Snelsmore Common
Snelsmore Common is a 104-hectare (260-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newbury in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
This is a country park which has diverse habitats, including dry heath, wet heath, bog, birch woods and ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. The bog has a 5,000 year old layer of peat which has been studied stratigraphically to show changes in ancient land use and vegetation. An area of wet alder woodland has many lichens, including a rich community which grows on trees, such as Parmelia caperarta, Pertusaria pertusa and Lecanactis abietina.
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- ^ "Designated Sites View: Snelsmore Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Map of Snelsmore Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Snelsmore Common Country Park". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Snelsmore Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.