Bodkin Hazel Wood

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Bodkin Hazel Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Avon
Grid reference	ST780850
Interest	Biological
Area	10.62 hectare
Notification	1974
Location map	English Nature

Bodkin Hazel Wood (grid reference ST780850) is a 10.62 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), just south of the village of Hawkesbury Upton in South Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.

Biological interest

The site has a diverse ground flora. In addition to common species such as Dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis), Primrose (Primula vulgaris), Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa), Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) and Ramsons (Allium ursinum), a number of scarce species are present. These include Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense), Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia), Toothwort (Lathraea squamaria), Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale), Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) and Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea lutea).^[1]

References

↑ Natural England, SSSI citation sheet for Bodkin Hazel Wood retrieved 2009-11-21 (reference for the whole Biological interest section)

v t e Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon

Ashton Court Avon Gorge Banwell Caves Biddle Street, Yatton Bishop's Hill Wood Blagdon Lake Bodkin Hazel Wood Brockley Hall Stables Brown's Folly Burledge Sidelands and Meadows Burrington Combe Chew Valley Lake Cleaves Wood Cleeve Wood, Hanham Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines Compton Martin Ochre Mine Congrove Field and The Tumps Dolebury Warren Ellenborough Park West Folly Farm Goblin Combe Gordano Valley Harptree Combe Hawkesbury Meadow Hinton Charterhouse Field Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton Iford Manor King's Wood and Urchin Wood Long Dole Wood and Meadows Lower Woods Max Bog Middle Hope Midger Monkswood Valley Plaster's Green Meadows Purn Hill Puxton Moor Severn Estuary Shiplate Slait St. Catherine's Valley Steep Holm Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors Uphill Cliff Upton Coombe Walton Common Weston Big Wood Yanal Bog

Neighbouring areas Gloucestershire Somerset Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°33′48″N 2°19′08″W / 51.56344°N 2.31877°W / 51.56344; -2.31877

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