James Weldon receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Elm trees were once stalwarts of the UK countryside that towered out of hedgerows, lined fields and woodlands.

If you want to be a true outdoorsman or woman, and a true survivor, you’ve got to become a plant person. I know, I know—it’s not as cool to walk around with your nose in a book as it is to sling lead ...

The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to severely damage UK trees and woodlands in the coming decades, new research shows. The ash dieback epidemic prompted the government to assess ...

The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to severely damage UK trees and woodlands in the coming decades, new research shows. The arrival of new plant pests and diseases is likely to ...

Woodland Trust’s competition comes as charity campaigns for more robust legal protection for precious trees An oak tree shaped like an elephant and the oak with the widest girth in the UK have been ...

Nick Atkinson is a Fellow at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. He is also an employee of the Woodland Trust. Ash dieback – a fatal disease of Britain’s native ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) – is ...