Jockey Fields

Jockey fieldsSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location| West Midlands
Grid reference| SK041030
Interest| Biological
Area| 18.05 hectares
Notification| 1994
Location map| English Nature

Jockey fields (grid reference SK041030) is an 18.05 hectares (44.6 acres) biological site of Special Scientific Interest at Walsall Wood, in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1994 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is currently managed by the Country Trust.

The site notification details 38 plant species recorded at this SSI:

Plant species recorded at Jockey Fields SSI

* Carex acutiformis, lesser pond sedge.

* Typha latifolia, common bullrush.

* Filipendula ulmaria, meadowsweet.

* Lotus pedunculatus, greater bird's foot trefoil.

* Iris pseudacorus, yellow iris.

* Cirsium palustre, marsh thistle

* Holcus lanatus, Yorkshire fog.

* Juncus effusus, soft rush.

* Cardamine pratensis, cuckooflower.

* Mentha aquatica, water mint.

* Stellaria alsine, bog stitchwort

* Galium palustre, common marsh-bedstraw.

* Equisetum palustre, marsh horsetail.

## See also

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* List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands

## References

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* Jockey fields English Nature. Retrieved on 2008-05-26

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