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Jockey fields

Site 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:

• 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

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

References

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

52°37′29″N 1°56′27″W / 52.62475°N 1.94087°W / 52.62475; -1.94087

• Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1994
• Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands (county)