Plas Machen Wood
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Description
Description A Woodland of tall coppice dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa with some oak Quercus petraea standards over a diverse ground flora. A number of streams and waterlogged areas support an interesting flora that includes plants such as tussock sedge Carex paniculata and yellow flag Iris pseudacorus which are of rare or local distribution in the County.
Species mentioned
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IUCN / Red List | Type | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yellow iris or flag | Iris pseudacorus | LC | herb | iridaceae |
| greater tussock sedge | Carex paniculata | LC | sedge | cyperaceae |
| alder | Alnus glutinosa | LC | tree | salicaceae |
| sessile or durmast oak | Quercus petraea | LC | tree | fagaceae |