View source for Eridge Green

{{Short description|Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2020}}
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{{For-text|the settlement of the same name|{{Section link|Rotherfield|Eridge}}}}
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|image=  Eridge Rocks - geograph.org.uk - 1492841.jpg
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|name=  Eridge Green
|aos=  East Sussex
|interest=Biological
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|area= {{convert|8.4|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/>
|notifydate= 1985<ref name=dsv/>
|map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002853%27  ''Magic Map''] 
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'''Eridge Green''' is a {{convert| 8.4 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] north-east of [[Crowborough]] in [[East Sussex]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url=  https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002853&SiteName=&countyCode=14&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Eridge Green  | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 13 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002853%27|title=Map of Eridge Green|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=  13 January 2019}}</ref> It is part of the {{convert|44|ha|acre|abbr=off}} '''Eridge Rocks''' nature reserve, which is managed by [[Sussex Wildlife Trust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/eridge-rocks |title= Eridge Rocks   |publisher= Sussex Wildlife Trust |access-date=  13 January 2019}}</ref>

This is ancient woodland on clay with outcrops of sandstone which form cliffs up to ten metres high. Flora on the rocks include [[Tunbridge filmy fern]], the mosses ''[[Dicranum scottianum]]'' and ''[[Orthodontium gracile]]'' and the liverworts ''[[Scapania umbrosa]]'', [[Scapania gracilis]]'' and ''[[Harpanthus scutatus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eridge Green|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1002853.pdf|access-date=13 January 2019|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England}}</ref>''

There is access from Warren Farm Lane.

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