Roebuck Meadows

Infobox SSSI


name=Roebuck Meadows
aos=Somerset
interest=Biological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST132354
area=3.6 hectare (8.9 acre)
notifydate=1988

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Roebuck Meadows (gbmapping|ST132354) is a 3.6 hectare (8.9 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1988.

Roebuck Meadows have a very varied and herb-rich vegetation composed of mire and grassland communities together comprising an important example of lowland mire, which is a nationally scarce habitat. The meadows contain Cornish Moneywort ("Sibthorpia europaea"), a nationally scarce plant restricted to south west Britain. [cite web | title=Roebuck Meadows | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003204.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-19]

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