This
site (off Lightwood Road in Lightwood) includes a field boundary that has developed into
a wider band of Salix sp. (willow) scrub in the
marshy ground around the stream. It also
includes a field bank with betony (Betonica
officinalis), pignut (Conopodium majus) and
field wood-rush (Luzula campestris). The field immediately to
the north-west has a similar bank; hawthorn
scrub remains, but there is lttle if any betony.
The surrounding fields are predominately species
poor semi-improved grassland of diminished
conservation value, and are no longer included
within the site boundary.
Grid reference - SJ 924 406
Site status - Grade 2 SBI (Site of Biological
Interest)
