Cleeve Hill SSSI, Somerset

Cleeve Hill (grid reference ST056428) is a 15.1 hectare (37.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Old Cleeve and Watchet in Somerset, notified in 1989.

Cleeve Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Cleeve Hill SSSI, Somerset is located in Somerset
Cleeve Hill SSSI, Somerset
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST056428
Coordinates51°10′36″N 3°21′07″W / 51.17662°N 3.35181°W / 51.17662; -3.35181
InterestBiological
Area15.1 hectares (0.151 km2; 0.058 sq mi)
Notification1989 (1989)
Natural England website

The site covers a moderate to steeply sloping south face of the valley of the Washford River. It supports a rich and diverse calcareous grassland community with associated mixed woodland and scrub. The site contains two species of plant which are nationally rare in Great Britain, Nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum) and Rough Marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta).[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Cleeve Hill" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 9 September 2006.