Besides herbs, trees are also used in the green practice. They are
grown for a variety of purposes, wands, staffs, and stangs (the
forked staff) are made from them, and the bark, wood, leaves, flowers
and fruit are used in spellwork. The following is a list of trees and
the properties for which they may be utilized: Alder: water magic, strength Apple: love, spirit food Ash: study, health, enhances magic, besom, stang Birch: purification, blessing, health, beginnings, besom Elder: cleansing, offering Fir/Pine: prosperity, birth and rebirth, stang Hawthorn: purity, protection, wand, attracts fairies Hazel: wisdom, all-around Witch's wand Holly: enhances magic Ivy: fertility, love Mountain Ash (rowan): protection, enhances magic, stang Oak: fertility, power, balance, protection, success, stang Poplar:success Vine (grape): happiness Willow: moon magic, wishing, spirits, death passage, besom Yew: psychic awareness, spirits, death passageWitches and Trees