Stanley Bank Meadow is the only SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) in St Helens. It was designated a SSSI on account of its extensive area of damp unimproved neutral grassland, which is a rare habitat in Merseyside (Natural England Website). Summer finally arrived today!
A most unfern-like fern, Adder's-tongue grows here at one of it's few sites in Merseyside.
Carex hirta (Hairy Sedge), a very common sedge on the meadow.
Great Horsetail grows in the marshy valley bottoms of the adjacent woodland.
Ramsons (Wild Garlic).
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