a clear felled area of Corsican pine in a Forestry Commission plantation in Sherwood Forest, England

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This is a clear-felled area in Rainworth Forest near Mansfield, part of Sherwood Forest. The trees were Corsican Pine. Corsican pine trees suffer from a disease called red band needle blight and so a different species will be replanted. These clear-fell coupes provide excellent habitat for bird species such as the nightjar. The branches, known as 'brash' will rot down in two or three years.

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Photo credit: © David Mark / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: brash, clear-fell, commission, conifer, coupe, felled, forest, forestry, nightjar, plantation, sherwood