Cleeve Hill SSSI, Somerset facts for kids
This page is about the hill in Somerset. For other Cleeve Hills, see Cleeve Hill.
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| Area of Search | Somerset |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°10′36″N 3°21′07″W / 51.17662°N 3.35181°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 15.1 hectares (0.151 km2; 0.058 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1989 |
Cleeve Hill is a 15.1 hectare (37.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Old Cleeve and Watchet in Somerset, notified in 1989.
The site covers a moderate to steeply sloping south face of the Washford River Valley. It supports a rich and diverse calcareous grassland community with associated mixed woodland and scrub. The site contains two species of plant which are nationally rare in Great Britain, Nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum) and Rough Marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta).
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