The site is a mosaic of different habitats next to the River Alder Bourne, including unimproved pasture and woodland. The meadows have dry and wet grassland, swamp and fen. The eastern fields are grazed by cattle and the eastern ones, which are drier, have a late hay crop. Grasses include red fescue and in drier areas and creeping bent in wetter ones. Oldhouse Wood has ash and field maple on upper slopes and oak and birch on lower ones. There are several species of dragonfly.[1]
There is access from a road between Copse Hill Farm and Willetts Lane.
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References
^ ab(PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^"Map of Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
kingcup, meadows, oldhouse, wood, hectare, acre, biological, site, special, scientific, interest, south, denham, buckinghamshire, site, special, scientific, interestkingcup, meadowslocationbuckinghamshiregrid, referencetq030851interestbiologicalarea13, hectare. Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood is a 13 2 hectare 33 acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Denham in Buckinghamshire 1 2 Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse WoodSite of Special Scientific InterestKingcup MeadowsLocationBuckinghamshireGrid referenceTQ030851InterestBiologicalArea13 2 hectaresNotification1992Location mapMagic MapThe site is a mosaic of different habitats next to the River Alder Bourne including unimproved pasture and woodland The meadows have dry and wet grassland swamp and fen The eastern fields are grazed by cattle and the eastern ones which are drier have a late hay crop Grasses include red fescue and in drier areas and creeping bent in wetter ones Oldhouse Wood has ash and field maple on upper slopes and oak and birch on lower ones There are several species of dragonfly 1 There is access from a road between Copse Hill Farm and Willetts Lane Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood References Edit a b Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood citation PDF Sites of Special Scientific Interest Natural England Archived from the original PDF on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 13 March 2016 Map of Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood Sites of Special Scientific Interest Natural England Retrieved 13 March 2016 51 33 18 N 0 30 58 W 51 555 N 0 516 W 51 555 0 516 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood amp oldid 1128536900, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
