A cedar that The Beatles climbed, an oak featured in Virginia Woolf's Orlando and a beech from the final scenes of 1917 are among the shortlist for the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year competition.

Driving along Manor Road toward Rockland Avenue, through the Greenbelt, I noticed the number of young beech trees growing in the woodlands alongside the road. Beech trees are easy to spot at this time ...

For creators of 18th-century landscapes the beech was indispensable. No other tree produces a woodland of towering branchless boles as straight as cathedral pillars or, if planted singly, such a huge ...

The beech tree has a multitude of uses in making our gardens glow THE common beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) is one of our best native trees. Not only does it grow into a large beautiful tree, it also ...

"This walk because it reveals all the features that make the Cotswolds so special – exhilarating views across the steep valleys, rare limestone grassland, magnificent beech woodlands and beautiful ...

In the early hours of Friday, 16 October 1987, landscapes across the south-eastern corner of England were lost forever. In a few hours, gusts of wind exceeding 100mph (160 km/h /70 knots) battered ...

Respiratory rates (oxygen consumption) of thirty-six species of mites from beech-woodland leaf-litter were measured at 10°C in a Cartesian Diver. The first published information on the respiratory ...