UNHIDE Agroforestry booklet 2025.09.22 - Flipbook - Page 29
Anna Bole-Williamson and Fabian Ryft.
The long term wish, Leo explains, is to make this
public recreation spot into a seed source and a
learning site, possibly with a “plant station” engaged in plant exchanges.
Interestingly enough, walnut trees seem to prefer
the same conditions as ash trees, and making use
of the sun pockets resulting from fallen ashes, is a
creative way to deal with assisted migration.
Another option would be to plant walnuts next to
ashes, the group contemplated, recalling a story
told that many walnut trees in Scania died during
Leo with one of his grafted walnuts (Juglans regia)
the harsh war winters of 1939-42, with the exception of a few that had ash trees as neighbours.
Is it justified to introduce walnut and sweet chestnut trees into Scania deciduous forests? If done
with great care for native species and natural
values, the answer is yes according to the group,
arguing that the landscapes of tomorrow need to
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In Nordic mythology the Tree of Life, Yggdrasil, is
referred to as an ash that supports all creatures
and represents the cycle of birth, growth, death
and rebirth.
