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The elm tree can return to the British countryside ... who have been working behind the scenes to cross elite elms with British native species to get a tree with the familiar shape and form.

FLS forester Sam Brown said: “Having lived hidden away, many miles from the closest tree of the same species, the old elm of Glen Affric has escaped the ravages of Dutch Elm disease.