Pamber Forest and Silchester Common

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Pamber Forest and Silchester Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Pamber Forest. - on the way to Gravelpit Copse - geograph.org.uk - 63154.jpg
Pamber Forest
Location Hampshire
Grid reference SU 616 612 [1]
InterestBiological
Area341.7 hectares (844 acres) [1]
Notification 1994 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Pamber Forest and Silchester Common is a 341.7-hectare (844-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tadley in Hampshire. [1] [2] Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. [3] Upper Inhams Copse was purchased by the Trust in 2001 and added to Pamber Forest. [3]

Pamber Forest is a Local Nature Reserve owned by the Englefield estate. [4] [5] Pamber Forest has hazel coppice dominated by oak standards. At the southern end are plants associated with ancient woodland, such as orpine, wood horsetail, lily of the valley, wild daffodil and the rare mountain fern. The woodland has over forty nationally rare or uncommon species. [6]

Silchester Common is a dry lowland heathlands where heather, bell Heather and gorse dominate. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Pamber Forest and Silchester Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. "Map of Pamber Forest and Silchester Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse". Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. "Designated Sites View: Pamber Forest". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. "Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse | Reserves and species". data.wildlifetrusts.org. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. "Pamber Forest and Silchester Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. Pocock, Cheryl. A Guide and Trail to Silchester’s Environment & History (PDF). p. 8. ISSN   1758-8022.

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