Campaign comes as Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to expand small pockets of ancient woodland at two sites
Along a steep-sided valley, with the West Okement River roaring at its floor, the woodland emerges like an oasis in a closely grazed bare landscape.
Squat, tightly clustered, with root systems heavily covered in thick lichens and mosses, the oak trees of Black-a-Tor copse are a tiny surviving cluster of European temperate rainforest dating back to the bronze age.
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Campaign comes as Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to expand small pockets of ancient woodland at two sitesAlong a steep-sided valley, with the West Okement River roaring at its floor, the woodland emerges like an oas...
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