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Maratime Pine. Inrformation required relating to cultivation in Scotland. Thanks
Mike Lyle writes
Well, it doesn't do to be complacent, and it seems I was. But I note from the site mentioned that its typical native habitat is dense sclerophyllous woodland: I don't think there's too much of that in Scotland. It's presumably significant that the plant has become a pest in dryer zones, but doesn't seem to have colonised non-Mediterranean Europe, though it's had since the last ice age to do so. It's also had ample time to escape from British gardens and arboreta, and has indeed established itself in some places, but I haven't heard that it's present in overwhelming numbers. Jap knotweed and Rhodo ponticum (and, in America, tamarisks) have found conditions similar to their home range but geographically isolated from the competitors, insects, and diseases which keep them in check there. P. pinaster hasn't had these advantages in the British Isles, so on the whole I don't think Roger should go around digging out his specimens. Even if the climate continues to warm up, there are far too many of these trees already established for Roger's to make any difference -- and anyhow, in those conditions they'd be likely to colonise naturally. But I repeat, one shouldn't be complacent. Absolutely. It's easy to feel that the UK flora isn't that interesting and that introducing foreign imports can only do good and brighten things up a little. But in some areas, what we have is of international importance - bluebell woods, ferns, mosses, lowland sedges, for example. -- Kay |
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