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Woods in the Moss Valley
The Woodlands in the Moss Valley are made up of a number of smaller once seperate woods. These are desrcribed below.
Coalpit Wood

Is found at the West end of the woods. It has a dense even aged canopy which is dominated by sycamore, and some horse chestnut and hybrid oak. The under storey is sparse but diverse and holly, hazel ,and cherry occur. There is much ground flora such as bluebells, creeping soft grass, and wood anemones. There are few dead or over mature trees in Coalpit wood, which gives it a habitat classification of W10.

Long Wood

Has densely spaced mature oak and beech (W14) which form a closed canopy. Trees such as rowan, sweet chestnut and elm also occur. The under storey is well developed but is mainly dominated by bramble. Beech is regenerating widely across the woodland. There are a variety of flowers in the wood including, golden saxifrage, sweet woodruff, ramsons and foxgloves.

Bridle Road Wood

is on the east side of the valley. The woodland is mainly composed of beech and sycamore. The canopy is quite open allowing various other plants to grow such as dog rose, hazel, and crab apple. to the west of the wood is an ancient hedgerow which has various nice plant species.

Newfield Spring Wood is found to the north of Bridle road Wood and is composed of beech and sycamore. The canopy is closed which does not allow a rich under storey to grow.

Dowley Lumb

Dowley Lumb is an area of grass which faces south and is found to the south of Bridle Road Wood. The site formerly had a wide variety of plant species, however due to been neglected the area is now overrun with bracken.

Owler Carr Woods

Owler Carr woods lie on the north facing slope of the Moss Valley.
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