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Cleeve Wood, Hanham

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The primary scientific interest of the wood is the particularly large population of Bath Asparagus (
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Cleeve Wood is situated on the steep south facing slopes of the
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Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1966
94: 84: 73: 65: 55: 45: 252:The field layer in many areas is dominated by 128:biological Site of Special Scientific Interest 713:Woodland Sites of Special Scientific Interest 362: 319:"SSSI citation sheet for Cleeve Wood, Hanham" 195:. In the more natural areas of the wood Ash ( 8: 698:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon 18: 369: 355: 347: 17: 718:Forests and woodlands of Gloucestershire 161:The wood is derived from the calcareous 303: 313: 311: 309: 307: 7: 459:Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines 25:Site of Special Scientific Interest 14: 594:Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors 324:. English Nature. Archived from 209:) standards. In such places the 31: 703:South Gloucestershire District 434:Burledge Sidelands and Meadows 201:) is dominant with occasional 1: 514:Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton 469:Congrove Field and The Tumps 524:King's Wood and Urchin Wood 288:) and Slender False Brome ( 145:valley near to the City of 734: 529:Long Dole Wood and Meadows 627: 509:Hinton Charterhouse Field 464:Compton Martin Ochre Mine 384: 274:Hyacinthoides non-scripta 30: 23: 559:Plaster's Green Meadows 291:Brachypodium sylvaticum 155:Ornithogalum pyrenaicum 584:St. Catherine's Valley 479:Ellenborough Park West 243:) and young Wych Elm ( 187:Aesculus hippocastanum 424:Brockley Hall Stables 404:Biddle Street, Yatton 132:South Gloucestershire 674:51.43064°N 2.49765°W 282:), Traveller's Joy ( 266:Mercurialis perennis 189:) and Cypress trees 670: /  454:Cleeve Wood, Hanham 178:Acer pseudoplatanus 20: 679:51.43064; -2.49765 631:Neighbouring areas 409:Bishop's Hill Wood 276:), Stinking Iris ( 227:Crataegus monogyna 198:Fraxinus excelsior 653: 652: 504:Hawkesbury Meadow 419:Bodkin Hazel Wood 279:Iris foetidissima 106: 105: 725: 685: 684: 682: 681: 680: 675: 671: 668: 667: 666: 663: 554:Monkswood Valley 444:Chew Valley Lake 439:Burrington Combe 371: 364: 357: 348: 341: 340: 338: 336: 331:on 26 March 2009 330: 323: 315: 285:Clematis vitalba 241:Corylus avellana 213:is dominated by 181:) but with some 175:) and Sycamore ( 122: 35: 21: 733: 732: 728: 727: 726: 724: 723: 722: 688: 687: 678: 676: 672: 669: 664: 661: 659: 657: 656: 654: 649: 635:Gloucestershire 623: 614:Weston Big Wood 474:Dolebury Warren 380: 375: 345: 344: 334: 332: 328: 321: 317: 316: 305: 300: 203:Pedunculate Oak 172:Fagus sylvatica 118: 41: 12: 11: 5: 731: 729: 721: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 690: 689: 651: 650: 648: 647: 642: 637: 632: 628: 625: 624: 622: 621: 616: 611: 606: 601: 596: 591: 586: 581: 579:Shiplate Slait 576: 574:Severn Estuary 571: 566: 561: 556: 551: 546: 541: 536: 531: 526: 521: 516: 511: 506: 501: 499:Harptree Combe 496: 494:Gordano Valley 491: 486: 481: 476: 471: 466: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 429:Browne's Folly 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 401: 396: 391: 385: 382: 381: 376: 374: 373: 366: 359: 351: 343: 342: 302: 301: 299: 296: 232:Sambucus nigra 219:Acer campestre 183:Horse Chestnut 116:grid reference 104: 103: 100:English Nature 96: 92: 91: 88: 82: 81: 75: 71: 70: 67: 63: 62: 59: 57:Grid reference 53: 52: 49: 43: 42: 39:Bath asparagus 36: 28: 27: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 730: 719: 716: 714: 711: 709: 706: 704: 701: 699: 696: 695: 693: 686: 683: 646: 643: 641: 638: 636: 633: 630: 629: 626: 620: 617: 615: 612: 610: 609:Walton Common 607: 605: 602: 600: 597: 595: 592: 590: 587: 585: 582: 580: 577: 575: 572: 570: 567: 565: 562: 560: 557: 555: 552: 550: 547: 545: 542: 540: 537: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 485: 482: 480: 477: 475: 472: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 400: 399:Banwell Caves 397: 395: 392: 390: 387: 386: 383: 379: 372: 367: 365: 360: 358: 353: 352: 349: 327: 320: 314: 312: 310: 308: 304: 297: 295: 293: 292: 287: 286: 281: 280: 275: 271: 267: 263: 262:Dog's Mercury 259: 255: 250: 248: 247: 242: 238: 234: 233: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 208: 207:Quercus robur 204: 200: 199: 194: 193: 188: 184: 180: 179: 174: 173: 168: 164: 159: 157: 156: 150: 148: 144: 139: 137: 133: 129: 126: 121: 117: 113: 112: 109:Cleeve Wood, 102: 101: 97: 93: 89: 87: 83: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 58: 54: 50: 48: 44: 40: 34: 29: 26: 22: 16: 655: 604:Upton Coombe 599:Uphill Cliff 489:Goblin Combe 453: 449:Cleaves Wood 414:Blagdon Lake 389:Ashton Court 333:. Retrieved 326:the original 289: 283: 277: 273: 265: 258:Hedera helix 257: 251: 246:Ulmus glabra 244: 240: 230: 226: 218: 206: 196: 190: 186: 176: 170: 160: 153: 151: 140: 123:) is an 8.9 108: 107: 99: 95:Location map 86:Notification 15: 677: / 569:Puxton Moor 544:Middle Hope 534:Lower Woods 519:Iford Manor 215:Field Maple 211:shrub layer 19:Cleeve Wood 692:Categories 662:51°25′50″N 589:Steep Holm 484:Folly Farm 394:Avon Gorge 335:7 December 298:References 229:), Elder ( 143:River Avon 130:(SSSI) in 69:Biological 37:Flowering 665:2°29′52″W 645:Wiltshire 619:Yanal Bog 564:Purn Hill 192:Cupressus 138:in 1966. 640:Somerset 270:Bluebell 223:Hawthorn 167:Wych Elm 136:notified 120:ST655703 66:Interest 61:ST655703 47:Location 539:Max Bog 147:Bristol 125:hectare 79:hectare 549:Midger 114:is a ( 111:Hanham 329:(PDF) 322:(PDF) 237:Hazel 337:2009 90:1966 77:8.9 74:Area 51:Avon 294:). 268:), 254:Ivy 249:). 235:), 221:), 163:Ash 694:: 306:^ 149:. 134:, 370:e 363:t 356:v 339:. 272:( 264:( 256:( 239:( 225:( 217:( 205:( 185:( 165:-

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

Bath asparagus
Location
Grid reference
hectare
Notification
English Nature
Hanham
grid reference
ST655703
hectare
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
South Gloucestershire
notified
River Avon
Bristol
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum
Ash
Wych Elm
Fagus sylvatica
Acer pseudoplatanus
Horse Chestnut
Cupressus
Fraxinus excelsior
Pedunculate Oak
shrub layer
Field Maple
Hawthorn
Sambucus nigra

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