Coed Pentre (Pentre Wood)
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Description
Description The site is a good example of ash-wych elm woodland with abundant hybrid oak. There is a good mixture of ages of trees and a well developed understorey. About ninety species of woodland flowering plants occur, including a locally uncommon species in Montgomery. Pentre Wood occupies a hill-slope of south-eastern aspect and lies between 152 and 183 metres (500 and 600 feet) above sea level. Cattle grazing currently affects part of the site, but grazing is predominantly light or absent. The wood is largely dominated by ash, but with abundant wych elm and hybrid oak. Field maple is widely distributed, as is sycamore and there is a fairly dense understorey of hazel present in much of the site. hawthorn and blackthorn also occur in this shrub-layer. The shrub-layer is further developed by dense bramble Rubus fruticosus thickets and in such areas nettle Urtica dioica is abundant. Elsewhere there is a locally diverse ground-layer, typically with species such as dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood avens Geum urbanum, ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon. The grass, wood millet Milium effusum, a plant which in Montgomery is confined to a few base-rich woods, is well represented. Wetter areas support meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and wood sanicle Sanicula europaea. Opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium also occurs.
Species mentioned
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IUCN / Red List | Type | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wood millet | Milium effusum | LC | grass | poaceae |
| opposite-leaved golden- saxifrage | Chrysosplenium oppositifolium | LC | herb | saxifragaceae |
| meadow sweet | Filipendula ulmaria | LC | herb | rosaceae |
| herb bennet | Geum urbanum | LC | herb | rosaceae |
| ground ivy | Glechoma hederacea | LC | herb | lamiaceae |
| yellow archangel | Lamiastrum galeobdolon | LC | herb | lamiaceae |
| dog's mercury | Mercurialis perennis | LC | herb | euphorbiaceae |
| bramble | Rubus fruticosus | LC | herb | rosaceae |
| sanicle | Sanicula europaea | LC | herb | apiaceae |
| nettle | Urtica dioica | LC | herb | urticaceae |
Insects to look out for
These moths, butterflies and beetles are known to feed on plants recorded at this site, and carry a notable UK conservation status — but a host-plant being present doesn't mean the insect has actually been recorded here. Treat this as "worth watching for," not a confirmed sighting.
| Species | Status | Via host-plant |
|---|---|---|
| Scarce vapourer Orgyia recens |
Endangered | Filipendula ulmaria, Rubus fruticosus |
| Broom moth Ceramica pisi |
Vulnerable | Rubus fruticosus |
| Satyr pug Eupithecia satyrata |
Vulnerable | Filipendula ulmaria |
| The lackey Malacosoma neustria |
Vulnerable | Rubus fruticosus |
| Grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae |
Vulnerable | Geum urbanum, Rubus fruticosus |
| Pale eggar Trichiura crataegi |
Vulnerable | Rubus fruticosus |
| Grey chi Antitype chi |
Near Threatened | Urtica dioica |
| Garden tiger Arctia caja |
Near Threatened | Urtica dioica |
| Dark-barred twin-spot carpet Xanthorhoe ferrugata |
Near Threatened | Glechoma hederacea |
Host-plant data: Cook et al. (2025), Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / Butterfly Conservation; and Padovani et al. (2020), Database of Insects and their Food Plants (DBIF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (both Open Government Licence). Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.