Ashridge Wood

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Ashridge Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Berkshire
Location Berkshire
Grid reference SU 499 782 [1]
Coordinates 51°30′04″N1°16′59″W / 51.501°N 1.283°W / 51.501; -1.283
InterestBiological
Area15.9 hectares (39 acres) [1]
Notification 1983 [1]
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Ashridge Wood is a 15.9-hectare (39-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Compton in Berkshire. [1] [2] It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [3]

The wood is a surviving section of a once larger ancient coppiced woodland, although part was planted with conifers during the 20th century. It has many flowering woodland plants, including an abundance of Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem Ornithogalum pyrenaicum. [3]

A visit by the Reading & District Natural History Society in June 2009 identified 34 species of flowering plants, 7 different lichens on ash trees within the wood, and 22 species of insects. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Ashridge Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Map of Ashridge Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Ashridge Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Reading & District Natural History Society blog June 27th, 2009". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
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