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Project lead on adapting existing forestry species by looking at provenance choice and trialling emerging and new tree species that could adapt to the changing climate.

Affiliations

Associate member and SE Committee member: Institute of Chartered Foresters www.charteredforesters.org

Member: Royal Forestry Society www.rfs.org.uk

Member: International Dendrology Society https://dendrology.org/

Member : International Oak Society www.internationaloaksociety.org

Life member: The Maple Society https://maplesociety.org

 

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Chris Reynolds

Species silviculturist
Silviculture and wood properties

Alice Holt

Alice Holt Lodge

Wrecclesham

Farnham

Surrey

Related Research

Research

Provenance variation of emerging species

Status current

Research

Priorities for research on Emerging Species

An analysis of species diversity of the Public Forest Estate in Britain to help inform the future direction of research on species and provenance.

Status completed

Related Publications

Publication

Seventeen coniferous tree species show early promise for future commercial timber production in the UK

Summary In the UK, commercial timber production is dominated by conifer forests consisting primarily of just nine introduced species, with Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) making up the largest proportion. However, overreliance on such a small range of species poses serious risks, due to the likelihood of future climate change and the increasing incidence of […]

Published

Publication

Providing the evidence base to diversify Britain’s forests

Early results of species and provenance trials established in 2012.

Published

Peer reviewed journal articles

Reynolds, C., Jinks, R., Kerr, G., Parratt, M., and Mason, B. (2020) Providing the evidence base to diversify Britain’s forests: initial results from a new generation of species trials. QJF, 115(1):26-37.

Reynolds, C., Kerr, G. and Forster, J. (2022) Alternatives to Corsican Pine: evidence and experience from a long-term  experiment in Thetford Forest. QJF, 116(2):92-99.