Not to be confused with Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire.
| Cleeve Hill | |
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  Shown within Somerset
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| Area of Search | Somerset |
| Grid Reference | ST056428 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 15.1 hectares (0.151 km2; 0.058 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1989 |
| Natural England Website | |
Cleeve Hill (grid reference ST056428) is a 15.1 hectare (37.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Old Cleeve and Watchet in Somerset, notified in 1989.
The site covers a moderate to steeply sloping south face of the Washford River Valley. It supports a rich and diverse calcareous grassland community with associated mixed woodland and scrub. The site contains two species of plant which are nationally rare in Great Britain, Nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum) and Rough Marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta).[1]
References
- ^ "Cleeve Hill". English Nature. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005755.pdf. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
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