Trees
The cathedral incorporates the following trees.
- Ash (cloister walk)
- Beech (summer chapel, corner towers)
- Cherry
- wild (autumn circle)
- flowering (Easter chapel)
- pillar (dew pond enclosure)
- Cedar
- Deodar (north transept, Christmas chapel)
- Atlantic (lady chapel)
- Cypress (dew pond enclosure)
- Hornbeam (south entrance avenue)
- Horse Chestnut (transepts, western approach)
- Lime (nave)
- Lombardy Poplar (corner towers)
- Norway Maple (Wallsam Way)
- Norway Spruce (Christmas chapel)
- Oak (south entrance, nave, Gospel Oak)
- Rowan (summer chapel)
- Silver Birch (chancel, corner towers)
- Scots Pine (corner towers, north transept, western approach)
- Whitebeam (south entrance, summer chapel)
- Willow (dew pond enclosure)
- Yew (summer chapel, Wallsam Way, chancel)
The site also includes a number of notable shrubs including Berberis, Cotoneaster, Dogwood, Flowering Currant, Holly, Hazel, Lilac, Laurustinus, Laurel, May, Philadelphus, Privet, Rhododendron, and Wild Rose.
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