• Broad Leaved Woodland (5+yrs)

As defined by DEFRA in their CS2000 report:

‘This form of woodland is dominated by trees that are more than 5m high when mature, which form a distinct, although sometimes open, canopy with a cover of greater than 20%. It includes stands of native broad-leaved trees (oak, ash and beech), non-native broad-leaved trees (sycamore and horse-chestnut), and yew trees, where the percentage cover of these trees in the stand exceeds 20% of the total cover of the trees present.’

Broad-leaved woodland is much more diverse (in terms of the species it plays host to) than coniferous woodland when mature.

The following pictures demonstrate typical broad-leaved woodland habitat on the farm:

Species found in this habitat to date are listed in the table below:

Common Name Scientific Name
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium cynapioides
Ground Ivy Nepeta hederacea
Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi
Red Campion Melandrium dioicium
Wood Forget-Me-Not Myosotis sylvatica
Common Bent Agrostis tenuis
Common Couch Agropyron repens
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Hairy Brome Bromus ramosus
Perennial Rye Grass Lolium perenne
Sheep's Fescue Festuca ovina
Smooth Meadow Grass Poa pratensis
Timothy Phleum pratense
Wood Meadow Grass Poa nemoralis

Unidentified Species

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