Innsworth Meadow

Innsworth Meadow

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Example - Meadow with Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Location within Gloucestershire
Location	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SO851216
Coordinates	51°53′36″N2°13′02″W / 51.8932°N 2.2172°W / 51.8932; -2.2172
Interest	Biological
Area	2.9 hectare
Notification	1979
Natural England website

Innsworth Meadow (grid reference SO851216 ) is a 2.9-hectare (7.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1979. ^{[1] [2]}

Location and use

The meadow overlies Lower Lias clays. It is one example of a very small number of unimproved neutral grasslands remaining in the Severn Vale near Innsworth and Twigworth. ^[1] It is used for the production of hay and stock grazing, and Natural England reports the status of this in September 2011. ^[3]

Flora

The meadow is old ridge and furrow grassland which has been traditionally managed. The dominant grasses are Common Bent, Red Fescue, Crested Dog’s-tail and Yorkshire Fog. Flowering herbs include Cowslip, Pepper Saxifrage, Yellow-rattle, Ox-eye Daisy, Great Burnet, the Green-winged Orchid and Corky-fruited Water Dropwort. ^[1]

There are thick Hawthorn hedges, with some Ash trees on three sides. ^[1]

References

1. Natural England SSSI information on the citation ^{[ dead link ]}
2. "Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011, adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation', Sites of Special Scientific Interest". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
3. Natural England SSSI information on the Innsworth Meadow unit ^{[ dead link ]}

SSSI Source

• Natural England SSSI information on the citation ^{[ dead link ]}
• Natural England SSSI information on the Innsworth Meadow unit ^{[ dead link ]}

External links

• Natural England (SSSI information)