Tree planting by tenants in County Down during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
Registers of tenant tree planting between 1769 and 1909 are examined. 5.13 million trees were planted. Registrations were highest in the decade 1810-29, declining sharply in the mid-1830s. Numbers of trees planted peaked in the 1820-29 and 1830-39 decades as plantations became prominent. Three quarters of trees planted were conifers and larch accounted for 51% of all trees planted. Landscape impacts of planting are discussed in comparison with present woodlands and trees.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Irish geography, issn : 0075-0778, 1996, vol. 29, n°. 2, p. 83-95, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 13 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Irlande, Dublin, Geographical Society of Ireland