Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Hampshire |
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Grid reference | SU 775 395 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 13.2 hectares (33 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1999 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
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]
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Hampshire |
---|---|
Grid reference | SU 775 395 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 13.2 hectares (33 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1999 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
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]