Long Lye Meadow

Infobox SSSI


name=Long Lye Meadow
aos=Somerset
interest=Biological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST267119
area=3.3 hectare
notifydate=2002

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Long Lye Meadow (gbmapping|ST267119) is a 3.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, notified in 2002.

This site along with the adjoining Long Lye were considered to be under threat from a scheme to widen the A303. [cite web | title= Victory as Government backs down over Blackdown Hills | work=Friends of the Earth | url=http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/transport/success_stories/blackdown_hills.html | accessdate=2006-08-17]

The neutral grassland component varies in character and herb richness. There is a strong population of Green-winged Orchid ("Orchis morio"), together with a few plants of common twayblade ("Listera ovata"). In a few areas meadow thistle ("Cirsium dissectum") occurs. [cite web | title=Long Lye Meadow | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000451.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-17]

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