| Fishburn Grassland | |
|---|---|
  Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| Location | MAGiC MaP |
| Nearest town | Sedgefield |
| Coordinates | 54°41′22″N1°26′21″W / 54.68944°N 1.43917°W |
| Area | 1.12 ha (2.8 acres) |
| Established | 1992 |
| Governing body | Natural England |
| Website | Fishburn Grassland SSSI |
Fishburn Grassland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies between the villages of Fishburn and Trimdon, just north of the former.
The site consists of a small area of species-rich magnesian limestone grassland, a vegetation type that is rare nationally and mainly restricted to County Durham and Tyne and Wear. There are two distinct plant communities, the larger of which, dominated by blue moor-grass, Sesleria albicans , and small scabious, Scabiosa columbaria , is known only from east Durham. The other community, dominated by upright brome, Bromus erectus , is common on limestone in southern England but is at its northern limit in Durham, where there are no other protected sites. [1]
