Hornsleasow Roughs

Hornsleasow Roughs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Example - Burnt Orchid (Orchis ustulata)
Shown within Gloucestershire
Area of Search	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SP117323
Coordinates	51°59′22″N 1°49′49″W / 51.989481°N 1.830298°W / 51.989481; -1.830298Coordinates: 51°59′22″N 1°49′49″W / 51.989481°N 1.830298°W / 51.989481; -1.830298
Interest	Biological
Area	28.24 hectare
Notification	1954
Natural England website

Hornsleasow Roughs (grid reference SP117323) is a 28.24-hectare (69.8-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954.^[1]^[2]

The site is listed in the ‘Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011’, adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation',' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).^[3]

Location

The site lies in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is nationally important Jurassic limestone grassland which supports locally rare plants. The majority of the site overlies old limestone workings, resulting in uneven terrain.^[1]

Flora

The grassland is unimproved and varies according to depth of soil, angle of the slope and the aspect. This is an area which is grazed by sheep or cattle.^[1]

The site supports the nationally rare Perfoliate Pennycress and other rare plantlife such as Curtis' Mouse-ear, Early Gentian, Field Fleawort and Burnt Orchid.^[1] The Natural England assessment report of July 2011 indicates the range of orchid species expected for the site.^[4]

Invertebrates

The site is also important for its butterflies and recorded are such species as Green Hairstreak.^[1]

References

SSSI Source

External links

Natural England (SSSI information)

Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire

Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

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Neighbouring areas Avon Hereford and Worcester Oxfordshire Wiltshire

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