Combe Bottom

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Combe Bottom
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Surrey
Grid reference TQ 069 489 [1]
InterestBiological
Area42.1 hectares (104 acres) [1]
Notification 1988 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Combe Bottom is a 42.1-hectare (104-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Shere in Surrey. [1] [2] It is designated a Local Nature Reserve called Shere Woodlands, [3] [4] and is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. [5]

This site on a slope of the North Downs is mainly woodland and scrub, with a small area of unimproved chalk grassland. The woodland is dominated by beech and yew. There is a wide variety of bryophytes, including the rare moss Herzogiella seligeri . [6]

There is access from Staple Lane and Combe Lane.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Combe Bottom". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Combe Bottom". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Shere Woodlands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Map of Shere Woodlands". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Shere Woodlands (inc. West Hanger, Combe Bottom & Netley Plantation)". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Combe Bottom citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

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