Bray Pennyroyal Field is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Windsor and

Maidenhead Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. It had an estimated population of 70,374 and forms part of the border with southern Bu ...

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. This field is a filled in gravel pit next to the

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. It is the only site in the county for the nationally rare

pennyroyal Pennyroyal may refer to: Herbs *'' Mentha pulegium'' (pennyroyal or European pennyroyal), a European herb *''Hedeoma pulegioides'' (American pennyroyal or false pennyroyal), an American herb *''Monardella odoratissima'' (mountain pennyroyal), mint ...

, which is listed in the

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vascular plants Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They a ...

. The site is grazed by horses, a management regime which is thought to be beneficial to the plant. The site is private land with no public access.

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{{SSSIs Berks Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire