{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hedgerows-regulations-1997/schedule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hedgerows-regulations-1997/schedule-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1160",
  "legislation_title": "The Hedgerows Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hedgerows-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "WOODY SPECIES",
  "text": "Alder (Alnus glutinosa)\nApple, crab (Malus sylvestris)\nAsh (Fraxinus excelsior)\nAspen (Populus tremula)\nBeech (Fagus sylvatica)\nBirch, downy (Betula pubescens)\nBirch, silver (Betula pendula)\nBlack-poplar (Populus nigra sub-species betulifolia)\nBlackthorn (Prunus spinosa)\nBox (Buxus sempervirens)\nBroom (Cytisus scoparius)\nBuckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)\nBuckthorn, alder (Frangula alnus)\nButcher’s-broom (Ruscus aculeatus)\nCherry, bird (Prunus padus)\nCherry, wild (Prunus avium)\nCotoneaster, wild (Cotoneaster integerrimus)\nCurrant, downy (Ribes spicatum)\nCurrant, mountain (Ribes alpinum)\nDogwood (Cornus sanguinea)\nElder (Sambucus nigra)\nElm (Ulmus species)\nGooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)\nGorse (Ulex europaeus)\nGorse, dwarf (Ulex minor)\nGorse, western (Ulex gallii)\nGuelder rose (Viburnum opulus)\nHawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)\nHawthorn, midland (Crataegus laevigata)\nHazel (Corylus avellana)\nHolly (Ilex aquilfolium)\nHornbeam (Carpinus betulus)\nJuniper, common (Juniperus communis)\nLime, large-leaved (Tilia platyphyllos)\nLime, small-leaved (Tilia cordata)\nMaple, field (Acer campestre)\nMezereon (Daphne mezereum)\nOak, pedunculate (Quercus robur)\nOak, sessile (Quercus petraea)\nOsier (Salix viminalis)\nPear, Plymouth (Pyrus cordata)\nPear, wild (Pyrus pyraster)\nPoplar, grey (Populus x canescens)\nPoplar, white (Populus alba)\nPrivet, wild (Ligustrum vulgare)\nRose (Rosa species)\nRowan (Sorbus aucuparia)\nSea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnnoides)\nService-tree, wild (Sorbus torminalis)\nSpindle (Euonymus europaeus)\nSpurge-laurel (Daphne laureola)\nWalnut (Juglans regia)\nWayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana)\nWhitebeam (Sorbus species)\nWillow (Salix species)\nYew (Taxus baccata)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 in force at 1.6.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1160/schedule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:08:57.169340+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}