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Birch
14/15 Birch trees provide punishment, beauty, versatility and wine, but are very short-lived.
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Holly
13/15 Fiona Stafford on the holly tree, which reaches huge proportions if not pruned annually.
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Cherry
12/15 Fiona Stafford discusses the cherry tree, prized in many ways, but also in sharp decline.
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Cypress—The Meaning of Trees
2/5 Fiona Stafford discusses the Leyland cypress or leylandii.
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Horse Chestnut
11/15 Professor Fiona Stafford discusses the horse chestnut tree.
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The Meaning of Trees: Poplar—Series 2
4/5 Fiona Stafford on the poplar, the most modern tree and the first to have its DNA sequenced
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The Meaning of Trees: Apple—Series 2
3/5 Fiona Stafford discusses the apple tree, which has been loved and hated for centuries.
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The Meaning of Trees: Hawthorn—Series 2
2/5 Professor Fiona Stafford on hawthorn trees, which have divided Britain for centuries.
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The Meaning of Trees: Pine—Series 2
1/5 Professor Fiona Stafford on the workhorse of the forest, the pine tree.