Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse explained

Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse
Aos:West Sussex
Interest:Biological
Area:101.4ha
Notifydate:1990
Map: Magic Map

Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse is a 101.4abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Midhurst in West Sussex.[1] [2]

This site is important mainly because of its mosses and liverworts, which are relicts of a period 5000 years ago when the British climate was milder and wetter. There are old stools of Chestnut coppice which have six species of the moss genus Dicranum and liverworts include Bazzania trilobata, Marsupella emarginata and Kurzia sylvatica.[3]

References

51.019°N -0.711°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Map of Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 May 2019.