Montane Scrub

Natural Heritage Management

• Foreword
• Introduction
• What is montane scrub
• The loss of the ‘wee trees’
• Plants of the scrub
• Wildlife in the scrub
• Restoring the landscape
• The woods and the trees
• Shelter on the hill
• Game benefits
• Enjoying the hills
• Ecological values
• Action for scrub
• Bringing back the ‘wee trees’
• Further reading

Further reading

Forestry Commission (1998).
Treeline Woodland & the Woodland Grant Scheme.
Forestry Commission (National Office, Scotland), Edinburgh

Gilbert, D, Horsefield, D and Thompson, DBA (1997)
The ecology and restoration of montane and sub-alpine scrub habitats in Scotland.
(Scottish Natural Heritage Review no.83).

Horsfield, D and Thompson DBA (1996)
The uplands: guidance on terminology regarding altitudinal zonation and related terms
(SNH Information and Advisory Note No 26).

MacKenzie N A (2000)
Low alpine, subalpine and coastal scrub communities in Scotland
(Highland Birchwoods)

Ramsey, Paul (1996),
Revival of the land: Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve.
(Scottish natural Heritage)