Galley Down Wood Explained

Galley Down Wood
Aos:	Hampshire
Interest:	Biological
Area:	16.6ha
Notifydate:	1988
Map:	Magic Map

Galley Down Wood is a 16.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire.^{[1] [2]}

This wood, which was planted with beech trees in around 1930, has a well developed beech flora. Flowering plants include bird's-nest orchid, white helleborine, greater butterfly-orchid, common spotted orchid and the nationally rare long-leaved helleborine.^[3]

References

50.968°N -1.185°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Galley Down Wood . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 May 2020.
2. Web site: Map of Galley Down Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 May 2020.
3. Web site: Galley Down Wood citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 11 May 2020.