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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Beament

National Trust: Hot, dry conditions hitting wildlife, landscapes and gardens

Heatwaves and prolonged dry weather are damaging landscapes, gardens and wildlife, the National Trust has warned.

Reports from sites the charity cares for show lichen and mosses that normally thrive in the damp atmosphere of rare temperate rainforest in Lydford Gorge on Dartmoor are shrivelling, and heather is struggling to flower on Dunwich’s lowland heath in Suffolk.

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