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Exploring the Diverse Fauna and Flora of Killynether Wood: A Deciduous Woodland Case Study

Discover the multi-layered ecosystem of Killynether Wood, reflecting a variety of habitats supporting diverse flora and fauna. Learn about the general characteristics, solar energy utilization, animal migration, litter fall and storage, soil and rock weathering, and drainage in this temperate deciduous woodland.

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Exploring the Diverse Fauna and Flora of Killynether Wood: A Deciduous Woodland Case Study

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  1. Temperate Diciduous woodland Case study Killynether Wood

  2. CANOPY LAYER SUB-CANOPY SHRUB LAYER GROUND AND FIELD LAYER

  3. GROUND AND FIELD LAYER FERNS GRASSES LEAF LITTER

  4. MOSES AND LICHENS

  5. OTHER FIELD LAYER FLORA

  6. SHRUB LAYER HOLLY HAWTHORN HAZEL

  7. OAK CANOPY/SUB-CANOPY

  8. ASH

  9. BIRCH

  10. REFLECTING THE VARIETY OF HABITAT, IS A DIVERSE FAUNA

  11. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

  12. Characteristics of deciduous woodland • Multi-layered- all plants survive because they occupy different layers • Trees provide anchorage for other plants • 85% of biomass in trees • Animal biomass is small but diverse • High volume of soil fauna • Above the surface, the most densely populated layer is the canopy • Soil- Brown Earth • Large return of nutrient in Autumn • Leaf litter forms a rich mull humus • In winter shrub layer may be more dense

  13. Solar Energy Animal Migration Litter Fall Store Litter Store Soil/ rock weathering & root decay Drainage

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