Delamere Forest Visit - Lab Report Example

Delamere forest harbors animals such as the greater spotted woodpecker, tortoise shell butterfly, green wood pecker, white face darter dragon fly, southern hawker dragonfly and siskin. Nesting black headed gulls are found at the Blakemere Lake (Havel, 2007). The forest is also made up of many tree species some of which are indicated in the table below. Is one of the confer species. They have leaves that are acircular- shaped and are often called needles. The needles exist is fascicles of two to eight.

The fascicle sheath comprises of a persistent or deciduous bud scales. The seed cone often matures in two years. Apophysis is the exposed part of a closed cone. The protuberance on the apophysis is called umbo. Some pines may contain apophysis armed with a prickle. Scot pine is the most common distributed type in the world. Mostly found in the highland of Scotland and some parts of Britain. Scot pine is also found in some part of eastern Siberia, southern Spain and Arctic Circle in Scandinavia.

Scot pine forest in Scotland is however considered distinct and unique (Nisbet, 2008). Species of pine are found all over the world. Some example include; Pinus brutia in turkey, Pinus halepensis in Aleppo, and Pinus sylvestris in Scotland. In Asia, pinus dalatensis is found in Vietnam while Pinus densiflora is found in Korea. Is an example of a broad leaved tree found in England and other parts of the world. It is deciduous with an average of 30m tall and a diameter of two meters. The bark is pale grey and smooth on young trees and is vertically fissured and thick on old trees the shoots are greenish grey and stout.

The leaves are 30 cm long and are often among the last to open in spring. Broad leaved tree species are also known as angiosperms. The scientific name for common ash is Flaxinus excelsior. Ash tree are mainly distributed in Great Britain, England, Scotland and Wales. Most of the trees are located in the natural forests found