Roebuck Meadows
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Roebuck Meadows | |
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Area of Search | Somerset |
Grid Reference | ST132354 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 3.6 hectare (8.9 acre) |
Notification | 1988 |
Location Map | English Nature |
Roebuck Meadows (grid reference ST132354) is a 3.6 hectare (8.9 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1988.
Roebuck Meadows have a very varied and herb-rich vegetation composed of mire and grassland communities together comprising an important example of lowland mire, which is a nationally scarce habitat. The meadows contain Cornish Moneywort (Sibthorpia europaea), a nationally scarce plant restricted to south west Britain.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Roebuck Meadows. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-08-19.