Patmore Heath

Patmore Heath
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Hertfordshire
Grid reference	TL 442 257
Interest	Biological
Area	7.6 hectares
Notification	1985
Location map	Magic Map

Patmore Heath is a 7.6 hectare (18.8 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Hertfordshire, 2 kilometres north-east of Albury, Hertfordshire. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Patmore Heath is home to a large amount of dry grass, as well as marshy-areas. Lots of the turf throughout the SSSI is dominated by Deschampsia, as well as occurrences of Anthoxanthum odoratum.^[1]^[2]

The site is managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. It is accessed by a path from Albury Road and is open at all times.^[3]

References

↑ "Patmore Heath citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
↑ "Map of Patmore Heath". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
↑ "Patmore Heath". Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

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Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust

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