Trees of London

www.londontrees.co.uk

Welcome to the site dedicated to:

teaching people how to identify
trees and showing where examples
can be found in London

Good luck and enjoy the experience

A James Wilkinson Publication ©

Tree Identification

London Wall, Barbican:

    wild service tree, foxglove, white willow, grey alder, and wild cherry

Inns of Court:

    tulip tree, mulberry, crab apple, almond tree, Canadian maple, atlas cedar and redwood

Russell Square:

    yew, holly, common alder, wych elm, holm oak and Japanese cherry tree

Tree Identification

              Where to find typical examples of tree types throughout central London.

Lincoln's Inn Fields:

    hazel tree, birch, laburnum, Judas tree, cotoneaster, Indian bean tree, Cornelian cherry tree, oak tree, silver maple, and sugar maple.

Euston:

    ash, horse chestnut, red oak, sumac, whitebeam, Turkey oak, tree of heaven, and fig

Tower of London:

    black poplar, acacia, honey locust, ginkgo, London plane, Norway maple, sycamore, rowan, and bird cherry .

St Paul's Cathedral:

    walnut tree, lime tree, strawberry tree, giant fir, ironwood, orange, sweet gum, English elm, lawson's cypress, Italian alder, and beech.

May:

Watch the pollen from the London planes;

it rains down over London.

British Trees:

for information relating to
trees which are native to
Britain go to the
history section.
Each page has photos of flowers, fruit, nuts,
bark, leaves.

Trees of London      A James Wilkinson Publication ©

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