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yellow.

January 31.
Castor Hanglands (Historical
Ecology Group).

1. Outliers
The small wood around
123012 and the larger one at
127014 appear to be intact,
mainly "deciduous high forest".
Blacklands, 123023, is a
tract of dense scrub by the
road.
The parish boundary hedge
along the N. side of the wood
is mainly hawthorn (and

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oak standards), post-
-enclosure.
Heath pits at the N.E. end
of the reserve is a large dis-
used system of pits with long-
-established grassland and
patches of hawthorn scrub.

2. Hanglands Wood
The E. [SYMBOL] was not entered.
It has been underplanted
with conifers and poisoned by
the Forestry Commission. The
wood-bank on the E. side is
not visible from the road.
The part within the reserve
is a typical 3-layered wood,
except for secondary woodland
outside the wood-bank. Structure
variable; one layer often missing.