Bransbury Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationHampshire
Grid referenceSU 411 415[1]
InterestBiological
Area158.6 hectares (392 acres)[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Bransbury Common is a 158.6-hectare (392-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Andover in Hampshire.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3]

This site has two different habitats. The soil of the common is peat over gravel, and the dominant plants are purple moor-grass and greater tussock-sedge. There is also a former water meadow, which has flowering plants including lady's smock, marsh marigold and early marsh-orchid.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Bransbury Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Map of Bransbury Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–29. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ^ "Bransbury Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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