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Easton Farm Meadow

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Grid reference	SU 418 721
Coordinates	51°26′46″N 1°24′00″W / 51.446°N 1.400°W / 51.446; -1.400
Interest	Biological
Area	1.6 hectares (4.0 acres)
Notification	1985
Location map	Magic Map

Easton Farm Meadow is a 1.6-hectare (4.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Easton, west of Boxford in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs.

The site is lowland neutral grassland In the past the meadows around Easton Farm were managed traditionally as 'floated' water meadows.

Fauna

The site has the following animals

Birds

• Snipe

Invertebrates

• Silis ruficollis
• Zicrona caerulea
• Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
• Nemotelus pantherinus

Flora

The site has the following Flora:

• Caltha palustris
• Eleocharis palustris
• Filipendula ulmaria
• Angelica sylvestris
• Cirsium palustre
• Galium uliginosum
• Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Holcus lanatus
• Valeriana dioica
• Carex panicea
• Carex nigra
• Iris pseudacorus
• Rumex hydrolapathum
• Carex acutiformis
• Carex paniculata
• Dactylorhiza praetermissa
• Dactylorhiza incarnata
• Blysmus compressus

References

1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Easton Farm Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
2. "Map of Easton Farm Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
3. "Home | North Wessex Downs AONB". Northwessexdowns.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
4. "Easton Farm Meadow SSSI - GRASSLAND (001)". Natural england. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
5. ^ "SITE NAME: EASTON FARM MEADOW" (PDF). Retrieved 8 March 2017.

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