Misplaced Pages

Barton Bushes

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England

Barton Bushes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cotswold Pennycress (Thlaspi perfoliatum)
Barton Bushes is located in GloucestershireBarton BushesLocation within Gloucestershire
LocationGloucestershire
Grid referenceSP110259
Coordinates51°55′55″N 1°50′27″W / 51.931954°N 1.840696°W / 51.931954; -1.840696
InterestBiological
Area5.7 hectare
Notification1996
Natural England website

Barton Bushes (grid reference SP110259) is a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1996.

The site has local names being Barton Larches and Meadows Larches. It lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA), and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Flora and fauna

The site is of special interest as it supports the nationally rare Cotswold Pennycress (Thlaspi perfoliatum), for unimproved limestone grassland and scrub and for its population of the nationally scarce Duke of Burgundy fritillary butterfly.

References

  1. ^ Natural England SSSI information on the citation Archived October 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 1, Sites of Special Scientific Interest Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine

SSSI Source

External links

Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire
Neighbouring areas
Avon
Herefordshire
Oxfordshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire


Stub icon

This article about a Site of Special Scientific Interest in England is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: