Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill

Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woodley in Berkshire.

This site consists of two small wet woodlands bordering the River Loddon.

History

Lodge Wood is first shown on John Rocque's map of Berkshire in 1761. In 1953 part of the site was included in the Loddon Valley SSSI.

Flora

The site has the following Flora:

Trees

• Cornus
• Fraxinus
• Sambucus
• Quercus robur
• Hazel
• Alder
• Salix fragilis
• Prunus spinosa
• Ribes sylvestre
• Crataegus
• Euonymus

Plants

• Leucojum aestivum (the Loddon Lily)
• Urtica dioica
• Galium aparine
• Glechoma hederacea
• Primula vulgaris
• Anemone nemorosa
• Mercurialis perennis
• Ranunculus ficaria
• Caltha palustris
• Adoxa moschatellina
• Hyacinthoides non-scripta
• Narcissus pseudonarcissus

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