 The primary scientific interest of the wood is the particularly large population of Bath Asparagus ("Ornithogalum pyrenaicum") which it supports.The Bath Asparagus in Cleeve Wood represents what is considered to be the largest and most stable population of this plant in this its centre of distribution.The wood is derived from the calcareous Ash-Wych Elm (southern variant) type but has been much planted with non-native species mainly Beech ("Fagus sylvatica") and Sycamore ("Acer pseudoplatanus") but with some Horse Chestnut ("Aesculus hippocastanum") and Cypress trees "Cupressus".