- Hawkley Warren
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Hawkley Warren (gbmapping|SU730284) is a
woodland on the northeast-facingWealden Edge , near the village ofHawkley , three miles north of Petersfield inHampshire . The site is situated in a deepchalk combe .The site is owned by
Hampshire County Council and managed as anature reserve jointly by the council andHampshire Wildlife Trust . The woodland glades are kept open bycoppicing .ite description
Beech is the dominant tree at this site although on some of the steeper slopes, Yew dominates; on the deeper soils in the valley bottom the woodland has a more open canopy of Ash andHazel .Botanical interest
The site's primary interest lies in the fact that it is one of three sites in Britain where
Red Helleborine "Cephalanthera rubra" remains; this orchid grows on a north-west facing slope. The others being Workman's Wood inGloucestershire and a site in theChilterns inBuckinghamshire . The species was first found here in1986 by K. Turner andRalph Hollins (Brewis, Bowman & Rose 1996).Other
orchid species found growing under beech at this site includeBird's-nest Orchid ,Early Purple Orchid andNarrow-leaved Helleborine ;Spurge-laurel is also found.Ramsons is found in the valley bottom andHerb Paris is also found here.Invertebrates
The
Mountain Bulin snail "Ena montana" occurs here.External links
* [http://www.wildlifetrust.freeuk.com/thewarren.htm Information about the reserve from Hampshire Wildlife Trust]
References
* Brewis, Anne, Paul Bowman and
Francis Rose (1996) "The Flora of Hampshire"Harley Books ,Colchester
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