"Tim Challenger" "timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at" wrote in message
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On 25 Nov 2003 17:43:05 -0800, wrote:

TV shows we see in the US show beautiful green Ireland, and we hear
about abundant rainfall, but see very few trees. Is the terrain,
clmate, etc. not suitable to trees or is it because animals chomp
them?

It's because people chopped them down a long time ago for firewood and to
build ships and to clear land for farming.
Tim.

True in one sense, in fact the area in which I myself live was named after
the oaks that once covered the landscape and were cleared for farm land,
there are still plenty here though, we have many many trees in Ireland. A
lot of photo's of Ireland show views of the sea, the mountains and of course
the thatched cottages, but the trees are there believe me. We also have an
enormous area of bogland called the burren, an area where there is flora and
fauna not found anywhere else in the world. Here are a few links you might
find interesting, though Im sure there are thousands more.

http://www.ipcc.ie/index.html
http://www.burrenpage.com/
http://www.ipcc.ie/infoforestry.html
http://www.iol.ie/~carigeen/tree.htm
http://tinyurl.com/wm95
http://tinyurl.com/wm62

Shannie (Ireland)