Cleeve Hill SSSI, Somerset

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Cleeve Hill
Area of Search Somerset
Grid Reference ST056428
Interest Biological
Area 15.1 hectare (37.4 acre)
Notification 1989
Location Map English Nature

Cleeve Hill (grid reference ST056428) is a 15.1 hectare (37.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1989.

Cleeve Hill supports a rich and diverse calcareous grassland community with associated mixed woodland and scrub. The site contains two species of plant which are nationally rare in Great Britain, Nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum) and Rough Marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta).[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cleeve Hill. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.


Coordinates: 51.17662° N 3.35181° W