between Small-leaved and Large-leaved Limes; suckers freely. Bark Grey-brown, ridged. Branches Ascending and arching; twigs green. Leaves To 10cm long, ovate with heart-shaped base; hairs in vein axils below. Reproductive parts Flowers yellowish, 5-petalled, clustered, with greenish bract. Fruit hard and rounded. Status Widely planted.
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  • London Plane Platanus x hispanica Platanaceae Height to 44m. Deciduous tree with tall trunk and spreading crown. Bark Grey-brown, flaking in patches. Branches Tangled and twisted. Leaves To 24cm long, 5-lobed, palmate. Reproductive parts Flowers rounded, in clusters. Greenish, spherical fruits have spiky hairs. Status Widely planted hybrid in towns and cities.
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  • Crimean Lime Tilia x euclora (Height to 20m) is similar to Lime, but leaves are dark, shiny green above with reddish hairs in vein axils below. Flower clusters have 3–7 flowers and fruits are elliptical and pointed. A hybrid between Small-leaved Lime and T. dasystyla, planted because aphid numbers are low.
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  • Japanese Crab Malus floribunda (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 8m <br />
A compact, densely crowned small tree on a thick bole with dark brown, fissured bark. The twigs are slightly pendulous and reddish when young, remaining densely hairy. The alternate leaves are up to 8cm long, oval with a pointed tip and a toothed margin. The underside is downy when the leaves first open, but becomes smooth later. Reproductive parts The fragrant flowers appear soon after the leaves and are usually so dense that they hide the leaves. At first the buds are a rich pink, then they become paler as they open and the blossom gradually fades to white. The fruits are rounded and up to 2.5cm across, but sometimes smaller. They ripen to a bright yellow, and are often present in the same abundance as the flowers. Habitat and distribution Probably a hybrid between two Japanese garden species, as this tree has not been found growing in the wild. Frequently planted in gardens and parks all over Europe for its attractive blossom and convenient small size.
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  • Crimean Lime Tilia x euclora (Height to 20m) is similar to Lime, but leaves are dark, shiny green above with reddish hairs in vein axils below. Flower clusters have 3–7 flowers and fruits are elliptical and pointed. A hybrid between Small-leaved Lime and T. dasystyla, planted because aphid numbers are low.
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  • Arran Whitebeam Sorbus arranensis (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 7m. A rather domed tree (a stable and fertile hybrid between Rowan S. aucuparia and Cliff Whitebeam S. rupicola). LEAVES Narrowly oval to elliptical in overall outline but with finely-toothed rounded lobes, cut roughly half-way to midrib; 7-8 pairs of veins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Fruits are red, to 10mm long, with few lenticels. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Restricted to granite streamsides on Arran, the population numbering around 400.
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  • Service-tree of Fontainbleu Sorbus latifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 18m. Spreading, divided tree. LEAVES To 10cm long, broadly oval with indistinct triangular lobes and double-toothed margins. Shiny green above, downy grey below on 7 to 9 pairs of veins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Fruits rounded, to 1.5cm long, yellowish-brown with large lenticels. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably a hybrid between Whitebeam and Wild Service-tree, first found near Fontainebleau, France. Widely planted; also naturalised.
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  • London Plane Platanus x hispanica Platanaceae Height to 44m. Deciduous tree with tall trunk and spreading crown. Bark Grey-brown, flaking in patches. Branches Tangled and twisted. Leaves To 24cm long, 5-lobed, palmate. Reproductive parts Flowers rounded, in clusters. Greenish, spherical fruits have spiky hairs. Status Widely planted hybrid in towns and cities.
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  • London Plane Platanus x hispanica Platanaceae Height to 44m. Deciduous tree with tall trunk and spreading crown. Bark Grey-brown, flaking in patches. Branches Tangled and twisted. Leaves To 24cm long, 5-lobed, palmate. Reproductive parts Flowers rounded, in clusters. Greenish, spherical fruits have spiky hairs. Status Widely planted hybrid in towns and cities.
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  • Bastard Service Sorbus x thuringiaca (Rosaceae) (Height to 16m) a naturally occurring hybrid between Common Whitebeam and Rowan. Leaves have 2-3 pairs of free lobes and fruits are brown.
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  • Service-tree of Fontainbleu Sorbus latifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 18m. Spreading, divided tree. LEAVES To 10cm long, broadly oval with indistinct triangular lobes and double-toothed margins. Shiny green above, downy grey below on 7 to 9 pairs of veins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Fruits rounded, to 1.5cm long, yellowish-brown with large lenticels. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably a hybrid between Whitebeam and Wild Service-tree, first found near Fontainebleau, France. Widely planted; also naturalised.
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  • Service-tree of Fontainbleu Sorbus latifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 18m. Spreading, divided tree. LEAVES To 10cm long, broadly oval with indistinct triangular lobes and double-toothed margins. Shiny green above, downy grey below on 7 to 9 pairs of veins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Fruits rounded, to 1.5cm long, yellowish-brown with large lenticels. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably a hybrid between Whitebeam and Wild Service-tree, first found near Fontainebleau, France. Widely planted; also naturalised.
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  • Weeping Willow Salix x sepulcralis (Height to 20m) similar to Chinese Weeping Willow S. babylonica but  is more popular. Hybrid between Chinese Weeping Willow and White Willow. Pendulous branches and golden foliage look elegant in waterside settings.
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  • Weeping Willow Salix x sepulcralis (Height to 20m) similar to Chinese Weeping Willow S. babylonica but  is more popular. Hybrid between Chinese Weeping Willow and White Willow. Pendulous branches and golden foliage look elegant in waterside settings.
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  • Huntingdon Elm Ulmus x vegeta (Ulmaceae) HEIGHT to 30m<br />
Widely spreading tree with a domed crown. BARK Greyish and broken into regular ridges. BRANCHES Main branches are long, straight and upright to spreading. LEAVES Ovate to elliptical with a pointed tip and toothed margins; base is markedly unequal and upper surface of leaf is smooth. Leaves are rather similar to those of Wych Elm but with a petiole more than 5mm long. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Papery fruit. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION A naturally occurring hybrid between Wych Elm and Ulmus glabra, found in East Anglia and central England. However, the true native distribution is obscured because cultivars, raised from the same parents, are widely planted. COMMENTS The cultivar known as ‘Huntingdon Elm’ is popularly planted and has a degree of resistance to Dutch Elm Disease.
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  • Red Horse-chestnut Aesculus x carnea (Height to 20m) is a hybrid between Horse-chestnut and Red Buckeye (see next page) and forms a sizeable, domed tree with a gnarled bole and twisted branches. The leaves are composed of 5–7 leaflets, each dark green and with toothed margins. The flowers are similar to those of Horse-chestnut: sometimes creamy-white with yellow blotches at first but turning pink with red blotches. Red Horse-chestnut is widely planted in parks and formal gardens.
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  • Grey Poplar Populus x canescens (Salicaceae) HEIGHT to 37m <br />
Stable hybrid between White Poplar and Aspen. When fully mature, grows into an impressively large tree with a good solid bole. In spring the tree has a whitish appearance when the wind displaces the leaves, but it is not as brilliantly white as the White Poplar. BARK Whitish with diamond-shaped fissures. LEAVES Rounded to oval and toothed with regular blunt, forward-pointing teeth; borne on long petioles. Leaf upper surface is glossy grey-green and lower surface is covered with a greyish-white felt. By mid- to late summer the leaves lose some of the white felt and the tree looks greyer. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Male and female catkins are borne on separate trees. Fe¬male trees with green, pendulous catkins are rare. Male catkins are elongated and pendulous, giving whole tree a purplish col¬our when they swell before opening in spring. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Native of mainland Europe and introduced into Britain very early, probably with the White Poplar.
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  • Service-tree of Fontainbleu Sorbus latifolia (Rosaceae) HEIGHT to 18m. Spreading, divided tree. LEAVES To 10cm long, broadly oval with indistinct triangular lobes and double-toothed margins. Shiny green above, downy grey below on 7 to 9 pairs of veins. REPRODUCTIVE PARTS Fruits rounded, to 1.5cm long, yellowish-brown with large lenticels. STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Probably a hybrid between Whitebeam and Wild Service-tree, first found near Fontainebleau, France. Widely planted; also naturalised.
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  • Red Horse-chestnut Aesculus x carnea (Height to 20m) is a hybrid between Horse-chestnut and Red Buckeye (see next page) and forms a sizeable, domed tree with a gnarled bole and twisted branches. The leaves are composed of 5–7 leaflets, each dark green and with toothed margins. The flowers are similar to those of Horse-chestnut: sometimes creamy-white with yellow blotches at first but turning pink with red blotches. Red Horse-chestnut is widely planted in parks and formal gardens.
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  • Red Horse-chestnut Aesculus x carnea (Height to 20m) is a hybrid between Horse-chestnut and Red Buckeye (see next page) and forms a sizeable, domed tree with a gnarled bole and twisted branches. The leaves are composed of 5–7 leaflets, each dark green and with toothed margins. The flowers are similar to those of Horse-chestnut: sometimes creamy-white with yellow blotches at first but turning pink with red blotches. Red Horse-chestnut is widely planted in parks and formal gardens.
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  • Crimean Lime Tilia x euclora (Height to 20m) is similar to Lime, but leaves are dark, shiny green above with reddish hairs in vein axils below. Flower clusters have 3–7 flowers and fruits are elliptical and pointed. A hybrid between Small-leaved Lime and T. dasystyla, planted because aphid numbers are low.
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  • Lime Tilia x europaea Tiliaceae Height to 46m<br />
Hybrid between Small-leaved and Large-leaved Limes; suckers freely. Bark Grey-brown, ridged. Branches Ascending and arching; twigs green. Leaves To 10cm long, ovate with heart-shaped base; hairs in vein axils below. Reproductive parts Flowers yellowish, 5-petalled, clustered, with greenish bract. Fruit hard and rounded. Status Widely planted.
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