| 11. | They are calcareous grassland on Jurassic limestone and base-poor marshy neutral grassland.
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| 12. | This neutral grassland periodically floods in the winter.
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| 13. | However, scrub, woodland and neutral grassland contribute to the site's diversity.
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| 14. | The neutral grassland community has more abundant false oat-grass and cock's foot.
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| 15. | Habitats on the common are acid heathland, neutral grassland, chalk meadows and secondary woodland.
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| 16. | The site is a rare example of neutral grassland on clay which has not been improved agriculturally.
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| 17. | There are more neutral grasslands and herb species in areas of landslip on the margins of the site.
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| 18. | Other habitats are neutral grassland, swamp carr woodland, mature ash woodland, a stream and hedgerows.
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| 19. | The neutral grassland areas support crested dog's-tail, common knapweed, red fescue, ribwort.
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| 20. | Most of the site is neutral grassland, but it has areas of chalk grassland, scrub and trees.
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