Gwent Wildlife
Trust contacted the Friends about collecting Alder cones from the Nant Fawr as
part of the UK National Tree Seed Project. This
involves collecting seeds from all the native tree and shrub species from high
and low altitude from every Geographic Zone in the UK (including Lowland Alder
from Geographic Zone 303 i.e. the Nant Fawr area).The seeds are then stored
(frozen) in the Millennium Seed Bank and can be used for research and
restocking the countryside, which is particularly pertinent given the range of
tree diseases threatening our native flora. 
Andy and John spent the morning (fortunately dry!) of November 21st collecting alder cones from Woods Covert and Rhydypenau Woods. It's a pleasure to be able to contribute to such an important project.
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