{{Short description|Woodland in Gloucestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox SSSI |image=220px |image_caption=Lineover Woods – Dowdeswell Woods beyond on the left |name=Lineover Wood |aos=Gloucestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SO987187}} |coordinates = {{coord|51.867326|-2.01956|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |area=20.3 hectare |notifydate=1986 |enref=1002850 }}
'''Lineover Wood''' ({{gbmapping|SO987187}}) is a {{convert|20.3|ha|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986.<ref name="NE citation">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002850 |title=Natural England SSSI information on the citation |access-date=3 September 2012 |archive-date=24 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224085236/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002850 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta1.htm Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 1, Sites of Special Scientific Interest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326123052/http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta1.htm |date=26 March 2012 }}</ref>
The site is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust, and is near the communities of Charlton Kings, Cheltenham and Dowdeswell. The Cotswold Way National Trail runs through the site, crossing the A40 from the opposite side of the valley where it runs along the edge of Dowdeswell Woods and below the dam of Dowdeswell Reservoir.
The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 (on line) as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).<ref>[http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta2.htm Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 2, Key Wildlife Sites] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013215021/http://www.localplan.cotswold.gov.uk/localplan/text/texta2.htm |date=13 October 2013 }}</ref>
==Location== The site is in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is on the north-facing slope of the scarp and is steep. It overlies limestone of the Inferior Oolite and clays and sands of the Upper Lias layer. The designated site is part of a larger woodland area which has been replanted with conifers and broad-leaved species. There are seepage areas and a spring in the north of the site.<ref name="NE citation"/>
==Woodland== The wood is an example of the ancient semi-natural coppice woodland which was common in the Cotswolds. Species include ash, pedunculate oak, whitebeam, small-leaved lime and large-leaved lime (nationally rare). The understorey is hazel, field maple, hawthorn and there are ''lime-loving'' shrubs in particular areas.<ref name="NE citation"/>
==Flora== The steep slopes support bramble and dog's mercury. At the base of the slope, meadow saffron and herb paris can be found. There are recorded rare plants which include angular Solomon's seal and lily-of-the-valley.<ref name="NE citation"/>
==Fauna== The site is known for beetles including uncommon species. There are a wide variety of butterflies and moths recorded including the pearl-bordered fritillary.<ref name="NE citation"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==SSSI Source== * [http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002850 Natural England SSSI information on the citation] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121224085236/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002850 |date=24 December 2012 }} * [http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/unitlist.cfm?sssi_id=1002850 Natural England SSSI information on the Lineover Wood units]
==External links== {{Commons category inline|Lineover Wood}} * [http://www.naturalengland.org.uk Natural England] (SSSI information)
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Category:Woodland Trust Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1986 Category:Nature reserves in Gloucestershire Category:Forests and woodlands of Gloucestershire Category:Cotswolds