 This site provides outstanding examples of some of the grassland communities associated with the higher parts of the Mendip plateau.The soils include a mixture of wind-deposited silts and weathered material from the parent Carboniferous Limestone.The grassland is a type characterised by Sweet Vernal Grass ("Anthoxanthum odoratum"), Red Fescue ("Festuca rubra"), Common Bent ("Agrostis capillaris"), Pignut ("Conopodium majus") and Sorrel ("Rumex acetosa").