Trees, flowers and birds common in Britain英国文学 教学课件.ppt

Trees Common in England Beech 山毛榉 Beech trees can reach 40m in height and have widely spreading branches. The oval leaves have veins protruding from the edges. The leaves start out yellow-green and turn shiny dark green later in the season. The rich brown leaves of autumn often remain on beech in hedges into the winter. Beech trunks have smooth, silver bark. The mast is a case of four sections which falls from the tree in autumn and opens to allow the seed inside to germinate. Beech seedlings can often be found in large numbers in a beech woodland during the spring. Native to southern England. Pale green leaves beech masts tree in spring mature tree in winter Beech in autumn Hazel榛树 Hazel is most commonly seen as a shrub because of its lack of a main trunk. Hazel woodlands are usually managed by regular cutting known as coppicing so that each hazel sends up a large number of near vertical branches from ground level. If uncoppiced, Hazel trees can grow to a height of 8-10 metres and produce a trunk. Easily recognisable at any time of year, hazel is characterised by its yellow brown twigs and its developing green male flowers known as catkins during the winter. In spring these catkins open out to release their pollen and appear as long yellow strands (see images hazel4, hazel5, hazel6 below.) The female flower is a tiny red structure which captures pollen particles from the wind (see image female hazel below. ? Each Hazel tree has both male and female flowers.? Its rounded hairy leaves with pointed tips are characteristic in the Summer, while Autumn sees the maturing hazelnuts as they turn from green to brown. Managed Hazel woodlands are especially important in supporting the endangered Dormouse. Correctly coppiced, the hazel bushes interlock with outward growing branches enabling the arboreal dormouse to move from tree to tree in search of Hazelnuts, one of its favourite foods. Sycamore西克莫枫 The commonest member of the Maple family in Britain, Sycamore