TERRACE WOOD, COCKEN

The Terrace Wood incorporates Terrace Walk and Nun's Walk. This is an interesting tract of Ancient Woodland that hugs the road. Diving past in April you will be greeted with a fine display of bluebells. There are some interesting botanical features here. There are a few huge sweet chestnut stumps. My farther was once a game keeper here for Lord Nicholson back in the day, we would go for walks around this place and he would tell me the history of the place. we would park the old Morris Marina van, which had a huge hole in the floor, a fire poker for a gear stick and an upturn bucket for a passenger seat, good old days. I was always amazed at the size of this old tree stumps, and wondered how old the were, my farther told me some men cut them down to count the rings to find out their age but not surprisingly they were hollow in the middle. Looking at them today I would have put them around 250 – 300 years old before they were cut down 60 – 70 years ago, so they could be nearly 400 years old now.

 

TERRACE WOOD, COCKEN

Species observed, this is not a definitive list only the species I have seen.

 

1.Acer pseudoplatanus 'Sycamore'

2.Aconitum napellus 'Monkshood'

3.Aegopodium podagraria 'Ground Elder'

4.Alliaria petiolata 'Garlic Mustard'

5.Allium ursinum 'Ramsons'

6.Arctium nemorosum 'Wood Burdock'

7.Arum maculatum 'Cuckoo Pint'

8.Betula pendula 'Silver Birch'

9.Carpinus betulus 'Hornbeam'

10.Castanea sativa 'Sweet Chestnut'

11.Circaea lutetiana 'Enchanter's Nightshade'

12.Corylus avellana 'Common Hazel'

13.Fagus sylvatica 'Common Beech'

14.Galanthus nivalis 'Common Snowdrop'

15.Galium odoratum 'Woodruff'

16.Geranium robertianum 'Herb Robert'

17.Geranium sylvaticum 'Wood Crane's-bill'

18.Geum urbanum 'Wood Avens'

19.Glechoma hederacea 'Ground-ivy'

20.Hedera helix 'Ivy'

21.Hyacinthoides non-scripta 'English Bluebell'

22.Ilex aquifolium 'English holly'

23.Lapsana communis 'Nipplewort'

24.Lonicera xylosteum 'Fly Honeysuckle'

25.Lonicera periclymenum 'Common Honeysuckle'

26.Luzula sylvatica 'Greater Wood Rush'

27.Mercurialis perennis 'Dog's Mercury'

28.Myosotis Sp. 'Forget-Me-Not'

29.Oxalis acetosella 'Wood Sorrel'

30.Prunus avium 'Wild Cherry'

31.Quercus petraea 'Sessile Oak'

32.Ribes rubrum 'Red Currant'

33.Ribes uva-crispa ‘Gooseberry’

34.Rubus Sp. ‘Bramble’

35.Rumex sanguineus 'Wood Dock'

36.Sambucus nigra 'Elderberry'

37.Sanicula europaea 'Wood Sanicle'

38.Scrophularia nodosa 'Knotted Figwort'

39.Silene dioica 'Red Campion'

40.Stachys sylvatica 'Hedge Woundwort'

41.Taxus baccata 'English Yew'

42.Teucrium scorodonia 'Wood-sage'

43.Tilia x europaea 'Common Lime'

44.Ulmus glabra 'Wych Elm'

45.Urtica dioica 'Stinging Nettle'

46.Veronica chamaedrys 'Germander Speedwell'

47.Veronica Sp. ‘Speedwell'

48.VIBURNUM Sp. 'Guelder Rose'

49.Viola riviniana 'Common Dog-violet'

50.Stellaria holostea 'Greater Stitchwort'

Done