| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
 Location of Enborne Copse. | |
| Area of search | Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 433 6601 |
| Coordinates | 51°23′28″N 1°22′44″W / 51.391°N 1.379°W / 51.391; -1.379 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 11.9 hectares (29 acres)1 |
| Notification date | 19851 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Enborne Copse is a 11.9-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Newbury in Berkshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site.12
The current woodland boundary is almost identical to that shown on Rocque's map of Berkshire in 1761, but most of it is now a conifer plantation and only the area designated as an SSSI retains its semi-natural broad leaved woodland.3
Flora
The site has the following flora:34
Trees
- Betula pubescens
- Fraxinus
- Tilia cordata
- Quercus robur
- Hazel
- Alder
- Salix caprea
- Viburnum opulus
- Sorbus aucuparia
- Sambucus nigra
- Frangula alnus
- Malus sylvestris
- Quercus cerris
Other plants
- Convallaria majalis
- Primula vulgaris
- Polygonatum multiflorum
- Euphorbia amygdaloides
- Lamium galeobdolon
- Hyacinthoides non-scripta
- Oxalis
References
References
- "Designated Sites View: Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "Map of Enborne Copse". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "SITE NAME: ENBORNE COPSE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Enborne Copse SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 9 March 2017.