Trees and Plants
The woodland is Beech, Oak, Ash, and the Small-leaved Lime and Large-leaved Lime. There are Birches, Field Maple, Aspen, Yew, Holly, Whitebeam, Alder and other varieties. The understorey is dominated by Hazel and also includes Dogwood, Hawthorn and similar for the area.
The ground flora includes Dog's Mercury and Bramble and species recorded include Wild Madder, Toothwort, Lily-of-the-valley, Herb Paris, and Bird's-nest Orchid.
Read more about this topic: Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve
Famous quotes containing the words trees and, trees and/or plants:
“Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
“It was when the trees were leafless first in November
And their blackness became apparent, that one first
Knew the eccentric to be the base of design.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“The holly and the ivy
Are plants that are well known
Of all the trees that grow in the woods
The holly bears the crown.”
—Unknown. The Holly and the Ivy (l. 1–4)