Sturt Copse

Sturt Copse is a 6.5-hectare (16-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Oxford in Oxfordshire.^[1][2]

LocationOxfordshire

Grid referenceSP 399 150^[1]

InterestBiological

Area6.5 hectares (16 acres)^[1]

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Sturt Copse

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Oxfordshire
Grid reference	SP 399 150[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	6.5 hectares (16 acres)[1]
Notification	1987[1]
Location map	Magic Map

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This wood has many giant stools of coppiced of ash and wych elm trees, together with oaks, some of them pollarded. Most of the ground layer is dominated by dog's mercury, and there are uncommon plants such as yellow star-of-Bethlehem, Lathraea squamaria and hard shield-fern.^[3]