Scots Pine Pinus Sylvestris by Garlor

Photography • Landscape • posted on Dec 27, 2006

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Description

The Scots Pine formed large parts of forests in Great Britain, particularly in the North of England and in Scotland, until 8000 years ago. The oldest known Scots Pine blew down at Inveraray in 1951 and was thought to be over 330 years old. Scots Pine form the basis of the native pinewoods of Scotland. These are extremely important for national and international wildlife conservation. Only remnants of the original forests exist as many were burnt for fuel, cleared for farming or overgrazed by sheep and deer. Today a long term project is underway working to protect and restore these ancient remnants of a once huge forest e.g. Glen Affric, N. Scotland Info credit Forestry commission