WISTMAN'S WOOD

Wistman's Wood is one of Britain's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests and one of three remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor in Devon. The oak woodlands across Dartmoor grow in the mild, damp, conditions of Britain’s Atlantic coast and are full of special lichens and mosses.

The trees within the wood are mainly pedunculate oak, with occasional rowan, and a very few holly, hawthorn, hazel, and eared-willow. The oaks are distinguished by their dwarf habit, and rarely reach more than 4.5 metres (15 ft) in overall vertical height.