Bix Bottom is a biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of
Henley-on-Thames in
Oxfordshire.
It is owned and managed as Warburg Nature Reserve by the
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
This site has ancient woods which are shown on a map of 1786, together with areas of grassy clearings and scrub. More than 500 species of
vascular plant
Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They ...
have been recorded, including 18 orchids and the rare
meadow clary
''Salvia pratensis'', the meadow clary or meadow sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The Latin specific epithet ''pratensis'' means "of meadows", referring to its ...
, which is listed in the
British Red Data Book of Plants. There are more than 75 bird species and 650 fungi, including many which are nationally rare.
The site is open to the public.
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References
{{Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire