Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Black Park

…ampsia flexuosa and D. cespitosa and a variety of herbs such as common centaury Centaurium erythraea, common cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis, heath speedwell Veronica officinalis and corn mint Mentha arvensis. D…

Wan Fell

…s with 'upland' types. Small areas of more grassy heath support common centaury Centaurium erythraea, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare and field gentian Gentianella campestris. The heath is sheep grazed and managed by burning, giving heather stands of variable ages. In places there…

Ipswich Heaths

…ochaeris radicata, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. It is this mixture of short rabbit grazed grassland interspersed with clumps of heather that favours the silver studded blue, together with common blue and small heath butterflie…

Swinstead Valley

…s, cowslip Primula veris, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris and common centaury Centaurium erythraea occur. Mosses such as Ctenidium molluscum, Campylium chrysophyllum and Pseudoscleropodium purum are common in these areas. The deeper soils of the valley bottom support a less spe…

Thorness Bay

…llow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, rest harrow Ononis repens and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. The longest established parts of the cliff have developed a dense scrub vegetation, often on raised ridges between the younger slumps. This is composed of a number of shrub and t…

Charnock Richard Pasture

…e to agricultural improvement. Other plants of interest include common centaury Centaurium erythraea, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Water seepage on the slope has lead to the formation of wetter, flushed areas. Here sweet ve…

Ticknall Quarries

…l limestone plants such as autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum and bee orchid Ophrys apifera. Some areas are dominated by lichens, particularly Cladonia species. The open water has a rich fauna and flora …

Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows

… erecta, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, betony Betonica officinalis and centaury Centaurium erythraea. The dog violet Viola canina occurred formerly and may still be present. The dry hummocks support two uncommon dwarf shrubs, dwarf gorse Ulex minor and petty whin Genista anglica.…

Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods

…or, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, grass vetchling Lathyrus nissolia, centaury Centaurium erythraea, common and trailing tormentils Potentilla erecta and Potentilla anglica, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and cut leaved cranesbill Geranium dissectum. Ditches line some of…

North Norfolk Coast

… presence of such species as spring whitlow grass Erophila verna agg., centaury Centaurium erythraea, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and bee orchid Ophrys apifera. Two rare plants, Jersey cudweed Gnaphalium luteoalbum arid grey hai…

Hollinhill and Markland Grips

…stone grasslands but is uncommonon the Carboniferous Limestone. Common centaury Centaurium erythraea like tor grass is uncommon on the Carboniferous but common on the Magnesian Limestone and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata is common in wetter areas in the Magnesian Limestone b…

Lower Woods

…vil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, eyebright Euphrasia agg., common centaury Centaurium erythraea, betony Betonica officinalis, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, water mint Mentha aquatica and common and spiny rest-harrow Ononis repens, O. spinosa. A wide variety of scrub speci…

Clints Quarry

…s. Associated species include oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, wild thyme, coltsfoot, carline thistle and rough hawkbit. Two locally uncommon orchids have also been recorded, bee orchid Ophrys apifera at one of its most northerly known locat…

Dee Cliffs

…h distribution, for example yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata. Common centaury Centaurium erythraea, bristly oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, bloody cranesbill Geranium sanguineum, fairy flax Linum cat…

Blaentrothy Meadows (Caeau Blaentroddi)

…e calcaerous conditions that occurs occasionally on the site is common centaury Centaurium erythraea.

Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach

…low oat grass Trisetum flavescens and red fescue Festuca rubra, common centaury Centaurium erythraea and scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis. Thrift Armeria maritima is common along the cliff edge with the scarce loose silky bent Aspera spica venti. At Firehills there is an area…

The New Forest

…yellow centaury Cicendia filiformis which is nationally scarce, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, field gentian Gentianella campestris and moonwort Botrychium lunaria. The more neutral grasslands known locally as 'lawns' occur as linear features following many of the small st…

Mournes Coast

…fairy flax Linum catharticum, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. A number of areas of wet, flushed grassland behind this narrow band have been included in the boundary between Bloody Bridge and south to Ballagh Bridge. The vegetation is mostly…

Kirkby Moor

…en Pteridium aquilinum or wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Common centaury Centaurium erythraea, trailing St. John's wort Hypericum humifusum and, on the north eastern limit of its distribution, the eyebright Euphrasia officinalis are found associated with these and bare soi…

Cavenham - Icklingham Heaths

…h bedstraw Galium saxatile, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. A number of lichens and mosses are present in the acid grassland and in some places are very abundant, forming lichen heath. This mosaic of heathland, acid grassland and lichen h…

Swain's Wood

…tian Gentianella germanica, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, bee orchid Ophrys apifera and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris are characteristic. Ranker patches of grassland contain tall oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, hedge bedstraw Galium…

Twinhills Woods and Meadows

…cially rich with common knapweed, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, common rose Helianthemum nummularium, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus co…

Gomm Valley

…cywort Asperula cynanchica, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, twayblade Neottia ovata and pyramidal, bee and common spotted orchids Anacamptis pyramidalis, Ophrys apifera and Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Dogwood and hawthorn dominate the scrub and…

Lindrick Golf Course

…napweed Centaurea scabiosa, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common centaury Centaurium erythraea and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. cowslips Primula veris are common, while the thin soils above quarry faces supportcommon rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and common Whitlow…

Trebetherick Point

… to a more maritime community of wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and spring squill Scilla verna. The rocky intertidal zone at Trebetherick supports a diverse fauna notable for its high population numbers. The…

Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes

…rodium cicutarium, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and common centaury Centaurium erythraea together with common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common rest-harrow Ononis repens, blue fleabane Erigeron acris, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and fern grass C…

Church Woods, Blean

…John's wort Hypericum pulchrum, purging flax Linum catharticum, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and on the most acidic, gravelly soils, ling heather Calluna vulgaris. Numerous uncommon inve…

Nob End

…rging flax Linum catharticum, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, common centaury Centaurium erythraea and common broomrape Orobanche minor. Orchids, too, are well represented and several species occur here in large numbers. Most notable amongst these are fragrant orchid Gymnadeni…

Penhale Dunes

…estuca rubra with herbs such as silverweed Potentilla anserina, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and common storksbill Erodium cicutarium. Damper areas are colonised by taller herbs such as meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, water mint M…

Middle Hope

…nged orchid Orchismario, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. The scrub towards the west of the site is dominated by hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and blackthorn Prunus spinosa, while that to the east consists of common gorse Ulex europaeus a…

Polruan to Polperro

…glaucous sedge Carex flacca, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, common mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum and germander speedwell Veronica chamaedrys with good numbers of the rather local pale flax Linum bienne. Large areas of very good quality, un…

Crookhill Brick Pit

…oil Potentilla reptans, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common knapweed Centaurium erythraea and grass vetchling Lathyrus nissolia. To the south of the clay pit a small remnant of old grassland has local plants of strawberry clover Trifolium fragiferum and pepper-saxifrag…

Woodnook Valley

…arebell Campanula rotundifolia, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. Towards the western edge of the field the herbs are less abundant and false oat grass Arrhenathemum elatius and upright brome begin to dominate. Several species of orchid are pre…

Stonesfield Common, Bottoms & Banks

…mally associated with unimproved calcareous grassland including common centaury Centaurium erythraea, basil thyme Acinos arvensis, large thyme Thymus pulegioides, hairy violet Viola hirta, cowslip Primula veris and marjoram Origanum vulgare. The eastern most bank has a similar he…

Hadston Links

… slopes where associated species include cowslip Primula veris, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, common twayblade Neottia ovata and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Behind the main dune ridge several waterlogged areas are colonised by stands of common sedge Carex …

East Polden Grasslands

…hinnest soils the grassland differs slightly with herbs such as common centaury Centaurium erythraea, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, thyme Thymus polytrichus and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum being more abundant in very short swar…

Hesketh Golf Links

…re lime loving plants such as carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common centaury Centaurium erythraea and purging flax Linum catharticum occur. There are a few hollows, or dune slacks dominated by creeping willow Salix repens and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus but only one is season…

Frithy and Chadacre Wood

…erforatum, square stemmed St John's wort Hypericum tetrapterum, common centuary Centaurium erythraea, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and pendulous sedge Carex pendula. Frithy Wood also contains an area of pasture which projects into the wood. A number …

Quarry Moor

…arella, bee orchid Ophyrs apifera, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, centaury Centaurium erythraea and red bartsia Odontites verna. The more vigorously growing neutral grasslands are dominated by false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, with slender false brome Brachypodium sylva…

Headon Warren and West High Down

…ts as the early gentian Gentianella amarella subsp. anglica and tufted centaury Centaurium erythraea. Both scrub and grassland areas include interesting gradations between base rich and base poor communities, related to the occurrence of thin superficial drift deposits. The cliff…

Black Down and Sampford Commons

… or damaged by fire. The flora includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, centaury Centaurium erythraea and wavy hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa with abundant bristle bent Agrostis curtisii along tracks and burned areas. The heathland supports a typical invertebrate fauna, includin…

Hurst Farm Pasture

…y Betonica officinalis, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common centaury Centaurium erythraea and zigzag clover Trifolium medium. There are flushed areas to the east end of the bank with glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carnation sedge C. panicea, soft rush Juncus effusus, com…

Killard

…common whitlow grass Erophila verna, marram Ammophila arenaria, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, the moss Tortula ruralis and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. This dry grassland extends up onto the coastal plateau, where increasing frequencies of downy oat grass Helictotricho…

Penorchard & Spring Farm Pastures

…e rise to plants such as yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and common centaury Centaurium erythraea mixed with the typically more acidic flora. A small area of scrub along the southern boundary contains a large population of the locally uncommon violet helleborine Epipactis purp…

Barker Scar

…his grassland. These include squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, common gromwell Lithospermum officinale, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio and spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani. The cliff and …

Foxhole Heath, Eriswell

… with this turf including purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, sheep's bit Jasione montana and larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides. Much of the site is grazed by rabbits and this grazing has undoubtedly helped to check the invasion of gorse…

Hook Norton Cutting & Banks

…niculatus, cowslip Primula veris, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare and centaury Centaurium erythraea. Kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and wild carrot Daucus carota are notably abundant. The railway track from which the ballast was never removed possesses a distinctive flora whi…

Bamburgh Dunes

…oot clover Trifolium arvense, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common centaury Centaurium erythraea and hard fern Blechnum spicant. On older more stable dunes, dune grassland has formed characterised by red fescue, smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis, field wood rush Luzula campes…

Woldingham & Oxted Downs

…m catharticum, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, thyme Thymus praecox, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and early gentian Gentianella anglica, a plant found only in Britain. Where the sward is taller, it is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectu…

Highclere

…eristic calcicole herbs are yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, zigzag clover Trifolium medium, hairy violet Viola hirta, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, wild thyme Thymus praecox, eyebright Eu…

Hillend Meadow & Orchard

…a officinalis, lady’s mantle Alchemilla filicaulis spp vestita, common centaury Centaurium erythraea and common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. The locally uncommon adder’s tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum is present. The ditch flora is also of considerable interest including br…

Rack Hill

… flax Linum catharticum, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. Colonisation by scrub of a range of age classes has reduced the extent of the open grassland, but has created shelter for invertebrates and birds. Typical calcicolous scrub speci…

Plumley Lime Beds

…cicole species including yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. The hawkweeds Hieracium spp. are also of interest as a number of closely related species occur. Orchids are abundant and the hybridization between northern and southern marsh orc…

Risby Warren

…lax Linum catharticum, purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum dominates the vegetation on the deeper more loamy soil of the south facing slope and the valley floor in association with red fescue Festuca rubra and…

Caeau Nant y Llechau

…. On the stiffer, moister soils great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, centaury Centaurium erythraea, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and common bistort Polygonum bistorta are found, together with sedges such as pale sedge Carex pallescens and oval sedge Carex leporina. I…

Watlington and Pyrton Hills

…rium sanguisorba and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, together with common centaury Centaurium erythraea, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and ground ivy Glechoma hederacea. In the barer areas candytuft is again abundant. A further sward type has developed on former arable land, which is…

Newtown Harbour

…h quaking grass Briza media, upright brome Bromopsis erecta and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. Hart’s Farm meadows are divided by ancient hedgerows into several small fields, the field pattern preserving the features of a medieval settlement. Particularly species rich mea…

Crofton Woods

…, oval sedge Carex leporina, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. These plants in conjunction with the scrub species form a v…

Tonnagh Quarry

…awkweed Pilosella officinarum, fairy flax Linum catharticum and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. A wooded bank across the mouth of the quarry which is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and downy birch Betula pubescens provides shelter for dragonflies and damselflies. Furthe…

Wain Wood

…orrel Rumex acetosella, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. Elsewhere, drier more base rich conditions support a ride flora indicative of calcareous grassland. Species present include field scabious Knautia arvensis, hairy St John’s wort …

Longnewton Cutting

…er hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis, pepper-saxifrage Silaum silaus, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, upright brome Bromopsis erecta and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis.

Draycott Sleights

…ellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, field scabious Knautia arvensis, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, early purple orchid Orc…

Grangelands & Pulpit Hill

…and kidney vetches Hippocrepis comosa and Anthyllis vulneraria, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, basil thyme Acinos arvensis, wild candytuft Iberis amara, blue fleabane Erigeron acris and many more. This wide expanse of dense and scattered…

Sheep's Banks

… species include quaking grass Briza media, wild thyme Thymus praecox, centaury Centaurium erythraea, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, purging flax Linum catharticum, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officin…

Turnford & Cheshunt Pits

…es such as cowslip Primula veris, wild carrot Daucus carota and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. The site also supports a good range of mammals, reptiles and amphibians, including harvest mouse Micromys minutus and a large population of grass snake Natrix natrix.

Dancersend

…rian Valeriana officinalis, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, Chiltern gentian Gentianella germanica, common spotted, pyramidal and bee orchids Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Anacamptis pyramidalis and Ophrys apifera and adder's tongue Ophioglossum …

Cefn Meadow

…quaking grass Briza media, common agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and felwort Gentianella ama…

Gallt Llanerch - Coed Gelli-deg

…d and areas of unimproved grassland below Gallt Pen-rhiw, where common centaury Centaurium erythraea, eyebright Euphrasia agg., heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia and common dog-violet Viola riviniana are found, together with abundant ant hills. There are patches of grey willo…

Littleton and Balhamie Hills

…um and northern bedstraw G. boreale. Flushed areas here support common centaury Centaurium erythraea and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. Flushes elsewhere on sloping ground support alkaline fen vegetation with dense growths of black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans, as well as common…

Marston Thrift

…ula ulmaria, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. Marston thrift is an important site in Bedfordshire for butterflies, including species that are locally uncommon e.g. purple hairstreak Favonius quercus and a national rarity at …

Garrold's Meadow

…ulpia bromoides. herbs such as common knapweed Centaurea nigra, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, red bartsia Odontites verna, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor are frequent. The latter two species a…

Marble Quarry and Hale Fell

…ing grass Briza media. There are also occasional occurrences of common centaury Centaurium erythraea and eyebright Euphrasia officinalis agg. Of particular interest within the grassland and damaged pavement on the eastern end of the site are the pale St John’s wort Hypericum mont…

High Wood, Dunmow

…arex pallescens, which is uncommon in Essex and herbs including lesser centaury Centaurium pulchellum, common centaury C. erythraea and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata. The rides also provide valuable additional habitat for invertebrates and birds.

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