Kennet Valley Alderwoods

Kennet Valley Alderwoods

Kennet Valley Alderwoods is a 56.8 hectare (140.35 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parishes of Welford and Speen in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1997.

Located at gbmapping|SU400675 and at gbmapping|SU444669, these woodlands are the largest remaining fragments of damp, ash-alder woodland in the Kennet floodplain. The SSSI includes two woods, the Wilderness and part of Ryott's Plantation, which are important because they support a very great diversity of plants associated with this woodland type, dominated by Alder ("Alnus glutinosa"), though Ash ("Fraxinus excelsior") is abundant in places and there is occasional Oak ("Quercus robur") and Wych Elm ("Ulmus glabra"). In addition to the wide range of higher plants the woods support a diverse bryophyte flora including the uncommon epiphytes "Radula complanata", "Zygodon viridissimus" and "Orthotrichum affine". [cite web | title=Kennet Valley Alderwoods | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000123.pdf | accessdate=2006-09-24]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kennet and Avon Canal — The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the River Kennet at Newbury to the River Avon at Bath, or to the entire navigation… …   Wikipedia

  • Chilton Foliat Meadows — (grid reference SU315703) is a 54.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Chilton Foliat in the English county of Wiltshire. It was notified in 1971 and is split across Berkshire and Wiltshire. Source… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Special Areas of Conservation in England — The following is a list of Special Areas of Conservation in England* Arnecliff and Park Hole Woods * Asby Complex * Ashdown Forest * Aston Rowant * Avon Gorge Woodlands * Barnack Hills and Holes * Baston Fen * Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats *… …   Wikipedia

  • Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods — is a 20.27 hectare (50.08 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Aldermaston Wharf in the civil parish of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1993. Located at grid reference SU612632, the site comprises… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”