Conservationists are calling for people to use cuttings from one of UK's rarest native timber trees to help save the species. Cuttings of the black poplar have been cultivated at Bere Marsh Farm ...

Poplar is a low-density hardwood ... While other poplars, such as black poplars, are relatively short-lived, European aspens ...

Ecologist Sara Kirk said the trees were great for biodiversity A dozen rare native black poplar trees have been planted in Cheshire, to help preserve the species. They were planted along the River ...

Cuttings of the black poplar have been cultivated at Bere Marsh Farm, near Shillingstone, Dorset. The farm, which is owned by the Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT), said there were only about 7,000 ...