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Stowell Meadow

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Area of Search
  
Somerset

Interest
  
Biological

Grid reference
  
ST333062

Notification
  
1987

Stowell Meadow

Area
  
2.8 hectares (0.028 km; 0.011 sq mi)

Stowell Meadow (grid reference ST333062) is a 2.8 hectare (6.9 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Tatworth in Somerset, notified in 1987.

Stowell Meadow supports a nationally rare type of traditionally managed wet neutral grassland. Alder woodland and plant communities typical of marshy grassland are also present. 90 species of plant have been recorded to date, several of which have a local distribution in Somerset. A number of nationally scarce species of beetle have already been recorded.

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Stowell Meadow Wikipedia