Easton Farm Meadow
51°26′46″N 1°24′00″W / 51.446°N 1.400°W / 51.446; -1.400
Easton Farm Meadow is a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Easton, west of Boxford in Berkshire.[1][2] It is in the North Wessex Downs.[3]
The site is lowland neutral grassland[4] In the past the meadows around Easton Farm were managed traditionally as 'floated' water meadows.[5]
Fauna
The site has the following animals[5]
Birds
- Snipe
Invertebrates
- Silis ruficollis
- Zicrona caerulea
- Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
- Nemotelus pantherinus
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[5]
- Caltha palustris
- Eleocharis palustris
- Filipendula ulmaria
- Angelica sylvestris
- Cirsium palustre
- Galium uliginosum
- Lychnis flos-cuculi
- Holcus lanatus
- Valeriana dioica
- Carex panicea
- Carex nigra
- Iris pseudacorus
- Rumex hydrolapathum
- Carex acutiformis
- Carex paniculata
- Dactylorhiza praetermissa
- Dactylorhiza incarnata
- Blysmus compressus
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Easton Farm Meadow.
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Easton Farm Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Map of Easton Farm Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Home | North Wessex Downs AONB". Northwessexdowns.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Easton Farm Meadow SSSI - GRASSLAND (001)". Natural england. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "SITE NAME: EASTON FARM MEADOW" (PDF). Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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