[1] The Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway on this section was constructed through an outcrop of Keuper Marl and thus has a range of plants which are unusual within the wider area.

An osier bed and flood meadows adjoin the site, but these are not part of the nature reserve.

[1] The reserve supports two uncommon legumes being narrow-leaved everlasting-pea and wild liquorice.

The embankments have colonised naturally and support yellow-wort, lady's bedstraw, ploughman's-spikenard, field scabious and marjoram.

Also present are hawthorn, blackthorn, dog-rose, bramble, spindle, ash and field maple.

[1] Turtle dove, reed bunting and sedge warbler breed in the adjoining Osier bed.