Local Wildlife Site

Wildlife

The lanes have retained their original hedgerows, which have developed into narrow belts of woodland in places. Bob's Lane is dominated by elm suckers and ivy, but also has a good range of shrubby species such as dogwood, grey willow, field rose and cherry-plum. It broadens in the eastern half to include large oak and field maple. The ground flora is dominated by ivy but includes woodland grasses such as wood poa, hairy brome and giant fescue. The wood follows the course of two ditches that have a limited wetland vegetation of yellow iris and great willowherb. At the eastern tip is a recent, open pond with areas dominated by reed sweet-grass. The broader, northern part of Ash Lane comprises woodland with a canopy of abundant Turkey oak with some pedunculate oak and ash. The shrub layer comprises young oak, elm sucker, hawthorn and occasional holly. Much of the remainder of the woodland beside Ash Lane is dominated by elm suckers with small areas of hornbeam coppice and scrub of hawthorn and blackthorn, the later particularly along the boundary with golf course. Bramble is also common at the external margins and field rose locally abundant along the footpath through the woodland. The ground flora is rather similar throughout, comprising nettle, ivy, bramble, wood avens, ground ivy, a range of woodland grasses, plus occasional bluebell and male fern.

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