Cleeve Hill SSSI, Somerset
Appearance
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Somerset |
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Grid reference | ST056428 |
Coordinates | 51°10′36″N 3°21′07″W / 51.17662°N 3.35181°W |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 15.1 hectares (0.151 km2; 0.058 sq mi) |
Notification | 1989 |
Natural England website |
Cleeve Hill (grid reference ST056428) is a 15.1 hectare (37.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Old Cleeve and Watchet in Somerset, notified in 1989.
The site covers a moderate to steeply sloping south face of the Washford River Valley. It supports a rich and diverse calcareous grassland community with associated mixed woodland and scrub. The site contains two species of plant which are nationally rare in Great Britain, Nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum) and Rough Marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta).[1]
References
- ^ "Cleeve Hill" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 2006-09-09.