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Enborne Copse

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Grid reference	SU 433 660
Coordinates	51°23′28″N 1°22′44″W / 51.391°N 1.379°W / 51.391; -1.379
Interest	Biological
Area	11.9 hectares (29 acres)
Notification	1985
Location map	Magic Map

Enborne Copse is a 11.9-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Newbury in Berkshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site.

The current woodland boundary is almost identical to that shown on Rocque's map of Berkshire in 1761, but most of it is now a conifer plantation and only the area designated as an SSSI retains its semi-natural broad leaved woodland.

Flora

The site has the following flora:

Trees

• Betula pubescens
• Fraxinus
• Tilia cordata
• Quercus robur
• Hazel
• Alder
• Salix caprea
• Viburnum opulus
• Sorbus aucuparia
• Sambucus nigra
• Frangula alnus
• Malus sylvestris
• Quercus cerris

Other plants

• Convallaria majalis
• Primula vulgaris
• Polygonatum multiflorum
• Euphorbia amygdaloides
• Lamium galeobdolon
• Hyacinthoides non-scripta
• Oxalis

References

1. ^ "Designated Sites View: Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
2. "Map of Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
3. ^ "SITE NAME: ENBORNE COPSE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
4. "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Enborne Copse SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

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