Innsworth Meadow
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| File:Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) - geograph.org.uk - 844630.jpg Example - Meadow with Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Location | Gloucestershire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SO851216 |
| Coordinates | 51°53′36″N 2°13′02″W / 51.8932°N 2.2172°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 2.9 hectare |
| Notification | 1979 |
| Natural England website | |
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Innsworth Meadow (grid reference SO851216) is a 2.9-hectare (7.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1979.[1][2]
Location and use
The meadow overlies Lower Lias clays. It is one example of a very small number of unimproved neutral grasslands remaining in the Severn Vale near Innsworth and Twigworth.[1] It is used for the production of hay and stock grazing, and Natural England reports the status of this in September 2011.[3]
Flora
The meadow is old ridge and furrow grassland which has been traditionally managed. The dominant grasses are Common Bent, Red Fescue, Crested Dog’s-tail and Yorkshire Fog. Flowering herbs include Cowslip, Pepper Saxifrage, Yellow-rattle, Ox-eye Daisy, Great Burnet, the Green-winged Orchid and Corky-fruited Water Dropwort.[1] There are thick Hawthorn hedges, with some Ash trees on three sides.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Natural England SSSI information on the citation
- ↑ "Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011, adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation', Sites of Special Scientific Interest". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ Natural England SSSI information on the Innsworth Meadow unit
SSSI Source
- Natural England SSSI information on the citation
- Natural England SSSI information on the Innsworth Meadow unit
External links
- Natural England (SSSI information)
