ALLER AND BEER WOODS

'Aller and Beer Woods' () is a 56.9 hectare (140.6 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Aller in Somerset, notified in 1952.
This Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve, which is about 3.5 km north-west of Langport and 11 km south-east of Bridgwater, consists of large blocks of semi-natural ancient woodland along the west-facing slope of Aller Hill, overlooking King's Sedgemoor.^[1]
Aller and Beer Woods are outstanding examples of ancient, escarpment woodland managed in a traditional coppice-with-standards system. The woodland is a variant of the Calcareous Ash/Wych Elm stand-type, with Pedunculate Oak (''Quercus robur''), and
Ash (''Fraxinus excelsior'') the dominant canopy trees throughout, and with scattered concentrations of Wych Elm (''Ulmus glabra''). Ancient woodland indicators include Small-leaved Lime (''Tilia cordata''), and Wild Service Tree (''Sorbus torminalis''), both of which are locally common. Plants of particular interest include Bird's Nest Orchid (''Neottia nidus-avis''), Greater Butterfly Orchid (''Platanthera chlorantha'') and the very rare Red Data Book species Purple Gromwell (''Buglossoides purpurocaerulea'').^[2]
Nearby is the Aller Hill SSSI.

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