Yeo Copse

This is”western oak" woodland growing on the north facing side of a small valley containing the whine ding, Little Dart River and surrounded by improved pasture, barring a small block of PAWS (Norway Spruce and Douglas Fir) to the west. The wood extends down to the waters edge and is mainly on sloping ground. The oak has been coppiced (1960) and was thinned by ring barking upon WT acquisition, to encourage it to develop into high forest. The oak is therefore now generally of a single age with a Hazel under storey. Regeneration of Rowan and Beech is beginning to occur and benefits the current structure. Bluebells dominate the ground flora during the spring, otherwise great wood rush is very common under a sparse hazel under storey. There is a reasonable lichen and moss flora due to the canopy cover, and valley situation next to the river.