Shillinglee Lake Explained

Shillinglee Lake
Aos:West Sussex
Interest:Biological
Area:17ha
Notifydate:1985
Map: Magic Map

Shillinglee Lake is a 17abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Plaistow in West Sussex.[1] [2]

The lake has been designated an SSSI because it has four nationally uncommon plants. It is one of only ten locations in the country for Leersia oryzoides, a species of cut-grass. The other three are water mudwort, needle spikerush and six-stamen waterwort, all of which are found on mud when the water level is low.[3]

Footpaths skirt the lake at several points.

References

51.07°N -0.62°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Shillinglee Lake . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Map of Shillinglee Lake. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 15 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Shillinglee Lake citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 May 2019.