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Ashridge Wood

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Grid reference	SU 499 782
Coordinates	51°30′04″N 1°16′59″W / 51.501°N 1.283°W / 51.501; -1.283
Interest	Biological
Area	15.9 hectares (39 acres)
Notification	1983
Location map	Magic Map

Ashridge Wood is a 15.9-hectare (39-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Compton in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The wood is a surviving section of a once larger ancient coppiced woodland, although part was planted with conifers during the 20th century. It has many flowering woodland plants, including an abundance of Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem Ornithogalum pyrenaicum.

A visit by the Reading & District Natural History Society in June 2009 identified 34 species of flowering plants, 7 different lichens on Ash trees within the wood, and 22 species of insects.

References

1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Ashridge Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
2. "Map of Ashridge Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
3. ^ "Ashridge Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
4. "Reading & District Natural History Society blog June 27th, 2009". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

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