Catmore and Winterly Copses
Catmore and Winterly Copses is a site of Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is based near Kintbury in Berkshire.[1] It is located within the North Wessex Downs.[2]
Geography
Catmore and Winterly Copses covers an area of 25 hectares.[3] The woods are described as a Broadleave, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area.[4]
History
The copse was classed in 1985 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[5]
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[5]
Trees
- Birch
- Fraxinus
- Maple
- Quercus robur
- Hazel
- Alder
- Aspen
- Prunus avium
- sallow
- Malus
- Frangula alnus
- Viburnum opulus
- Prunus spinosa
Plants
- Carex pallescens
- Geum rivale
- Lathyrus montanus
- Melampyrum pratense
- Valeriana dioica
- Platanthera chlorantha
- Lysimachia nummularia
- Scutellaria galericulata
- Filipendula ulmaria
- Veronica beccabunga
- Polygonum hydropiper
- Rubus fruticosus
- Pteridium aquilinum
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- Mercurialis perennis
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon
- Adoxa moschatellina
- Ajuga reptans
- Oxalis acetosella
- Primula vulgaris
- Luzula pilosa
- Lysimachia nemorum
- Dryopteris dilatata
- Dryopteris felix-mas
- Athyrium filix-femina
- Blechnum spicant
- Carex acutiformis
References
- ↑ "The very best farms for sale - Country Life". countrylife.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- ↑ LUC (23 May 2011). "LUC Standard Report Template-London" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- ↑ "Catmore and Winterly Copses SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ↑ "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Catmore and Winterly Copses SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- 1 2 "SITE NAME: CATMORE AND WINTERLY COPSES" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
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