Flora Notes

'Huntstown Wood' is a mixed broadleaf wood containing the following trees:

• Major Tree Planting:
  • Pedunculate oak
  • Ash
    • a number of the trees are showing signs of ash dieback.
  • Common alder
  • Silver birch
  • Japanes larch
• Minor Tree Planting:
  • Rowan
  • Wild cherry
  • Field maple
  • Sweet Chestnut
  • Hawthorn

The following shrubs were planted in 'Huntstown Wood':

• Buckthorn
• Crab apple:
  • tree with apples found Autumn 2018.
  • second tree found spring 2019.
  • third tree found in the northern stream bank spring 2019.
• Dogwood alder
• Guelder rose
• Hazel
• Holly
• Sallow
• Willow
  • a number are self-sown and are crowding out some of the main planting.

The following woodland plants have been found in 'Huntstown Wood':

• Cuckoo Flower
• Dandelion
• Stinging Nettle