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North Moor

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Grid reference
  
ST325305

Area
  
6.763 km²

Notification
  
1986

Interest
  
Biological

Area of search
  
Somerset

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North Moor (grid reference ST325305) is a 676.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Lyng in Somerset, notified in 1986.

North Moor is a nationally important grazing marsh and ditch system on the Somerset Levels and Moors. A range of neutral grassland types supporting common and scarce plants has developed mainly due to variations in soils and management practices. Aquatic plant communities are exceptionally diverse with good populations of nationally scarce species. The site has special interest in its bird life.

North Moor was flooded during the Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels.

References

North Moor Wikipedia