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    Which country is thought to have the greatest total number of miles of planted hedgerows, how many miles are there estimated to be there and which specific plant makes up the greatest portion of these hedgerows?

    Question #79816. Asked by gmackematix. (May 02 07 7:58 PM)


    pappa_bear

    		England, estimated at over 500,000 miles and Hawthorn would be the primary plant.

    May 02 07, 8:55 PM
    gmackematix

    		Well I think it is the UK and hawthorn, although most estimates I've read claim there are nearer 200,000 miles left in England.
    Had I asked this back in 1950 the figure was thought to be nearer 650,000 miles.

    May 03 07, 12:29 AM
    lanfranco

    		Gmack, I looked at some sites on this last night but decided not to post them because they tended to contradict one another. However, this one does say that there were around 500,000 miles of hedges in 1946 and that by 1993, the number had fallen to around 236,000 miles:


    http://www.hedgelayer.freeserve.co.uk/hedlan.htm

    May 03 07, 7:50 AM
    MonkeyOnALeash

    		If each house had 400 feet of hedgerow, 100 feet per side, there would be 6,600,000 home completely surrounded by hedgerow. Inconceivable! I do not trust these numbers.

    May 03 07, 9:15 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Monkey - the hedgerows referred to are around farm fields rather than houses and gardens. Garden hedges in the UK are mainly privet, with a little beech in places. The countryside hedges, which the USA probably doesn't have to such an extent, are in the main hawthorn, although blackthorn is to be found as well. (Easiest to tell in the flowering season - blackthorn flowers before the leaves appear, while hawthorn gets its leaves on first.) They're replanting some hedgerows in my area, and they've started to lay hedges here too, which I never remember them doing before about 10 years ago. The hawthorn is the 'may' in the old saying 'Cast ne'er a clout till may is out'. This means don't give up your winter clothing until the may flower appears (when the weather will fairly certainly be warmer). It doesn't refer to the month of May as such, although the flower takes its name from the month.

    May 03 07, 11:16 AM

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