Roughtalley's Wood is a 3.4 hectare
Local Nature Reserve in
Theydon Garnon
Theydon Garnon is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district, in the county of Essex, England. The parish also includes the hamlet of Hobbs Cross.
History
Also recorded as Thoydon Garnon and Coopersale, "Theydon" is thought to mea ...
parish in
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
, England. It is owned and managed by
Epping Forest District Council.
Part of this site is ancient woodland of
hornbeam, oak and
silver birch
''Betula pendula'', commonly known as silver birch, warty birch, European white birch, or East Asian white birch, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe, it is only found a ...
, with an understorey which is mainly hazel and hawthorn. The other part is younger woodland which has wildflower glades with orchids such as
broad-leaved helleborines,
bee orchid Bee orchid is a common name for several orchids and may refer to:
*'' Cottonia peduncularis'', a species of orchid from India and Sri Lanka
*'' Diuris carinata'', a species of orchid from the south-west of Western Australia
*'' Ida barringtoniae'', ...
s and
common spotted orchids. There are fauna such as
slowworms and
grass snakes.
There is access from Pike Way.
References
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Local Nature Reserves in Essex
Epping Forest District