Basing Wood
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Basing Wood is a 120-hectare (300-acre)[1] woodland near Basingstoke, England.51°17′38″N 1°04′36″W / 51.29375357°N 1.07674599°W
Wildlife[edit]
The wood consists of broadleaf and conifer trees,[2] particularly the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Corsican pine (Pinus nigra), and the Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana). There are also trees such as oak, ash and alder.[3]
The fauna of Basing Wood includes roe, fallow and muntjac deer, red foxes, rabbits, great crested newts, and many species of birds. It also provides a habitat for the declining purple emperor butterfly.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Basing Wood Forest Plan". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ "Basing Wood". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ "Basing Wood Forest Plan". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ "Basing Wood". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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