Bodkin Hazel Wood

Bodkin Hazel Wood
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Avon
Grid reference	ST780850
Interest	Biological
Area	10.62 hectare
Notification	1974
Location map	English Nature

Last updated March 15, 2019

Bodkin Hazel Wood (grid reference ST780850 ) is a 10.62-hectare (26.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), just south of the village of Hawkesbury Upton in South Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.^[1]

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Hawkesbury Upton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, east of the much smaller Hawkesbury. It lies north of Horton, east of Dunkirk and south of Alderley and Hillesley.

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in South West England. It comprises multiple suburban areas to the north and east of Bristol as well as a large rural hinterland. South Gloucestershire was created in 1996 from the northern section of the county of Avon, which was abolished at that time.

Biological interest

The site has a diverse ground flora.^[1] In addition to common species such as dog's mercury ( Mercurialis perennis ), primrose ( Primula vulgaris ), bluebell ( Hyacinthoides non-scripta ), wood anemone ( Anemone nemorosa ), wood sorrel ( Oxalis acetosella ) and ramsons ( Allium ursinum ), a number of scarce species are present; these include cow-wheat ( Melampyrum pratense ), herb Paris ( Paris quadrifolia ), toothwort ( Lathraea squamaria ), Autumn crocus ( Colchicum autumnale ), lily-of-the-valley ( Convallaria majalis ) and yellow star-of-Bethlehem ( Gagea lutea ).^[1]

Mercurialis perennis, commonly known as dog's mercury, is a poisonous woodland plant found in much of Europe as well as in Algeria, Iran, Turkey, and the Caucasus, but almost absent from Ireland, Orkney and Shetland. A member of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), it is a herbaceous, downy perennial with erect stems bearing simple, serrate leaves. The dioecious inflorescences are green, bearing inconspicuous flowers from February to April. It characteristically forms dense, extensive carpets on the floor of woodlands and beneath hedgerows.

Primula vulgaris, the common primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and parts of southwest Asia. The common name is primrose, or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other Primula species also called primroses.

Hyacinthoides non-scripta is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant. It is known in English as the common bluebell or simply bluebell, a name which is used in Scotland to refer to the harebell, Campanula rotundifolia. In spring, H. non-scripta produces a nodding, one-sided inflorescence of 5–12 tubular, sweet-scented violet–blue flowers, with strongly recurved tepals, and 3–6 long, linear, basal leaves.

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References

1 2 3 "SSSI citation sheet for Bodkin Hazel Wood" (PDF). Natural England . Retrieved 21 November 2009.

Coordinates: 51°33′48″N2°19′08″W / 51.56344°N 2.31877°W / 51.56344; -2.31877

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[NE-1] 1 2 3 "SSSI citation sheet for Bodkin Hazel Wood" (PDF). Natural England . Retrieved 21 November 2009.