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Brooks Head Grove, the Glossary

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Brooks Head Grove is an biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986.[1]

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  1. 13 relations: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Dolomite (rock), English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, Hectare, Hornbeam, Limestone, River Wye, Shale, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Tilia platyphyllos, Whitebeam, Wye Valley.

  2. River Wye
  3. Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1986

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB;, AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Dolomite (rock)

Dolomite (also known as dolomite rock, dolostone or dolomitic rock) is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2.

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English Bicknor

English Bicknor is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England.

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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Hornbeam

Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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River Wye

The River Wye (Afon Gwy) is the fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn Estuary. Brooks Head Grove and river Wye are sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an area of special scientific interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Tilia platyphyllos

Tilia platyphyllos, the large-leaved lime or large-leaved linden, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (Tiliaceae).

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Whitebeam

The whitebeams are members of the family Rosaceae, comprising the genus Aria.

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Wye Valley

The Wye Valley National Landscape (formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; Dyffryn Gwy) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales. Brooks Head Grove and Wye Valley are river Wye.

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See also

River Wye

Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1986

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Head_Grove