The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ of trees in east Devon in efforts to help save Britain’s rarest and most ...

The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ gene bank of trees in east Devon to help protect the black poplar.

The location of the 'living library' is along 3km (1.9 miles) of newly restored River Culm floodplain, which is the favoured ...

The black poplar was once as common as oak and beech, but the drainage of land and the demand for faster and straighter growing non-native timber trees has contributed to the gradual decline of ...

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 ...