Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South

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Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Hertfordshire
Grid reference TL331068
InterestBiological
Area192.5 hectares
Notification 1984
Location map Magic Map

Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South is a 192.5 hectares (476 acres) is a biological site of Special Scientific Interest near Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. It is part of Broxbourne Woods National Nature Reserve, and is listed in A Nature Conservation Review . Wormley Wood is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust. [1] [2] The site is also a Special Area of Conservation. [3]

The site is oak and hornbeam woodland mainly on London clay. Plants in the variable ground flora include brambles, wood anemones and bluebells. Other habitats include marshland and acidic grassland. [1]

White Stubbs Lane runs along the northern edge of the site.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. "Map of Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. "Broxbourne Woods". Natural England. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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