Basing Wood is a 120-hectare (300-acre)[1] woodland near Basingstoke, England.51°17′38″N 1°04′36″W / 51.29375357°N 1.07674599°W / 51.29375357; -1.07674599

Path into Basing Wood

Wildlife

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The wood consists of broadleaf and conifer trees,[2] particularly the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Corsican pine (Pinus nigra), and the Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana). There are also trees such as oak, ash and alder.[3]

The fauna of Basing Wood includes roe, fallow and muntjac deer, red foxes, rabbits, great crested newts, and many species of birds. It also provides a habitat for the declining purple emperor butterfly.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Basing Wood Forest Plan". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ "Basing Wood". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  3. ^ "Basing Wood Forest Plan". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  4. ^ "Basing Wood". Forestry England. Retrieved 2022-10-31.