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The SSSI owes its importance to the internationally rare [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]], the western rustwort (''[[Marsupella profunda]]''), which, within the [[United Kingdom|UK]] can only be found at this site and at [[Lower Bostraze and Leswidden SSSI]], |
The SSSI owes its importance to the internationally rare [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]], the western rustwort (''[[Marsupella profunda]]''), which, within the [[United Kingdom|UK]] can only be found at this site and at two other sites: [[Lower Bostraze and Leswidden SSSI|Lower Bostraze and Leswidden]] and [[Tregonning Hill]] SSSIs, both within Cornwall. It is mostly found growing on [[mica|micaceous]] or clay waste substrates with no or little sloping, as well as on soft or crumbling granite rocks.<ref name=SSSI /> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 17:36, 11 January 2012
St Austell Clay Pits are a group of locations within active china clay quarries that form a single Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), noted for its biological interest, in central Cornwall, England, UK.[1]
Geography
The 0.6 hectares (1.5 acres) SSSI is comprised of three separate sites and are all located roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north of the town of St Austell.[2][3] They all lie within china clay workings which are still active and are situated on either pits, spoil tips or vegetation-covered granitic debris.[1]
Wildlife and ecology
The SSSI owes its importance to the internationally rare liverwort, the western rustwort (Marsupella profunda), which, within the UK can only be found at this site and at two other sites: Lower Bostraze and Leswidden and Tregonning Hill SSSIs, both within Cornwall. It is mostly found growing on micaceous or clay waste substrates with no or little sloping, as well as on soft or crumbling granite rocks.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "St Austell Clay Pits" (PDF). Natural England. 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "St Austell Clay Pits map". Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385
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