Let’s take a look at the habitat, where to find it, the wildlife that lives there and the threats it faces.You guessed it - the rainforest is defined by… rain. The rainforest in the UK is part of a globally rare and threatened habitat. In places, native Scots pine also grows. SC038885). It’s a magical place with a real rainforest feel, alive with mosses and filmy-ferns festooning gnarled oaks.Coed Felenrhyd and Llennyrch is home to a number of rare species found nowhere else in Wales.Ausewell is like a lost world, its 342 acres of raw beauty a haven for wildlife. The map below shows just how rare it is. The global context of Britain’s coastal temperate rainforest It will surprise you though that the UK was identified in the report as having had an original coastal rainforest area of 1.1m hectares (about 5%) based on precipitation maps, the most suitable region being the West Highlands of Scotland, but that there may be some in terior rainforests in the Lake District and Wales. For example, the biodiversity of rainforests in south west England differ to those in north west Scotland.Rainforests are one of the most biodiverse habitats in the UK. But the richness of lichens in these parts of the UK is also partly because the western extremities have been least affected by air pollution historically. For example, the biodiversity of rainforests in south west England differ to those in north west Scotland.Rainforests are one of the most biodiverse habitats in the UK. Our rainforest is sometimes referred to as Atlantic woodland.The UK's rainforest is part of a globally rare habitat and home to a vast array of wildlife.In the UK, rainforests are often dominated by oak, birch and ash, along with species like rowan, holly, willow and hazel. More technically, it is in areas subject to the influence of the sea, which we call high oceanicity. You can also help our work to restore amazing sites like Ausewell. This habitat is globally rare and some say is more threatened than tropical rainforest. The key areas include:Each site is unique and special. The high humidity and low temperature range create the perfect conditions for moisture-loving lichens and bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).A good example of this habitat could contain over 200 different species of bryophytes and 100-200 species of lichen.
Tree lungwort would once have occurred all across western Europe.Our rainforests are also home to lots of other rare and interesting wildlife, including:The rainforest was once a well-used resource, providing timber, charcoal and tannin for tanning leather.
Woods and trees are home to more wildlife than any other landscape, providing homes for thousands of species including our most loved animals.Keep in touch with the nature you love without having to leave the house.The Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales (No. The site is brimming with wildlife, including the iconic Mosses and lichens adorn phoenix trees which have fallen and then regrown at Crinan Wood.This site has an extraordinary surviving fragment of rainforest at its heart and is internationally important for lichen conservation. But our rainforest is threatened. 294344) and in Scotland (No.