The Conservation And Management Of Sea Buckthorn In The UK:

Hippophaé rhamnoides L. Sea Buckthorn (Elaeagnaceae) is a Eurasian, woody, dioecious, wind pollinated, much branched thorny shrub with drupe-like orange or yellow fruit and seed that are mostly dispersed by birds. It occurs in a range extending from the Atlantic coasts of Europe across to northwestern China. Sea buckthorn was introduced from Russia to the Canadian prairies in the 1930s (Li and Beveridge, 2003). In Europe it has a highly fragmented distribution and is largely confined to the coast, with some inland exceptions along rivers and sub-alpine areas. Sea buckthorn occurs as a coastal species in north-west Europe along the Atlantic and North Sea coasts from Norway to northern France. In the UK it is found at scattered coastal localities and has been planted both inland and at coastal sites.'° In 2009 the trials began for commercial sea buckthorn farming in the UK."