ROADSIDE VERGES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST
SITE NO: West 54
DATE FIRST NOTIFIED: 1983
GRID REF: SY 874835 - 886855
ROAD NO: B3070
ROAD NAME: across Povington Heath
SIDE OF ROAD: East West
LENGTH OF ROAD: 1 ½ miles
SPECIES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST:
Dactylorhiza maculata – Heath Spotted Orchid
Dactylorhiza praetemissa – Southern Marsh Orchid
Erodium cicutartium – Common Storksbill
Linium catharticum – Fairy Flax
Lathyrus nissolia – Grass Vetchling
CUTTING PRESCRIPTION:
Leave until late August (as Arne verges).
Needs cutting right back every 3 years or so – gorse, heather and willow encroaching
onto verges. (Boundary cut).
OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST:
• Povington Heath SSSI
• Very diverse with 38 DN species. Base rich / acid grass transition.
• Good heathland with chalk grassland
W EST 54 - PO VIN GTON H EATH
W EST 54 - PO VIN GTON H EATH
