Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Cranny Falls

… is of special scientific interest for the presence of a rare plant Wood Barley Hordelymus europaeus. Cranny Falls is located 1.5km to the west of Carnlough and is composed of a narrow, steep-sided wooded ravine, through which the Carnlough River flows, headed by a waterfall. Cra…

Wenlock Edge

…m sylvaticum. The flora of Edge Wood includes two uncommon species, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata. Scrub communities are found mainly on old quarry sites. hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, dog rose Rosa canina, birch Betula sp., spindle Eu…

Hamps and Manifold Valleys

…luding dogwood Cornus sanguinea, guelder rose Viburnum opulus, spindle Euonymus europaeus and occasional buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica. In the wet valley bottoms there are good examples of stands of alder Alnus glutinosa with an understorey of bird cherry Prunus padus. Throughout …

Anston Stones Wood

…understorey with less frequently buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica, spindle Euonymus europaeus and wild privet Ligustrum vulgare. The field layer which is largely dominated by dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana and ivy Hedera helix contains se…

Flood Brook Clough

… lettuce Mycelis muralis. Thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus are present and both are uncommon nationally.

Dove Valley and Biggin Dale

…nt Ribes alpinum and occasional plants of mezereon Daphne mezereum, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and wood fescue Festuca altissima all of which are nationally restricted. Over large parts of the dale sides there is a mixed scrub of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna with ash, which …

Hollowhill and Pullingshill Woods

… melick Melica uniflora, giant fescue fescue gigantea and the local wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, as well as wood sedge Carex sylvatica, goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon. Much of the woodland floor on the shallow soils is l…

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

…e Carex muricata subsp muricata and three nationally scarce species wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, bird's eye primrose Primula farinosa and limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri. There are also two regionally scarce species and four that are at the edge of their British range. Si…

Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake

… avellana, elder Sambucus nigra, wayfaring tree Viburnum lantana and gorse Ulex europaeus. The site includes the Scrubbs, an area of woodland dominated by mature beech, with abundant regeneration of beech Fagus sylvatica and ash Fraxinus excelsior. hazel coppice occurs to the wes…

Aston Rowant Woods

…ub layer and a field layer dominated by dog’s mercury and including wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and spurge laurel Daphne laureola.

Ivinghoe Hills

…urel Daphne laureola, goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, characteristic of old woodland. The Coombe is moist woodland lying on Middle Chalk with Valley Gravel occurring on the lower level. Beech is locally dominant, elsewhere the mixed…

Dancersend Waterworks

…urel Daphne laureola. The associated woodland ground flora includes wood barley Hordelymus europaeus which is nationally rare, bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis and moschatel Adoxa moschatellina which are uncommon in Buckinghamshire. Other characteristic woodland species are …

Lambridge Wood

…icle Sanicula europaea, lords and ladies Arum maculatum and locally wood barley Hordelymus europaeus. The beech wood stands on clay with flints contain pedunculate oak, ash, wych elm, wild cherry and rowan, with an understorey of holly and occasional yew. The ground flora is domi…

Tick Wood and Benthall Edge

…ingered sedge Carex digitata in its only known Shropshire locality, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata and wild service tree Sorbus torminalis. Although most of the woodland is believed to be primary, there are s…

Hopwood Dingle

…ally abundant with, in places, town hall clock Adoxa moschatellina. Wood barley Hordelymus europaeus which is only known from one other woodland in Worcestershire, is found in part of the wood. The bottoms of the valleys are important for ferns, eight species having been recorded…

Roche Abbey Woodlands

…wort Lathraea squamaria, hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus. In the valley bottom alder and willow carr is developing to replace marshy grassland and the swamp vegetation around the margins of Laughton Pond. Together with areas of calcareo…

West Wood, Little Sampford

… bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos, a decreasing plant in Essex and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus one of only two sites for the grass in the County. The wood has wide rides which support a varied flora including damp loving species such as meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, Corn…

Upper Wye Gorge

…is and includes several scarce and locally uncommon species such as wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus, narrow leaved bitter cress Cardamine impatiens and wood fescue Festuca altissima. Sessile oak lime woodland, which is restricted nationall…

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

… Cynoglossum germanicum, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus. Box Buxus sempervirens is rare as a native tree; and is only native at this site and a few other places in Britain. Three areas of box woodland occur within the site, the largest…

Swineshead Wood

…ow grass Poa nemoralis, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus occurring here at one of its few county localities together with remote sedge Carex remota and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. Pendulous sedge Carex pendula is a feature of the damp r…

Pinkney and Gerrick Woods

…cue Schedonorus giganteusn and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and bearded couch Elymus caninus are widespread but only locally abundant. Wet areas beneath alder dominated by tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa also support male fern Dryo…

Aston Rowant

…Epipactis purpurata, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus. In the dry coombes there are stands of open scrub dominated by juniper Juniperus communis, intermixed with grassland. Ring counts indicate that the older bushes are between 80 an…

Bisham Woods

…r beech, thin spiked sedge Carex strigosa on the wetter clay soils, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum, nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, wood goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus and four species of helleborine orchids Epipactis spp. The site …

Via Gellia Woodlands

…ucuparia and dogwood Cornus sanguinea. Scarcer species include spindle Euonymus europaeus which is locally very uncommon and the nationally rare shrub mezereon Daphne mezereum. The ground flora is very variable and reflects the degree of modification of the woodland structure. Mo…

Widdenton Park Wood

…mercury Mercurialis perennis and ivy Hedera helix. It contains much wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus, while violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata occurs locally. An additional feature of interest is a marginal area of species rich, u…

Hollinhill and Markland Grips

…the abundance of yew Taxus baccata along the cliff edge. The scarce wood barley Hordelymus europaeus is scattered throughout the woodland. The scrub is notable for the presence of alder buckthorn Frangula alnus here found in dryer and more calcareous conditions than elsewhere in …

Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

…ly rare plants also occur, including fingered sedge Carex digitata, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus, yellow star of Bethlehem Gagea lutea and narrow lipped helleborine Epipactis leptochila. Other wooded habitats represented in the site in…

Lydebrook Dingle

…la commutatum. Other plants found include uncommon species, such as wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and the moss Hookeria lucens. Other trees and shrubs include small leaved lime Tilia cordata, yew Taxus baccata and field maple Acer campestre…

Pishill Woods

…e. These shelter a rich ground flora including the locally uncommon wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. In contrast the south facing slopes of Shambridge Wood contain beech dominated woodland which has been man…

Rievaulx Woods

… great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Wood barley Hordelymus europaeus has been recorded from this site. The canal, fed by two springs at its northern end, flows very slowly southwards and is on average 20cms deep. The vegetation is dominated by les…

Tring Woodlands

…rass present are wood melick Melica uniflora and two local species, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and lesser hairy brome Bromopsis benekenii. In the central part of the wood floral diversity is enhanced by the presence of more restricted species such as yellow birds nest Hypop…

Bradenham Woods, Park Wood & The Coppice

…s insectifera and violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, the local wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and the uncommon grand toothed hawkweed Hieracium grandidens in its only known Buckinghamshire location. Large areas of the beech woods are mature and even aged and attempts have …

Naphill Common

…ly associated with ancient woodland; most noteworthy being the rare wood barley Hordelymus europaeus. Other species include enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, pignut Conopodium majus, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, remote sedge Carex rem…

Highbury Wood

…uebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta while more unusual species include wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha and Forster’s wood rush Luzula forsteri. The fauna of the wood includes two rare molluscs, Phenocoli…

Wotton Hill

…he nationally restricted stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus also occur. Unimproved limestone grassland and scrub on Wotton Hill link the woodlands, providing valuable transitional habitats. The turf is a closely grazed upright brome Bromus…

Harpsden Wood

…nicle Sanicula europaea, goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and, on the leached clay soil at the foot of the slope, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, a species of restricted distribution in the Chilterns. Other locally uncommon plants …

Finemere Wood

…ood C. sylvatica and the less common pendulous sedge Carex pendula. Wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, a nationally rare grass normally associated with beech woods in Buckinghamshire, is also present. Parts of the wood are rather scrubby in nature, having been partially felled an…

Hartslock

…uthern wood rush Luzula forsteri, butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, lesser hairy brome Bromopsis benekenii and narrow lipped helleborine Epipactis leptochila. The wood contains a strong colony of badgers. A small population of the scarce summer s…

Dancersend

…s and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, as well as the local wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, spurge laurel Daphne laureola, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, yellow bird's nest Hypopitys monotropa, fly and bird's nest orchids Ophrys insectifera and Neottia nidus-avis, whi…

Swindale Wood

…ote include the rare, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, herb paris, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, mountain melick Melica nutans, maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale and a species of polypody fern unusual in the region Polypodium inte…

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