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Bullen Wood is listed in English Nature's Ancient Woodland Inventory. The construction of an electricity sub-station on the western side has resulted in the clearance of part of Bullen Wood. The remaining area of woodland consists of hazel, ash and field maple coppice with numerous mature oak standards. Small areas dominated by aspen and wild cherry are also present. Hazel coppice together with patches of bramble and occasional hawthorn, holly, dogwood, elder and blackthorn comprise the shrub layer. Bullen Wood supports a fair diversity of plant species; a total of fifty one was recorded on one visit to the wood. Dog's mercury and bluebell are in the ground layer. Twayblade and early-purple orchids, spurge laurel, primrose and moschatel are amongst the less common woodland plants which are also on the species list. Although some areas of diseased elm particularly in the north eastern part of the wood have been cleared, the dead timber which remains provides valuable habitat for hole-nesting birds and dead wood invertebrates. Numerous holes in the dead trees are clear evidence of the importance of dead standing timber for woodpeckers.