Sturt Copse

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Sturt Copse
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Ulmus minor. Sturt Copse, North Leigh, Oxfordshire (5).jpg
Location Oxfordshire
Grid reference SP 399 150 [1]
InterestBiological
Area6.5 hectares (16 acres) [1]
Notification 1987 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Sturt Copse is a 6.5-hectare (16-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Oxford in Oxfordshire. [1] [2]

This wood has many giant stools of coppiced of ash and wych elm trees, together with oaks, some of them pollarded. Most of the ground layer is dominated by dog's mercury, and there are uncommon plants such as yellow star-of-Bethlehem, Lathraea squamaria and hard shield-fern. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Sturt Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Map of Sturt Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sturt Copse citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

Coordinates: 51°49′55″N1°25′19″W / 51.832°N 1.422°W / 51.832; -1.422

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