Our planet earth is a wonderful place, full of natural beauties, ranging from mountains to forests and so on. While because of the war, the situation is not ideal at the moment to visit the Yemeni island of Socotra, where unique photogenic “dragon’s blood trees” grow, but there are many mysterious forests in other parts of the world with unique and unusual trees. Where can you walk through an unusual forest or its remnant? We will answer the questions in the following; stay tuned!
Dartmoor in Devon, England, is famous for the terrifying story of The Hound of the Baskervilles. It’s no wonder, then, that it’s here that you can walk through a forest like something out of a scary fairy tale.
After all, Wistman’s name is said to be derived from the local term wisht, meaning mysterious or cursed. Dominant tree species are strangely twisted oaks, some of them perhaps as old as five hundred years. Among them are moss- and lichen-covered boulders. Caution is needed as one of the lichens (Bryoria smithii) is very rare.
