Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Duddon Mosses

…fallax, Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. tenellum, Sphagnum magellanicum, S. papillosum, Polytrichum commune and Pleurozium schreberi. At the peripheries of all of the mosses and on some of the peat cut haggs where the flow of water is not impeded, acid marshy grassland has formed. This g…

Wetley Moor

…aved heath Erica tetralix and Sphagnum species. The local abundance of the moss Polytrichum commune suggests that some areas have previously been burned. Where localised flushing occurs, mire communities have developed. These are generally small and characterised by the presence …

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…pets of Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum pulchrum, S. capillifolium, S. subnitens, Polytrichum commune and Pleurozium schreberi. Where there has been a drying out of this community a modified bog vegetation which is more typical of wet heath, is present with a reduction in the above…

Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

…has allowed mosses such as bog groove moss Aulacomnium palustre, common haircap Polytrichum commune and red stemmed feather moss Pleurozium schreberi to replace some of the bog mosses and led to an increase in heather and purple moor grass and permitted the spread of downy birch …

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

… pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and the moss Polytrichum commune. An unusually wide range of other species is also present, including white sedge Carex canescens, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Som…

Moneygal Bog Part II

…s associated with the regenerating bog surface include Hypnum cupressiforme and Polytrichum commune. The lichen Cladonia portentosa also occurs locally, suggesting that some of these old cuttings have remained undisturbed for many years. Towards the edge of the bog, the cuttings …

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…st places. More acidic water encourages bog-moss Sphagnum fallax, hair-cap moss Polytrichum commune and velvet bent Agrostis canina to grow below the rushes in narrow runnels of acid flush. A lowland bog at the east end of the site has been extensively cut for peat in the past. I…

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…t vernal grass in association with heath bedstraw, tormentil and mosses such as Polytrichum commune. mat grass occurs sporadically throughout these areas on steeper, leached soils. In other areas, particularly those with slightly deeper soils, dense patches of bracken clothe the …

Kirkby Moor

…arp-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 dominated by common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium over Sphagnum papillosum, with cross leaved hea…

Blaeberry Island Bog

…l frequent over the surface of the bog. Other bryophytes include common haircap Polytrichum commune, strict haircap Polytrichum strictum, broom fork moss Dicranum scoparium, bog moss flapwort Ordontoschisma sphagni and anomalous flapwort Mylia anomala. Royal fern Osmunda regalis …

South Dartmoor

…terised by the bog mosses Sphagnum palustre, Sphagnum pulchrum, S. recurvum and Polytrichum commune, and herbs such as bottle sedge Carex rostrata, star sedge C. echinata, soft-rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus are common. Marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inun…

Mungrisdale Mires

…he bog mosses Sphagnum fallax, S. papillosum, S. capillifolium and another moss Polytrichum commune. It also contains areas of the purple moor grass tormentil fen meadow plant community Molinia caerulea Potentilla erecta community and a small valley mire with Sphagnum cuspidatum,…

Green Croft and Langley Moor

… tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, bog moss Sphagnum fallax and the moss Polytrichum commune. In drier areas bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus is common. Of additional interest are small ponds which support a breeding population of great crested newts and also the black darter…

Calf Hill and Cragg Woods

…wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and the mosses Plagiothecium undulatum and Polytrichum commune. Herbs present include wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, with broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. In places…

Aughnadarragh Lough

…layer that includes such species as Sphagnum palustre, Aulacomnium palustre and Polytrichum commune. Drier, raised areas of peat support relict bog vegetation dominated by the dwarf-shrubs heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Common cottongrass Eriophor…

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…rich flushes and valley mires dominated by star sedge Carex echinata, hair moss Polytrichum commune, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius occur. The nationally scarce pale forget-me-not Myosotis stolonifera and the regionally rare round l…

Black Loch

…nd purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea predominate although mosses Sphagnum spp, Polytrichum commune, heather Calluna vulgaris and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium are frequent. Rushes Juncus spp, and sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum are common in the grassland …

Milkingstead Wood

…es are characterised by often extensive 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, pu…

Esher Commons

…og around Black Pond, which is dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum spp., hair moss Polytrichum commune and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, with other characteristic plants such as round and long leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog asphodel N…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

…re. These are naturally species-poor communities, supporting bryophytes such as Polytrichum commune, Straminergon stramineum, C. cordifolium and C. cusoidatum and a few wetland herbs such as marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. At the peripheries of the blanket mires and especia…

Upper Fal Estuary and Woods

…adelphus triquetrus, common tamarisk moss Thuidium tamariscinum, common haircap Polytrichum commune and mouse tail moss Isothecium myosuroides. The fern flora includes common polypody Polypodium vulgare, hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, golden male fern Dryopteris affi…

Hart Bog

…cular S. palustre, Sphagnum plumulosum, S. recurvum and S. rubellum. The mosses Polytrichum commune and Aulacomnium palustre are also present. Other plantsinclude an abundance of grey sedge Carex divulsa, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and sundew Drosera rotundifoli…

Glasson Moss

…rier surfaces are dominated by heather with hare's tail cotton grass, hair moss Polytrichum commune and scattered birch scrub. However, Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. tenellum and Sphagnum pulchrum persist with cranberry and sundews in peat cutaways and old drains where they are likely …

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…til Potentilla erecta. Associated mosses include Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Polytrichum commune. Carn / Glenshane Pass also provides an extensive area of undisturbed upland habitat that is very valuable for associated invertebrates, birds and mammals. Breeding red grouse Lago…

Curran Bog

…ll developed and is dominated by Sphagnum capillifolium, Hypnum jutlandicum and Polytrichum commune. The 'lawns' have a more scattered cover of dwarf shrubs with heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix again abundant, growing over a mat of Sphagnum capillif…

Shap Fells

…us are dominant over a carpet of bog moss, mainly Sphagnum fallax and hair 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 …

Eycott Hill

…stre, the latter forming large hummocks usually in association with hair mosses Polytrichum commune and P. alpestre. Dissecting the peat surfaces are old ditches containing a moderately basic, but nutrient poor vegetation type with mosses such as Scorpidium scorpioides, Campylium…

Heart Moss

…agnum bog, Phragmites australis, Myrica gale, Juncus species, Carex species and Polytrichum commune. Early maps noted the presence of a pond or lochan on the site. The site is a large basin fen which grades into grassland to the west and wet mixed broadleaved woodland to the east…

North York Moors

…minate over a field layer of mosses such as Sphagnum fallax, S. auriculatum and Polytrichum commune. These flushes tend to be species poor, but the nationally scarce creeping forget-me-not Myosotis stolonifera can be found in acid moorland streams and shallow pools. There are als…

Carn Gafallt

… ground layer comprising mosses such as Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Pleurozium schreberi and Plagiothecium undulatum. The field layer is variously dominated by grasses, bracken or ericoid sub-shrubs such as bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. The latte…

Nant y Crimp

…r, with frequent cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix together with mosses such as Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum auriculatum and S. papillosum. Where springs emerge at the ground surface, these are joined by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedun…

Caudbeck Flow

…pecies poor and dominated by soft rush, common sedge Carex nigra and the mosses Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum. The more nutrient rich areas have jointed and sharp-flowered rushes J. articulatus and J. acutiflorus as the dominant plants with the mosses Cal…

Troutbeck

…marsh violet Viola palustris, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and the moss Polytrichum commune. Mixed with the rush pastures, there are areas of shorter sedge dominated swards, again of two types depending on the nutrient status of the ground water. More acidic situations ar…

Silver Tarn, Hollas and Harnsey Mosses

…dicularis palustris, cranberry, occasional orchids Dactylorhiza spp., hair moss Polytrichum commune and Sphagnum patches. Hollas Moss is the most acidic part of this kettlehole complex. Its quaking surface is slightly raised supporting a mosaic of vegetation types associated with…

North Exmoor

… 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 aquilinum is common and mainly res…

Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod

…or-grass Molinia caerulea and tall cushions of the mosses Sphagnum recurvum and Polytrichum commune, with a heathy community on the drier margins. The central wetter areas and the marginal old peat cuttings support bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palu…

Rhos Pant-tyle

… heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, hair moss Polytrichum commune and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. subnitens. Elsewhere purple moor-grass remains dominant but the sward supports more grasses including sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum …

Whitmoor Common

…or grass Molinia caerulea, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and the moss Polytrichum commune. Boggy depressions which occur within the area of wet heath are dominated by Sphagnum moss. Several characteristic plants occur in the areas of wet heath. These include bog asphode…

Eastern Mournes

…quent associates of this community include blinks Montia fontana and the mosses Polytrichum commune and Sphagnum auriculatum. These springs often give rise to acid flushes dominated by common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and Sphagnum spp. Relicts of broadleaved woodland a…

Spadeadam Mires

…um and S. recurvum may form hummocks amongst the grass, together with star moss Polytrichum commune. The hummocks also support other bryophytes such as Pleurozium schreberi and various Hypnum species. The wide range of bryophytes, of which the above are examples, gives rise to a …

Wedholme Flow

…0 percent of cover. Drier hummocks within the cuttings have a spongy growth of Polytrichum commune with crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cross leaved heath and cranberry. Drier zones of heath, in which bog myrtle Myrica gale forms extensive stands, occur …

Allendale Moors

…oft rush Juncus effusus, associated with bog moss Sphagnum fallax and star moss Polytrichum commune. There are also very localised patches of more species rich flushes where sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, common sedge Carex nigra, star sedge C. echinata and herbs such a…

Tully Bog

…h occasional Sphagnum papillosum. On the drier hummocks, Hypnum jutlandicum and Polytrichum commune are frequently associated with Sphagnum capillifolium, and the lichens Cladonia arbuscula and C. portentosa are locally abundant. Notably, Sphagnum imbricatum and Sphagnum fuscum b…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…lowered J. acutiflorus rush and, commonly with an abundance of the haircap moss Polytrichum commune and sometimes also with a moderately rich associated flora, including star sedge, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. However, the richest wetla…

Cadder Wilderness

…ta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and has a local abundance of hummock forming Polytrichum commune. Sphagnum species are also locally frequent under these stands. The diverse range of habitats within the woodland, including local areas of marsh and grass field layers in the more…

Finglandrigg Woods

…lora is characterised by a moss carpet mostly Sphagnum palustre, S. fimbriatum, Polytrichum commune, with frequent to abundant bents, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, purple moor grass, buckler ferns Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana and honeysuckle. Locally there is so…

Crossbane Lough

…over large mounds of bryophytes with sphagnum species, Aulacomnium palustre and Polytrichum commune. Apart from heath and cut-over bog,Crossbane Lough contains other semi natural habitats. With the peats are shallow, scrub with grey willow Salix cinerea and gorse Ulex europeus o…

Cumwhitton Moss

…eloped. Damper areas have spongy hummocks of Sphagnum palustre, S. recurvum and Polytrichum commune while drier areas support abundant bilberry with heather and Pleurozium schreberi; a dense cover of broad buckler fern or bracken; or grasses such as purple moor grass, bents and Y…

Tattershall Old Gravel Pits

…s are present, including the bog mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. palustre and Polytrichum commune.

Oughtershaw and Beckermonds

…tentilla erecta grow in association with bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and star moss Polytrichum commune. Other Information During the 1989 revision the boundary has been amended by both extensions and deletions to and supersedes the site, notified previously as Oughtershaw Meadows.

Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod

…eaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the moss Polytrichum commune and in places bottle sedge Carex rostrata or tawny sedge Carex hostiana also occur here. The north-east part of the site, together with smaller scattered areas elsewhere, supports …

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…alustris, the nationally scarce Cornish moneywort Sibthorpia europaea, the moss Polytrichum commune and liverwort Pellia epiphylla. The middle section is steeper and the vegetation is dominated by bryophytes and plants of coarse bedded rivers with rapids and large in-stream bould…

Swineholes Wood and Black Heath

…tillus, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and prominent tussocks of the moss Polytrichum commune. At Swineholes Wood these species are intermixed with greater amounts of cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, forming a…

Iping Common

…bundant. These areas of wet heath also support a rich moss flora which includes Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum tenellum and Dicranum spurium. Grassland is mainly confined to the rides which cross the site. creeping and common bent grasses, Agrostis stolonifera and Agrostis capilla…

Horton Common

…utterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. Mosses are important here especially Hair Moss Polytrichum commune and Sphagnum papillosum. Several other species of Sphagnum moss occur including the very local claret coloured Sphagnum magellanicum. Marsh Clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata a rare pl…

Lune Forest

…ominating alongside mosses including the bog moss Sphagnum fallax and star moss Polytrichum commune. There are also very localised patches of more herb rich mire where sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and herbs including common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre grow in associa…

Drumcarn

… bent Agrostis canina, growing over a moss layer dominated by Sphagnum spp. and Polytrichum commune. Dry heath and scrub are also present and provide additional habitat diversity. The former is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris. Scrub communities include stands of wet woodlan…

Ottery Valley

…munity are tormentil, devil’s-bit scabious and the mosses Sphagnum palustre and Polytrichum commune, however purple moor-grass and sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus remain abundant. Occurring widely throughout the site is soft rush/sharp-flowered rush-common marsh-bedstraw …

Lough na blaney bane

…species including red-stemmed feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi, common haircap Polytrichum commune and Cypress-leaved plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme. Other semi-natural habitats provide further structural diversity. Along the south-western and northern shores of the lough, ther…

Armboth Fells

…have carpets of S. papillosum, S. palustre, Sphagnum magellanicum and hair moss Polytrichum commune with a low cover of cross leaved heath, heather, cotton grasses, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and occasional bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Base poor soligenous tracts have exa…

Selshion

…arpet of Sphagnum capillifolium, Aulacomnium palustre, Hypnum cupressiforme and Polytrichum commune. Stands of wet scrub and more mature wet woodland also occur. The scrub woodland is associated with infilled cuttings and consists of downy birch Betula pubescens and occasional gr…

Hexhamshire Moors

…ated by soft rush Juncus effusus with a bog moss, Sphagnum fallax and star moss Polytrichum commune. The more species rich flushes also support star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, ma…

Cilybebyll

…ings meet the surface, the vegetation is frequently dominated by mosses such as Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum auriculatum, S. fimbriatum and S. papillosum, as well as marsh violet Viola palustris, greater bird's-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and soft rush Juncus effusus. There …

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…ground layer has a very high cover of mosses, including Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Plagiothecium undulatum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Mnium hornum and Sphagnum quinquefarium. Elsewhere, large stands of similar canopy and shrub layer composition have…

Cadair Idris

… Carex rostrata beds with the mosses Sphagnum recurvum, Sphagnum cuspidatum and Polytrichum commune occur at the more acidic end of the spectrum. There are also flushes with star sedge, common sedge, soft rush Juncus effusus, or sharp-flowered rush, the moss S. palustre, velvet b…

Bowes Moor

…n this vegetation. Vegetation dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus, hair moss Polytrichum commune and a bog moss Sphagnum fallax occurs in wet flushes throughout the moor and where grazing pressure is greater the blanket bog vegetation has been replaced by a wet heath/acid gras…

North Dartmoor

…er movement is greater, the mires have abundant S. recurvum, S. auriculatum and Polytrichum commune, along 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 Menyan…

Scotton and Laughton Forest Ponds

… being S.fimbriatum, S. palustre, S. recurvum and S. squarrosum, in addition to Polytrichum commune, Straminergon stramineum, Sarmentypnum exannulatum and D. fluitans. This latter species is also locally dominant as a submergent in the pools where it is associated with the water …

Hesleyside Park

…ion an unusually extensive system of hummocks formed on damp ground by the moss Polytrichum commune. Melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum is present and the site also includes a small marsh, dominated by bay leaved willow Salix pentandra with marsh willow herb Epilobium palus…

Black Lough (Tyrone)

… some areas they are growing over extensive cushions of the moss common haircap Polytrichum commune with scattered clumps of heather Calluna vulgaris. Dryer areas of scrub are dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus. Black Lough supports a wide range of invertebrates typical of fens an…

Holystone Burn Woods

…, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and hummocks of the mosses Leucobryum glaucum and Polytrichum commune. On dry ridges, birch Betula pendula forms an open canopy above tufted hair grass D. cespitosa and bracken. Lower down in the valley the woodland is dominated by ash Fraxinus excel…

Black Moss

… have been recorded here along with the moss Aulacomnium palustre and hair moss Polytrichum commune. Also associated with these lawns are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The westernmost portion of the bog is the wettest area. This …

Cors Ty-gwyn

…ttered and there is a core area consisting of lawns of bog-mosses with hairmoss Polytrichum commune and extensive areas of cottongrasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. This vegetation community is surrounded by a transitional zone similar to the swamp communit…

Bryn-bwch

…entil, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium carnation sedge, the mosses Polytrichum commune and Aulacomnium palustre and the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. subnitens. A small strip of mire at the northern end of the site is less heavily grazed. Here the purple moor…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…he site includes a series of wet flushes in which mosses such as Sphagnum spp., Polytrichum commune and Aulacomnium palustre form a significant component of the vegetation. Also present are a number of peat land plants including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton g…

Dark Peak

…ly support star sedge Carex echinata, the bog moss Sphagnum fallax and the moss Polytrichum commune; together with a range of other vascular plants such as marsh violet Viola palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Common cotton gr…

Wavendon Heath Ponds

…ffusus 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 margins. Most of the species associated with this habitat are uncommon or rare in Bedfordsh…

Long Mynd

…with the bog mosses Sphagnum spp., Dicranum scoparium, Hypnum cupressiforme and Polytrichum commune often forming continuous carpets beneath the heather. The abundance of heather declines towards the margins of the plateau giving way to a bilberry dominated heath with an increasi…

Abbots Moss

…argin, dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and the mosses Sphagnum fallax and Polytrichum commune, with marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bottle sedge Carex rostrata; willow Salix spp and, to a lesser extent, birch colonise its landward edge. Lily Pool is much deeper and…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…a tamarisci, cypress leaved plait moss Hypnum cupressiforme and juniper haircap Polytrichum juniperinum. On wetter, more flushed soils lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides is common. As the soils deepen further down the slopes the influence of the base-rich elements within th…

Lions Hill

…r fern Dryopteris dilatata is very frequent and the mosses Sphagnum fimbriatum, Polytrichum commune, Mnium hornum and Dicranella heteromalla are abundant. The fauna comprises animals typical of a varied area of Dorset heathland and includes the rare reptiles, smooth snake Coronel…

Hisehope Burn Valley

… by soft rush Juncus effusus, sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus and the mosses Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum, with marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris scattered in more open areas. sundew, common butterwort, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bogbean Meny…

East Dartmoor

…ater, the characteristic mosses are S. recurvum, S. palustre, S. squarrosum and Polytrichum commune, occurring with soft rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus. Within these mires are bog pools containing species such as Sphagnum cuspidatum, bottle sedge Carex…

Cotherstone Moor

…ted by soft rush over a layer of the bog moss Sphagnum fallax and the hair moss Polytrichum commune. In wetter areas the bottle sedge Carex rostrata replaces soft rush and areas of bare peat adjacent to some water courses have been colonised by white sedge Carex canescens or comm…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…horum vaginatum are locally prominent. Other associates include the hair-mosses Polytrichum strictum and P. commune, white sedge Carex canescens and the moss Aulacomnium palustre. The ridges and hummocks within the raised mire are generally dominated by heather and cross-leaved h…

Stoke Common

…ourages the proliferation of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and the mosses Polytrichum juniperinum and P. commune, the last two persisting for several years. Gorse, aspen, alder buckthorn Frangula alnus and birch form dense thickets, the last, as well as Scot's pine, occurri…

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