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This sheet asks you about what you see and learn along the Woodland Trail. You will need a Woodland Trail leaflet to help you answer the questions, and a pencil or pen. It is easier if another person (such as your parent or teacher) reads out what the trail leaflet says at each point.

The walk is marked by wooden posts with white letters. Please do not pick anything round the trail posts, or clamber around them - otherwise there soon will be nothing to see.
Answers available at the barn, or from your teacher.

A 1) Name two conifers planted near here ............................. . ....................            (smell their leaves!)

2) How long ago were most of the trees blown over? ....................years    (can you find any old stumps?)
 

A.1 1) Which trees have grown straighter - the pine or beech? .............. (what does their bark feel like?)
 

B 1) What animals live in the pond? ..................................…                  (what can you see in the pond?)

2) Which animals was the pond originally made for? __ __ __ __ __ __

B.11) In which month are these trees harvested? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  (look for newly planted trees)

C 1) Here is a picture of a coppiced tree. Mark where
the tree will be cut, when it is next coppiced.
(can you see where the trees were last cut down?)

2) You have seen these kinds of tree on the trail.

 Put an 'O' by the oldest and a 'T' by the tallest.

Scots pine ...... Western red cedar ......

Beech       ...... Sweet chestnut   . .....

D 1) Can you name two of the trees here? …...……………….. ….………………  (find a leaf of each kind)
 

E 1) Do bluebells and wood anemones flower in spring because it is:

Lighter? ...........Wetter? .............They don't get trampled on?..............

2) Which parts of the bluebell plant can you see? .......................................................………………......
 

F 1) What kind of wood would you use for fence posts? ......................................................................

2) What kind for besom brooms? ...................................... (find two leaves to remind you of these trees)

3) Unscramble these words to find two products of the coppice

ORDIFEOW __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ APE KITSSC __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __


G 1) Tick when you see a fern ;........ two different kinds of moss............

2) Are these plants growing here because it is:   shady?.......... steep? ........damp?.........

H 1) Are the large western hemlock trees native to Britain? ………...            (can you find their

                                                                                                                      leaves on the ground?)

I 1) Are the smaller trees dead because: a) they have a disease? ...........or b) it is too shady?.......

 
X 1) How many "stored" poles are on the nearest stool? ..….....(can you get your hands around a trunk?)

Y 1) Can you name any of the ground plants growing here? ....................................………..(draw one!)

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Z 1) What once covered the ground above the dam? .......................

2) Which tree growing here likes wet places? __ __ __ __ __

J 1) The broken standard was an __ __ __ tree.                                      (have a close look at the trunk!)

K 1) What kind of plant is growing in the bog? ...........................……....(can you hear any water trickling?)

L 1) Tick if you see: Heather ..... Tormentil ....... Spider........ Bee or wasp .....  Butterfly.....

M 1) Which metal makes the lump of cinder feel heavy? .....................................…… (try lifting it)

2) There was a furnace here in R __ __ __ __ times.

N 1) Name two plants that don't mind the shade of the big beech tree.                      (draw a beech leaf!)

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O 1) Have these pine trees been planted? ...........or coppiced?  .........              (draw a pine leaf (needle))

2) Along the next part of the path tick if you find toadstools growing:

             On the ground......... What colour? .....................………………...........................

             On branches or tree stumps........... What colour? ................................…………

P 1) Are the tallest trees here: Western hemlock?........ pine? ........beech?..........(can you see the top?)
 

P1 1) When do we think this bank was made? ………………………..        (can you see any deer tracks?)
 

Q 1) Name two parts of the pine trees that the squirrels have been eating: (can you find a pine cone?
                                                                                                                     has it been eaten?)
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R 1) Can you think of any things in your house or garden or school made from pine or sweet chestnut?

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S 1) Can you name a woodland near your home or school? ...................................................................