Ashmoor Common
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Ashmoor Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)[1][2] in Worcestershire, England. It is located 2.6km south of the village of Kempsey in the valley of the River Severn. This area is protected because of its wetland plants and also because of the evidence here of changes in the course of the River Severn.
Wetland plants in the marshy grassland include golden dock, tubular water-dropwort and narrow-leaved water dropwort. Marsh pennywort is also abundant. Around ditches and a pond are plant species including orange foxtail, pink water-speedwell and many-stalked spike-rush (genus Eleocharis). Bird species in this protected area include snipe and curlew.[1]