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Stanton Woods is a 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 ...
south of Stanton in
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. The site consists of several ancient
coppice with standards Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree. A forest or grove that has been su ...
woods, some of which are on
boulder clay Boulder clay is an unsorted agglomeration of clastic sediment that is unstratified and structureless and contains gravel of various sizes, shapes, and compositions distributed at random in a fine-grained matrix. The fine-grained matrix consists o ...
and others on drier, acid soil. There are also mown rides and small clearings. The Grundle is a linear wooded gorge. Some areas are closed to the public, but others have roads and footpaths running through them.


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{{SSSIs Suffolk Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk