Plantwatch: Britain’s ancient endangered rainforests

Relics of the last ice age, these magical places are threatened by overgrazing and invasive species
It may seem bizarre, but Britain has rainforests. These are temperate rainforests, far cooler than the hot steamy rainforests of the tropics, but just as wet and humid, drenched in huge downpours of rain and very clean air off the Atlantic, and mild all year round thanks to the equable ocean currents originating from the Gulf Stream.These British rainforests are just as lush as the tropical ones,