Barton Bushes

{{Short description|Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image=Image:Thlaspi perfoliatum.jpg

|image_caption=Cotswold Pennycress (Thlaspi perfoliatum)

|name=Barton Bushes

|aos=Gloucestershire

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SP110259}}

|coordinates = {{coord|51.931954|-1.840696|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

|area=5.7 hectare

|notifydate=1996

|enref=1007165

}}

Barton Bushes ({{gbmapping|SP110259}}) is a {{convert|5.7 |ha|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1996.[http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1007165 Natural England SSSI information on the citation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025041038/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1007165 |date=October 25, 2012 }}[http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta1.htm Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 1, Sites of Special Scientific Interest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326123052/http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta1.htm |date=2012-03-26 }}

The site has local names being Barton Larches and Meadows Larches. It lies within the Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA), and the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Flora and fauna

The site is of special interest as it supports the nationally rare Cotswold Pennycress (Thlaspi perfoliatum),

for unimproved limestone grassland and scrub and for its population of the nationally scarce Duke of Burgundy fritillary butterfly.

References

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SSSI Source

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121025041038/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1007165 Natural England SSSI information on the citation]
  • [https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1007165 Natural England SSSI information on the Barton Bushes unit]