Graffham Common Explained

Graffham Common
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:SU932196
Location:Between Midhurst and Petworth, West Sussex
Area:38ha
Manager:Sussex Wildlife Trust

Graffham Common is a 38abbr=offNaNabbr=off nature reserve between Midhurst and Petworth in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.[1]

This former pine plantation is being restored back to heath and grassland by the clearance of pine trees and rhododendrons. Drainage ditches have been blocked to allow the natural restoration of wet heath. Wet seepages provide a habitat for cross-leaved heath, hare’s-tail cottongrass and purple moor-grass.[2]

References

50.968°N -0.674°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Graffham Common . Sussex Wildlife Trust . 14 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Graffham Common Reserve Profile . Sussex Wildlife Trust . 14 August 2019.