Crab Wood

Crab Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Hampshire
Grid reference	SU 434 296
Interest	Biological
Area	73.0 hectares (180 acres)
Notification	1985
Location map	Magic Map

Crab Wood is a 73-hectare (180-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Winchester in Hampshire.^[1]^[2] An area of 37.8 hectares (93 acres) is also a Local Nature Reserve.^[3]^[4]

This site has been wooded at least since the sixteenth century. It has a hazel layer which has been coppiced, large oaks and some beech, ash and birch trees. There is a rich butterfly fauna, including purple emperors.^[5]

References

51°03′50″N 1°22′55″W / 51.064°N 1.382°W / 51.064; -1.382

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