Glen Dochart System
Aspen is well distributed throughout the Dochart system, with 44 remnants recorded, and several sites with 50-100 trees. One aspect that appears peculiar to the Dochart is that aspen was recorded in a number of situations were it was the only species present, unlike the other two glens were aspen was almost always growing among other native species. The most significant record and example of this was the sapling aspen found at 2200 ft on Ben Lui, two hundred metres from the symbolic Source of the Tay and over a mile from any other native woodland species. This is among the 2-3 highest records for the species in the UK, and easily the highest in the western half of the country.
Aspen is well distributed throughout the Dochart system, with 44 remnants recorded, and several sites with 50-100 trees. One aspect that appears peculiar to the Dochart is that aspen was recorded in a number of situations were it was the only species present, unlike the other two glens were aspen was almost always growing among other native species. The most significant record and example of this was the sapling aspen found at 2200 ft on Ben Lui, two hundred metres from the symbolic Source of the Tay and over a mile from any other native woodland species. This is among the 2-3 highest records for the species in the UK, and easily the highest in the western half of the country.
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