Biodiversity in Forest Rock Wood
The following information is currently provided based on our knowledge of the sites. We are working closely with the Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust, who are undertaking a biodiversity study in Forest Rock Wood (SK444 160) during the Spring of 2010.
We therefore hope to be able to ratify this information during the year. (Please note this is work in progress and information will be added when we validate our findings).
- Plants (The following is a list of native plants)
- Betony (Betonica officinalis)
Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis)
Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)
Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Lady's Smock (Cardamine pratensis)
Mat Grass (Nardus stricta)
Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)
Pignut (Conopodium majus)
Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
Tormenti (Potentilla erecta)
Tufted Hair-Grass (Deschampsia caespitosa)
Saw-Wort (Serratula Tinctoria)
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)
Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus)
- Trees (The following is a list of native trees)
- Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Aspen (Populus tremula)
Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Birch - Downy (Betula pubescens)
Birch - Silver (Betula pendula)
Cherry - Bird (Prunus padus)
Cherry - Wild (Prunus avium)
Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris)
Elm - Wych (Ulmus glabra)
Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Lime – Small leaved (Tilia cordata)
Maple - Field (Acer campestre)
Oak - Pendunculate (Quercus robur)
Oak - Sessile (Quercus petraea)
Pear - Wild (Pyrus pyraster)
Pine - Scots (Pinus sylvestris)
Poplar - Black (Populus nigra)
Rowan/Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
Service Tree - Wild (Sorbus torminalis)
Wayfaring Tree (Viburnum lantana)
Whitebeam - Common (Sorbus aria)
Willow - Crack (Salix fragilis)
Willow - Purple (Salix purpurea)
Willow - White (Salix alba)
Yew (Taxus baccata)
- Shrubs (The following is a list of native shrubs)
- Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Blackthorn (Sloe) (Prunus spinosa)
Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus)
Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Buckthorn - Alder (Frangula alnus)
Buckthorn - Purging (Rhamnus catharticus)
Buckthorn - Sea (Hippophae rhamnoides)
Butcher’s Broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
Elder (Sambucus nigra)
Gorse (Ulex europaeus)
Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Hawthorn - Midland (Crataegus laevigata)
Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Heath – Cross leaved (Erica tetralix)
Heather - Ling (Calluna vulgaris)
Heather - Bell (Erica cinerea)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Ivy (Hedera helix)
Osier (Salix viminalis)
Privet - Wild (Ligustrum vulgare)
Rose - Dog (Rosa canina)
Rose - Field (Rosa arvensis)
Spurge Laurel (Daphne laureola)
Travellers Joy (Clematis vitalba)
Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum)
Willow - Goat (Salix caprea)
Willow - Grey (Salix cinerea) - Birds
- Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Tit (Parus major)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Amphibians
- None identified yet
- Reptiles
- None identified yet
- None identified yet
- Insects
- None identified yet
- None identified yet
- Mollusc and Worm
- None identified yet
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