Badgeworth SSSI, Gloucestershire

Badgeworth SSSI (gbmapping|SO911206) is a 3.08 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954.

It is one of only two sites in Britain where the Adder's-tongue Spearwort ("Ranunculus ophioglossifolius") occurs; in Gloucestershire this species has acquired the name "Badgeworth buttercup" through its association with this site.

ource

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000542.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 12 August 2006)

External links

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk English Nature website] (SSSI information)