My favourite examples of plant life in Northern Ireland
Sessile oak
A tall tree that can grow up to 15-30 m it has the appearance of the normal oak tree yet it’s acorns are not held on stalks like the more common English oak but are attached directly to its outer twigs, they are native to Northern Ireland and are commonly found in the north and uplands of the rest of the UK, it is a very common tree with leaves that are lobed with a long leaf stock the leaf lobes are also shallow.
They provide food and shelter to about 326 species of wildlife making them vital to the biodiversity of Northern Ireland. A common site for them is the Breen wood in Northern Ireland one of the last “ancient” pieces of woodland in the country of which there is less than 1% of land cover when in the past it used to be 100%.
