Llantrisant Common and Pastures

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Llantrisant Common and Pastures
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Location Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates 51°32′32″N3°22′43″W / 51.54229°N 3.37849°W / 51.54229; -3.37849 [1]
Area113 ha (280 acres)
Established2000

Llantrisant Common and Pastures is a 113-hectare (280-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It was established in 2000.

The Countryside Council for Wales states that the site has been categorized as a Site of Special Interest for "...its extensive area of acidic marshy grassland in a lowland setting, as well as for smaller areas of species-rich neutral grassland, dry acidic grassland and flush. It is also of special interest for populations of two rare plants: Cornish moneywort ( Sibthorpia europaea ) and a liverwort known as bog earwort ( Scapania paludicola ). [2]

Notes

  1. "Llantrisant Common And Pastures Site Of Special Scientific Interest". protectedplanet.net.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Llantrisant Common and Pastures". ccw.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2011.[ permanent dead link ]

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