A wide range of flowers can be found in the Great Wood, although the dense summertime canopy means that the woodland floor is often bare or covered only by bracken. However, the wide rides, like Middle Way, support a wider range of flowers, while the area close to Cuffley Brook and the swallowholes is particularly strong in springtime flowers, assisted no doubt by the relative lack of disturbance by commercial activities in the wood.
Here are some pictures of flowers at the latter location.
Here are some close-ups:-
Wood Anemone
Wood Sorrel
Lady’s Smock
Lesser Celandine
Violet
Elsewhere in the wood and later in the season:-
Bluebell
Forget-me-not
Hairy Bitter Cress
Yellow Pimpernel
Bugle
Red Campion
Greater Stichwort
Foxgloves
Helleborine
