The deciduous trees, which can grow at elevations ... to feed on aspen foliage in Scotland, while young aspen shoots provide food for caterpillars of the rare dark-bordered beauty moth, and ...

Rare plants on Scottish mountains ... ecologist with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), has spent 12 years monitoring 10 rare species growing on Ben Lawers alongside NTS staff and volunteers ...

Join Katharine Hay on her walk around Scotland, with the Hay’s Way newsletter The woodland species will include low-growing, hardy trees such as ... habitat for rare species, help cool rivers ...

But a study published last year by scientists from the University of Stirling in Scotland shows that mycoforestry has the potential to avoid this land-use conflict, by growing trees and food on ...

Palm trees are known to grow in the west of Scotland thanks to the effects of the Gulf Stream, which transports warm tropical water to the area. By contrast, the tree has proven notoriously difficult ...

A giant state-of-the-art glasshouse the size of two football pitches which will grow up to 19million trees a year has been hailed as a “key” eco milestone. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS ...

Scotland’s deep glens and dramatic ... Visitors can take guided walks of the area and tour the tree nursery, which grows 100,000 rare and native specimens annually. There are also self-guided ...

The woodland species will include low-growing, hardy trees such as dwarf birch, downy birch, and montane willows, which they said will “restore one of Scotland’s rarest habitats.” ...