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its history and natural history.
by members of the Hertfordshire & North Middlesex Branch of The
British Naturalists' Association, Editor Bryan L. Sage (1966), Published
by the Education Dept. Hertfordshire County Council.
This 186 page book shows the activities of a British Naturalists'
Association branch at their best, for this exemplary study carried
out on Northaw Great Wood, which is an ancient wood in Hertfordshire
was carried out by branch members with detailed findings on different
groups of fauna and flora, from trees and shrubs to lichens and
mammals to woodlice. It is an invaluable assessment of this historic
wood which includes checklists for example of over 300 fungi species
and over 280 flowering species. It gives a benchmark to an ancient
woodland's range of species in SE England.
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