Great Hormead Park
Great Hormead Park is a 15 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Great Hormead in Hertfordshire. The local planning authority is East Hertfordshire District Council.[1][2]
The site is coppiced ancient woodland on boulder clay. It has diverse tree species, including wych elm and hornbeam, resulting in a rich ground flora. Dog's mercury is dominant over most of the woodland floor, with plants such as angelica sylvestris and tufted hair grass in wetter areas.[1]
There is access by footpaths from Great Hormead, Little Hormead and Furneux Pelham.
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References
- ^ a b "Great Hormead Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Map of Great Hormead Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire
- Aldbury Nowers
- Alpine Meadow
- Amwell Quarry
- Ashridge Commons and Woods
- Ashwell Springs
- Benington High Wood
- Blagrove Common
- Bricket Wood Common
- Croxley Common Moor
- Frogmore Meadows
- Great Hormead Park
- Hertford Heath
- Hunsdon Mead
- Knebworth Woods
- Moor Hall Meadows
- Northaw Great Wood
- Oddy Hill and Tring Park
- Patmore Heath
- Plashes Wood
- Redwell Wood
- Roughdown Common
- Rye Meads
- Sarratt Bottom
- Sawbridgeworth Marsh
- Sherrardspark Wood
- Tewinbury
- Therfield Heath
- Thorley Flood Pound
- Tring Reservoirs
- Tring Woodlands
- Turnford and Cheshunt Pits
- Wain Wood
- Water End Swallow Holes
- Whippendell Wood
- Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood North
- Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South
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