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Tab. 4: Distribution of selected seed stands and 110 elite trees for beech in Britain
Data relating to selected seed stands obtained from FC Register of Basic Material
134
Region of
provenance
Number of selected seed
stands
Area of selected
seed stands (ha)
Number of recorded
elite trees (in 2007)
10 (NW) 1 1.5 9
20 (NE) 4 7.2 43
30 (SW) 5 5.8 15
40 (SE) 15 102.5 43
TOTAL 25 117.0 112
Notes: 1. It is regarded as quite possible, and desirable, to identify additional elite trees from within Region of
Provenance 30 (western England and Wales) prior to establishment of any future qualified seed orchard
for that RoP.
2. It is unlikely to be possible to identify more than a small number of additional elite trees from Region of
provenance 10 (western Scotland) and any future qualified seed orchard established for Scotland would
be likely to have to combine RoP’s 10 and 20.
3. One site within Region of provenance 40 (Kingscote Wood, Cotswolds) could potentially supply up to
20 elite trees, but this has been limited to 5 above for representativeness.
Regions of
provenance
Map 2: Geographical distribution of beech selected seed stands and elite trees within Great Britain
10
20
30
40