Find Trees With Me

I went walking on Speltham Down, Hambledon in the meadow to the right of the road. These are the trees I found on my walk:

Horse Chestnut

The Horse Chestnut tree is the tree that grows conkers. Unlike the Sweet Chestnut you cannot eat conkers but instead you can play games with them and alot of other things but you musn't take too many conkers because nature needs them to grow new trees. Conkers are fun to prize open with gloves and trying not to get spiked by the sharp cases.

Beech Tree

A Beech is common but beautiful. The Beech tree is also know as the queen of British trees. Its inspiring branches reach out making its canopy a lovely place to sit on a hot day like today. Every Beech tree grows Beech nuts which are fun to play with but also a tasty snack for wild boar!

Sycamore

A Sycamore tree can often be called a helicopter tree because if you throw a Sycamore seed in the air it will spin like a helicopter, it is especially pretty on a windy day. This amazing tree might have been introduced to the UK by the Romans. The tree has colonised woodland and become a source of food and protection for wildlife.

Hawthorn

Hawthorn is also called the May tree because its flowers bloom in May. In folklore it was said that to keep young ladies looking young and youthful they were to wash their face in the dew of the hawthorn on the 1st of May. Hawthorn is a sign Spring is turning into Summer.

Cherry Laurel

This tree is not actually native to Britain but we saw the tree peering over somebody's fence. It was very pretty and I wished it could be one of our native trees. The Cherry Laurel is an evergreen cherry tree native to countries bordering the black sea. Commonly from Asia and Southeastern Europe these trees are used to make pretty Laurel wreaths like many trees in this family.

Hope you enjoyed these facts and I will be back with more Find Trees With Me!

If you want to see the trees in more detail click on the video below.