Essences
	A forest consisted of two thirds of broad-leaved trees and a third of conifers

The omnipresent oak

The forest limousine is a young forest which constituted for a century. At the head of broad-leaved trees, the Oak cuts itself an important place, in spite of the emergence of conifers as the Douglas.

For a century, the forest considerably extended, both at the level of the broad-leaved trees and the conifers. These last ones especially progressed in the second part of the 20th century, more particularly in the implementation of the National Forest Collection.

All the essences progressed in surface, except the sweet chestnut tree.

Proportion of essences of tree which compose the forest limousine
Oaks pédonculé and reopen: 43,1 %
Sweet chestnut tree: 9,1 %
Beech: 6,3 % the
Other broad-leaved trees: 7 %
Fir-tree: 9,7 %
common Spruce: 9,4 %
Douglas: 9,4 %
the Other conifers: 5,9 %

	The broad-leaved trees of Limousin
	The imprint of the Sweet chestnut tree

	The conifers of Limousin
	Douglas, value of future