Open areas can be found within many of the Heritage Woodlands.

Is Fuelling a Revolution just about trees?
Although the Fuelling a Revolution programme is mainly about woodlands, a number of the sites contain areas of other habitats such as grassland, heath, scrub and wetland. In addition, within the woodlands themselves can often be found valuable habitats such as ponds, streams, glades and woodland edges. These subsidiary habitats will be maintained and restored under the Fuelling a Revolution programme.

On some sites, the clearance of herb species, such as Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed is necessary. These non-native species spread rapidly and can shade out native ground flora and growing saplings. Control of Bracken is also often required for similar reasons.

Most of the woodlands contain features of archaeological and historical interest, in some cases of national importance. These features will be protected during woodland management operations. In addition, all woodland management work will take into account the need to maintain or increase populations of scarce and diminishing bird and animal species that occur within the woodlands such as Song Thrush, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly and Bats.