{{Short description|Protected area in Cotes, Leicestershire, England}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Cotes Grassland 2.jpg |image_caption = |name= Cotes Grassland |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 553 208 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 3.3 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1983<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003698%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Cotes Grassland''' is a {{convert|3.3|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] in [[Cotes, Leicestershire|Cotes]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003698&SiteName=cotes&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Cotes Grassland | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 5 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003698%27 |title=Map of Cotes Grassland|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 5 November 2017}}</ref>
This meadow on the bank of the [[River Soar]] has a thin soil on [[alluvial]] river gravels. It has several plants which are uncommon in the [[The Midlands|Midlands]], such as [[soft trefoil]], [[spotted medick]], [[knotted hedge-parsley]], [[wild clary]] and [[subterranean trefoil]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003698.pdf |title=Cotes Grassland citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 5 November 2017}}</ref>
There is access by a public footpath which crosses the site.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Cotes Grassland}}
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