Strawberry Cottage Wood

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 51.8875, -2.9961

Geology & landscape

Rock Type: Sandstone

Description

Description Hanging sessile oak Quercus petraea wood over an Old Red Sandstone bluff on the southern edge of the Black Mountains. It has unusually well grown oaks Quercus petraea and some Q robur, locally abundant birch Betula pendula and occasional lime Tilia cordata and beech Fagus sylvatica. Remarks: Within Brecon Beacons National Park. The site is subject to a Tree Preservation Order administered by the Brecon Beacons National Park. Part of the site is a Gwent Trust for Nature Conservation Reserve.

Species mentioned

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IUCN / Red List Type Family
birch Betula pendula LC tree betulaceae
beech Fagus sylvatica LC tree fabiaceae
sessile or durmast oak Quercus petraea LC tree fagaceae
lime small leaved Tilia cordata LC tree malvaceae