| Rushmore and Conholt Downs | |
| Aos: | Hampshire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 111.5ha |
| Notifydate: | 1984 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Rushmore and Conholt Downs is a 111.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Andover in Hampshire.[1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3]
These chalk downs have areas of grassland and scrub. There is also woodland, which is dominated by oak and ash with hazel coppice. A stand of juniper trees is over a hundred years old, and it is thought to be the oldest on chalk in England, with some trees over 6m (20feet) tall.[4]
. Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 127. Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .