Table 1, Sites in Epping Forest studied in 1989-91, showing numbers of species found on trees in
each site and the sizes of the largest specimens of selected species seen in each site (in mm diam./
length). The sites are ranked by latitude; the most northerly is at the top and the most southerly at the
bottom.
Site Species Evernia Hypogymnia Parmelia
(gridref,) number prunastri physodes sulcata
(mm length) (mm diam.) (mm diam.)
Wintry Wood 23 4 34 53
(TL475035)
Epping Thicks 10 15 17 6
(TL442005)
Jack's Hill 6 - 10 24
(TQ 434995)
Oak Hill 9 - 13 20
(TQ437993)
Dulsmead Hollow 13 10 55 10
(TQ428991)
Wake Valley Pond 10 - 15 15
(TQ421987)
King's Oak 9 - 19 14
(TQ412982)
Great Monk Wood 13 4 105 27
(Bellringers Hollow)
(TQ425980)
Blackweir Pond 8 5 4 15
(TQ422978)
High Beach 8 - 12 11
(TQ406978)
Baldwins Pond 13 15 10 50
(TQ425975)
Loughton Camp 3 - - -
(TQ419975)
Debden Slade 4 - - 20
(TQ416971)
Loughton Brook 9 16 12 14
(TQ418970)
Staples Hill 5 - 12 7
(TQ422968)
Connaught Water 13 6 3 45
(TQ405953)
Barn Hoppitt 15 2 18 20
(Warren Pond.
Whitehall Plain)
(TQ398943)
Higham's Park Lake 8 - - 25
(TQ392922)
Walthamstow Forest 7 - 6 20
(TQ393905)
Leyton Flats 1 - - -
(TQ394885)
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