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