 The wood is a surviving section of a once larger ancient coppiced woodland, although part was planted with conifers during the 20th century.It has many flowering woodland plants, including an abundance of Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem "Ornithogalum pyrenaicum".A visit by the Reading & District Natural History Society in June 2009 identified 34 species of flowering plants, 7 different lichens on Ash trees within the wood, and 22 species of insects.