Freshwater plants and SSSI canals in the East Midlands and North of England 2: Chesterfield Canal, Cromford Canal and Grantham Canal

摘要

The aims of the study were to record aquatic plants and their abundance in canal SSSIs in the East Midlands and North of England, to assess present-day botanical conservation interest and to identify changes since the sites were notified as SSSIs in the 1980s or earlier. The first article in the series (Goulder, 2016) considered the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. This second article addresses SSSIs along the Chesterfield Canal, Cromford Canal and Grantham Canal (see Plate 3, centre pages). Subsequent articles will consider the Leven Canal and Pocklington Canal and will provide an overview.