Foulden Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationNorfolk
Grid referenceTF 760 001[1]
InterestBiological
Area139.0 hectares (343 acres)[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Foulden Common is a 139-hectare (340-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Downham Market in Norfolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.[4]

This common has a mosaic of habitats, such as acidic and calcareous grassland, birch woodland, rich fen and open water. Flora in the fen grassland include purple moor-grass, black bog rush, purple small-reed and blunt-flowered rush.[5]

There is limited public access to the common.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Foulden Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of Foulden Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 141–2. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ^ "Designated Sites View: Norfolk Valley Fens". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Foulden Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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52°34′12″N 0°35′46″E / 52.570°N 0.596°E / 52.570; 0.596

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