Gernon Bushes

Gernon Bushes

Type	Nature reserve
Location	Epping, Essex
OS grid	TL 478 030
Area	32 hectares
Managed by	Essex Wildlife Trust

Gernon Bushes is a 32 hectare nature reserve north-east of Epping in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.^[1] It is part of the Epping Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest^[2] and Nature Conservation Review site.^[3]

This site is ancient coppice, with old hornbeam pollards, and many ponds which were formerly created for gravel extraction. There are areas of marsh with large patches of the unusual marsh fern, and other plants include marsh marigold and ragged robin.^[1]

There is access to the site from Coopersale village.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Gernon Bushes". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
↑ "Epping Forest citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
↑ Ratcliffe, Derek (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0521 21403 3.

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Coordinates: 51°42′22″N 0°08′17″E / 51.706°N 0.138°E / 51.706; 0.138

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