Fivehead Arable Fields

Fivehead Arable Fields
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Area of Search Somerset
Grid reference ST337224
Coordinates 50°59′50″N 2°56′46″W / 50.99716°N 2.94615°W / 50.99716; -2.94615Coordinates: 50°59′50″N 2°56′46″W / 50.99716°N 2.94615°W / 50.99716; -2.94615
Interest Biological
Area 10.3 hectares (0.103 km2; 0.040 sq mi)
Notification 1990 (1990)
Natural England website

Fivehead Arable Fields (grid reference ST337224) is a 10.3 hectare (25.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Fivehead in Somerset, notified in 1990.

This site has one of the most important assemblages of arable weeds in Britain, several of which are now nationally rare or scarce. There is a large population of the nationally rare Broad-fruited Cornsalad (Valerianella rimosa).[1]

References

  1. "Fivehead Arable Fields" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 2006-08-12.

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