Enjoy the natural environment


East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve (NNR) your local temperate rainforest


The word rainforest conjure up visions of the Amazon, but just up the road from Bovey Tracey on the way to Manaton is the temperate rainforest found in the Bovey Valley and at Yarner Wood and are internationally important. Here you will find trees of


different ages, with healthy canopy (top) layer, understory (middle) layer and ground (bottom) layer plus dead standing and lying wood. Within this environment are


the, less seen, smaller plants such as mosses, lichens and ferns. Natural England and the Woodland Trust are working to safeguard these special assemblages by controlling shade casting species particularly younger holly and


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conifers. This management is part of the


Building Resilience in South West Woodlands project is led by Plantlife and is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We equally have the wild river


Bovey and it catchment stream, brooks running through these woods over boulders and under dead trees. These and the associated valley mires hold special species. Open spaces and the


internationally important heathland mainly found on Trendlebere make part of the tapestry included in the ecosystem the reserve holds. Grazing occurs across the


NNR. These animals provide the much need structural variation within the ground vegetation, and in winter the browsing of holly trees. To prevent your dog interacting with animals we ask them to be


To find out more please see the following


http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/eastdartmoornnr http://www.gov.uk/natural-england http://eastdartmoorwoods.org/


https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/our-work/conservation-projects/woodland/building-resilience-in-south-west-woodlands 15


on a short lead. Lots of people use the reserve


in many ways please respect other users and stick to the correct rights of way. The ground breeding will benefit less disturbance as will other wildlife. We hope to continue to impart


the wonders of this special part of Dartmoor to the next generation with the help from some our volunteers. If you want help in any way, whether you want to survey the wildlife or manage the habitat please get in touch.


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