Floristic Composition of Oakwood 



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as primrose {Primula vulgaris), bluebell (Scilla rwn- 

 scripta), wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), dog's 

 mercury (Mercurialis perennis), red campion (Lychnis 

 dioica), creeping bugle (Ajuga repiaw6'), yellow archangel 

 or weasel-snout (Lamium Galeobdolon) , which arise in 

 this way, form one of the best-known and most attractive 

 features of our coppice-woods. Gradually, as the coppice 

 grows up, this vegetation diminishes in vigour, till the 

 paucity of species and individuals characteristic of old 

 coppice is re-established. 



The following is a fairly full, though it does not pretend 

 to be an exhaustive, list, of the Quercetum Eoihris, or 

 damp oakwood of clays and loams. 



Tree layer.''"" " ' '^tt 



ViP 



'^"^ 



■< Querous Bobur (=Q. 

 dunculata) 



Fraxiuus excelsior 



Betula tomentosa 



B. alba 



Populus tremula 



P. oanesoens 



Alnus rotundifolia 

 T<- Carpinus Betulua 



Prunus Avium 

 Shrub layer. 



pe- 

 i d 



Corylus Avellana 

 T- Crataegus monogyna o 

 X Prunus spinosa 



Salix caprea 



S. cinerea 



S. aurita 



Cornus sanguinea 



Viburnum Opulus 

 Clinibers. 



Louicera Periolymenum 



Hedera Helix 



f 

 f 

 f 



o to f 

 1 

 1 

 A lor Id 

 f 



a 

 f 

 f 

 1 

 o to f 



Fagus sylvatioa (generally 

 planted) 1 



Dlmus glabra Huds. non Mill, o 

 Taxus baeeata r to o 



Smaller trees. 

 Ilex Aguifoliam o to a 



Pyrus Malus f 



% Acer campestre (generally 



coppiced) f to a 



Pyrus torminalis 1 



Juniperus communis o 



I' Eubus spp. a 



Bosa canina a 



"■ E. arvensis a 



Ligustrum vulgare (often 

 planted) o 



Ulexeuropseus(an invader) o 



Ehamnus Frangula r 



Calystegia sepium 

 X Tamus communis 



Ground vegetation (no single species generally dominant). 

 Anemone nemorosa Isd E. Ficaria 



Banunoulus aurioomus lab E. repens 



