Plants of the forest floor

Emily Robinson, Content Officer at the Forestry Commission, shares some woodland ground flora that can be found at this time of year and what they reveal about the woodland environment....
Emily Robinson, Content Officer at the Forestry Commission, shares some woodland ground flora that can be found at this time of year and what they reveal about the woodland environment....
...Joining the Forestry Commission was one of those lovely, random turns in life that just happens to end so well that you can’t believe it almost never happened. As part...
...assessed and managed. The project has made it clear that we need to do more to safeguard the urban trees we have and the new ones that many are working...
...family holidays spent in Cornwall, roaming the picturesque countryside and forests that form our magnificent English landscape. I recall from an early age that I only ever wanted to be...
...trees but those that remained were the best of the best. I realised that I would have to do some thinning straightaway to save the remaining oak and allow the...
...wood packaging. The issues here were that there was no evidence that the wood had been treated, or even any evidence that it originated in Turkey. It could have come...
...how we manage the habitats and biodiversity that they are an intrinsic part of. Often that work has involved dealing with the Forestry Commission for things ranging from felling licence...
...that should be managed as open ground or where biodiversity is the primary management objective. No change was made to the overall proportion of an FMU that could be managed...
...roles are incredibly diverse Explore your interests and find what suits you. Forestry is more than the traditional outdoor roles that it is most known for. Roles include: hands-on forest...
...Peatland Code, and that they feel confident that these credits deliver a genuinely permanent removal of carbon from the atmosphere. What’s interesting is that the results show there is a...