Glover's Wood

{{Short description|Woodland in Surrey, England}}

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|name= Glover's Wood

|aos= Surrey

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert|74.5|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1986

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Glover's Wood is a {{convert| 74.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Charlwood in Surrey.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000805&SiteName=&countyCode=41&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Glover's Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 8 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000805%27 |title=Map of Glover's Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 8 November 2018}} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |page= 50|publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521 21403 3 }}

This semi-natural broadleaved wood has a very rich ground flora, including dog's mercury, yellow archangel, ramsons and woodland buttercup. The insect fauna has not been well studied, but it is known that there are some rare craneflies such as Molophilus lackschewitzianus.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000805.pdf |title=Glover's Wood citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 8 November 2018}}

The site is crossed by footpaths.

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Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey

Category:Nature Conservation Review sites