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78 Seed project: Sloes collected for the Kew Millennium Seed Bank. Credit: Andy Karran


GWENT WILDLIFE TRUST HELPS UK TREE SEED PROJECT


Gwent Wildlife Trust is celebrating the milestone of collecting 1,305,631 seeds (with more currently being processed) during more than 90 collections from South Wales and the borders, over the past five years, as part of the UK National Tree Seed Project which was set up by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, to protect the UK’s trees.


Tree seeds that have been collected are safely banked in the underground vaults of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, the largest wild plant seed bank in the world, to form the UK’s first national collection of tree seeds.


These collections play a vital role in conservation work to protect UK trees and woodlands, including against pests and diseases such as Ash dieback and global challenges such as the effects of climate change. The collections, and associated data, are available to researchers working on solutions to tackle the many threats facing our woodlands.


With the help of 15 volunteers, the group has worked successfully in all weathers, to collect popular UK tree species such as Hazel, various Willow species and Yew, helping to make a strong collection to be sent to the Millennium Seed Bank.


Seed collections and locations have included Hazel seeds from The Skirrid, in Abergavenny, various seeds including Small Leaved Limed Tree seeds from within the nationally important woods of The Wye Valley, Hawthorn seeds from Silent Valley Nature Reserve in Ebbw Vale, Grey Willow seeds from Magor Marsh Nature Reserve, Alder Buckthorn seeds from Henllys Bog Nature Reserve in Cwmbran and ten different species of tree seeds from the Llanthony Valley in Abergavenny.


Andy Karran, Senior Conservation Ecologist at Gwent Wildlife Trust (GWT) explains; “The project has had multiple benefits for GWT, apart from the obvious benefits of conserving our trees for future generations, the volunteers enjoy educational days


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