Sturt Copse Explained

Sturt Copse
Aos:	Oxfordshire
Interest:	Biological
Area:	6.5ha
Notifydate:	1987
Map:	Magic Map

Sturt Copse is a 6.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Oxford in Oxfordshire.^{[1] [2]}

This wood has many giant stools of coppiced of ash and wych elm trees, together with oaks, some of them pollarded. Most of the ground layer is dominated by dog's mercury, and there are uncommon plants such as yellow star-of-Bethlehem, Lathraea squamaria and hard shield-fern.^[3]

References

51.832°N -1.422°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Sturt Copse . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 March 2020.
2. Web site: Map of Sturt Copse. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 March 2020.
3. Web site: Sturt Copse citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 March 2020.