Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Oxfordshire |
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Grid reference | SP 493 086 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 167.1 hectares (413 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green is a 167.1-hectare (413-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Oxford in Oxfordshire. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [3] and part of Oxford Meadows Special Area of Conservation. [4] The remains of Godstow Abbey, which is a Scheduled Monument, are in the north of the site. [5]
This site consists of meadows in the floodplain of the River Thames. It is thought to have been grazed for over a thousand years and is a classic site for studying the effects of grazing on flora. There is a low diversity compared with neighbouring fields which are cut for hay, but 178 flowering plants have been recorded, including creeping marshwort, which is a Red Data Book species not found anywhere else in Britain. [6]
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Oxfordshire |
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Grid reference | SP 493 086 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 167.1 hectares (413 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green is a 167.1-hectare (413-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Oxford in Oxfordshire. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [3] and part of Oxford Meadows Special Area of Conservation. [4] The remains of Godstow Abbey, which is a Scheduled Monument, are in the north of the site. [5]
This site consists of meadows in the floodplain of the River Thames. It is thought to have been grazed for over a thousand years and is a classic site for studying the effects of grazing on flora. There is a low diversity compared with neighbouring fields which are cut for hay, but 178 flowering plants have been recorded, including creeping marshwort, which is a Red Data Book species not found anywhere else in Britain. [6]