Claverley Road Cutting

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 52.5425, -2.3059

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Shropshire County

Condition (Natural England)

Favourable (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
SO793938 — Favourable 0.11 2019-10-30

Habitats

Fast flowing river and stream

Geology & landscape

Geological Period: Triassic · Rock Type: Sandstone

Landscape processes: Fluvial

Description

Area, 0.16 ha. 0.39 ac. Description This road cutting shows a 30 metres. section in the lower Triassic Wildmoor Sandstone Formation ‘Upper Mottled Sandstone’. The great variety of sedimentary structures present here, which include flat bedding, planar tabular and trough cross bedding, indicate that deposition occurred in a sandy alluvial system, the river flowing towards the northwest. Some horizons within the sands may have been deposited through wind action. This is therefore an important site for the study of Triassic environments.

Plant communities

A9 — Fast flowing river and stream, Marginal and inundation, Pond ditch and canal, Sluggish river and stream

Potamogeton natans community

Schoenoplectus lacustris, Juncus bulbosus, Sparganium angustifolium, Sparganium erectum, Sparganium minimum, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Lobelia dortmanna, Equisetum fluviatile, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Elodea canadensis, Lemna minor, Lemna trisulca, Nymphaea alba, Callitriche platycarpa, Callitriche stagnalis, Littorella uniflora, Potamogeton natans, Ranunculus trichophyllus, Glyceria fluitans, Chara subspinosa

A14 — Fast flowing river and stream

Myriophyllum alterniflorum community

Isolepis fluitans, Juncus bulbosus, Fontinalis antipyretica, Lobelia dortmanna, Equisetum fluviatile, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Lemna minor, Callitriche stagnalis, Littorella uniflora, Potamogeton filiformis, Potamogeton gramineus, Potamogeton natans, Ranunculus peltatus, Chara spp., Nitella hyalina

A17 — Chalk river and stream, Fast flowing river and stream

Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans community

Berula erecta, Nasturtium officinale, Elodea canadensis, Lemna minor, Callitriche stagnalis, Veronica beccabunga, Polygonum amphibium, Polygonum hydropiper, Potamogeton crispus, Potamogeton pectinatus, Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans

A18 — Fast flowing river and stream

Ranunculus fluitans community

Fontinalis antipyretica, Fontinalis squamosa var. curnowii, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Myriophyllum spicatum, Elodea canadensis, Mentha aquatica, Lemna gibba, Lemna minor, Potamogeton perfoliatus, Ranunculus fluitans, Glyceria fluitans, Phalaris arundinacea