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Roebuck Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Roebuck Meadows is located in SomersetRoebuck MeadowsLocation within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST132354
Coordinates51°06′41″N 3°14′29″W / 51.11130°N 3.24133°W / 51.11130; -3.24133
InterestBiological
Area3.6 hectares (0.036 km; 0.014 sq mi)
Notification1988 (1988)
Natural England website

Roebuck Meadows (grid reference ST132354) is a 3.6 hectare (8.9 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Crowcombe in Somerset, notified in 1988.

Roebuck Meadows have a very varied and herb-rich vegetation composed of mire and grassland communities together comprising an important example of lowland mire, which is a nationally scarce habitat. The meadows contain Cornish moneywort (Sibthorpia europaea), a nationally scarce plant restricted to south-west Britain.

References

  1. "Roebuck Meadows" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 19 August 2006.
Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
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Neighbouring areas
Avon
Devon
Dorset
Wiltshire


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