Welcome to the UKFGR website
The UK Forest Genetic Resources Group is a cross-institutional partnership working to understand, conserve and utilise the diverse and unique forest genetic resources (FGR) of the UK. On this website you will find our strategy and workshop documents alongside two interactive maps of Research and Conservation FGR within the UK.
Aims and scope
The primary purposes of the interactive maps are to (1) house the network of UK forest genetic resources, (2) provide a permanent site for the safe storage of data collected from the genetic trials, (3) encourage data sharing among institutions to multiply its value and fostering dissemination of results and (4) facilitate information exchange and the implementation of common validated protocols for the installation and measurement of forest genetic trials.
How to use the maps
The Research Trials map holds genetic trials, seed orchards, clonal archives and plus trees of the main commercial broadleaved species, while the Conservation Units map contains genetic conservation units (part of the EUFORGEN programme) and the locations of seed collections made during the National Tree Seed Project, run by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The two maps operate in the same way. All the resources are displayed as colour-coded pins that can be selected to reveal detailed information. A legend on the left-hand side allows the pins to be filtered by resource type or species and there is a switch to display the Regions of Provenance and National Seed Zone boundaries.
The location of each pin has been made purposefully imprecise due to GDPR.
How to obtain data
Datasets that are available are listed for each trial. You can obtain data by writing to the researcher responsible for managing the trial in question or contacting Future Trees Trust (info@futuretrees.org )
How to participate
If you manage or own a site conserving or utilising UK FGR it would be great to hear from you. Researchers or institutions interested in engaging with or contributing to the network are invited to contact Future Trees Trust (info@futuretrees.org )
The UK Forest Genetic Resources Group is a partnership between Future Trees Trust, Forest Research, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Woodland Trust and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Please see the Documents tab for our strategy and workshop reports. This website and the interactive maps are coordinated by Future Trees Trust.