Thread: Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides
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Default Lack Of Trees In Irish And British Countrysides
On Wed, 07 May 2008 22:53:06 GMT, (Way Back Jack)
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TV documentaries and travelogues reveal a lot of lush "green" in those
countrysides but a relative scarcity of trees. Is it climate? Too
windy in Ireland? Sheep and/or other livestock?

Ireland was covered in trees before the English needed timber to built
the fleet that fought the Spanish Armada.

Nik

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