Eridge Green is a biological

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north-east of

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. It is part of the Eridge Rocks nature reserve, which is managed by

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. This is ancient woodland on clay with outcrops of sandstone which form cliffs up to ten metres high. Flora on the rocks include Tunbridge filmy fern, the mosses ''

Dicranum scottianum ''Dicranum'' is a genus of mosses, also called wind-blown mosses or fork mosses. These mosses form in densely packed clumps. In general, upright stems will be single but packed together. ''Dicranum'' is distributed globally. In North America th ...

'' and '' Orthodontium gracile'' and the liverworts '' Scapania umbrosa'', Scapania gracilis'' and '' Harpanthus scutatus''.'' There is access from Warren Farm Lane.

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