Roebuck Meadows

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Roebuck Meadows
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

  1. ^ Roebuck Meadows. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-08-19.


Coordinates: 51.11130° N 3.24133° W