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In our soft island climate too many evergreens become oppressive, and we need a very carefully balanced combination of evergreen and deciduous planting to give us the right degree of comfort, variety and satisfaction. But with a brighter light and greater extremes of temperature, a much higher proportion of evergreen is felt to be right.

— Brenda Colvin Land and Landscape (1948)

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For most of the British Isles, tree cover is the normal condition. Any area below the five hundred metre contour that is left to itself and protected from vandalism, grazing or other biotic factors, will revert to forest unless exposed to high gales or salt spray.

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Land and Landscape (1948)

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