| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Norfolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TF 760 001[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 139.0 hectares (343 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Foulden Common is a 139-hectare (340-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Downham Market in Norfolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.[4]
This common has a mosaic of habitats, such as acidic and calcareous grassland, birch woodland, rich fen and open water. Flora in the fen grassland include purple moor-grass, black bog rush, purple small-reed and blunt-flowered rush.[5]
There is limited public access to the common.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Foulden Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ↑ "Map of Foulden Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 141–2. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ↑ "Designated Sites View: Norfolk Valley Fens". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Foulden Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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