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Boreal species spread north but were partially superseded by more temperate species. The
British Isles are notable for lacking certain species that exist up to the coast of nearby France. In most cases they have been introduced and have naturalised, some may have spread with birds though. In these
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with very little flora. Flora spread from refuges in areas of Europe which had retained climates suitable for such species (these areas today forming Europe's centres of plant diversity). Much of it came from Iberia, with others from the
Balkans and other areas of Europe which escaped glaciation.
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A wild plum sometimes cultivated. Used as a barrier and in cooking (especially in more northern and western areas where it is much hardier than other plums). Thought to be either selections of
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A wild plum sometimes cultivated. Used as a barrier and in cooking (especially in more northern and western areas where it is much hardier than other plums). Thought to be either selections of
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Wild form of sweet cherry. Cultivated specimens are thought to originate in
Southern Europe and Anatolia, but the trees are the same species and freely interbreed with the wild types.
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Very successful plant, often to the extent of it becoming a weed. Usually gathered from the wild where it is abundant (especially in western areas), but increasingly cultivated.
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cases the species arrived too late to cross the land bridge to Great
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taken by humans for their superior qualities and propagated, imported plums from West Asia or natural hybrids of
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List of native and naturalised cultivated fruits of the
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A useful website for researching flora (in
Swedish)
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184:Made into cider-like drinks in parts of Europe.
146:) One of the first trees to recolonise Britain.
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77:the cultivated apple
23:last glacial maximum
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