Further reading Forestry Commission publications Forestry Commission Practice Note 12: – Handling and storing acorns & chestnuts and sycamore fruits Forestry Commission Bulletin 121: – Forest tree seedlings: best practice in supply, treatment and planting – Forest reproductive materials: regulations controlling seed, cuttings and planting stock for forestry in Great Britain For ordering information and details of these and other Forestry Commission publications, visit our online publications catalogue at www.forestry.gov.uk/publications
Other publications Agency for the protection of the environment and for technical services (APAT) Roma, Italy – Seed propagation of Mediterranean trees and shrubs British Columbia Ministry of Forests – Native woody plant seed collection guide for British Columbia – Seed Handling Guidebook Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland – Our trees – A guide to growing Northern Ireland’s native trees from seed Danida Forest Seed Centre. – Guide to handling of tropical and sub–tropical forest seed Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) – Seeds of forest broadleaves: from harvest to sowing The Tree Council – The good seed guide
Useful websites Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – Seed Information Database (release 7.0) – www.kew.org/data/sid United States Forest Service – Woody plant seed manual – www.nsl.fs.fed.us/wpsm
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