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Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds
Hook
Meadow and
The Trap Grounds
is a
biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
on the northern
outskirts
of
Oxford
in
Oxfordshire
.
These unimproved
meadows
in the
floodplain
of
the River
Thames are poorly
drained
and they have
calcareous clay
soils. The
southern
field
is the most
waterlogged
, and its flora includes
wetland
species such as
sharp-flowered rush
,
marsh arrow grass
,
common spike-rush
and
early marsh orchid
.
The site is
private
land with no
public access
.