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The newly restored River Culm floodplain at Killerton where a population of rare black poplar is being established A living gene bank of the rarest native tree in Britain, the black poplar, is ...

A living gene bank of the rarest native tree in Britain, the black poplar, is being created in an urgent effort to create a breeding population. The National Trust at Killerton in Devon is ...

Efforts are being stepped up to save Britain’s rarest and most threatened native species of tree. The National Trust is creating a “living library” gene bank of trees in east Devon to help ...