Fivehead Arable Fields () is a 10.3
hectare
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100- metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is ...
(25.4 acre)
biological 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 o ...
near the village of
Fivehead
Fivehead is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Fivehead River, east of Taunton in the South Somerset district. In 2011 the parish, which includes the hamlet of Swell, had a population of 609.
History
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in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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notified in 1990.
This site has one of the most important assemblages of arable weeds in Britain, several of which are now nationally rare or scarce. There is a large population of the nationally rare
Broad-fruited Cornsalad (''Valerianella rimosa'').
References
External links
Fivehead Arable Fields from Somerset Wildlife Trust
{{SSSIs Somerset biological
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1990