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Scotland's Native Trees and Shrubs
Policy: The Scottish Executive policy in relation to the Selection & Use of Native Trees & Shrubs
- The Scottish Executive's long term landscape strategy is to protect and enhance Scotland's natural heritage. A central theme of this strategy is the protection and enhancement of biodiversity in which native trees and woodlands play an important role.
- The most important criteria for the selection of any tree or shrub (native or otherwise) are that it must be fit for the purpose, must grow well and fulfil design objectives.
- The first consideration shall always be the use of a native species. Where a native species can fully meet the design objectives it shall be used. Where a native species cannot fully meet the design requirements, a non-native may be used.
- Where native species are selected they shall be of local genetic origin or provenance as defined in Cost Effective Landscape: Learning from Nature, Appendix 1. The order of preference is set out in a descending order from the immediate locality to the nearest available source.
- Where Scots pine are to be planted within a designated Caledonian Pine Zone their seed origin shall be in accordance with the biochemical regions described in the Caledonian Pinewood Inventory available from The Forestry Commission.
The Scottish trunk road network comprises over 6000 hectares of roadside land, representing all facets of the Scottish landscape both urban and rural - highlands, lowlands, farmland, forest, loch-side and coast.
'Cost Effective Landscape: Learning from Nature' describes the Scottish Executive's landscape design and management policy. It is a requirement that all landscape design and management complies with the procedure set out in this document. 'Scotland's Native Trees and Shrubs - A designers' guide to their Selection, Procurement and Use in road landscape' is one of a series of documents that help to develop the policy further.
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