Woodland near Basingstoke, UK
Basing Wood is a 120-hectare (300-acre)[ 1] woodland near Basingstoke , England.51°17′38″N 1°04′36″W / 51.29375357°N 1.07674599°W / 51.29375357; -1.07674599
Path into Basing Wood
Wildlife
The wood consists of broadleaf and conifer trees,[ 2] particularly the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris ), Corsican pine (Pinus nigra ), and the Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ). There are also trees such as oak , ash and alder .[ 3]
The fauna of Basing Wood includes roe , fallow and muntjac deer, red foxes , rabbits , great crested newts , and many species of birds. It also provides a habitat for the declining purple emperor butterfly.[ 4]
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