St. Catherine's Valley

St. Catherine's Valley
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Avon
Grid reference	ST760725
Interest	Biological
Area	156.1 hectare
Notification	1997
Location map	English Nature

St. Catherine's Valley (grid reference ST760725) is a 156.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest southwest of the village of Marshfield, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1997.

At the Marshfield end of the valley, a large naturalised population of Dragon's Teeth (Tetragonolobus maritimus), a species not native to Britain, is present; it was first found by Rev. E. Ellman in 1927.^[1]

References

^ Myles, Sarah L. (2000) The Flora of the Bristol Region ISBN 1-874357-18-8 pages 32-33 and 137

Sources

English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 16 July 2006)

51°27′03″N 2°20′48″W / 51.45097°N 2.34677°W / 51.45097; -2.34677

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[Myles-1] Myles, Sarah L. (2000) The Flora of the Bristol Region ISBN 1-874357-18-8 pages 32-33 and 137

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