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What’s the difference between a wood and a forest?

If you aren't sure how to tell the wood from the trees, let us explain the difference between a wood and a forest and why they're both so important.

Charlotte Varela  •  18 Dec 2024

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Trees woods and wildlife

Enchanter’s nightshade

Delicate, mystical, persistent. Find enchanter’s nightshade in woods and woodland edges, flowering in summer. Considered a weed in most gardens, this plant is just one part of the complex woodland habitat.

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Wales

We're standing up for trees in Wales and demanding better protection for our natural heritage. We also care for 100 Welsh woods, from precious ancient woodlands to newly-planted wildlife havens created with local communities.

Protecting trees and woods

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Woods and Trees

The APPG meets several times a year to discuss steps to protect, restore and expand woods and trees in a time of climate and nature crises.  

Protecting trees and woods

Saved: Coed Wern, Glasinfryn

A proposal for several holiday lodges that threatened a significant proportion of Coed Wern-ty-gwyn has been rejected.

Trees woods and wildlife

Ivy

Clingy, luscious, misunderstood. Ivy has long been accused of strangling trees, but it doesn’t harm the tree at all, and even supports at least 50 species of wildlife.

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Autumn outdoor activities for kids

Take a look at our autumn activities for kids and families to enjoy outside in the crisp autumn air. 

Hannah Vickers  •  01 Oct 2020