Stowell Meadow

Infobox SSSI


name=Stowell Meadow
aos=Somerset
interest=Biological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST333062
area=2.8 hectare (6.9 acre)
notifydate=1987

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Stowell Meadow (gbmapping|ST333062) is a 2.8 hectare (6.9 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1987.Stowell Meadow supports a nationally rare type of traditionally managed wet neutral grassland. Alder woodland and plant communities typical of marshy grassland are also present. 90 species of plant have been recorded to date, several of which have a local distribution in Somerset. A number of nationally scarce species of beetle have alreadybeen recorded. [cite web | title=Stowell Meadow | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004482.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-21]

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