Llwyn is a
Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of
Clwyd, north
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. It consists of two blocks of
alder
Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few sp ...
woodland at and , about south-east of
Denbigh and just north of the village of
Llanrhaeadr. The site is on the floodplain of the Rivers
Clywedog and
Clwyd, and includes
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient ...
beds and swamps. It was notified in 1983 and 2001. Part of the site, some , is owned by the
Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and is concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972.
The Woodland Tr ...
and operated as a nature reserve.
See also
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List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Clwyd
SSSIs in the UK are notified using the concept of an Area of Search (AOS), an area of between and in size. The Areas of Search were conceived and developed between 1975 and 1979 by the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC), based on regions create ...
References
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Clwyd
Woodland Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch
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