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* [http://www.suffolkwildlife.co.uk/nr/sites/rexg.htm Reserve page at the Suffolk Wildlife Trust website] |
* [http://www.suffolkwildlife.co.uk/nr/sites/rexg.htm Reserve page at the Suffolk Wildlife Trust website] |
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* [http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACSelection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0019866 JNCC page about the site's Special Area of Conservation status] |
* [http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACSelection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0019866 JNCC page about the site's Special Area of Conservation status] |
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* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002531.pdf] |
* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002531.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] |
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Revision as of 18:06, 30 October 2006
The Rex Graham nature reserve (Grid ref grid reference TL742747) is a 0.27 hectare nature reserve in the Breckland region of Suffolk, England. The site is a disused chalk pit, named after Rex Graham, a Suffolk botanist, and is primarily of interest for its population of Military Orchids, of which over 95% of the United Kingdom population occurs at this site.
Other plants found at the site include mezereon, twayblade, pyramidal orchid and the adder’s tongue fern.
The site is fenced in order to protect the orchid populations from damage. A public open day at the site is held every year on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, to coincide with peak flowering of the Military Orchids.
The site was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1984, and has been designated a Special Area of Conservation.