Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Cambridgeshire |
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Grid reference | TL 544 727 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 1.1 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Upware North Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2]
This site has several flooded pits with areas of willow and hawthorn. It is one of only two British sites which has water germander, a plant listed in the British Red Data Books of threatened species. Other unusual aquatic plants are great water dock and greater pond sedge. [3]
There is access to the site from the Fen Rivers Way north of Upware.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Cambridgeshire |
---|---|
Grid reference | TL 544 727 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 1.1 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Upware North Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2]
This site has several flooded pits with areas of willow and hawthorn. It is one of only two British sites which has water germander, a plant listed in the British Red Data Books of threatened species. Other unusual aquatic plants are great water dock and greater pond sedge. [3]
There is access to the site from the Fen Rivers Way north of Upware.