Horse Copse Certificated Location - Caravan Club Members Only

Horse Copse SNCI is one of 1250 Sites of Nature Conservation Interest in Dorset which have been recognised by the Dorset Wildlife Trust as being important for wildlife. The copse adjoins the CL and is available for visitors to enjoy.

Horse Copse is a semi-natural deciduous woodland, listed on the Ancient Woodland Inventory, consisting mainly of Oak with Ash, with a Hazel understory, and covers an area of approximately 1 hectare. The ground flora is dominated by Bluebell and Ground Ivy.

Dorset notable plant species are important as indicators of age, community type and conservation importance of a woodland habitat, and thus aid in the selection of SNCIs. Dorset notable species recorded within the Horse Copse SNCI include: Moschantel, Yellow Archangel, Wood Spurge, Hairy Wood-rush, Bluebell, Butcher’s Broom and Wood Speedwell.

Species list for SUOO/019 Horse Copse SNCI (surveyed 23/3/10)
Species	Common name		Species	Common name
Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken		lIex aquifolium	Holly
Phyllitis scolopendrium	Hart's-tongue		Euphorbia amygdaloides	Wood Spurge
Dryopteris filix-mas	Common Male Fern		Acer campestre	Field Maple
Dryopteris affinis	Scaly Male Fern		Geranium robertianum	Herb-robert
Dryopteris dilatata	Broad Buckler-fern		Hedera helix	Ivy
Ranunculus repens	Creeping Buttercup		Oenanthe crocata	Hemlock Water-dropwort
Ranunculus ficaria	Lesser Celandine		Lamiastrum galeobdolon	Yellow Archangel
Urtica dioica	Common Nettle		Glechoma hederacea	Ground-ivy
Quercus robur	Pedunculate Oak		Fraxinus excelsior	Ash
Betula pubescens	Downy Birch		Galium aparine	Cleavers
Alnus glutinosa	Alder		Sambucus nigra	Elder
Corylus avellana	Hazel		Lonicera periclymenum	Honeysuckle
Stellaria graminea	Lesser Stitchwort		Adoxa moschatellina	Moschatel
Silene dioica	Red Campion		Arum maculatum	Lords-and-Iadies
Rumex sanguineus	Wood Dock		Juncus effusus	Soft Rush
Primula vulgaris	Primrose		Luzula pilosa	Hairy Wood-rush
Rubus fruticosus agg.	Bramble		Carex remota	Remote Sedge
Geum urbanum	Herb Bennet		Carex sylvatica	Wood-sedge
Prunus spinosa	Blackthorn		Hyacinthoides non-scripta	Bluebell
Prunus avium	Wild Cherry		Galanthus nivalis	Snowdrop
Crataegus monogyna	Hawthorn		Ruscus aculeatus	Butcher's-broom

Find us on page 361 of the 2011 / 2012 Sites Directory and Handbook, listed under Wimborne.