Great Triley Wood

Great Triley Wood is floodplain woodland that is periodically flooded by the two forks of the Afon Gafenni stream that pass from south to north across the site. The damp conditions created by this flooding provide ideal habitat for wet woodland species such as marsh marigold, water dropwort, wood avens and sedges. Dryer areas of the wood also have a rich ground flora that includes numerous woodland specialists such as herb paris, yellow archangel and wood sorrel. The canopy and shrub layers include a diversity of species and age classes and there is excellent down and standing dead wood habitat.