Wild garlic beside Path in Ashford hangers D 1565_013
This path is part of the Hangers Way, from Alton to beyond Petersfield.
www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryside/walking/hangersway
near Petersfield, Hampshire.
National Nature Reserve and Special Conservation Area (SCA).
Most extensive area of hangers in UK.
A 'hanger' is a wooded steep side of a hill.. These are very steep !
This is about 40 mins walk from my home.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hampshire_Hangers
www.southdowns.gov.uk/national-park-authority/our-communi...
sac.jncc.gov.uk/site/UK0012723
www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/species-fin...
extracts form above sac.jncc link
Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site
9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests
East Hampshire Hangers represents Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests in south-east England. The site is extremely rich in terms of vascular plants, including white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, green-flowered helleborine E. phyllanthes and Italian lords-and-ladies Arum italicum. The woods include areas with old pollards on former wood-pasture as well as high forest. There are also transitions to 9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines.
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines * Priority feature
East Hampshire Hangers, with Rook Clift, represents an unusual occurrence of Tilio-Acerion forests in the south of England. It has areas of small-leaved lime Tilia cordata on the steepest parts of the Upper Greensand scarp, associated with low sandstone cliffs and scree slopes, which are locally calcareous. The bryophyte flora is richer than on the chalk examples and includes several species that are rare in the lowlands, such as Campylostelium saxicola, which has its strongest population in England here. The site is ecologically similar to sites selected in the Welsh Borders, despite its geographic location.
Wild garlic beside Path in Ashford hangers D 1565_013
This path is part of the Hangers Way, from Alton to beyond Petersfield.
www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryside/walking/hangersway
near Petersfield, Hampshire.
National Nature Reserve and Special Conservation Area (SCA).
Most extensive area of hangers in UK.
A 'hanger' is a wooded steep side of a hill.. These are very steep !
This is about 40 mins walk from my home.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hampshire_Hangers
www.southdowns.gov.uk/national-park-authority/our-communi...
sac.jncc.gov.uk/site/UK0012723
www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/species-fin...
extracts form above sac.jncc link
Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site
9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests
East Hampshire Hangers represents Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests in south-east England. The site is extremely rich in terms of vascular plants, including white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, green-flowered helleborine E. phyllanthes and Italian lords-and-ladies Arum italicum. The woods include areas with old pollards on former wood-pasture as well as high forest. There are also transitions to 9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines.
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines * Priority feature
East Hampshire Hangers, with Rook Clift, represents an unusual occurrence of Tilio-Acerion forests in the south of England. It has areas of small-leaved lime Tilia cordata on the steepest parts of the Upper Greensand scarp, associated with low sandstone cliffs and scree slopes, which are locally calcareous. The bryophyte flora is richer than on the chalk examples and includes several species that are rare in the lowlands, such as Campylostelium saxicola, which has its strongest population in England here. The site is ecologically similar to sites selected in the Welsh Borders, despite its geographic location.