IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location
County Cork, Ireland
Area
300 ha
Established
1991
Governing body
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Glengarriff Forest is an area of woodland near Glengarriff, West Cork, Ireland. Most of the woodland is a nature reserve in public ownership which is sometimes referred to as Glengarriff "forest park" or "state forest".[1]
Glengarriff Forest is one of the best examples in the country of oceanic sessile oak woodland. It is part of the much larger Glengarriff Harbour & Woodlands Special Area of Conservation (SAC).[2]
^"Glengarriff Forest Tourism Info B&B Hotels Cork Guide".
^SAC Site Synopsis Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine, National Parks and Wildlife Service
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