Wistman's Wood
CRoW open access land - Natural England (owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, within Dartmoor National Park)This is a guide, not a substitute for expert identification. Foraging guides - including this one - can contain errors. If you are not completely certain of an identification, do not eat it. Cross-check against at least two independent sources, and when in doubt, consult a local foraging expert or an experienced forager in person before eating anything wild.
Wistman's Wood is a rare 3.5-hectare high-altitude oakwood on Dartmoor, split into three groves of stunted, 400-500-year-old oaks growing among granite boulders. Managed as a National Nature Reserve, it is one of England's few surviving upland temperate rainforest fragments.
Soil: thin, wet, acidic peaty soils over granite clitter at 380-410m elevation
Dominant species: dwarf pedunculate oak
Parking: Roadside parking at Two Bridges, then a moorland walk in