Rocky Plantation
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
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Rocky Plantation is owned by the National Trust and managed by the Wildlife Trust. It is 3.4 ha in area. The site was probably rough grazing until the 1880s when it was planted with oak. It was left to the National Trust by its owner, the late Charles Cliffe Jones. In 1966, the National Trust declared the area to be a nature reserve under a deed of management with the Wildlife Trust. Habitats include mixed woodland and rocky outcrops.
The woodland is rich in bird life; species seen include treecreeper, nuthatch, and great spotted woodpecker. There are some fine examples of sessile oak present. The ground flora is not very rich, being dominated by bracken, creeping softgrass and bramble. A few patches of wood-sorrel and greater stitchwort do, however, occur as does the scarce climbing corydalis. A variety of fungi appears in the autumn.
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