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Lambert's Castle

…rulea interspersed with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and sedges Carex spp.including star sedge Carex echinata, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and flea sedge Carex pulicaris; these areas contain abundant bog moss Sphagnum spp. Frequent among the many herbs prese…

Holly Rock Fields

…ically occurring in two or three of the four fields. These include spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, pignut Conopodium majus, cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, field wood rush Luzula campestris, tormentil Po…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…and east of Linbeck Gill, are rich in sedge species. These include common sedge Carex nigra, carnation sedge C. panicea, ribbed sedge Carex binervis, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, star sedge C. echinata and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Another plant typical of the flush…

Whiteleigh Meadows

…Devon. The sward is characterised by abundant sedge species, mainly tawny sedge Carex hostiana, star sedge C. echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, and herbs such as betony Betonica officinalis, devil’s-bit scabio…

Ditchling Common

…um bertolonii. A number of locally uncommon plants occur including ribbed sedge Carex binervis, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, marsh plume thistle Cirsium dissectum, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus and the only East Sussex location for tawny sedge Care…

Colshaw Pastures

…usewort Pedicularis sylvatica, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, common yellow sedge C. demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea and bog mosses Sphagnum species occur. The presence of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus growing…

Upper Fowey Valley

…ntilla erecta, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis and carnation sedge Carex panicea. The herbaceous valley-floor mire communities are again dominated by purple moor-grass with tormentil but display a range of tall herbs including vale…

Marloes Mere

…orting acidic grassland, including mat-grass Nardus stricta, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis and tawny sedge Carex hostiana, as well as sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus, red fescue Festuca rubra and purple moor-grass Molinia caeru…

Hook Common and Bartley Heath

…ulgaris, with frequent dwarf gorse Ulex minor, glaucous and green ribbed sedges Carex flacca and Carex binervis. Of particular interest are the populations of fast declining heathland and meadow plants such as meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, petty whin Genista anglica, dyer’s g…

Leek Moors

…ge lines, often supports abundant sedges, e.g. glaucous and green ribbed sedges Carex flacca and Carex binervis. They are accompanied by a wide range of plants most commonly associated with acidic marshy conditions, e.g. marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, sneezewort Achillea …

Tiptree Heath

…with pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, yellow sedge Carex demissa, ribbed sedge Carex binervis, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bristle scirpus Isolepis setacea in damper areas. Gorse and birch scrub grade into secondary woodland which forms a s…

Fothering Holme

…ebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica, pale sedge Carex pallescens and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Where slopes are leached the vegetation reflects more acidic conditions; species here include wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, mat grass Nardus st…

Greenham and Crookham Commons

…in some areas, an abundance of heath grass Danthonia decumbens and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, a community with a restricted distribution in England. Occasional patches of bare soil support an open acid grassland community with early hair grass Aira praecox, squirrel tail fe…

Dozmary Pool

…atica, western gorse Ulex gallii, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, carnation sedge Carex panicea, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and bilberry V accinium myrtillus. To the south of Dozmary Pool on steeper drier slopes, the vegetation is somewhat diff…

Snelsmore Common

…a decumbens, mat grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, pill sedge Carex pilulifera and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis. Lichens which occur on acid soils are better represented at Snelsmore than at other sites in the county. Uncommon species found here include Cl…

Goyt Valley

…h and soligenous mire are dominated by rushes and sedges such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis. As is now the case throughout the southern Pennines, there are only limited areas over which bog mosses are dominant. These contain a great divers…

Common Moor Langtree

… and petty whin Genista anglica. Sedge species, particularly green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis star-sedge C. echinata, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, common sedge C. nigra, carnation sedge C. panicea and flea sedge C. pulicaris are common. Other herb species which occur include mead…

Trelow Downs

… maculata and heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia. The sedges carnation sedge Carex panicea and green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis are also present. Royal fern Osmunda regalis and creeping willow Salix repens both occur occasionally. The wetter parts of the site, adjacent to st…

Milkingstead Wood

…ive carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and Polytrichum commune with star sedge Carex echinata, smooth sedge Crataegus laevigata, ribbed sedge Carex binervis, soft rush Juncus effusus, jointed rush J. articulatus, toad rush Juncus bufoniusa, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and…

Thundersley Great Common

…dges are abundant, including four species uncommon in Essex, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, common yellow sedge C. demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea and pill sedge Carex pilulifera. On unmown patches, heather Calluna vulgaris and gorse Ulex europaeus are locally dominant, w…

Scotton Beck Fields

…mentil Potentilla erecta, field wood rush Luzula campestris, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and creeping willow Salix repens. The northern field is an inland site for sand sedge Carex arenaria. In the southern field is an area of impeded drainage where heather Calluna vulgaris…

Gilmoor and Moorlands

…a and includes eleven sedge species, the most abundant of which are tawny sedge Carex hostiana, carnation sedge C. panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris and green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis. The herb content is high and a wide range of species are found including petty whin Genista a…

Heswall Dales

…phorum cespitosum. Common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and tawny sedge Carex hostiana are also important constituents of this community. These wet areas are the most interesting botanically and contain such species as many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and gr…

Wellington College Bog

… Associated plants include many stalked rush Eleocharis multicaulis, star sedge Carex echinata, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and common lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. Adjacent open areas include base poor mar…

Castell Prysor

…ted by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, rushes Juncus spp. and a short sedge Carex spp. turf. Other species here include heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum, sedges Carex nigra, Carex flacca, C. pulicaris and C. panicea, globeflower Trollius europaeus an…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

… frequently and are widely interspersed amongst the grasses with glaucous sedge Carex flacca, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, pill sedge Carex pilulifera and occasional flea sedge Carex pulicaris on wetter soils. Herb species are an integral component of the sward and include wi…

Widdenton Park Wood

…les. Plants of local interest that occur in the wood include green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, trailing St John's wort Hypericum humifusum and bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus. The lower leg of the wood, which lies on Upper Chalk, is typical Chiltern beech high forest with a spars…

Black Park

…uzula multiflora, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and green veined sedge Carex binervis. In addition to these, species recorded include grasses such as sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agrostis capillaris, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, creeping soft gr…

Paines Cross Meadow

…of the meadow there is a community containing plants such as green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, creeping willow Salix repens, heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, dwarf gorse Ulex minor, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. …

Blackslade Mire

…enella, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, several sedges mainly star sedge Carex echinata, common sedge Carex nigra, carnation sedge C. panicea and ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea. The bog pools characteristically contain abundant bog pondweed Potamogeton polygo…

Charnwood Lodge

… grass Danthonia decumbens, moonwort Bortrychium lunaria and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis. The wet heath habitat is well represented at Charnwood Lodge. Large areas are dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, with heather and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix locall…

Radnor Forest

…tongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, sedges (e.g. Carex binervis) and a number of mosses (e.g. Racomitrium lanuginosum) and lichens (e.g. Cladonia impexa). The dwarf shrubs are very well grown and suggest the area has suffered little from fires in th…

Scafell Pikes

…various higher plants including viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heath bedstraw, alpine lady's mantle and the clubmosses Huperzia selago and Diphasiastrum alpinum. Also associated with the summit plateau are several un…

Chancellor's Farm

…o marshy ground, with purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis present in the wetter areas. Other species occurring include hay rattle Rhinanthus minor, twayblade Listen ovata and adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, with heath spotted orchid Dact…

Carrick Heaths

… abundant bog moss Sphagnum species, frequent sedges such as green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis, common yellow-sedge C. demissa and carnation sedge C. panicea and rushes such as soft rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus. The rushes and the purple moor-grass …

Gwaun Llwyn-gwyn

…ge is dominated by soft-rush Juncus effusus, with frequent slender tufted-sedge Carex acuta, common sedge C. nigra, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, greater bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and marsh violet Viola palustris. Drier hu…

Parkhurst Forest

…heath Erica tetralix, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis. The heathland plants disappear under the dense shade of the more mature plantations. Here, the interest is confined to the grassy rides which are to be found throughout the site. These…

Cawston and Marsham Heaths

…tic acid grassland flora with early hair grass Aira praecox, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, tormentil Potentilla erecta and field wood rush Luzula campestris. Wet heath habitats are not well developed but there is a small permanent pool on Cawston Heath with some surrounding …

The Quantocks

…er Cuscuta epithymum, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and small quantities of heather. A different dry dwarf shrub heath community occurs on moderately well drained soils on the plateau. Heather is dominant, with bilberry and wavy hair gr…

Keston and Hayes Commons

…d’s foot Ornithopus perpusillus, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and pill sedge Carex pilulifera. The pebble beds grade into more neutral, clayey soils on the lower slopes of the Ravensbourne Meadows. These support a neutral grassland community with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanth…

Cornriggs Meadows

…owny oat grass Avenula pubescens, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and common sedge Carex nigra being locally prominent. Ungrazed banks, mainly in the westernmost field, support adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, bugle Ajuga reptans, heath spotted…

Rhos Fiddle

…ue Festuca ovina and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. In damper areas ribbed sedge Carex binervis, a characteristic moorland species, occurs. The site also includes wet flushes which are dominated by bog moss Sphagnum spp. and soft rush Juncus effusus. Other species present includ…

Shap Fells

…air moss Polytrichum commune but other stands are characterised by bottle sedge Carex rostrata. There is localised development of bog myrtle purple moor grass Myrica gale Molinia caerulea mires which occur to this extent on few other upland areas in the Lake District. Basic flus…

Knebworth Woods

… A heathy element in the rides produces locally rare species green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia. Small areas of the site have been felled and replanted but are currently under management to promote some regeneration of semi-natural woodlan…

Buckley Claypits and Commons

… bent Agrostis canina, heath wood-rush Luzula multiflora and green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis. Locally heather Calluna vulgaris may be present. A small area of wet heath is characterised by cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog-moss Sphagnum compactum is also present. The ac…

North Dartmoor

…with soft rush Juncus effusus, sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, star sedge C. echinata, white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Large areas of both wet and dry heathland are also found within the SSSI, dominated by he…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…osera rotundifolia, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis and bog moss Sphagnum tenellum. Three nationally scarce and declining species are present on the wet heath and on the margins of the valley mire. Marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata is…

Gentleshaw Common

…rosus, compact rush Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and crowberry Empetrum nigrum the latter a plant found here towards the lowland extreme of its European range. A shallow valley draining to the Redmoor Brook has peat soils which suppor…

Wan Fell

… bell heather, sheep's fescue, heath bedstraw, tormentil and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis. The presence of small quantities of western gorse Ulex gallii and the moss Hypnum imponens give the heath a more southern, lowland character, but at the same time other mosses and lich…

Bursdon Moor

…a subsp. ericetorum. Devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis, carnation sedge C. panicea and the bog-moss Sphagnum compactum. In places, the purple moor-grass which dominates the vegetation over most of the Moor gives way to a shorter vegetation …

Briddlesford Copses

…tand includes the green hellebore Helleborus viridus and thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa, both uncommon species indicative of ancient woodlands. Higher on the valley side in Briddlesford Copse and on the lower slopes of Combley great Wood a more neutral ash and pedunculate …

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