Native forests in scotland

[forry]

Hi, can anyone tell me where i can find native woods in and around glasgow. i live about 30mins from loch lomond but most woodland is pine

thanks

 

[T1Viper]

Hi

Have a look at the FCS map viewer here

Click on the native woodland survey of Scotland in the right hand menu and it will highlight all the areas your looking for.

The full survey isnt available yet, but it does let you know the areas of native woodland.

Hope that helps

 

[Toddy]

Oh good link Thank you


The ones I know of are the gills of the Clyde Valley from Bothwell upstream. Basically anywhere where the burns runs so deep and steep that cutting the trees wasn't commercially feasible they were left alone. Now the native flora and fauna is being encouraged to expand from the burnsides and along the river valley too.

cheers,
M

 

[forry]

cheers for this. i will have a look

 

[Doc]

Native Caledonian pinewood remnants are found around Rothiemurchas in the Carngorms, Glen Affric, and the Black Wood of Rannoch. Also on small islands in lochs across the Highlands.

 

[greasemonkey]

I think Cumbernauld Glen has a lot of native trees, and pine.

 

[Totumpole]

Good link T1Viper! Thanks for that

 

[Mikey P]

Top Tip: DON'T go to the Queen Elisabeth Forest at Godrabhan (sp?) Nr Drymen. 99% cultivated softwood, dense, messy, a real disappointment.

 

[Callum]

Hi Forry

I think Loch Lomond has bits of Alder riparian woodland near the Loch side and higher up on the hillsides are upland birch types. If you make a trip over to Argyll there's some fantastic Atlantic Oak woods around Tayvallich and tarbert.

Callum