Revival project for endangered native trees
The population of black poplar trees has dwindled to around 7,000 trees in the UK and Ireland.
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""Of the 7,000 or so trees left, only about 600 are female and the rest male. This severely limits natural seed reproduction.""
— Ambrose Greenfield , Activist
""We've taken cuttings from the two mature trees we do know of in the Howardian Hills, one of which is female.""
— Ambrose Greenfield , Activist
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The population of black poplar trees has dwindled to around 7,000 trees in the UK and Ireland.
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