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    WOODED WELSH VALE

    Sep 17, 2020 2 minutes

    Sessile oakwoods cloaked most of north-west Wales’ valleys and hillsides until, in recent centuries, they were felled for farming and boat-building and replaced with fast-growing coniferous plantations.

    Fortunately, remnants of the ancient forests survive on the acid soils of the Vale of Maentwrog’s steep slopes,

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