Little Paxton Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Area of Search | Cambridgeshire |
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Grid reference | TL 168 636 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 44.1 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1989[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Little Paxton Wood is a 44.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire.[1][2]
This ancient wood is wet ash and maple on heavy calcareous clay, with seaonally waterlogged soils, and it has an extremely diverse flora. A double bank and ditch has wood melick, sweet violet and the nationally restricted spiked star-of-Bethlehem.[3]
The site is private land with no public access.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ "Map of Little Paxton Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ "Little Paxton Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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Coordinates: 52°15′29″N 0°17′24″W / 52.258°N 0.290°W
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