Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
![]() Footpath through Coombe Wood | |
Location | Hampshire |
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Grid reference | SU 748 345[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 44.0 hectares (109 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1984[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Coombe Wood and The Lythe is a 44-hectare (110-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Bordon in Hampshire.[1][2] It is part of East Hampshire Hangers Special Area of Conservation[3] and Combe Wood is a National Trust property.[4]
This site has woods on Wealden Upper Greensand with a rich bryophyte flora and calcareous ground flora, especially green hellebore and violet helleborine. There are also meadows bordering a stream and an oak and hazel wood on Gault clay.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Coombe Wood and The Lythe". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Map of Coombe Wood and The Lythe". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: East Hampshire Hangers". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Coombe Wood". National Trust. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Coombe Wood and The Lythe citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 May 2020.