Was wondering about what England looked like 1000 years ago, and found what I think is an interesting history of England’s forests.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/jul/27/history-of-englands-forests
And now...
Number 3...
The Larch,
“A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Slede Heath embrowned itself moment by moment” doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Very scenic. I’ve enjoyed several of Hardy’s novels as an adult (but not particularly as a high school student ;-).
Also it was mentioned in the novel "Far From The Madding Crowd". I tried to have my two daughters called Eustacia and Thomasin after the heroines in "The Return Of The Native". I had to settle for this being officially entered as their middle names.