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Exmoor Coastal Heaths is a 1758.3 hectare
Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
 (4344.7 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
 and Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, notified in 1994.

This site lies within the Exmoor National Park, and contains extensive areas of heathland communities. Associated particularly with the coastal communities and woods are a wide range of nationally rare and scarce plants. The site comprises four separate blocks (between Combe Martin
Combe Martin

Combe Martin is a village in Devon, England....
 and Minehead
Minehead

Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in the west of the the England Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset. It has a population of approximately 10,000....
) centred on Trentishoe
Trentishoe

Trentishoe is a village located in North Devon, England. It is located in Shirwell Deanery in the Church of England. James Hannington, a future saint and a martyr, took charge of the small parish church of Trentishoe in 1873....
, Cosgate Hill, Countisbury and North Hill
North Hill

North Hill may refer to:*North Hill, Cornwall, a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom*North Hill Preservation District, an historic district of Pensacola, Florida, United States...
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Exmoor Coastal Heaths is a 1758.3 hectare
Hectare

A hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for surveying.The hectare is used in most countries around the world, especially in domains concerned with land ownership, land planning, and land management, including law , agriculture, forestry, and town planning....
 (4344.7 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
 and Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, notified in 1994.

This site lies within the Exmoor National Park, and contains extensive areas of heathland communities. Associated particularly with the coastal communities and woods are a wide range of nationally rare and scarce plants. The site comprises four separate blocks (between Combe Martin
Combe Martin

Combe Martin is a village in Devon, England....
 and Minehead
Minehead

Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in the west of the the England Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset. It has a population of approximately 10,000....
) centred on Trentishoe
Trentishoe

Trentishoe is a village located in North Devon, England. It is located in Shirwell Deanery in the Church of England. James Hannington, a future saint and a martyr, took charge of the small parish church of Trentishoe in 1873....
, Cosgate Hill, Countisbury and North Hill
North Hill

North Hill may refer to:*North Hill, Cornwall, a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom*North Hill Preservation District, an historic district of Pensacola, Florida, United States...
. There are two nationally rare, endemic Whitebeam
Whitebeam

The whitebeams are members of the Rosaceae family, in genus Sorbus subgenus Aria. They are deciduous trees with simple or lobed leaves, arranged alternately....
 species which occur in the woodland areas namely Sorbus subcuneata
Sorbus subcuneata

Sorbus subcuneata is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family. It is Endemism to the United Kingdom. Category:Flora of the United Kingdom It is threatened by habitat loss....
 and Sorbus vexans
Sorbus vexans

Sorbus vexans is a species of plant in the Rosaceae family. It is Endemism to the United Kingdom. Category:Flora of the United Kingdom It is threatened by habitat loss....
. Several nationally scarce plant species are found within this site; White Mullein (Verbascum lychnitis) in its yellow form occurs in fields at the edge of the site, Cornish Moneywort Sibthorpia europaea beside streams, Rock Stonecrop Sedum forsteranum on rocky seacliffs and Sea Storksbill (Erodium maritinum), Upright Chickweed
Upright chickweed

The Erect Chickweed , also called Upright Chickweed , is a small annual plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It can grow to over 10 cm in height, but it is usually smaller....
 (Moenchia erecta) and Bird's-foot Clover (Trifolium ornithopodioides) all in areas of very short turf. A nationally rare butterfly
Butterfly

A butterfly is an insect of the Order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual Biological life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form....
 the High Brown Fritillary
High Brown Fritillary

The High Brown Fritillary is a butterfly of the Brush-footed butterfly family, native from Europe across mainland Asia to Japan.The adults fly in July/August and lay eggs near to the larval food plants which are species of violets, ....
 (Argynnis adippe) occurs on this site.