Ash can be found throughout much of the wood, but there are major concentrations or groves in two places: to the east of the bungalow adjacent to the Yellow Trail (above) and to the south-west of the ford on the Blue Trail (below).
Here are a couple of Ash along the old bridleway:
Here is an unusual coppiced Ash on the Red Trail, more visible after the 2021 clearance.
A 2018 photograph of the same location can be found here.
The leaves are compound which makes identification easy – the only similar leaf is that of the Rowan (which is why it is sometimes called the Mountain Ash – though not related). But the Ash leaves are generally larger, wider spaced and less serrated.
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