Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods

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Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Oveys Wood, Highmoor (geograph 2230050).jpg
Location Oxfordshire
Grid reference SU 698 833 [1]
InterestBiological
Area64.1 hectares (158 acres) [1]
Notification 1986 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods is a 64.1-hectare (158-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. [1] [2]

This beech woodland has more than 40 species of ground flora which is commonly associated with ancient woods in southern Britain, including broad-leaved helleborine, southern wood-rush, yellow archangel, enchanter's nightshade, goldilocks buttercup, woodruff and the moss Leucobryum glaucum . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. "Map of Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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