Thrift Wood
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
 Location of Thrift Wood. | |
| Area of search | Essex |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 792018 |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 19.4 ha (48 acres) |
| Notification date | 1987 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Thrift Wood is a 19.4-hectare (48-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Bicknacre in Essex.[1][2] It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[3]
The site is an ancient semi-natural wood on acid soil. It is of two types, both unusual habitats, pedunculate oak/hornbeam and sessile oak/hornbeam. Wild service trees and elders are found in the shrub layer, and a pond has a raised sphagnum bog. Twenty species of butterfly have been recorded.[1]
There is access from Main Road.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Map of Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Thrift Wood". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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