The History of Forests

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• Charles Turner
• Thursday 06 March 2025, 18:45-20:00
• Main Seminar Room (First Floor) David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge Pembroke St, Cambridge CB2 3QZ.

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The first notable fact is that, apart from Ireland, Britain has the lowest woodland cover in relation to its size than any other country in Europe. That second is that, ignoring taxonomically complex genera such as Sorbus and Ulmus, there is a very limited number of native forest tress (and shrubs), with important genera only represented by one or two species.

We compare this with forest composition in other regions of northern and southern Europe and then with temperate areas of East Asia and North America.

The key to great differences in diversity and fascinating distribution patterns of individual tree genera, so revealed, lies in the geological, geographical and climatic history of the Northern Hemisphere.

This talk is part of the Cambridge Natural History Society series.

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