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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]
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,
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]
Celtic broadleaf forests; Celtic rainforest; English Lowlands beech forests; North Atlantic moist mixed forests; Temperate coniferous forests. Caledonian conifer forests;
At one point, the river is flanked by one hundred feet (30 m) high cliffs, which face each other only 10 metres (33 feet) apart. The high humidity offered by the falls creates the perfect environment for numerous damp-loving plants, due to the high humidity and high rainfall, it is technically a temperate rainforest. [1]
Dolmelynllyn Estate is an area of farmland, woodland and parkland near the village of Ganllwyd in southern Gwynedd, Wales.It is owned by the National Trust.The estate was formerly owned by William Madocks, the architect of Porthmadog.
Sites are included in this list if they are given any of the following designations: Sites of importance in a global context. Biosphere Reserves (BR) World Heritage Sites (WHS) (where biological interest forms part of the reason for designation) all Ramsar Sites; Sites of importance in a European context. all Special Protection Areas (SPA)
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