Great Thrift Wood Explained

Great Thrift Wood
Aos:	Berkshire
Interest:	Biological
Coordinates:	51.495°N -0.747°W
Area:	14.2ha
Notifydate:	1984
Map:	Magic Map

Great Thrift Wood is a 14.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cox Green in Berkshire.^{[1] [2]} The site is a broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area.^[3] The wood was classed in 1984 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.^[4]

Flora

The site has the following Flora:^[4]

Trees

• Birch
• Fraxinus
• Salix cinerea
• Quercus robur
• Hazel
• Alder
• Salix fragilis
• Frangula alnus
• Acer campestre
• Populus tremula
• Sorbus torminalis

Plants

• Rubus fruticosus
• Circaea lutetiana
• Anemone nemorosa
• Orchis mascula
• Lysimachia nemorum
• Ranunculus auricomus
• Carex acutiformis
• Iris pseudacorus
• Valeriana officinalis
• Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Mentha aquatica
• Festuca gigantea
• Agropyron caninum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Great Thrift Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 December 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Great Thrift Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 December 2019.
3. Web site: Condition of SSSI Units for Site Great Thrift Wood SSSI . Natural England . 2017-03-06 .
4. Web site: SITE NAME: GREAT THRIFT WOOD . PDF . 2017-03-06.