🌲 Celtic Rainforest
Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve, Wales
📋 Fast Facts
- Located in the Vale of Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, within Snowdonia National Park
- Designated National Nature Reserve managed by the Woodland Trust
- Home to exceptional populations of mosses, liverworts, and lichens
- Characterized by a steep-sided wooded gorge carved by the Afon Prysor river
Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve represents a significant remnant of Celtic rainforest, a temperate rainforest ecosystem found along the western coasts of the British Isles. Located in the Vale of Ffestiniog within Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales, the reserve protects an ancient woodland landscape shaped by high rainfall, humidity, and dramatic topography. The reserve's conservation status reflects the ecological importance of Celtic rainforests and their rarity in the modern ...