Iriartea deltoides - type of Palm Tree

 

 

 

Dreaming of this tree was thought to be one of the most positive omens.

 

Christians take palm sunday from this tree, when Jesus entered Jerusalem, (the sunday before easter) the population spread the palm tree leaves on the floor to welcome him.

 

Solomon and Jeremiah used the palm tree to symbolize straight stature, and they referred to the City of Jericho as "the City of Palm Trees." The palm tree was considered in Biblical times as a princely tree and was used as a symbol of victory and well-being and also as temple decoration. Palm trees were used in the carved decorations of the temple, usually associated with Cherubims, lions, and open flowers. The palm tree was considered holy in Babylon and later was sacred to the Greek god Apollo.

 

But already the palm was connected with martyrdom (Apoc 7.9) and was used to decorate grave markers and tombs in the catacombs as a sign of the triumphant death of the martyr. On mosaics and on sarcophagi it usually stands for paradise, and Christ is frequently portrayed amid palms in heaven. So also in early church art, the Lamb of God and the Apostles are depicted amid palms. The palm tree was embossed on ancient Hebrew coins, and the Romans celebrated the conquest of Judea by issuing a new coinage, still retaining the palm tree, but with an added inscription announcing the victory.

 

 

 

 

 

Juniper is one of our few native evergreen trees (Yew, Holly, Box and Scots Pine are the others). Due to its slow growth the tree will mostly appear as shrub, but in favourable circumstances it will reach 15 feet or more. A peculiarity is that the Common Juniper retains its juvenile (awl shaped needles or leaves) foliage, whereas other Junipers also achieve the scale-like mature leaves. The dark-bluer berries take about tree years to ripen and so we will find both green, as well as blue-black berries (with a bloom) on the branches. The bark is reddish-brown and this can shred and curl in strips.

 

K is next .........

 

 

Common Laburnum is a small deciduous tree (20 ft) introduced to Britain from the Continent. It is native to Central and Southern Europe.  Scots Laburnum is native to the Alps and the mountain of Italy and the Balkans down to Albania. Laburnum has naturalised itself in various localised places in Britain.

Maples are mostly trees growing to 10-40 metres (30-130 ft) in height. Others are shrubs less than 10 metres tall with a number of small trunks originating at ground level. Most species are deciduous, but a few in southern Asia and the Mediterranean region are evergreen. Most are shade-tolerant when young, and are often late-successional in ecology; many of the smaller species are usually understory trees growing under the canopies of other larger trees, while the larger species eventually become dominant canopy trees. Maple root systems are typically dense and fibrous. A few species, notably Acer cappadocicum, frequently produce root sprouts, which can develop into clonal colonies.^[1]

Maples are distinguished by opposite leaf arrangement. The leaves in most species are palmate veined and lobed, with 3-9 (rarely to 13) veins each leading to a lobe, one of which is central or apical. A small number of species differ in having palmate compound, pinnate compound, pinnate veined or unlobed leaves. Several species, including Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple), Acer mandshuricum (Manchurian Maple), Acer maximowiczianum (Nikko Maple), and Acer triflorum (Three-flowered Maple), have trifoliate leaves. One species, Acer negundo (Manitoba Maple), has pinnately compound leaves that may be simply trifoliate or may have five, seven, or rarely nine leaflets. A few, such as Acer laevigatum and Acer carpinifolium (Hornbeam Maple), have pinnately-veined simple leaves.

could not find an N tree

 

 

Oleaster ...

 

 

The Oleaster has been grown in Britain since the 16th century. It is native from southern Europe to China and the Himalayas. This small tree was formerly cultivated and prized for its many useful properties. It has nutritious berries which contain 10 % protein and leaves which contain vitamin C. These food could be dried and were an important food for the caravan journeys across the deserts of central Asia.

 

P is next .....

They are medium-sized to large or very large deciduous trees growing to 15�?0 m tall, with trunks up to 2.5 m diameter. The bark on young trees is smooth, white to greenish or dark grey, often with conspicuous lenticels; on old trees it remains smooth in some species, but becomes rough and deeply fissured in others. The shoots are stout, with (unlike in the related willows) the terminal bud present. The leaves are spirally arranged, and vary in shape from triangular to circular or (rarely) lobed, and with a long petiole; in species in the sections Populus and Aegiros, the petioles are laterally flattened, so that breezes easily cause the leaves to wobble back and forth, giving the whole tree a "twinkling" appearance in a breeze. Leaf size is very variable even on a single tree, typically with small leaves on side shoots, and very large leaves on strong-growing lead shoots. The leaves often turn bright gold to yellow before they fall during autumn.^[1][2]

 

Here is one for N

 

NYSSA SYLVATICA 

 

Medium sizes tree with columnar habit .Slow growing  with glossy green leaves which turn rich scarlet, orange and yellow in autumn

 

 

thanks hun for the N  !! 

 

 

Q is now ............. 

 

Quince is a tree which produces aromatic fruits. It is native to central Asia and was introduced to Britain many centuries ago. 

 

 

R is next .......

REDWOOD

 

Coast Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world and have reached heights of more than 360 ft (110m) in their native California. It was introduced in Britain in 1843.

The Sycamore has been around in Britain for a long time. Some experts think it may have been introduced by the Romans. It certainly has naturalised here and excels at seeding itself anywhere it can get a foothold. Thus is has become one of our most common trees. Many conservationists dislike it and have expanded great efforts to weed it out.

Teak foliage and seeds
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Verbenaceae Genus: Tectona
Species
Tectona grandis Tectona hamiltoniana Tectona philippinensis

 

 

A Wangnut Tree !!!!!!!!!!!!!  sounds like a load of old oak to me..

 

Next is X !!!

 

After much research I have found a tree begining with X

 

THE XMAS TREE.

 

 

 

The Yew was the original Church
a presence beyond our own dimensional experience

Before churches were ever build, the Yew itself was 'the Church', the sacred tree or grove where mortal people could go and be in a spiritual aura , which put us in contact with both the magnificence of the Life-force, as well as the mysteries beyond. Being in the presence of a Yew gives us an opportunity to get in touch with so many things which can not be expressed in words, but which can be felt, about the eternal source from which we all come and to which we shall one day return.
One of the many extra ordinary qualities of the Yew is its ability to rejuvenate itself and there are many reports of old haggard and injured yews which decennia later suddenly decide to resurrect themselves and begin sprouting again and put on new growth.
Lots of ancient churches were build on old Pagan Sacred Sites where people used to come since memory began and 'partake' in the Yew's presence. There is no doubt that ancient people were sometimes buried near the Yew, if this could be arranged, or that ashes were brought to the Sacred tree, as it was a Gateway to the Otherworld, where the Ancestors are. This practice made it also possible for Pagan people to have a point, where they could get in touch with the collective wisdom of generations of ancestors, who 'had merged' with the tree spirit. An early form of 'logging in' to a virtual world, you might say!
The idea of the Yew as a gateway is reinforced by the fact that all older Yews form hollow trunks, which can easily be seen by poetic minds as an entrance to the Otherworld.
The lives of ancient people in the temperate zones were marked by seasonal and other natural cycles, such as those of the moon and sun, and their spirituality reflects this deeply. Nature was their sacred book. The unique quality of the Yew is that it represents the dimensions beyond these cycles, because it simply does not seem to be dominated by the cyclic changes everything else is subject to, apart from its flowering and fruiting. It follows therefore that it was seen either as the still centre of the Life force, the 'Axis mundi' (meaning: the centre of the world) or as being related to the dimensions beyond this world.

 

 

Z  is next ............