Upper Greensand Hangers: Wyck to Wheatley

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Upper Greensand Hangers: Wyck to Wheatley
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Field in front of Reynold's Hanger - geograph.org.uk - 169786.jpg
Location Hampshire
Grid reference SU 775 395 [1]
InterestBiological
Area13.2 hectares (33 acres) [1]
Notification 1999 [1]
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Upper Greensand Hangers: Wyck to Wheatley is a 13.2-hectare (33-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Alton in Hampshire. [1] [2] It is part of the East Hampshire Hangers Special Area of Conservation. [3]

This site is composed of woods on the steep rocky slopes of the Upper Greensand. Bare rocks are covered by lime-loving bryophytes such as Tortula marginata , Chiloscyphus pallescens and Fissidens gracilifolius . There is also a population of the nationally scarce mollusc Macrogastra rolphii . [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Upper Greensand Hangers: Wyck to Wheatley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. "Map of Upper Greensand Hangers: Wyck to Wheatley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. "Designated Sites View: East Hampshire Hangers". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. "Upper Greensand Hangers: Wyck to Wheatley citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

Coordinates: 51°09′00″N0°53′35″W / 51.150°N 0.893°W / 51.150; -0.893