Redhill Wood
Redhill Wood is a site of Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is based in Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.[1] It is located within the North Wessex Downs.[2]
Geography
Redhill Wood covers an area of 29 hectares.[3] The woods are described 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][4]
Invertebrates
- Sicus ferrugineus
- Poecilobothrus nobilatatus
- Clossiana selene
- Ectobius lapponicus
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[5]
Trees
Plants
- Paris quadrifolia
- Sanicula europaea
- Polygonatum multiflorum
- Solidago virgaurea
- Melampyrum pratense
- Carex strigosa
- Dryopteris affinis
- Trichocolea tomentella
- Hookeria lucens
- Leucodon sciuroides
- Orthotrichum lyellii
- Lecanactis abietina
- Mycena clavularis
References
- ↑ "HAMSTEAD HORNET Issue 72" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ↑ "The civil parish comprises 1,900 acres/769 hectares" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ↑ "Redhill Wood SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- 1 2 "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Redhill Wood SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- 1 2 3 "SITE NAME: REDHILL WOOD" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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