The National Trust said black poplar trees were once as common as oak and beech, but drainage of land and demand for faster ...

Britain’s rarest native tree takes root at Killerton - The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ gene bank of trees ...

The native black poplar tree is now rarer than the giant panda with only 2,500 specimens remaining in Britain. The Crown Estate's conservation program aims to reinstate them How many countryside ...

Britain's rarest native tree is being planted in an unloved city grassland to restore it as a community wildlife habitat. The black poplar is in decline with only around 7,000 growing wild in Britain.

ONCE under threat of extinction, the black poplar, Britain's rarest native timber tree, is about to make a comeback. From Teesside to the Home Counties, enthusiasts are succeeding in saving one of ...

The black poplar was planted by the author and naturalist Bob Gilbert, who noticed its absence after moving to Poplar in 2009 with his wife Jane and three children to enable her to take up a post ...

We know that its cousin, the Aspen (Populus tremula), is native and was found before Ireland separated from the rest of Europe during the last Ice Age. But the status of the Black Poplar is ...

Britain’s rarest native tree takes root at Killerton The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ gene bank of trees in east Devon to help protect the black poplar.

A living gene bank of the rarest native tree in Britain, the black poplar, is being created in an urgent effort to create a breeding population. The National Trust at Killerton in Devon is ...

Britain's rarest native tree is being planted in an unloved city grassland to restore it as a community wildlife habitat. The black poplar is in decline with only around 7,000 growing wild in Britain.

A living gene bank of the rarest native tree in Britain, the black poplar, is being created in an urgent effort to create a breeding population.