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 ...

“Black poplars need male and female trees within 200m of each other ... “It has important biodiversity value to numerous species including the poplar hawk moth, hornets, figure of eight ...

an urgent effort is needed to form a breeding population of male and female trees to maximise the gene pool and make the species resilient again. Ranger Fi Hailstone planting Black Poplar trees at ...

Hybridization between sister species occurs frequently in forest trees, said Bolte ... The team found the black cottonwood-balsam poplar stable hybrid lineage after analyzing the genetic makeup ...

but the drainage of land and the demand for faster and straighter growing non-native timber trees has contributed to the gradual decline of the species. Ecologist Fi Hailstone plants black poplar ...

Efforts are being stepped up to save Britain’s rarest and most threatened native species of tree. The National Trust is creating a “living library” gene bank of trees in east Devon to help protect the ...