Great Thrift Wood

Great Thrift Wood is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cox Green in Berkshire. The site is a broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area. The wood was classed in 1984 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Flora

The site has the following Flora:

Trees

• Birch
• Fraxinus
• Salix cinerea
• Quercus robur
• Hazel
• Alder
• Salix fragilis
• Frangula alnus
• Acer campestre
• Populus tremula
• Sorbus torminalis

Plants

• Rubus fruticosus
• Circaea lutetiana
• Anemone nemorosa
• Orchis mascula
• Lysimachia nemorum
• Ranunculus auricomus
• Carex acutiformis
• Iris pseudacorus
• Valeriana officinalis
• Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Mentha aquatica
• Festuca gigantea
• Agropyron caninum

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