Enborne Copse
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
  Location within Berkshire | |
| Location | Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 433 660[1] |
| Coordinates | 51°23′28″N 1°22′44″W / 51.391°N 1.379°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 11.9 hectares (29 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1985[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Enborne Copse is a 11.9-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Newbury in Berkshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site.[1][2]
The current woodland boundary is almost identical to that shown on Rocque's map of Berkshire in 1761, but most of it is now a conifer plantation and only the area designated as an SSSI retains its semi-natural broad leaved woodland.[3]
Flora
The site has the following flora:[3][4]
Trees
- Betula pubescens
- Fraxinus
- Tilia cordata
- Quercus robur
- Hazel
- Alder
- Salix caprea
- Viburnum opulus
- Sorbus aucuparia
- Sambucus nigra
- Frangula alnus
- Malus sylvestris
- Quercus cerris
Other plants
- Convallaria majalis
- Primula vulgaris
- Polygonatum multiflorum
- Euphorbia amygdaloides
- Lamium galeobdolon
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta
- Oxalis
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Map of Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b "SITE NAME: ENBORNE COPSE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Enborne Copse SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
