Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Epping Forest

…urple moor grass Molinia caerulea, creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, soft rush Juncus effusus, bracken Pteridium aquilinum, scattered ling Calluna vulgaris and bramble Rubus fruticosus are present. The second notable woodland type, pedunculate oak hornbeam, is largely confined …

Rainworth Heath

…moor grass Molinia caerulea, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, soft rush Juncus effusus and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Boggy pools occur which contain cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and patches of bog moss Sphagnum spp. The wet heath is…

Stoke Common

…and wavy hair grasses Molinia caerulea and Deschampsia flexuosa, and heath rush Juncus squarrosus, interspersed with the more local heath and mat grasses Danthonia decumbens and Nardus stricta, the sedge Carex demissa and the rush Juncus tenuis. Pre war cultivation of parts of th…

Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn

…oss Fontinalis antipyretica is locally abundant in the south where bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus grows most prolifically. The nationally scarce species awlwort Subularia aquatica is abundant in places. Other nationally scarce species present are six-stamened waterwort Elatine hexa…

Wavendon Heath Ponds

…ushes support a carpet of bog moss Sphagnum spp. and rushes including soft rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus with other bryophytes such as Polytrichum commune. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grow on the drier mar…

Jenny Dam

…sedge Carex rostrata. Marginal vegetation around the tarn includes bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and least bur reed Sparganium minimum. The tarn supports large commo…

Caeau Penglaneinon

…ds provides additional interest, supporting species such as sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, common yellow-sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge Carex panicea, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, saw-…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…orniculatus, common dog violet Viola riviniana and bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus. On friable loose rock at the base of the basalt cliffs, plants such as sheep’s bit Jasione montana and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia become more common. Early purple orchid Orchis mascula a…

Fathom Upper

…outhwest to northeast across the site. This is dominated by sharp flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and a considerable number of associated plants, including pale sedge Carex pallescens, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus…

Ewefell Mire

…e with varnished hook moss is another Calligieronella cuspidata while soft rush Juncus effusus, lady's smock Cardamine pratensis and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus are also present. The areas of open water are dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum spp. with some emergent water plants in…

Berry Mound Pastures

…nd and the central pasture has a mire community which conforms to the soft rush Juncus effusus and common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre community. This shows zonation from reed grass Phalaris arundinacea, through tall herb areas, dominated by meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, gre…

Laughton Common

… standing water. Open peaty pools of water or 'holes' dominated by bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus grade into stands of willow carr and locally species rich areas of mire with abundant soft rush Juncus effusus, sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea a…

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

… S. subnitens, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, with frequent bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and the moss Polytrichum co…

River Dee (Parton to Crossmichael)

…rs throughout the site and is often marshy; meadowsweet and sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus are common. Where acid grassland meets the water’s edge spike-rush Eleocharis palustris, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, lesser marshwort Apium inundatum and water-pepper Persicaria h…

Black Park

…ntil Potentilla anglica, heath wood rush Luzula 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, York…

Cae Gwernllertai

…all brook with associated areas of alder Alnus Glutinosa woodland and soft rush Juncus effusus dominated marsh. Elsewhere the driest ground supports a sward dominated by mat-grass Nardus stricta, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with abundant t…

Rhos Hen-Glyn-Isaf

…Carex spp. and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus is locally prominent and meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum is common throughout this plant community. A wide range of associated species are present, including quaking-grass Briza me…

Wellington College Bog

… a typical wet heath community. Associated species include sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Wet heath of a somewhat different nature has developed in the western part of the site. Here, trampling and other forms of disturbance have c…

River Usk (Upper Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Uchaf)

…water, supporting characteristic upland aquatic species, including bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, and filamentous algae. Marginal plants include purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, marsh ma…

Cae Blaen-dyffryn

…lerian Valeriana officinalis. Other species present include sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, greater bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and devil's-bit scabious. A few small areas of flushed vegetation are also present, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh pe…

Llwyn-iarth

…rich flora with meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris, bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and eyebright Euphrasia spp., scattered throughout. Many species of note are recorded within these grasslands including commo…

Whiston Eaves

…e wetter soils along the stream and its associated flushes, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus becomes abundant along with wild angelica, cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis and field horsetail Equisetum arvense. Other species present include marsh violet Viola palustris, comm…

Combe Scar

…otis laxa spp. caespitosa, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and jointed rush Juncus articulatus. The base rich flushes which these springs feed into comprise extensive sedge rich lawns dominated by a mixture of carnation sedge, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, common sedge Carex ni…

Hen-allt Common

…rex demissa, square-stalked St. John’s-wort Hypericum tetrapterum, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, water mint Mentha aquatica and flat sedge Blysmus compressus, which is not known to grow anywhere else in Wales. One of the spring-heads is notable on account of the extensive deposit…

Afon Cleddau Gorllewinol / Western Cleddau River

…nsidered typical of acidic, low nutrient conditions. These include bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, water earwort Scapania undulata, intermediate water starwort and alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, all of which occur throughout the system, often growing in close p…

Rhos Glwydwern

…d contains an abundance of floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and creeping willow Salix repens. In places, wet flushes dissect the drier grassland. Near the centre of the site, one such broad flush has hummocks of the bog mosses Sphagnum capillif…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…s Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata and Callitriche platycarpa with bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus. The slightly lower Grisedale Tarn supports quillwort Isoetes lacustris, floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. The aquatic moss Fontinalis antip…

Kirkby Moor

… communities. The majority of the flushes are base poor and dominated by either Juncus effusus or sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus over lawns of the bog moss Sphagnum fallax and Polytrichum commune. More species rich acidic flushes occur on the margins of the valley mires domin…

Westwick Lakes

…he fringing vegetation of bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and bog mosses is extending into the open water. The swampy, marginal vegetation is being invaded and stabilised by birch. Water lilies dominate Mill Pond and Captain’s Pond, the two e…

Black Lough (Tyrone)

…igher plants such as marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, marsh violet Viola palustris, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre and star sedge Carex echinata are common within the fen. Bryophyte cover is high and is dominated by species such as bl…

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…d open grazed moorland. There the channel tends to be dominated by bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and marsh St John’s wort Hypericum elodes. The mosses F. squamosa and Hyocomium armoricum and the liverw…

Allt Bholagair

…ophic types of loch. The largest dystrophic water body within the SSSI supports Juncus bulbosus, Menyanthes trifoliata, Nymphaea alba, Sparganium angustifolium and Sphagnum species. Loch nam Faoilean is representative of the oligotrophic loch type, supporting species such as Isoe…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

… asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus. Drier hummocks support heather Calluna vulgaris with tormentil Potentilla erecta and occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In addition to the wet bog species listed above, many of …

Stroupster Peatlands

…trient lochs, including broad-leaved pond weed Potamogeton natans, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and delicate stonewort Chara virgata. The upper loch is fringed by common reed Phragmites australis bottle sedge Carex rostrata and …

Penllwyn-yr-Hendy

… star sedge C. echinata, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris. A variant of this community dominated by few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora and common co…

Englemere Pond

…he open water plant community is relatively species-poor with much bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, but the invertebrate community is of considerable interest with a rich dragonfly Odonata fauna. The reed swamp supports an interesting community of breeding birds, including reed war…

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

…um spp. and quillwort Isoetes lacustris occur in the deeper water. Bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium are scattered throughout, while broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and the inse…

Thrasher's Heath

…eath and support aquatic plants typical of acidic waters including bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and pondweeds Potamogeton spp. They hold several species of dragonfly in abundance. The mature dry heathland with areas of bare ground on the slopes of the old workings is particularly…

Rhos Cwmderw

…argely dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea with sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus more prominent in places and frequent sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, mat grass Nardus stricta, tormentil Potentilla erecta, carnation sedge Carex panicea and tawny sedge Carex hostia…

Geal and Dubh Lochs

…upports submerged species such as water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and the nationally-scarce pillwort Pilularia globulifera. The much smaller Dubh Lochan supports a few different plant species from Geal Loch including sm…

Loch Stack and River Laxford

…luding characteristic species such as quillwort Isoetes lacustris, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. Loch Stack also has the uncommon species awlwort Subularia aquatica, and the stoneworts Nitella opaca and Nitella transluscens. Oligotrophic river …

Lough Corry

…y along the southern shore. Floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica also occur in these submerged lawns. Other aquatic plants such as alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllu…

Glaslyn

…milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, shoreweed Littorella uniflora, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, occur together with others often associated with slow-flowing, lowland rivers (water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, grey club-rush Scho…

Wimbledon Common

…ommon bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with soft rush Juncus effusus well represented where drainage is impeded. Also present are two locally uncommon grasses, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and in damper depressions, purple moor grass Molinia caer…

Buttermere

…low water at the lake margin. Beds of quillwort Isoetes lacustris, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus var. fluitans, alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and, more notably, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata occur…

Eryri

…ding wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, and the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum depending upon topographic location and the nature of the underlying soil. At the …

Shimna River

…Scapania undulata, flagellate feather moss Hyocomium armoricum and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus appearing in the channel further down stream. As the Trassey meets the Shimna there is a marked increase in diversity but again mosses and liverworts predominate. Here, and as far dow…

Llynnau Bodgynydd

…y be due to the sheltered position and smaller size of the latter. Bulbous Rush Juncus bulbosus var. fluitans is particularly common in both lakes. Plankton species diversity and numbers are high in the smaller lake and its desmid population is important. An associated acid bog i…

Pen-Common, Llanbedr

… flea sedge C. pulicaris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus. There is also a wide range of other species, including sweet vernal-grass, quaking-grass Briza media, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, greater bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, w…

Lough Aleater

…red by emergent vegetation. Floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica also occur in these submerged lawns. Other aquatic plants such as perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perf…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…Equisetum fluviatile, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and soft rush Juncus effusus. White sedge, common cottongrass, and the bog-mosses Sphagnum recurvum and S. squarrosum are also prominent; these species are absent from the slightly …

Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes

…amogeton polygonifolius, greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus var. fluitans, floating scirpus Eleogiton fluitans and the rare floating water plantain Luronium natans. The emergent and bank edge vegetation is rather sparse but includes common cott…

The Moors

…stically very varied. These swards which typically have soft and jointed rushes Juncus effusus and J. articulatus in some abundance, are dominated by species of bent Agrostis spp. and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. Other frequent grasses include sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanth…

Moss of Killimster

…peat surface. Bog myrtle Myrica gale, white sedge Carex canescens, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata occur on the wetter parts of the site and in the pools. The drier slopes have vegetation dominated by heather, Cladonia lichens and woolly fringe-moss…

Llyn Llech Owain

…British stations known for this upland species. There is also much bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus var. fluitans and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, whilst shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile occur on the margin of parts of the lake. As be…

Cadair Idris

…llitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. Bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus var. fluitans is especially abundant adjacent to inflowing streams. The boulder-dominated lakeshores are covered with growths of liverworts and mosses. Other aquatic plants which have …

Waen Rydd

…tail cottongrass. Other species include tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia. A wide range of mosses and liverworts occur in the wet heath including Sphagnum recurvum, S. subnitens, S. tenellum, Pleurozium schreberi, …

North Exmoor

…x echinata – Sphagnum fallax mire is frequent and mainly dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and the moss Polytrichum commune. In the broad combe bottoms the marsh bedstraw -rush pasture Galium palustre - Juncus effusus/acutiflorus community is common. Bracken Pteridium aquili…

Lough Scolban

…per water. Growing in these submerged lawns are such associates as bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Other macrophytes such as Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perf…

River Derwent and Tributaries

…ternate water milfoil, intermediate water starwort, shore week and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, to develop on pebbles and gravel. Downstream of Crummock Water, the midstream occurrence of least bur reed Sparganium minimum and hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata is also indi…

Loch Maree

…here more sandy substrates occur, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, quillwort and the nationally scarce awlwort Subularia aquatica can be found. The small lochans on Eilean Subhainn, the largest island, contain the nationally scarce six stemmed waterw…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…lis along with bog pondweed, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, white beak sedge and common cotton grass. Distinctively, the mosses are acid loving with Sphagnum auriculatum and S. papillosum replacing the lime loving species mentioned above. In s…

Scafell Pikes

… summit plateau are several uncommon species which include, three flowered rush Juncus triglumis, dwarf willow Salix herbacea and thrift Armeria maritima. In places amid the boulder fields where soils have accumulated broken patches of montane sheep's fescue Festuca ovina grassl…

Wallis Moor

…e north end of the moor. Marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus flourish on poached ground amongst the numerous, small tussocks of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, which are covered with ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea. Devil’s-bit …

Lymington River

… base poor waters including alternate water milfoil, bog pondweed, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and the liverworts Scapania undulata and Jungermannia atrovirens. The bank species more typical of streams in upland areas include marsh violet Viola palustris, marsh valerian Valerian…

Basingstoke Canal

… Plants typical of acidic waters, which occur in this stretch, are bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans and alternate flowered water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum. The Monument Bridge Scotland Bridge stretch at Sheerwater to the east of Woking,…

Gouthwaite Reservoir

…rs. The marsh vegetation at the head of the reservoir is dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus, bladder sedge Carex vesicaria, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa with some reed grass Phalaris arundinacea. Herbs present include lesser s…

Heath Lake

… pedunculatus and water mint Mentha aquatica, together with stands of soft rush Juncus effusus and yellow iris Iris pseudacorus. Damp peaty areas support sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, bulbous rush J. bulbosus, star sedge Carex echinata, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulga…

Cors Farchwel

…sedge C. pulicaris, along with frequent quaking-grass Briza media, jointed rush Juncus articulatus, bulbous rush J. bulbosus, the mosses Campylium stellatum, Ctenidium molluscum and Scorpidium revolvens and the liverwort Aneura pinguis. Other associated species include bog pimper…

Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh

…are all locally dominant. The more abundant species include blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, bulbous rush J. bulbosus, jointed rush J. articulatus, false fox sedge C. otrubae, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, water mint Mentha aquatica and common fleabane Pulicaria d…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…mon yellow-sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, bulbous rush J. bulbosus and devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Some flushes have marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, marsh lousewort …

Priddy Pools

…on cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, brown bent Agrostis canina, soft rush Juncus effusus and jointed rush J. articulatus are common. Other species include deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog aspho…

Farndale

… is widespread is invariably dominated by rushes, including sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, jointed rush J. articulatus and soft rush Juncus effusus, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa with greater …

Shibdon Pond

…Epilobium hirsutum and water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, abundant rushes Juncus effusus, J. inflexus and J. bulbosus, sedges Carex hirta and C. otrubae and herbs including water bistort Polygonum amphibium and celery leaved crowfoot Ranunculus sceleratus. A small clump of …

Upper Severn Estuary

…Glaux maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, bulbous foxtail Alopecurus bulbosus, reflexed saltmarsh grass Puccinellia distans and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardi. The floodbank marks the inner boundary of the saltmarsh and land on the shoreward side is largely reclaimed gr…

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