Fivehead Arable Fields

Fivehead Arable Fields
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Fivehead Arable Fields is located in Somerset
Fivehead Arable Fields
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST337224
Coordinates50°59′50″N 2°56′46″W / 50.99716°N 2.94615°W / 50.99716; -2.94615
InterestBiological
Area10.3 hectares (0.103 km2; 0.040 sq mi)
Notification1990 (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 12 August 2006.