population was Christian The Kirk- national church 15,000 Baptists, Episcopalians and conservative Presbyterians. Geography Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Bounded by England and water. 790 island including Northern Isles and the Hebrides. Largest lake the Lake of Menteith Largest loch Loch Lomond Highest Mountain Ben Nevis 4,406 feet high Regions Flora and Fauna Golden eagle Fortingall Yew 2000-5000 years old Coos are iconic to highland Fauna emblem of scotland is unicorn and rampant lion Grand Fir is the tallest tree in the United Kingdom Famous people Ewan McGregor-actor Alexander Graham Bell Sir Sean Connery Rod Stewart Gerard Butler Robert Carlyle-actor Sir Alexander Fleming- Robert Archibald-1st penicillin scottish NBA player
water-logged ground or sticky wet clay. They also grow well on chalk. They resist pollution and can flourish in the shade of taller trees. Yew trees are often found lining cemeteries and churchyards Ancient yews Yews are slow-growing and long-lived, and are often associated with cemeteries where the trees grow undisturbed. There are many European yews whose age has been analyzed to be many hundreds of years old. The oldest yew on record is the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire, Scotland, which is estimated to be around 5,000 years old Under threat European Yews are a threatened species because they never fully succeeded in regenerating after deforestation, and due to the modern day over-harvesting for Taxol. They have always been considered a trash tree and are thus threatened by deforestation.
the Scottish flora include boreal Caledonian forest (much reduced from its natural extent), heather moorland and coastal machair. In addition to the native varieties of vascular plants there are numerous nonnative introductions, now believed to make up some 43% of the species in the country. The are a variety of important trees species and specimens; a Douglas Fir near Inverness is the tallest tree in the United Kingdom and the Fortingall Yew may be the oldest tree in Europe. The Shetland Mouseear and Scottish Primrose are endemic flowering plants and there are a variety of endemic mosses and lichens. Conservation of the natural environment is well developed and various organisations play an important role in the stewardship of the country's flora. Numerous references to the country's flora appear in folklore, song and poetry. Flora in Scottish culture !
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