Trees for Exposed Sites
The list below shows some of the trees that can tolerate growing in windy or exposed sites:
- Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore)
- Betula pendula (Silver birch)
- Betula pubescens (Downy birch) - not for coastal areas
- Crataegus x lavallei (Hybrid Cockspur Thorn)
- Crataegus monogyna (Common hawthorn)
- Fraxinus excelsior (Ash)
- Laburnum
- Picea abies (Norwegian spruce) - not for coastal areas
- Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce ) - not for coastal areas
- Pinus contorta (Shore pine)
- Pinus nigra (Austrian pine)
- Pinus sylvestris (Austrian pine)
- Quercus robur (Common oak)
- Salix alba (Willow)
- Sorbus aria (Whitebeam)
- Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain ash)