Mercurialis perennis
The wood consists largely of chestnut coppice and conifer plantations. There are also areas of beech ("Fagus sylvatica"), hazel ("Corylus avellana"), ash ("Fraxinus excelsior") and oak ("Quercus robur") woodland. There are several clearings in the wood where there is a mixture of scrubland and chalk grassland such as at Bonsai Bank. Bluebell ("Hyacinthoides non-scripta") and wood anemone ("Anemone nemorosa") grow on neutral soils whilst on the alkaline, lime rich soils plants such as dog's mercury ("Mercurialis perennis"), herb paris ("Paris quadrifolia") and columbine ("Aquilegia vulgaris") can be found.