Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Prolusk

…s leaved heath Erica tetralix. The predominant mosses are glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum. Where conditions allow, golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma is also present in more …

Marlbank

…mplex conditions at Marlbank. Other mosses present include glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum. Orchids such as common twayblade Neottia ovata, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza macu…

Bryn Alyn

…llus and heather Calluna vulgaris as well as an abundance of bryophytes such as Hylocomium splendens, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Pseudoscleropodium purum. Closely related to this type of grassland is the sheep’s-fescue, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw Galiu…

Stranacally

…s widespread amongst the sward. The predominant mosses are glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum. Golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma is also present in more open conditions with hig…

Cadair Idris

…amongst a deep cushion of mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, R. squarrosus, Hylocomium splendens and Sphagnum capillifolium; wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, hard fern Blechnum spicant, and foxgloves Digitalis purpurea can be found. Where…

Belmore Mountain

…oss Calliergonell cuspidatum; other mosses present include glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Orchids such as common twayblade Neottia ovata, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera …

Tower More

…que conditions at Tower More; other mosses present include glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum. Pockets of very species-rich vegetation occur where the mineral soils and shallow peat…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…phagnum spp. with a range of pleurocarpus mosses including glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum and little shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Characteristic herbs within the wet heath community include tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath …

Bamburgh Dunes

…ith several mosses including Hypnum cupressiforme, Rhytidia delphus species and Hylocomium splendens. Herbs found in these grey dunes include sand sedge Carex arenaria, mouse ear hawkweeds Pilosella officinarum group, hare’s foot clover Trifolium arvense, carline thistle Carlina…

Coedydd Nantgwynant

…suroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium shreberii and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic species, including Fissidens celticus, Lejeunea lamacerina, Bazzania trilobata and Plagiochila punctata occur frequently in the woodland. Within the ash-a…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…mon dog violet Viola riviniana, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, and the mosses Hylocomium splendens and Thuidium tamariscinum. The bulk of the heath vegetation is dominated by heather, Calluna vulgaris and western gorse Ulex gallii mainly where lenses of loess overlie glacigenic…

Lymsworthy Meadows

…tes are well represented and include Breutelia chrysocoma, Campylium stellatum, Hylocomium splendens and Dicranum bonjeanii. Scrub, consisting mainly of willow Salix spp., alder Alnus glutinosa and gorse Ulex europaeus occupies the periphery of the site, particularly on the east…

Coedydd Dyffryn Ffestiniog (Gogleddol)

… most abundant and typical species include: Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Hylocomium splendens, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium shreberii, Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Thuidium tamariscinum, Isothecium myosuroides and Hypnum cupressiforme. A good range …

Rhidorroch Woods

…ium myrtillus. Extensive moss carpets support species including Stair step moss Hylocomium splendens and Heath plait-moss Hypnum jutlandicum. The south-facing slope of Creag Ghrianach holds an excellent example of dry heath, dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and bearberry Arc…

Little Deer Park

…ttercup Ranunculus bulbosus are locally common. The mosses glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, gravel thread moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and big shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus are all common, and often very abundant. The grassland is also notable for the presence…

South Dartmoor

… such as Pleurozium schreberi, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Hylocomium splendens, Thuidium tamariscinum and Hypnum jutlandicum are abundant. The granite boulders strewn across much of the site have rich upland lichen flora, with the large Umbilicaria pustulata…

Stroupster Peatlands

…tland and Lewis. The vegetation they support is characterised by mosses such as Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi, together with the frequent occurrence of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Oligotrophic loch (low-nutrient loch) The site includes two oligotrophic lochs, the L…

North Dartmoor

… such as Pleurozium schreberi, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Hylocomium splendens, Thuidium tamariscinum and Hypnum jutlandicum are abundant, while lichen-rich patches with Cladonia arbuscula, C. uncialis and C. impexa also occur. Among the more unusual specie…

Roeveagh

…garis are found throughout the site, along with the mosses glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Where the field levels out towards the top of the hill, species typical of wet heath are found alongside the rush pasture vegetatio…

Tamnyrankin

… cuspidatum, springy turf moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Where there are transitions to wet heath the ericoid species heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix occur i…

Coed Graig Uchaf

…ophytes in more acid areas are characterised by the presence of such species as Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberii and Sphagnum quinquefarium, a species of humid woodlands. More basic habitats present may have a distinctive flora of species such as Ctenidium molluscum an…

Ben More - Scarisdale

…odruff Galium odoratum is present below ash and hazel. Hypnoid mosses including Hylocomium splendens, Thuidium tamariscinum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus are abundant. The native woodland relics support rich assemblages of oceanic lichens and bryophytes along with ferns such as the …

Coedydd Dyffryn Wnion

…rmosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic species, including Lejeunea lamacerina, Hyocomium armoricum, Dicranodontium denudatum Saccogyna viticulosa and Bazzania trilobata occur frequently in the …

Buttermere Fells

… montane heath are bilberry, crowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and mosses such as Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi and Plagiothecium undulatum. However, on Whiteside, Grasmoor End, Causey Pike and High Spy there is a montane heath of wind flattened heather, growing with d…

Knocknashangan

…Carex flacca. The predominant moss within the grassland is glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens which is adapted to the unique conditions at Knocknashangan; other mosses present include bog groove moss Aulacomnium palustre and pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum. In …

Ganllwyd

…rmosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic species, including Lejeunea lamacerina, Hyocomium armoricum, Dicranodontium denudatum, Saccogyna viticulosa and Bazzania trilobata occur frequently in th…

Blackslee

…land mosses include golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. The ash Fraxinus excelsior woodland extends over the lower south and easterly slopes of Blackslee, bisected by a small stream. The…

Aghanaglack

… cuspidatum, springy turf moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens. Common tamarisk moss Thuidium tamariscinum, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and hart's tongue thyme moss Plagiomnium undulatum. On the steeper ridge slopes, localised …

Coedydd Nanmor

…ent microhabitats. The most abundant and typical mosses include Dicranum majus, Hylocomium splendens, Hypnum cupressiforme, Isothecium myosuroides, Pleurozium schreberii, Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Thuidium tamariscinum. A good range of oceanic liverworts, i…

Glenarm Woods Part 2

… flacca. The moss species within the wet grassland include glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum. Where the tree canopy is denser, a woodland flora has developed with typical species …

Silloth Dunes and Mawbray Bank

… reflect this transition by the presence of the mosses Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens. Along Blitterless and Mawbray Banks the dune grasslands merge into areas of dune heath characterised by heather Calluna vulgaris with sheep's fescue and sand sedge with bell heat…

Gortycavan

…and include springy turf moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, pointed spear moss Calliergonella cuspidate and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Further botanical interest is added to the dry grassland by the presence of a range …

Bach Howey Gorge

…moss carpets with species such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Plagiothecium undulatum and Dicranum scoparium. Common associates include wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, broad buckler-fern, bramble, wood-sorrel, ho…

Galboly

… and common dog violet Viola riviniana. Bryophytes include glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum, big shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus and common tamarisk moss Thuidium tamariscinum. Galboly is also notable for its intertidal rock co…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…e bryophytes springy turf moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum are common throughout the sward. The cliffs at Knock Dhu have a diverse assemblage of vascular plants and bryophytes. Vegetation on …

Binevenagh

… Potentilla erecta constant, but not abundant, throughout the sward. The mosses Hylocomium splendens, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Pleurozium schreberi are all common, and often very abundant. The calcifugous grassland at Binevenagh is nationally impor…

Glen East

…, with a high cover of bog moss Sphagnum spp. and abundant glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens. Glen East is an area with a wide range of semi-natural habitats that have been managed in a traditional way. As such, it provides valuable feeding and roosting sites for a range …

Fachwen Isaf

…urf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, neat feather-moss and glittering wood-moss Hylocomium splendens are well represented in the bryophyte layer. Bitter-vetch Lathyrus linifolius and common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus are frequent in places, and betony Betonica officin…

Morven and Scaraben

…ndance of other mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens, as well as a scattering of lichens such as Cetraria islandica and Cladonia arbuscula. Subalpine dry heath Subalpine dry heaths dominated by heather, bilberry and bell heather Eri…

Mynydd Epynt

…ater bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, the mosses Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Hylocomium splendens, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Philonotis fontana and the bog moss Sphagnum subsecundum. Dry grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris wi…

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

… bent Agrostis capillaris, field wood-rush Luzula campestris and mosses such as Hylocomium splendens and Hypnum jutlandicum. A scarce type of acid grassland also occurs at Rhosydd Bryn-maen and is identified through the presence of betony Betonica officinalis, bitter-vetch Lathyr…

Coedydd De Dyffryn Maentwrog

…abundant and characteristic species include Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Hylocomium splendens, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium schreberi, Polytrichastrum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Thuidium tamariscinum, Isothecium myosuroides and Hypnum andoi. The wooded gorges…

Coed Aberedw

…nclude the mosses Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Plagiothecium undulatum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Leucobryum glaucum and Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus and the liverworts Bazzania triloba…

Coedydd Beddgelert a Cheunant Aberglaslyn

…suroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium shreberii and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic species, including Lejeunea lamacerina, Saccogyna viticulosa and Bazzania trilobata occur frequently in the woodland. Eight nationally scarce mosses have …

Drumcully

… cuspidatum, springy turf moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Areas of wet heath occur at both the top and bottom of the drumlin hill, with the characteristic plants of the fen meadow merging w…

Drumbegger

…lgaris, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis and the mosses glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Where the field levels out at the base of the slope, water movement is much reduced. Species typical of wetter conditions are found…

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Mosses form an abundant ground layer and include Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Hypnum cupressiforme, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Pseudoscleropodium purum. On the flatter, lower lying areas of the site, the dry heath grades into wet …

Craigs

… Prunella vulgaris, devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Notable species associated with this grassland include lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia. Where the field levels out at t…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

… sedges. fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, tufted vetch Vicia cracca and the moss Hylocomium splendens are also typical of these colourful swards. Very locally, where the influence of the limestone is at its strongest, species such as marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, butterwort Pi…

Frevagh

… cuspidatum, springy turf moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens,common tamarisk moss Thuidium tamariscinum and neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum. Areas of traditionally managed hay meadow occur on the periphery. Plants typical of thes…

McKean's Moss

…of Sphagnum recurvum and HYPnum cupressiforme, with scattered Polytrichum spp., Hylocomium splendens and Rhytidiadelphus ?. The most mature woodland supports a number of sessile oak Quercus petraea, with a patchy understorey of holly Ilex aquilinum and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna…

Eryri

…arying amounts. The ground layer can support the mosses Sphagnum capillifolium, Hylocomium splendens, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and various lichens of the Cladonia family. In the various types of montane heath, mosses such as R. lanuginosum or Cladonia spp.…

Scaleby Moss

…e common mosses of acid woodland e.g. Pleurozium schreberi, Dicranum scoparium, Hylocomium splendens. Areas of semi natural damp or marshy grassland occur around some of the margins of the Moss. These tend to be dominated by rushes or grasses Juncus effusus, Deschampsia cespitosa…

Scraghy

…unique conditions at Scraghy; other mosses present include glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, neat feather moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum. Pockets of very species-rich vegetation occur where the mineral soils and shallow peat…

Inverpolly

…aw Galium saxatile, common wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and mountain fern moss Hylocomium splendens. In more nutrient-rich areas, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, Alpine enchanter’s nightshade Circaea alpina, melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum, wild strawberry Fra…

South Exmoor

…g slopes, on the other sites. Bilberry and mosses such as Pleurozium schreberi, Hylocomium splendens and Dicranum scoparium are generally abundant. However, on hill tops and south-facing slopes, they tend to be scarce and are replaced by bell heather Erica cinerea, common bent Ag…

Wenlock Edge

…xtensive bryophyte carpets, consisting mainly of Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus and Hylocomium splendens, occur beneath the scrub. Grasslands are now scarce on Wenlock Edge and are confined to two or three small areas above rock outcrops and to somewhat larger examples in areas previ…

Lenaghan Wood

… mosses such as little shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, red-stemmed feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi and fork moss Dicranum spp. form an extensive ground cover. Where the slopes are less steep, the woodland becomes more species-rich.…

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