CONTENTS
Abbreviations...........................................................4
Acknowledgements......................................................4
Introduction ............................................................5
The Forest Bureaucracy...................................................6
Lodges and Standings Dr. Oliver Rackham...................................8
The Pollard Trees .......................................................18
Grazing on the Forest....................................................26
Mineral Extraction......................................................32
Rabbit Warrens.........................................................35
The Deer..............................................................39
Minor Exploitation......................................................41
The Boundaries of the Forest..............................................41
Calendar of Notable Dates................................................52
Map of Epping Forest....................................................54
Higher Plants ..........................................................55
Mosses and Liverworts Dr. K. J. Adams ....................................86
Lichens Prof. D. L. Hawksworth and Dr. Paulette McManus....................92
Fungi Mr. Geoffrey Kibby............................................... 101
Woodlice and other Crustacea ............................................105
Centipedes and Millipedes...............................................107
Grasshoppers, Crickets and Related Insects..................................108
Dragonflies Dr. Edward Benton.......................................... 110
Hemiptera (Heteroptera and Auchenorhyncha) Dr. Peter Kirby................. 116
Butterflies............................................................121
Bees, Wasps and Ants...................................................126
Two-winged Flies...................................................... 132
Spiders Mr. Peter Harvey............................................... 137
Harvestmen Mr. Peter Hanley........................................... 148
Pseudoscorpions Mr. Peter Harvey ....................................... 149
Fishes Mr. Alwyne Wheeler ............................................. 150
Reptiles and Amphibians Mr. David Scott.................................. 155
Birds................................................................ 157
Mammals Dr. Jonathan Cox............................................. 175
Nature Conservation Status and Management................................ 178
Past, Present and Future................................................. 185
Selected Bibliography ...............................................186-187
The Photographic Record.............................................188-204
Index.............................................................205-210