Quick Quiz

[sunny-dave]

From Today's Times Puzzle email :

Can you find the common names of British trees that meet the criteria below? (Trees classed as native or naturalised by the Woodland Trust. Single-word names only: for example, BEECH covers both COPPER BEECH and COMMON BEECH.)

1 Which four begin with A?

2 Which two end with W?

3 Which one contains an X?

[bobbinwales]

2 yew and willow

[sunny-dave]

Yes bobbin

[jazzyjen]

1. Ash, Aspen, Alder. Does Apple tree count?

[sunny-dave]

Yes - jazzyjen

[roslyn251254]

3. box?

[geevo41]

aspen
alder
ash
acer

willow
yew

box

[sunny-dave]

Yep - Box it is - all done

[sunny-dave]

Acer is interesting - I thought that at first too - but it seems that it's not in the WT list - presumably regarded as the Latin name

[sunny-dave]

pressed enter too early

the Latin name for the Maple family/genus

[michaelsmith03]

yeah