Native Trees of Scotland.
Many of the trees in Scotland today are exotics. In fact currently only 2% of land in Scotland in covered by native woodland.
Current thinking is to plant native species that provide habitat for native wildlife and our written commentary will always include a breakdown of native trees on your site.
A native tree is commonly defined as a tree species which colonised Scotland in the period after the last ice age.
Provided in the drop down menu are a selection of trees that you might enjoy spotting or planting.