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In 2015, the Woodland Trust bought Ceunant Llennyrch, a 220-hectare (550-acre) Celtic rainforest in Snowdonia. [13] In 2018, £8.5 million from the European Union and the Welsh Government were provided to support the areas of rainforest in Snowdonia, Cwm Einion, Cwm Doethie and the Elan Valley. [14] [15] [16]
Today, the remaining fragments of Celtic rainforest are protected for conservation and research. [4] Since the 20th century, conservation efforts have resulted in the protection and management of many of these woodlands, to address problems such as invasive Rhododendron, excessive grazing from sheep and deer, and non-native plantation trees. [10]
The principal plant communities of the Celtic broadleaf forests include: [1] lowland to submontane acidophilous oak forests, mixed oak forests, principally of English oak (Quercus robur) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea). mixed oak-ash forests. Plant communities with smaller areas include: western boreal and nemoral-montane birch forests,
(2008). Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation. BioScience 58:403-414, . Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas".
Human habitation began with Mesolithic peoples who were present shortly after the ice retreated, c. 9000–8000 years ago, scattered throughout the present-day English portion of the ecoregion, as well as in the Welsh, Irish, and eastern Scottish areas of the Celtic broadleaf forests.
Following the last glacial period, trees began to recolonise what is now the British Isles over a land bridge which is now beneath the Strait of Dover.Forests of this type were found all over what is now the island of Great Britain for a few thousand years, before the climate began to slowly warm in the Atlantic period, and the temperate coniferous forests began retreating north into the ...
The Dolmelynllyn Estate is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Dolgellau, Gwynedd, in the southern area of the Snowdonia National Park.It is over 500 hectares (1,200 acres) in extent and includes landscapes that vary from river terraces to high moorland, as well as boulder-strewn woodland.
Thirlmere Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [1] [2] within Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. This protected area is located at the northern end of the Thirlmere reservoir, near the village of Legburthwaite. The protected area includes Great How Wood, The Benn and Bull Crag Wood.