When aspen grows to larger sizes, it starts to become useful. This picture and the one below, both taken by Eleanor Garty, are from Latvia. In Scotland, there is very little aspen of a utilizable size, and what there is is so limited in extent that the biodiversity and amenity values are greater. In Latvia, aspen grows like a weed, respresenting up to 5% of the total tree cover in many areas and dominating clearfell sites. Whole sawmills are often processing nothing but aspen.
Clearly, we have a bit to go yet, but we can look at this and think and dream........
.........well done Eleanor. Great photos.
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