The efforts are focused in riparian areas where aspen play an important role in stabilising the riverbank, creating shade and providing nutrients in the form of leaf fall. In doing so, this will help sequester carbon, create important woodland habitat and improve the health of Scotland's rivers. Each sapling planted, will over the course of it’s lifetime, sequester more than 0.25 tons of CO2 and help restore biodiversity to the native woodlands.
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To restore the natural diversity of the native woodlands and return Aspen to the landscape, we are embarking on a long-term project to plant and support the natural regeneration of aspen trees in Scotland.
With your contribution, we plant one Aspen sapling and look after it until it is at a stage it can thrive on its own. (Normally 3 – 5 years)
The saplings are planted during the next planting window (spring or autumn).
Beginning in Spring 2021, we launched an ambitious project to plant and protect 10,000 aspen trees over the next 5 years. We are planting open areas with trees grown in nurseries and trialling different techniques to protect naturally regenerating aspen from deer browsing e.g. planting thorny shrubs. We will focus our efforts in riparian areas where aspen play an important role in stabilising the river bank, creating shade and providing nutrients in the form of leaf fall. In doing so, we will help sequester carbon, create important woodland habitat and improve the health of Scotland's rivers.
Aspen is considered to be a keystone species because of its ecological importance for other species. It provides vital habitat for a number of invertebrates, including aspen hoverfly (Hammerschmidtia ferruginea), an endangered species in the UK, as well as a diversity of lichen and bryophytes. Aspen is an important source of food for wildlife like, the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber), and provides important nesting sites for several species of hole nesting birds, such as woodpeckers. In Europe, aspen stands have been shown to be used by capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), another endangered species in Britain and of great conservation concern.
Historical management of Scotland’s woodlands for timber meant that non-useful trees, like aspen, were removed. This, coupled with the fact that aspen is one of the most palatable trees to deer and other herbivores, has reduced aspen in Scotland to small isolated fragments. High densities of deer are now limiting the regeneration and return of aspen to the Scottish landscape. Aspen also rarely produces seeds in Scotland, reproducing mainly by new shoots growing directly from the roots of mature trees. As a result, once aspen is removed from a site, it is very slow to colonise.
Only once planted can we create the content deliverables.
We are a social enterprise on a mission to restore nature and fight climate change through our reforestation and rewilding projects. Our team shares a passion for the outdoors and the preservation of our natural world. As such we work with one mission in mind, to restore wild ecosystems, support wildlife and biodiversity and help fight climate change.
To restore the natural diversity of the native woodlands and return Aspen to the landscape, we are embarking on a long-term project to plant and support the natural regeneration of aspen trees in Scotland.
With your contribution, we plant one Aspen sapling and look after it until it is at a stage it can thrive on its own. (Normally 3 – 5 years)
The saplings are planted during the next planting window (spring or autumn).
The efforts are focused in riparian areas where aspen play an important role in stabilising the riverbank, creating shade and providing nutrients in the form of leaf fall. In doing so, this will help sequester carbon, create important woodland habitat and improve the health of Scotland's rivers. Each sapling planted, will over the course of it’s lifetime, sequester more than 0.25 tons of CO2 and help restore biodiversity to the native woodlands.
Detailed map and GPS location
Imagery of your item
Video about the completed project
Drone footage of the project
Beginning in Spring 2021, we launched an ambitious project to plant and protect 10,000 aspen trees over the next 5 years. We are planting open areas with trees grown in nurseries and trialling different techniques to protect naturally regenerating aspen from deer browsing e.g. planting thorny shrubs. We will focus our efforts in riparian areas where aspen play an important role in stabilising the river bank, creating shade and providing nutrients in the form of leaf fall. In doing so, we will help sequester carbon, create important woodland habitat and improve the health of Scotland's rivers.
Aspen is considered to be a keystone species because of its ecological importance for other species. It provides vital habitat for a number of invertebrates, including aspen hoverfly (Hammerschmidtia ferruginea), an endangered species in the UK, as well as a diversity of lichen and bryophytes. Aspen is an important source of food for wildlife like, the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber), and provides important nesting sites for several species of hole nesting birds, such as woodpeckers. In Europe, aspen stands have been shown to be used by capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), another endangered species in Britain and of great conservation concern.
Historical management of Scotland’s woodlands for timber meant that non-useful trees, like aspen, were removed. This, coupled with the fact that aspen is one of the most palatable trees to deer and other herbivores, has reduced aspen in Scotland to small isolated fragments. High densities of deer are now limiting the regeneration and return of aspen to the Scottish landscape. Aspen also rarely produces seeds in Scotland, reproducing mainly by new shoots growing directly from the roots of mature trees. As a result, once aspen is removed from a site, it is very slow to colonise.
Only once planted can we create the content deliverables.
We are a social enterprise on a mission to restore nature and fight climate change through our reforestation and rewilding projects. Our team shares a passion for the outdoors and the preservation of our natural world. As such we work with one mission in mind, to restore wild ecosystems, support wildlife and biodiversity and help fight climate change.
