King's Copse

King's Copse is a 13.7-hectare (34-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Chapel Row and Clay Hill in Berkshire.^[1][2] It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[3] The site is private land but a public footpath runs through it.

King's Copse

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Grid reference	SU 576 705^[1]
Coordinates	51°25′52″N 1°10′23″W / 51.431°N 1.173°W / 51.431; -1.173
Interest	Biological
Area	13.7 hectares (34 acres)^[1]
Notification	1985^[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Geography

King's Copse is a broadleaf, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area.^[4]

Fauna

The site has the following animals^[3]

Mammals

• Badger

Reptiles

• Grass snake

Flora

The site has the following Flora:^[3][4]

Trees

• Birch
• Fraxinus
• Ulmus glabra
• Quercus robur
• Hazel
• Alder
• Acer campestre
• Holly
• Aspen
• Prunus avium
• Salix × fragilis
• Rowan

Plants

• Anemone nemorosa
• Teucrium scorodonia
• Lonicera periclymenum
• Hyacinthoides non-scripta
• Potentilla erecta
• Sanicula europaea
• Ajuga reptans
• Filipendula ulmaria
• Scrophularia nodosa
• Scrophularia aquatica
• Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
• Carex sylvatica
• Carex remota
• Carex strigosa
• Urtica dioica
• Oenanthe crocata
• Luzula pilosa
• Adoxa moschatellina
• Euphorbia amygdaloides
• Primula vulgaris
• Viola riviniana
• Viola reichenbachiana
• Hypericum androsaemum

References

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to King's Copse.

1. "Designated Sites View: King's Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
2. "Map of King's Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
3. "King's Copse citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
4. "Condition of SSSI Units for Site King's Copse SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.