Отправлено: 02.03.08 01:48. Заголовок: The Forbidden Forest

To the east of Hogwarts castle is a large, dark forest. This forest is strictly off limits to Hogwarts students, except in the course of occasional Care of Magical Creatures lessons or detentions.
The forest is thick with trees -- beech, oak, pine, sycamore, and yew are mentioned, as well as undergrowth such as knotgrass and thorns - but there are paths, brooks, and some clearings. Off the path, the way is almost impоssable, although people have moved through it and creatures as large as Acromantulas have managed to get around.
The forbidden forest is home to a wide and strange assortment of creatures. Anything wild and dangerous that needs a place to live is put there. Hagrid moves around the forest with respect but without fear. Any other person who has entered it, however, has emerged hoping never to enter it again.
There are areas around the edges of the forest that are part of the Hogwarts grounds but which are out of sight of the castle.