King's Copse
King's Copse is a site of Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is just to the west of Clay Hill in Berkshire.[1] It is located within the North Wessex Downs.[2]
Geography
King's Copse covers an area of 13.7 hectares.[3] The woods are dscribed as a Broadleave, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area.[4]
History
The wood was classed in 1985 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[5]
Fauna
The site has the following animals[5]
Mammals
Reptiles
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[5][4]
Trees
- Birch
- Fraxinus
- Ulmus glabra
- Quercus robur
- Hazel
- Alder
- Acer campestre
- Holly
- Aspen
- Prunus avium
- Salix fragilis
- Rowan
Plants
- Anemone nemorosa
- Teucrium scorodonia
- Lonicera periclymenum
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta
- Potentilla erecta
- Sanicula europaea
- Ajuga reptans
- Filipendula ulmaria
- Scrophularia nodosa
- Scrophularia aquatica
- Lychnis flos-cuculi
- Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Carex sylvatica
- Carex remota
- Carex strigosa
- Urtica dioica
- Oenanthe crocata
- Luzula pilosa
- Adoxa moschatellina
- Euphorbia amygdaloides
- Primula vulgaris
- Viola riviniana
- Viola reichenbachiana
- Hypericum androsaemum
References
- ^ http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003838%27
- ^ http://www.northwessexdowns.org.uk/calendar/204/749-Bracken-bashing-WBCS.html
- ^ "King's Copse SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ a b "Condition of SSSI Units for Site King's Copse SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ a b c "SITE NAME: KINGS COPSE" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
