Pappertwell Community Woodland, Bonhill | Woodlands | G83 9NF
How to identify a Woodland? A woodland is a habitat where trees are the dominant plant form. The individual tree canopies usually overlap and interconnect, often forming a continuous canopy which shades the ground to varying degrees. However, woodlands are not just trees, depending on how much light reaches the ground through the tree canopy, there will be a vast variety of other plants. These plants include mosses, ferns, and lichens as well as small flowering herbs, grasses and shrubs. The different types of plants will encourage different types of animals ranging from herbivores to carnivores. The rotting wood and decaying leaf litter offer an alternative food source for a large variety of invertebrates and the quantity of dead organic material provide the ideal habitat for fungi and bacteria to flourish. Pappertwell Community Woodland, Bonhill is only one of the many woodlands that can be found in West Dunbartonshire.
A 77 hectares woodland situated North east of New Bonhill
Bonhill Quarry contains red sandstone cliffs approx 360 million years old. They form part of a belt of red sandstones that outcrops from Arran to Stonehaven.
Excellent structure in the woodlands is the perfect breeding grounds for birds and invertebrates.
The Key interests of the area are: Priority Habitat, Upland Oakwood and Ashwood.