Stockbridge Common Marsh | |
Aos: | Hampshire |
Interest: | Biological |
Area: | 64.8ha |
Notifydate: | 1991 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Stockbridge Common Marsh is a 64.8abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Stockbridge in Hampshire.[1] [2] It is owned by the National Trust.[3]
This site stretches for 2km (01miles) along the flood plain of the River Test. It has wetland habitats including marsh, fen, carr, alluvial meadows and a large shallow lake. The marsh has a rich variety of flora, with 180 species of flowering plants, including bog pimpernel, adder’s-tongue fern, marsh valerian and bogbean.[4]