Braken Hurst

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Braken Hurst
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Staffordshire
Location Staffordshire
Grid reference SK 137222
Coordinates 52°47′51″N1°47′42″W / 52.79750°N 1.79500°W / 52.79750; -1.79500
Area64.0 acres (0.26 km2; 0.10 sq mi)
Notification 1986

Braken Hurst is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire near Hoar Cross village. [1] It is mostly deciduous woodland dominated by Quercus robur and Corylus avellana . The vegetation is thought to represent a fragment of the seventeenth-century landscape of common grazings. Moths recorded at Braken Hurst SSSI include bloomers rivulet ( Discoloxia blomeri ) and ruddy highflier ( Hydriomena ruberata ). [1]

Part of the land is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "SSSI detail". Naturalengland UK. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mapping the habitats of England's ten largest institutional landowners". Who owns England?. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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