Innsworth Meadow

51°53′36″N 2°13′02″W / 51.8932°N 2.2172°W / 51.8932; -2.2172InterestBiologicalArea2.9 hectareNotification1979Natural England website

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. ^ a b c d Natural England SSSI information on the citation
  2. ^ Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011, adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation', Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  3. ^ 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
  • Natural England (SSSI information)
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