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Jockey fields
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	West Midlands
Interest	Biological
Area	18.05 hectares
Notification	1994
Location map	English Nature

Jockey fields is an 18.05 hectare (44.5 acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest at Walsall Wood, in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1994 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is currently managed by the Country Trust.

The site notification details 38 plant species recorded at this SSI:

Plant species recorded at Jockey Fields SSI

Carex acutiformis, lesser pond sedge.
Typha latifolia, common bullrush.
Filipendula ulmaria, meadowsweet.
Lotus pedunculatus, greater bird's foot trefoil.
Iris pseudacorus, yellow iris.
Cirsium palustre, marsh thistle
Holcus lanatus, Yorkshire fog.
Juncus effusus, soft rush.
Cardamine pratensis, cuckooflower.
Mentha aquatica, water mint.
Stellaria alsine, bog stitchwort
Galium palustre, common marsh-bedstraw.
Equisetum palustre, marsh horsetail.

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