Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Belmore Mountain

…buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum. The species-rich herb and moss layers reflect the underlying base-rich limestone rocks and include enchanter's nightshade Circaea lu…

Clints Quarry

… bramble and a wide range of ferns, such as brittle bladder fern, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and spleenworts Asplenium ruta-muraria and Asplenium trichomanes. On the eastern side of the quarry scrub gives way to woodland dominated by ash and sycamore with occasional st…

Craig Adwy-wynt a Choed Eyarth House a Chîl-y-groeslwyd

…er. Here bird’s-nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis can be found. Hart’s-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and ramsons Allium ursinum cling to the shady, humid, steep rocky slopes of the gorge sides of the River Clwyd. Temporary gaps in the canopy where felling has occurred have the…

Coed Afon Crewi

…as a variety of ferns, including lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina, hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and the rare hay-scented buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula, here at its only known location in Montgomeryshire.

Abbey Burn Foot to Balcary Point

…yphyllos. The site also supports bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum. The cliffs around Balcary support a breeding seabird colony, including the largest numbers of guillemot and razorbill in the District. The…

The Perch

…cury Mercurialis perennis are common. On the rockiest ground hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and maiden hair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes are abundant and broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine is present. The nationally rare purple gromwell Lithospermum pu…

Halesend Wood

…nd shrubs. They support a rich variety of ferns including maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and polypody Polypodium vulgare. The woodland provides habitat for a number of animals including bad…

Hawkswick Wood

…eria caeruleae, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and the ferns, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, hard shield Polystichum aculeatum, wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. Alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens occurs on old mine spoil at t…

Marlbank

…Geranium robertianum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and the ferns hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria and maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes. In addition, stunted forms of shrub species such as…

Creuddyn

…ords-and-ladies, dog’s mercury and herb-Robert. The ferns maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium also thrive in the deep shade inside the grikes. Rare vascular plants on the site that have a disjunct distribution in the British Isles…

Farleton Knott

…e common species including wall lettuce Mycelis muralis, maiden hair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and herb Robert Geranium robertianum. Scrub and tree cover is rather sparse on Farleton Knott due to …

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…s and herb-robert Geranium robertianum. In addition, the ferns black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis are present. The occurrence of Danish scurvygrass Cochlearia danica and pellitory-of-the-w…

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…nclude the local brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and green spleenwort Asplenium viridein addition to more common species such as hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria. Many of the herb species fou…

Galboly

…pteris dilatata. Rock cliff faces and large boulders also have black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, hart's-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium and maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes. The ground flora consists mostly of bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and a reasonab…

Middlebarrow

…ury Mercurialis perennis, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. Weaknesses and cracks in the grike walls are colonised by maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria which are abundant throughout the si…

Underlaid Wood

…ercury Mercurialis perennis, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. Weaknesses and cracks in the grike walls are colonised by maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and wall rue Asplenium ruta-mu…

Loch Glencoul

…is well developed and contains a wide range of species such as black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis and hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, h…

Great Asby Scar

…e widespread and on some pavements abundant; the local species green spleenwort Asplenium viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, which occur on nearly all the pavements; and more common species such as hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, hard shield fern Polysti…

Marble Quarry and Hale Fell

…de tolerant plants such as herb Robert Geranium robertianum, hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. Weaknesses and cracks in the grike walls are colonised by wall lettuce Mycelis muralis, maidenhair s…

Glynn Woods

…r featherwort Plagiochila asplenioides as well as ferns including hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. The woodland ground flora associated with the deeper, often wetter or flushed soil especially along the edge of the Glynn river are dominated by stands of ramsons Allium ursin…

Humphrey Head

…ordata, wych elm, oak and yew. The ground flora is rich with hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna. The cliffs become progressively less wooded to the south with wind stunted yew and the rare Lancastrian w…

Arfordir Marros-Pentywyn / Marros-Pendine Coast

…opography dominated by soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, growing through a dense moss carpet in which is found the ‘ancient woodland indicator’ snail, Acicula fusca. Additional interest is provided by the contrasting past management…

Fairy Glen Woods

… and moss community. Soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and the nationally rare liverwort, Porella arboris-vitae occur. The woodland contains a diverse vascular plant community. The gorge itself has much wych elm Ulmus glabra, sessi…

Penhale Dunes

…ium filix-femina, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and hart’s-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. Rare plant species recorded from Penhale Dunes include Babington’s leek Allium ampeloprasum spp. babingtonii, wild leek Allium ampeloprasum subsp. ampeloprasum, fragrant even…

Den of Finella

…ase-rich soils. Among the more notable plants found here are Hart’s-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, wood garlic Allium ursinum, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum and wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum.

Hod and Hambledon Hills

…nd stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Locally, as at Hod Wood, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium is particularly abundant. There is also a distinctive separate stand of yew Taxus baccata, much of which has relatively recently invaded open grassland. Within the yew grove sh…

Axmouth to Lyme Regis Under Cliffs

…nding on tree cover, ranging from areas dominated by ivy and hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium to almost open grassland where scrub is just developing. Species present in some abundance include dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana,…

Astridge Wood

…s mercury Mercurialis perennis, bramble Rubus fruticosus and hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium but also includes a number of locally rare species such as broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, spurge laurel Daphne laureola, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and wild …

Brignall Banks

…lude wood fescue Festuca altissima, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, alternate leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis, goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus and the root parasite, toothwort Lathr…

Nicholaston Wood

…mix of ivy Hedera helix, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, hart’s-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, herb robert Geranium robertianum and enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana; wild garlic Allium ursinum is locally abundant. Many areas of the woodland have an open canopy r…

Hook Wood

…er-rose Viburnum opulus to form a sessile oak-hazel-ash woodland. Hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium often dominates the ground flora in such woodland. The cliffs forming the lower margin of the wood support a more acid sessile oakwood, with downy birch Betula pubescens scatte…

Haile Great Wood

…atum. Wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood melick Melica uniflora and hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium are frequent in damp, rocky stream gills and on shaded sandstone outcrops. alder stands follow Kirk Beck and Quick Sand Gill and, south of where these streams merge, form a clo…

Wealden Edge Hangers

…are partly on scree, partly on combe deposits. Here ferns such as hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina are plentiful. The springs rise at a remarkably high level on these combes, possibly because this ar…

Goblin Combe

…rovides ideal conditions for a number of ferns, these include hart’stongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. The nationally scarce limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianu…

Dinefwr Estate

…ant in this area, eg. soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum, and Hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Oak dominated areas are found to the east of Castle Woods and at South Lodge Wood. Here pendunculate oak Quercus robur forms a closed canopy, and the shrub layer consists main…

Cranny Falls

…le fern Dryopteris affinis, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, with hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium frequent on the rocks around the waterfall. Of particular note is the presence of the scarce beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. The ground flora is dominated by bryophytes typ…

Inwood, Warleigh

…mp nature of the wood has allowed many ferns to flourish, such as hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. Inwood is dissected by a ride system incorporating a wide stret…

Dunsby Wood

… Dipsacus pilosus, nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa. Dunsby Wood is also very rich in fungi, with over 120 species having been recorded.

Whitecliff Bay and Bembridge Ledges

…s stinking iris Iris foetidissima, primose Primula vulgaris, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. The presence of these successional vegetation types on these cliffs is of considerable scientific interest. The intertidal seashore consist…

Nichols Moss

…those cliffs in association with ash, hazel and some sessile oak. Hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium forms luxuriant patches in shaded crevices where other plans characteristic of limestone grow. These include wood melick Melica uniflora, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and …

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

…orosa and wild garlic Allium ursinum, together with abundant hart’s-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum. meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and opposite-leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium occur in the flushes. Towards the…

Erwood Dingle

…s mercury Mercurialis perennis, herb-robert Geranium robertianum, hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, soft shield-fern Polystichum setiferum and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon. Bramble Rubus fruticosus becomes dense at the eastern end of the dingle. Stream-side rocks …

Fivehead Woods and Meadow

…d spruge Euphorbia amygdaloides, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. There are also substantial populations of orchid species found in the woods including common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, early purple o…

Offham Marshes

…camore Acer pseudoplatanus, damp areas with dense growths of hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, whose dead fronds provide ideal terrestrial habitats for amphibians. Similarly fallen timber provides valuable shady refuges for amphibians as well as dead wood invertebrates…

Rook Clift

…he field and ground layers are more developed with stands of hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum abundant and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium common along the stream side. The ground layer consists o…

Wart Barrow

…idago virgaurea, ploughman's spikenard Inula conyza and the ferns hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and intermediate polypody Polypodium interjectum. These limestone habitats support a rich invertebrate fauna which includes several local and uncommon butterflies such as high …

Frome St. Quintin

…rn Dryopteris affinis, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium are prominent. Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa and red current are occasional shrubs. Celandine Ficaria verna and moschatel Adoxa moschatellina form a distinctive vernal cover on m…

Cayton, Cornelian and South Bays

…rysosplenium oppositifolium, polypody Polypodium vulgare and hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. The Cayton and Cornelian Bay area is believed to have the richest invertebrate fauna of ground beetles and soldier flies associated with soft rock cliffs in the whole of Nort…

Robin Hood's Bay: Maw Wyke to Beast Cliff

…oulders support a luxuriant growth of mosses and ferns, including hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum. Pools on the cliff shelf have been colonised by common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and are fringed by alder Alnus glutinosa, …

Beechmill Wood and Pasture

…tum, red campion Silene dioica, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. The last three species have a restricted distribution in Cheshire. In wetter areas large bitter cress Cardamine amara, fool’s water …

Flood Brook Clough

…ia, woodruff Galium odoratum, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and wall lettuce Mycelis muralis. Thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus are present and both are uncommon nationally.

Midford Valley Woods

… and Polystichum setiferum are present as well as an abundance of hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Polypody Polypodium sp grows both on boulders and upon the branches of old trees, where mosses and lichens also flourish. Many of the typical woodland grasses and sedges occur…

Hawthorn Dene

…ly orchid Platanthera bifolia, whilst along the valley floor hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, generally uncommon on the drier eastern side of the country, is locally abundant. In the eastern part of the site there are areas of Magnesian Limestone grassland containing a…

Coed Aberedw

… bramble Rubus fruticosus, herb robert Geranium robertianum, hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum and a range of mosses and liverwort…

Bracket's Coppice and Ryewater Farm

…ield fern Polystichum setiferum, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata are all abundant together with the mosses Thamnobryum alopecurum and Atrichum undulatum. Stream side rocks support the Nationally Sca…

Craig y Benglog

…sses and liverworts, a rich fern population with large amounts of hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and the nationally uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima. Larger trees hold rich epiphytic lichen populations with uncommon species…

Castle Eden Dene

…he humid valley bottom there are locally extensive stands of hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. Rare and local species include lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, bird’s nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis and round leaved wintergreen Pyrola …

Garrion Gill

…ssociated ground flora which includes an uncommon variety of hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, broad-leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and alternate leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium.

Bryn Alyn

…nnest. The limestone pavement supports a rich flora including harts tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, meadow-rue Thalictrum minus, herb-robert Geranium robertianum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna. On the rockiest, thinnest and most drought p…

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…ettle Urtica dioica, cleavers Galium aparine and, where bouldery, hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Elsewhere, soils with impeded drainage or flushing support an extensive area of alder Alnus glutinosa-dominated woodland, in a range of topographical situations. Wet flushes w…

Wimboldsley Wood

… ground flora is rich and varied and includes species such as harts tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, woodruff Galium odoratum, wood millet Milium effusum and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. The pools themselves are fringed by lesser and greater pond sedge Carex acutiform…

Dimminsdale

…ving plants such as giant bellflower Campanula latifolia and hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, give way to stands of birch Betula spp and pedunculate oak Quercus robur with an acidic woodland ground flora on the millstone grit slopes above. Extensive areas of unimproved…

Bach Howey Gorge

…ia, wood melick Melica uniflora and a variety of ferns, including hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum. On the shaded side of the gorge, below Craig Pwll-du, the nationally scarce wood fescue Festuca altissima grows in some abundance. W…

Math and Elsea Wood

…aris quadrifolia, hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium.

Briarwood Banks

…od avens Geum urbanum. Hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium occur associated with rock outcrops. The upper slopes support a more restricted flora with creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sorrel O…

Cabilla Manor Wood

…riclymenum and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta with occasional hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and the uncommon lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbo-sperma. Alongside the river, in wet hollows and flushes, are scattered grey willow Salix cinerea and alder Alnus glutinosa …

Twinhills Woods and Meadows

…ladies Arum maculatum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutentiana, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, ivy Hedera helix, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. Other species of interest found within the wood are herb paris Paris quadrifolia,…

Coed Aber Artro

…upon the rocks and trees. Several species of fern occur including hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and wilsons filmy fern H. wilsonii. The gorge is dominated by sessile oak Quercus petraea with ash Fraxinus excelsior and odd wy…

Ticknall Quarries

…f the rock faces and spoil heaps are very densely covered in hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. Unimproved limestone grassland is now rare in the Trent Valley. Here the grasslands are dominated by false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with patches of glaucous sedge Carex f…

Coed Ffordd-Las

… basic, nutrient-rich soils including ramsons Allium ursinum, harts tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and wood avens Geum urbanum. Bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta are abundant, together with other woodland species such as giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus and dogs mercury …

Chawridge Bourne

…rich and includes goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum which are rare in Berkshire. The site includes, on the east bank of the stream, an ancient parish boundary hedge which is diverse in …

Shorn Cliff and Caswell Woods

…s more varied with, in places, numerous ferns. These include hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and hard shield fern P. aculeatum. A small area of alder Alnus glutinosa is present over wetter soils adjacent to the River Wye in Caswe…

Hainault Forest

…eatus, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. The area of scrub and acidic grassland in the southern part of the site at Cabin Hill is dominated by birch, oak, beech Fagus sylvatic…

Bishop's Wood

…cies such as wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, ivy Hedera helix hart’s-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and broad-buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. The field layer also contains many other species including dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, h…

Coldwell Farm Pasture

…avement provide a habitat for dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, herb Robert Geranium robertianum and bramble Rubus fruticosus.

The Hudnalls

…sh Luzula sylvatica and ferns egmale fern Dryopteris filix-mas and harts tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. The nationally restricted wood fescue Festuca altissima is found here forming the most extensive stands in the Wye Valley. Several types of oak woodland occur throughout the s…

Coedydd y Garn

…ury Mercurialis perennis, soft shield-fern Polystichum setiferum, hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and bryophyte mats. The uncommon toothwort Lathraea squamaria (a parasitic plant associated with hazel) also occurs here. Dry, exposed outcrops have an interesting flora which …

Raincliffe & Forge Valley Woods

…ia and ferns including soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Several species of orchid occur, including early purple orchid Orchis mascula, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis. At the…

Upper Fal Estuary and Woods

… The fern flora includes common polypody Polypodium vulgare, hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, golden male fern Dryopteris affinis and an abundance of soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum. Despite the dense shade of the canopy, and the comparative youth of the coppice…

Capler Wood

… Rubus fruticosus. The woodland is rich in mosses and ferns. Hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, in particular, is present in large numbers.

Caerthillian to Kennack

…lix and bracken Pteridium aquilinum with woodland species such as hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, red campion Silene dioica, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and common dog-violet Viola riviniana. In other areas stands dominated by bracken are extensive. A disused serpen…

Llanddulas Limestone and Gwrych Castle Wood

…Sanicula europaea, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana, hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus. In sections of open canopy or at the woodland edge where ivy Hedera helix (ssp. hibernica) dominates, the Nationally Scarce ivy b…

Moel Hiraddug a Bryn Gop

…uding dog’s mercury, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. The geological features of the site are confined to this woodland. ii. Bryn Gop Bryn Gop occupies the southern moderately steep slope of a Carboniferous limestone hill and is …

Coed Nant Menascin

…m galeobdolon, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, dog's mercury, harts-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, lesser celandine and wood speedwell Veronica montana. There are numerous wet flushes on the valley sides and in boggy hollows next to the stream. These support a canopy of ald…

Dove Valley and Biggin Dale

…Mercurialis perennis, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Within the wood are extensive areas of mountain currant Ribes alpinum and occasional plants of mezereon Daphne mezereum, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and wood fescue Festu…

Tudor Farm Bank

…’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, cuckoo pint Arum maculatum, hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, primrose Primula vulgaris and the nationally scarce stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus. Features that add further to the interest of the site include limestone outcrops a…

Greatwood and Cliff Copses

… old stone quarries contain a luxuriant growth of ferns including hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, broad buckler Dryopteris dilatata and soft shield Polystichum setiferum ferns. Cliff Copse covers an extremely steep, north facing inland cliff, forming a narrow linear wood. …

Isle of Portland

…Euphorbia amygdaloides, herb Robert Geranium robertianum and hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. broomrapes are frequent and include tall broomrape Orobanche elatior, ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae and the rare Picris --and carrot broomrapes Orobanche picridis and Oroban…

Upper Greensand Hangers : Empshott to Hawkley

…ern Dryopteris filix-mas, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and polypody Polypodium vulgare which also grows on older trees. The vegetation varies according to the soil conditions and topography. Where the soil is more neutral, bluebell…

Garth Wood

…d layer includes locally abundant ramsons Allium ursinum and hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, with bluebell, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and ivy. Also present on the site is a small stand of pedunculate oak Quercus robur woodland. Lesser Garth Cave is one of the…

Coille Thogabhaig

…nd flora includes dark red helleborine Epipactus atrorubens, Hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and both Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and Wilson’s filmy fern H. wilsonii. It is one of only four sizeable gorges on limestone i…

Swanpool Wood and Furnace Grove

…ris filix-mas and ivy Hedera helix with, in places, stands of harts tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and wavy hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. Several uncommon species have been recorded, including herb paris Paris quadrifolia, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha …

Hayburn Wyke

…rn Dryopteris filix-mas, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. The damp conditions favour mosses and liverworts. To the north of Hayburn Wyke and to the south of Little Cliff, the wood gives way to willow scrub S. caprea, Salix cinerea wi…

Thrang Wood

…ercury Mercurialis perennis, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. Elsewhere the herb layer is characterised by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, false brome gra…

Hook Norton Cutting & Banks

… of scree within the wood support male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and ploughman's spikenard Inula conyza. On the lower slopes some grassland species survive, including adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum and wild…

Hack Fall Wood

… Steep rocky stream sides support an abundance of ferns including hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, polypody Polypodium vulgare and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and a rich moss flora. Where conditions are wettest alder Alnus glutinosa, bird cherry Prunus padus and spindle …

Parc Linden, Lixwm

…sanicle Sanicula europaea, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Several uncommon species are present including fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio, frog orchid Coeloglossum viride, bee orchid Ophrys ap…

Sloughan and Willmount Glens

…al conditions for a diverse fern community which includes maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, hart's-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium, hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum, and the rare beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. These wet rock faces also provided an ideal niche…

Glenariff Glen

…d wood fescue Festuca altissima, as well as ferns such as maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and hart's-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium. Rare and scarce plants include common wintergreen Pyrola minor and intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media, with beech fern Phegopteris c…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…es such as herb Robert Geranium robertianum and the ferns maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and hart's-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium. In addition, stunted forms of shrub species such as blackthorn Prunus spinosa and hazel Corylus avellana are often present in the grike…

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