| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 343 546[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 111.5 hectares (276 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Rushmore and Conholt Downs is a 111.5-hectare (276-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Andover in Hampshire.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3]
These chalk downs have areas of grassland and scrub. There is also woodland, which is dominated by oak and ash with hazel coppice. A stand of juniper trees is over a hundred years old, and it is thought to be the oldest on chalk in England, with some trees over 6 metres (20 feet) tall.[4]
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Rushmore and Conholt Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Map of Rushmore and Conholt Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 127. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Rushmore and Conholt Downs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 18 May 2020.