Aller Hill (grid reference ST408291) is an 18.4 hectare (45.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Aller in Somerset, notified in 1988.
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Somerset | |
| Location | Somerset |
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| Grid reference | ST408291 |
| Coordinates | 51°03′29″N 2°50′46″W / 51.05817°N 2.84608°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 18.4 hectares (0.184 km2; 0.071 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1988 |
| Natural England website | |
The site contains three species of plant which are nationally rare and a further three which are of restricted distribution in Somerset. The central area contains a sward dominated by sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina) in combination with yellow oat grass (Trisetum flavescens) and quaking-grass (Briza media). Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor) forms a major component of the sward with rough marsh-mallow (Althaea hirsuta) and nit-grass (Gastridium ventricosum), two nationally rare species, also present.[1]
Aller and Beer Woods on the slopes of the hill are also designated as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
References
edit- ^ "Aller Hill" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 12 August 2006.