Upper Greensand Hangers: Wyck to Wheatley is a 13.2-hectare (33-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Alton in Hampshire.[1][2] It is part of the East Hampshire Hangers Special Area of Conservation.[3]
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Hampshire |
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Grid reference | SU 775 395[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 13.2 hectares (33 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1999[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
This site is composed of woods on the steep rocky slopes of the Upper Greensand. Bare rocks are covered by lime-loving bryophytes such as Tortula marginata, Chiloscyphus pallescens and Fissidens gracilifolius. There is also a population of the nationally scarce mollusc Macrogastra rolphii.[4]
51°09′00″N 0°53′35″W / 51.150°N 0.893°W