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
Chris Reynolds
Species silviculturist
Silviculture and wood properties
Alice Holt
Alice Holt Lodge
Wrecclesham
Farnham
Surrey
Related Research
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
Themes
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.