The Bardney Limewoods, part of the Lincolnshire Limewoods
National Nature Reserve is a collection of small
woodland
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s near
Bardney
Bardney is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 1,643 at the 2001 census increasing to 1,848 (including Southrey) at the 2011 census. The village sits on the e ...
in
Lincolnshire
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.
The reserve includes about half the Limewoods in the area. Cocklode Wood, part of the Bardney Limewoods, is the best surviving spread of
medieval
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limes in England.
[Woodland Trust ''The test-tube tree'' Broadleaf Anon Spring 2014 p7]
The Limewoods are diverse in tree species and ground species, but are dominated by the Small-leaved Lime ''
Tilia cordata
''Tilia cordata'', the small-leaved lime or small-leaved linden, is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Europe. Other common names include little-leaf or littleleaf linden, or traditionally in South East England, pry or p ...
''.
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Some have argued that the name Lincolnshire refers to lime trees (known as Lind in old English and Linden in modern German), however it is more widely held that Lincoln derives from the Celtic 'Lindon' for pool and refers to the Brayford Pool.]Forestry Commission
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.[ A visitors‘ centre is maintained at Chambers Wood Farm.][
Image:Succisa pratensis, devil's bit scabious, Bardney limewoods 2018, Southrey Wood.jpg, '' Succisa pratensis'' at Southrey Wood in 2018
Image:Lythrum salicaria, purple loosestrife, Bardney Limewoods, Southrey Wood, 2018.jpg, '' Lythrum salicaria'' in Southrey Wood in 2018
Image:Lychnis flos-cuculi, ragged robin, in Bardney Limewoods, Gosling Corner, in 2018.jpg, '' Lychnis flos-cuculi'' in Gosling Corner in 2018
Image:Ajuga reptans, bugle, in Bardney Limewoods, Gosling Corner, in 2018.jpg, '' Ajuga reptans'' in Gosling Corner in 2018
Image:Pyronia tithonus and Thymelicus sp, on common fleabane.jpg, '' Pulicaria dysenterica'' with two species of butterfly, in Gosling Corner in 2018
Image:Allium ursinum, wild garlic, in Bardney Limewoods in 2018.jpg, '' Allium ursinum'' in Gosling Corner in 2018
]
See also
* Southrey Wood
References
External links
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Forests and woodlands of Lincolnshire
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Lincolnshire
Nature reserves in Lincolnshire
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