View source for Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford

{{Short description|Protected area in Suffolk, England}}
{{Infobox SSSI
|image=  Railway Cutting - geograph.org.uk - 296267.jpg
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|name=  Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford
|aos=  Suffolk
|interest=Biological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|   TL 889 484}}<ref name=dsv/>
|area=          78.7 hectares<ref name=dsv/>
|notifydate=       1987<ref name=dsv/>
|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004495%27  ''Magic Map'']
}}
'''Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford''' is a {{convert|78.7|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] north-east of [[Long Melford]] in [[Suffolk]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004495&SiteName=lineage&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=  |title=Designated Sites View: Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford  | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate =  30 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004495%27|title=Map of Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=   30 May 2017}}</ref>
Lineage Wood has neutral grassland rides with diverse flora, especially orchids such as the [[Platanthera chlorantha|greater butterfly]], [[fly orchid]], [[Dactylorhiza fuchsii|common spotted]] and [[Ophrys apifera|bee orchid]]. 22 species of butterfly have been recorded. The disused railway line also has floristically rich grassland, but the soil is more alkaline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004495.pdf |title=Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=    30 May 2017}}</ref>
Lineage Wood is private land with no public access, but the St Edmund Way footpath runs along the disused railway line.
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{{SSSIs Suffolk }}
[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Long Melford]]
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