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Ash
Green, Longton Brook
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Oak
(Quercus robur) at Creswell.
Image reproduced by
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This
site is a strip of open woodland along the
Longton Brook, east of the A34 road in Trentham. The natural
history interest lies largely in the ground
flora where a number of species, uncommon or
rare elsewhere in Staffordshire, were reported
in the 1980s. These
included coral root (Dentaria bulbifera) -
a particularly uncommon plant in the county as a
whole, autumn crocus (Crocus nudiflorus)
and white butterbur (Petasites albus).
The western part of the area, between the A34
and Bainbridge Road bears relatively open
woodland containing wing-nut (Pterocarya
fraxinifolia), wych elm, oak, beech and
maple. The major interest of this site was the
presence, on the eastern side of the brook, of
colonies of autumn crocus and coral root - both
rare Staffordshire plants, although at this site
it appears that they were introduced. A
re-survey of the area in 1994 found no sign of
coral root, autumn crocus or white butterbur and
it appears that the site may have lost some of
its nature conservation interest.
Grid reference - SJ869409
Site status - Area of Wildlife Interest, Public
Open Space, Grade 1 SBI
Click
here for the 1982 survey
Click
here for the 1994 survey.
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