| Innsworth Meadow | |
| Aos: | Gloucestershire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Coordinates: | 51.8932°N -2.2172°W |
| Area: | 2.9 hectare |
| Notifydate: | 1979 |
| Enref: | 1002513 |
Innsworth Meadow is a 2.9ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1979.[1] [2]
The meadow overlies Lower Lias clays. It is one example of a very small number of unimproved neutralgrasslands remaining in the Severn Vale near Innsworth and Twigworth.[1] It is used for the production of hay and stock grazing, and Natural England reports the status of this in September 2011.[3]
The meadow is old ridge and furrow grassland which has been traditionally managed. The dominant grasses are Common Bent, Red Fescue, Crested Dog’s-tail and Yorkshire Fog. Flowering herbs include Cowslip, Pepper Saxifrage, Yellow-rattle, Ox-eye Daisy, Great Burnet, the Green-winged Orchid and Corky-fruited Water Dropwort.[1]
There are thick Hawthorn hedges, with some Ash trees on three sides.[1]