In the United Kingdom, ancient woodland is that which has existed continuously since 1600 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland)...
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of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972. The Woodland Trust has three aims: to protect ancient woodland which is rare...
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use with a legal definition and may not be wooded at all. The term ancient woodland is used in British nature conservation to refer to any wooded land...
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This list of ancient woods in England contains areas of ancient woodland in England larger than 10 hectares (25 acres). The list is arranged alphabetically...
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High Speed 2 (section Ancient woodland impact)
Take action now". Woodland Trust. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2017. "Ancient woodland, ancient trees and veteran...
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Coppicing (redirect from Coppiced woodland)
Coppicing /ˈkɒpɪsɪŋ/ is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to...
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the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and wood pasture. His books included Ancient Woodland (1980) and The History of the Countryside (1986)...
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Swithland Wood and The Brand (category Forests and woodlands of Leicestershire)
Woodhouse Eaves and Cropston. The wood is Leicestershire's most important ancient woodland for nature conservation. Quarries within the wood were a source of...
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Matley Bog is an ancient woodland bog in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. It is a sphagnum quaking bog with adjacent heather heathland. The stream that...
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Forestry in the United Kingdom (category Forests and woodlands of the United Kingdom)
2060. Ancient woodland is defined as any woodland that has been continuously forested since 1600. It is recorded on either the Register of Ancient Semi-Natural...
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44 ha (0.17 sq mi) area of ancient woodland on the western side of the hill. It is an SSSI and under the care of the Woodland Trust. "The Wenallt". Outdoor...
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linear, basal leaves. H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the understorey to produce carpets of violet–blue...
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Glen Finglas Estate (category Woodland Trust)
The closest towns are Aberfoyle and Callander. The Woodland Trust has restored ancient woodland and created the Great Trossachs Path, one of Scotland's...
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Downs. In the north-east the area contains part of Epping Forest, an ancient woodland. The City of London has had its own government since the Anglo-Saxon...
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Puzzlewood (category Forests and woodlands of Gloucestershire)
Puzzlewood Puzzlewood (grid reference SO578092) is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire...
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Whittlewood Forest (category Forests and woodlands of Northamptonshire)
England. It is managed by the Forestry England. There are tracts of ancient woodland within it and old ditches can be found at the edges of several individual...
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Gillies Hill (section Semi-natural Ancient Woodland)
majority of Gillies Hill has been classified as a Semi-natural Ancient Woodland by The Woodland Trust using aerial surveys and by a follow-up Phase 1 habitat...
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the larger northern section – so much so that it is considered to be ancient woodland. The wood is maintained by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, who have owned...
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the centre of the county, is Sherwood Forest, the remnant of a large ancient woodland. Nottinghamshire lies on the Roman Fosse Way, and there are Roman settlements...
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is a low-lying county with a flat coastline. It contains pockets of ancient woodland, including Epping Forest in the south-west, and in the north-east shares...
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designated green belt land to the south east of Sutton Park, including ancient woodland, historic wetland grazing meadows, former farmland, and part of Plants...
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Crataegus laevigata (redirect from Woodland hawthorn)
central Europe, from Great Britain (where it is typically found in ancient woodland and old hedgerows) and Spain, east to Romania and Ukraine. The species...
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woodland, compared with a national figure of about 9%. Of this, 17.6% is ancient woodland; in other words, over half the area's woodlands are ancient...
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includes pasture, heath, and forest and is of the largest expanses of ancient woodland remaining in England. Settled about 14,000 years ago, Hampshire's recorded...
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bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), especially in ancient woodland. It is considered to be an ancient woodland indicator species. All parts of the Allium ursinum...
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bluebells and ramsons in the Spring, suggesting it is the remnant of an ancient woodland. Richard Litcott (or Lidcott, Lydcot etc.) lived in Wood Burcote in...
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including; broad-leaf woodlands, hedgerows, limestone pavements, pastures, and riverbanks. It has been used as an indicator of ancient woodland in East Anglia...
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medieval farming hamlet of the manor of Anston, nestled amongst the ancient woodland of which a few patches remain. The village grew rapidly in the late...
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village of Holt. The reserve includes dry and wet heathland, bog and ancient woodland. The common has several nature conservation designations: national...
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elsewhere in Europe. Bluebells are a common indicator species for ancient woodlands, so bluebell woods are likely to date back to at least 1600. Some...
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