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Situated to the south-west of the village of Henley, Rede Wood is an important historical feature of the landscape. An old oak pollard on the woodland boundary is evidence of its antiquity. Rede Wood is a typical boulder clay woodland consisting of ash, oak and hazel in a coppice with standards structure. Other species include field maple, aspen, hawthorn with a small number of planted Scots pines. Comprehensive vegetation studies by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Suffolk County Council have recorded one hundred and one species of flowering plant in the wood. Species found include a number of those plants strongly associated with ancient woods, for example wood anemone and wood spurge. Bird's-nest orchid, a rare orchid species is also known to occur in the wood. In addition the wood supports a good diversity of other wildlife, for example forty nine species of fungi have been recorded (Hammond, 1986) and forty five species of bird (Suffolk County Council, 1986) including spotted flycatcher and green woodpecker have been observed. The wood is owned by Suffolk County Council and has been managed according to a management plan by the Gipping Valley Countryside Project since 1982. The current plan proposes that approximately two thirds of the wood will be managed on a two year coppice rotation for ash and a ten year rotation for hazel. Other species will be managed on a twenty year coppice rotation.
RNR Number Area 0 7.51
Mid Suffolk 17 REDE WOOD BARHAM Mid Suffolk TM154506