Shelter belt trees

Several grids of trees planted to provide shelter for the livestock that frequent this side of the Pentland Hills. The Boghall Burn is in the foreground.

The alder (Alnus species) is moderately frost-resistant, drought-tolerant and fast-growing. Its deep roots and ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen makes it less competitive with nearby crops for nutrients and moisture than some other tree species. Consequently alders need little root ...

Poplars are most commonly planted on hill country to help stabilise slopes, or along stream banks to prevent erosion. Many have also been used as shelter belts on farms and orchards. Growers need to plant species resistant to poplar rust fungal disease, ...

Shelterbelts -- Edible landscaping -- Ornamentals -- Reclamation -- Naturalization. Read on! Also: basic layout of this site, recommendations on how to use it. Kinds and sizes of trees

A good shelterbelt will filter the wind, provide food for birds and bugs and above all, keep stock happy. Words: Sheryn Dean QUICK GROWING, TALL TREES Silver wattle Acacia dealbata is a quick-growing, nitrogen-fixing evergreen you can also coppice for firewood. It has a profusion of yellow flowers in late winter-early spring, often a time bees are short of good food. Tolerates droughts. Tasmanian blackwood Acacia melanoxylin is also a quick-growing nitrogen-fixer that can be coppiced for…

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Shelter belt on its way