Street Heath

Street Heath
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Somerset
Area of Search Somerset
Grid reference ST464394
Interest Biological
Area 12.5 hectares (0.125 km2; 0.048 sq mi)
Notification 1966 (1966)
Natural England website

Street Heath (grid reference ST464394) is a 12.5 hectare (31.0 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest 4 km east of Glastonbury in Somerset, notified in 1966.

Street Heath is a Nature reserve, managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust, which has outstanding examples of communities which were once common on the Somerset Levels. The vegetation consists of wet and dry heath, species-rich bog and carr woodland, with transitions between all these habitats. Rare ferns present include Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris) and Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis). Old peat workings and rhynes have a wetland community which includes Bulrush (Typha latifolia), Yellow Flag Iris (pseudacorus), Cyperus-like Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus) and Lesser Bur-reed (Sparganium minimum). Insects recorded include 33 species of butterflies, 200 moths and 12 grasshoppers and crickets, with several notable rarities. Birds breeding in the carr woodland include the local Willow Tit[1]

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