St. Catherine's Valley Explained

St. Catherine's Valley
Aos:Avon
Interest:Biological
Gridref:ST760725
Area:156.1 hectare
Notifydate:1997
Map:English Nature

St. Catherine's Valley is a 156.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest southwest of the village of Marshfield, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1997.

At the Marshfield end of the valley, a large naturalised population of Dragon's Teeth (Tetragonolobus maritimus), a species not native to Britain, is present; it was first found by Rev. E. Ellman in 1927.[1]

Sources

51.451°N -2.3468°W

Notes and References

  1. Myles, Sarah L. (2000) The Flora of the Bristol Region pages 32-33 and 137