Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Garry Bog Part II

…of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, support an abundance of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, interspersed with low Sphagnum papillosum hummocks. The raised bog surrounding the pool system is characterised by a greater abundance of dwarf-shrubs, particularly heather Calluna …

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

… capillifolium and the rare golden bog moss Sphagnum pulchrum. White-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are also associated with pool edges together with occasional bog sedge Carex limosa, great sundew Drosera anglica, and oblong-leaved sund…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…espite the localised abundance of shallow pools and hollows. White-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos add to the characteristic assemblage of raised bog species, and there are recent records for two ombrogenous bog mosses, the nationally scarce Sphag…

Essan Burn and Mullyfamore

…re freely draining slopes. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occur in the wetter hollows, with bog myrtle Myrica gale locally abundant throughout. The mo…

Ballynahone Bog

…aved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifraqum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, over a Sphagnum moss carpet dominated by Sphagnum papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum. The abundance of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccu…

Tonnagh Beg Bog

…ons. The bog surface is generally very wet and is dominated by white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba 'lawns', cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and heather Calluna vulgaris. Frequent associates include common cottongrass Eriophorum angustiolium, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and…

Croagh Bog

…iophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Two species of sundew, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and great sundew Drosera anglica are also associated with the pools. The vegetation between the pools consists of we…

Cors Goch, Llanllwch

…aria minor. Other interesting plants of the pools are white water-lily Nymphaea alba and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Nine different bog mosses have been recorded, but the most notable plant is bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, a northern plant near its southern limits in …

Corfe Mullen Pastures

…and purple moor-grass are prominent on the drier hummocks with white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the nationally scarce brown beak sedge Rhynchospora fusca and marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe…

Coladoir Bog

…ortherly limit of its British range, and the nationally-scarce brown beak-sedge Rhynchospora fusca is also present. A number of oceanic indicator species occur, including mud sedge Carex limosa, lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor, the white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, and the…

Carstairs Kames

…ortherly limit of its British range, and the nationally-scarce brown beak-sedge Rhynchospora fusca is also present. A number of oceanic indicator species occur, including mud sedge Carex limosa, lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor, the white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, and the…

Slop Bog and Uddens Heath

…h they hold. In the east the wettest cuttings support white water lily Nymphaea alba, Bog bean Menyanthes trifoliata and several species of Sphagnum moss. The bottoms of the slightly drier cuttings are often dominated by cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium with white beak sedge…

Blue Pool and Norden Heaths

… Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Open water in bog and clay pools supports aquatic species such as bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, white w…

Coedydd Nanmor

…d Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. The woodland at Hafod Garregog also includes Llyn Hafod-y-llyn, an oligotrophic lake which supports a narrow marginal zone of floating/emergent vegetation with water-lilies Nuphar l…

Hurn Common

…ical higher plants include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum a plant virtually confined in Dorset to the extreme east of the county is present and …

Claife Tarns and Mires

…particularly diverse mire flora. Open bog pools with white water lily Nymphaea alba, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris occur in a mosaic with floating Sphagnum communities coprised of over eight species of Sphagnum, with marsh l…

Aber Mawddach / Mawddach Estuary

…mologically rich. Two nationally scarce vascular plants occur, brown beak-sedge Rhynchospora fusca and wavy St. John’s wort Hypericum undulatum, occurring at the northern limit of its known world range, and one nationally scarce liverwort, Pallavicinia lyellii. Much of the bog is…

Turners Puddle Heath

…uding S. papillosum and the very restricted Sphagnum pulchrum. White beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and both Oblong-leaved and round-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia are particularly associated with the margins of the bog pools. Many areas are transitional …

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…ollow microtopography and greater abundance of species such as white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and northern deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. The hummocks are typically dominated by eit…

Brenscombe Heath

… bog moss Sphagnum pulchrum are the dominant ground cover with White beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. In the south east, where there are well developed flushes with slightly base-rich wat…

Longbridge Muir

… or hollows dominated by Sphagnum cuspidatum and in which grow white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and great sundew D.anglica. Other species that are …

Teal Lough Part II

… of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum support a scattering of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, interspersed with moss hummocks. The surrounding blanket bog is characterised by the greater abundance of dwarf-shrubs, particularly heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum …

Duddon Mosses

…species such as Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum cuspidatum. White beak sedge Rhynchospora alba is abundant where Sphagnum cover is low and there is much bare peat. Both Wreaks and White Moss have an abundance of Cladonia lichens which include C. impexa, C. floerkeana, C. pyxid…

Abbots Moss

…ass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Firmer parts of the mires have been colonised by birch Betula pubescens and Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris. To the north of the disused railway which traverses the site are a series o…

Ellergower Moss

…h also support common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Some moss-filled pools are found on the centre of the bog. Bare peat is also present in areas that have become eroded.

Collymoon Moss

…good diversity and cover of positive indicator species such as white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, and bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia.

Meathop Moss

…a and the uncommon oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The surrounding woodland is dominated by Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris and downy birch Betula pubescens with some sessile oak Quercus petraea and yew Taxus baccata. Pine and birch se…

Horton Common

…e Sphagnum mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum. Both the white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the rare brown beak sedge Rhyncospora fusca occur here. The lowest parts of the common have bog communities dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with cotton grass Erio…

Snelsmore Common

…s, star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea and white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, a very rare species in Berkshire. Liverworts include several species confined to bogs and uncommon or rare in the county. These include Calypogeia sphagnicola, Cephalozia connivens…

Wolf Island Bog

… by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and locally distributed white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The three sundews, great sundew Drosera longifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia are also prominent around pool marg…

Luscombe Valley

…, and other plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. The mire vegetation grades into common reed Phragmites australis with stands of bog-myrtle …

Dersingham Bog

…hodel Narthecium ossifragum, Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Small bog pools are common in this zone which is widest at the southern end of the site. Within the mire are areas of wet heath and marshy grassland dominated by cross leaved heath …

Spadeadam Mires

…um cuspidatum / S. recurvum community with local occurrence of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba which is nationally scarce. The development of pools is especially apparent at Foalstand Rigg, a small mire surrounded by forestry. The Sphagnum dominated features are set within a …

The Moors

…ss-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Other frequent species include white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. The wettest areas support bog communities with a good range of Sphagnum mosses including quantities of the rare Sphagnum …

Wedholme Flow

…on grass Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Heather and cross leaved heath are present throughout but their growth is seldom more than 30 cm above the mire surface. A similar vegetation occurs over the southern section of in…

Lon Leanachain

…ncludes stands of common reed, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Towards the south and east of the bog there are transitions into birch scrub and marshy grassland with large tussocks of purple moor grass. Bog myrtle is locally abundant.

Merthen Wood

…ss Sphagnum species, purple moor-grass and the locally notable white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium and carnation sedge Carex panicea occur freq…

Shirgarton Moss

…ccos. Other mire plants of interest include the locally rare White-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, as well as sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum.

Upper Fowey Valley

…ellaria minor, ivyleaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Drier, unimproved acid grassland at the fringes of the wet areas is dominated by common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and contains lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, bilberry Vaccini…

Syre Peatlands

… moss Sphagnum and woolly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum. White beak sedge Rhynchospora alba grows around some of the pools. Long, narrow, mud-bottomed hollows separated by low ridges typify the numerous ladder fens, with their characteristic stands of slender sedge Carex la…

Deadman

…usitanica prefers the exposed peat of the pool margins as does white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba which is of very restricted distribution in Somerset. Surrounding the bog pools are mats of Sphagnum sp., often developing into a relief of low amplitude hummock and hollow systems. …

Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

…curvum and feathery bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum. More rarely, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia also occur. Peripheral drainage has affected some of the communities and has increased fluctuation of th…

Cors y Llyn

…cinium oxycoccos is locally abundant, and the locally uncommon white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba occurs in some parts of the southern basin. Stunted Scot's pines occur in the southern basin, but do not form a canopy. The hummocks support tall clumps of heather with frequent cros…

Esgyrn Bottom

…wet hollows, the bog-moss Sphagnum cuspidatum, cottongrass and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba are found, whilst their edges support round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillos…

Ebblake Bog

… Narthecium ossifragum, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia are abundant. The mire remains saturated throughout the year and there are a number of shallow pools probably formed in fo…

Landford Bog

… wort Hypericum elodes, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Where the water levels are less constant the vegetation changes to wet heathland dom…

Canford Heath

…ecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and round-leaved and oblong-leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. The rare Dorset heath Erica ciliaris occurs here in its most easterly recorded station and the…

Nichols Moss

…sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The uncommon oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia has also been recorded. The dense pine and birth woodland on the edges of the moss ends abruptly to the east at a line of low li…

Newtondale

…osa and many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, whilst white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba occurs on the main mire surface. This is also an important reference site for interpreting the Flandrian vegetation history of the North York Moors. On the valley slopes south of Lev…

Llyn Ty'n y Mynydd

…cur within the area including royal fern Osmunda regalis and white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba. Insectivorous plants are represented by butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor in small pools and sundew Drosera rotundifolia in lawns of Sphagnum moss…

Mynydd Preseli

…d sundew Drosera intermedia, chaffweed Centunculus minimus and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Greater butterfly-orchid Platanthera chlorantha grows on the silty banks of water courses at Gors Fawr and Waun Isaf. Several scarce ferns are associated with the rock outcrops and …

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…dwarf shrubs such as cross-leaved heath, and sedges, including white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, occurs in areas amongst the wet heath. The Cors y Clettwr compartments include areas of rush pasture, fen-meadow, wet heath and acid mire vegetation similar to the examples in the w…

Oakers Bog

…ecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius are common in the shallow pools as is emergent vegetation including common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustif…

Druim nam Bad

…st of the site where Sphagnum moss cover is locally extensive. White beak sedge Rhynchospora alba is a notable component of these areas. Black bog rush Schoenus nigricans and other more nutrient-demanding species such as slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa and marsh arrow-grass Triglo…

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Mosses

…berry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia in some abundance. In the least disturbed areas, Sphagnum hummocks, particularly of S. papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum p…

Turbary and Kinson Commons

…d Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba; also present is the uncommon pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. Bog mosses Sphagnum spp. including Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. papillosum, are frequent throughout these areas. Sh…

Coulin Pinewoods

…herb-rich dwarf shrub heath while the flushes are dominated by white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba with sedges, cottongrass Eriophorum sp and mosses. The SSSI is considered to be one of the richest pinewoods in Scotland for lichen. The lichen community supported by the woodland is…

Dead Island Bog

…associated species include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, cross-leaved heath and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The shallow pools, which are a rare feature in lowland raised bogs, are dominated by Sphagnum cuspidatum with occasi…

Kielder Mires

…by Sphagnum lawns. Some of these sites support species such as white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and long leaved sundew Drosera anglica alongside the typical species of the mid altitude sites, such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry…

Ashculm Turbary

… pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog stitchwort Stellaria alsine, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and marsh St. John's wort Hypericum elodes. Adding to the habitat diversity of the site are patches of dry heath containing bell heather Erica cinerea, western gorse, heather and bra…

Rhos Cruglas

…t central area include marsh St. John's-wort Hypericum elodes, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifr…

Llwyn-iarth

…ntermedia, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, are notable. On the southern and western edges of the site lie two other areas of marshy grassland dominated by purple moor-grass with large patches of bog myrtle. A narrow band of …

Eryri

… auriculatum and S. papillosum. In a small number of locations white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba is found in acid flushes together with marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. Dioecious sedge Carex dioica and common yellow sedge C. demissa characterise the sub-montane calcareous f…

Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths

…ng leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and several other plants which are rare in the county, as well as populations of rare and localised insects.

Cwm Cyffog

…lect variations in hydrological conditions throughout the bog. White beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba is a locally rare species here found in association with Sphagnum recurvum.

Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

…ris characterize the wettest mire habitats, which also support white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. An area of cross-leaved heath – sphagnum moss Erica tetralix -- Sphagnum compactum wet heath in the north of the site is dominated by purple moor-grass and cross-leaved heath. West…

Wan Fell

…s Trichophorum cespitosum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba. The fringing wet heath includes cross leaved heath, purple moor grass, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and heath orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum. A few more base rich, …

Swarth Moor

…occus and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and the presence of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Between the main bog and marginal fen communities, there are pools and developing carr woodland of willow Salix sp. lesser bulrush Typha angustifolia, mare's tail Hippuris vulgaris,…

Horsell Common

…nd bog moss Sphagnum spp. Plants growing amongst these include white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Another area of bog at Horsell birch supports marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, yellow flag iris…

Povington and Grange Heaths

…iety of Sphagnum species including the rare Sphagnum pulchrum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog myrtle Myrica gale, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and the very local great sundew Drosera anglica…

Eastern Mournes

…pecies include many-stemmed spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica and dioecious sedge Carex dioica. Springs dominated by lower plants are conspicuous in the Eastern Mournes by their bright green colour and spo…

Moorthwaite Moss

…rofusion of the uncommon bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba has also been recorded. Old peat cuttings that are more shaded, by invading Scot's pine or by overtopping pine and birch on the matrix of peat baulks, have a rather poorer flora domi…

Lockshaw Mosses

…phodel Narthecium ossifragum occur frequently. The presence of white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, growing here at its only Fife locality and at the eastern limit of its distribution, and that of the moss Sphagnum magellanicum, indicate a lack of disturbance of the bog surface.

Lavington Common

…ophorum vaginatum, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba also grow in the wetter areas and are uncommon plants in West Sussex which are confined to the few areas of heathland. The areas of semi natural woodland consist of silver birch Betu…

Curran Bog

…llanicum. A notable feature of these lawns is the abundance of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, while hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and …

Inverasdale Peatlands

… dominated by abundant deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum with white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, heather Calluna vulgaris, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and cotton grass Eriophorum spp. being common. Bog moss Sphagnum spp occurs throughout the area, in some places forming …

Annaghagh Bog

…areas of the bog surface known as "lawns" have an abundance of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with a more scattered coverage of dwarf shrubs and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Where permanent pools have developed, especial…

Lions Hill

…by cross leaved heath with deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, the beak sedges, Rhynchospora alba and the rare Rhyncospora fusca and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. There are several species of Sphagnum moss including Sphagnum compactum, S. tenellum, S. papillosum and Spha…

Eilean na Muice Duibhe

…ature of particular interest, as is the frequent occurrence of white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Eilean na Muice Duibhe is also one of the largest roost sites in the UK for Greenland white-fronted goose. The site supports over 900 wintering Greenland white-fronted geese which r…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…s, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, star sedge C. echinata and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Another plant typical of the flushes is the insectivorous butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. Devoke Water is the only example of a nutrient poor meso oligotrophic tarn in west Cumbria …

Muirkirk Uplands

…cies present, and indicative of undisturbed habitat, include white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba and long-leaved sundew Drosera anglica. The mosaic of habitats within the Muirkirk Uplands supports a diverse upland breeding bird community which is of national importance. The upla…

Mungrisdale Mires

… The pools typically contain the bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the insect eating round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and are usually edged with hummocks of other bog mosses Sphagnum magellan…

Town Common

…ris multicaulis, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally scarce brown beak sedge Rhyncospora fusca. The heathland is used by a diverse assemblage of dragonflies and damselflies Odonata, with some 24 species recorded in …

Cefn Bryn Common

…n Osmunda regalis, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The clay-plugged swallow hole at Broadpool is notable for the presence of a large stand of fringed water lily Nymphoides peltata. Lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor, alternate wat…

Ludderburn and Candlestick Mires

…ks are found as well as species such as round leaved sundew, white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor. Sphagnum magellanicum, an unusual species in valley mires in the west of south Cumbria forms hummocks…

Southey and Gotleigh Moors

…vens, a moss very rare in Somerset. A very large population of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba is dominated over much of this relatively base poor ‘plateau’ bog. Further down the slope hummocks are dominated by Sphagnum subnitens enjoying increasingly base rich conditions. Rou…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…ulatum in the soaking vegetation on the edges of the streams. White beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, carnation sedge, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides, intermediate sundew Drosera intermedia, Aneura pinguis and Campylium stellatum are …

Mallart

…so contains a range of pool systems which support bog-moss and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba.

Holt and West Moors Heaths

… Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the rare brown beak sedge Rhyncospora fusca. common gorse Ulex europaeus, downy birch Betula pubescens and Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris occur widely on the heathland, with local …

Winfrith Heath

…. Here purple moor-grass, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum white-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and two species of sundew, oblong-leaved Drosera intermedia and round-leaved Drosera rotundifolia are the most frequent higher plants. T…

Tully Bog

… prominence of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and abundant white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Low hummocks dominated by Sphagnum papillosum and occasional Sphagnum magellanicum are frequently associated with these lawns. Along the top of the dome to the north-east of the int…

Tattenamona Bog

…bog asphodel Narthecium ossifraqum and the locally distributed white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The three sundews, great sundew Drosera longifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia are also present around pool margin…

Wellington College Bog

…talked rush Eleocharis multicaulis, star sedge Carex echinata, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and common lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. Adjacent open areas include base poor marsh and damp acidic grassland. The…

Foulshaw Moss

…tton grass, cross leaved heath, bog myrtle and cranberry, with white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog rosemary, deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum and a range of sphagna such as Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and S. subnitens. Further south there is a large belt of birch…

Cropple How Mire

…common Sphagnum imbricatum and these occur in association with white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum in addition to the peat land plants mentioned previously. A variety of sedges have …

Rosenannon Bog and Downs

…ecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, royal fern and lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor. Of particular note is the presence of wavy St. John’s-wort …

Llyn Llech Owain

…ng the floating rafts of yellow and white water-lily (Nuthar lutea and Nymohaea alba respectively). Areas of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata extend outwards from the lake margin, and in the western corner, a substantial bed of bottle sedge Carex rostrata grows. The upland hoverfly,…

Cernydd Carmel

… Rhamnus cathartica, spindle Euonymus europaeus and traveller’s joy Clematis vitalba. Yew Taxus baccata and rowan Sorbus aucuparia occur on the site. The ground flora is diverse and plants such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, ramsons Allium ursinum, bluebell Hyacinthoides …

Biller Howe Dale

…arsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, abundant Sphagnum spp. and white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba occur. The dale is noted for its orchid colonies, particularly heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, and, in more calcareous situations, fragrant orchid Gymna…

Rhossili Down

…for their extensive stands of royal fern, Osmunda regalis. The white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba also occurs on this part of the site in one of only three locations on Gower. Remarks: Within Gower AONB.

Tarn Hows

… and common quillwort Isoetes lacustris. White and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea form occasionally floating mats and seven species of pondweed Potamogeton alpinus, P. natans, P. berchtoldii, Potamogeton obtusifolius, Potamogeton perfoliatus, Potamogeton prael…

McKean's Moss

…eas of bog, there are flat, water-logged 'lawns' with frequent white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and locally abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, especially in the wettest hollows. A series of linear fractures and pools occur here, supporting Sphagnum cuspidatum, with fr…

Trelow Downs

… particular interest are common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica and the nationally scarce pillwort Pilularia globulifera, which all occur locally in scattered patches. Bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

…s Eriophorum vaginatum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Stunted scots pine Pinus sylvestris occur across the Sphagnum lawn, their growth checked by the high water table. The well defined fen lagg or perimeter shows advanced development o…

Scaleby Moss

…erry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. White sedge Carex canescens and bottle sedge Carex rostrata occur around some of the pools. The very rare Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum is also present. Extensive areas of wet he…

Winster Wetlands

…ricum elodes probably the largest population in South Cumbria, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and a high cover of small sedges, a nationally rare community. A central pool of open water is surrounded by a diverse community dominated b…

Waen Rydd

… Ranunculus flammula, common yellow sedge and carnation sedge. White beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba occurs in this community in the southern arm of the site, where there is also localised base-rich flushing, with abundant brown moss Scorpidium revolvens alongside species such as ma…

Moneystaghan Bog

…ecies are characterised by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. The pool complexes exhibit a series of elongated pools in a concentric pattern and are typically dominated by feathery bog moss Sphag…

Biglands Bog

…agum and locally abundant bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The rare plants, great sundew Drosera anglica and bog sedge Carex limosa and the moss Dicranum undulatum also occur within the more acidic area. Birch Betula pubescens dominates a r…

Rusland Valley Mosses

…ing of raised mires is to be found. Small peaty hollow support white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba with Sphagnum cuspidatum while bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the uncommon bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia have become established in some of these. Sphagnum papillosum, Sph…

Methven Moss

…throughout the site. The site is notable for the presence of white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba in a lowland situation. There is associated wet heath and nutrient poor fen lagg vegetation.

Peatlands Park

…coccus. These stands are frequently interspersed with lawns of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the former being quite extensive in places. Along the edge of the intact bog where the peat surface has dried, the vegetation becomes ranker a…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…etum sylvaticum, ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum. The southern damselfly breeds in the numerous minor, but permanent water channels on the common. Its…

Whitchurch Down

…nel Anagallis tenella, bog ashphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. The site also supports a rare plant of interest for being well away from its main centre of distribution. Where pools of water collect, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, less…

Derskelpin Moss

…argely restricted to northern England and southern Scotland, white-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The drier bog areas are dominated by heather and sedges. The drier peatland areas, rough pastures and Dernaglar Loch support one of the best moorla…

Whitmoor Common

…l Anagallis tenella, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and marshclubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. The marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe, which has only one other location in Surrey, is also found in association with the wet heath communi…

Drumburgh Moss

…nd s. molle are all uncommon. great sundew Drosera anglica and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba are locally frequent in numerous wet hollows with Sphagnum cuspidatum. Hummocks of Dicranum undulatum, a moss of undisturbed bogs which is rare in Britain, occur in the same area and…

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…ericum elodes, many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and in bog pools, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. One such pool, Peatmoor Pond is particularly rich and is one of the few British localities of the very rare slender cotton grass Erio…

Ashdown Forest

…pneumonanthe, ivy leaved bell flower Wahlenbergia hederacea, white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba and the marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. Gorse Ulex europaeus, silver birch Betula pendula, pedunculate oak Quercus robur and Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris are scattered across t…

Ben Griams

…s supporting species such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Alpine heath Above 300m altitude, wet heath generally grades into dry heath. Towards the summits of Ben Griam Mór and Ben Griam Beag, a sub-alpine element becomes visible in the hea…

Monadh Mor

…oportion of lichen and a variety of Sphagnum mosses as well as white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and small cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos The main areas of open water such as the Black Loch are nutrient poor with a floating swamp of bog mosses Sphagnum spp, bottle sedge, Carex ro…

Hare's Down, Knowstone & Rackenford Moors

…ogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, star sedge Carex echinata, common sedge C. nigra, marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes and the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguicula…

Feur Lochain - Moine nam Faoileann

…mire in the UK. The bog vegetation includes an abundance of white beaked sedge, Rhynchospora alba. The site is also of international importance for the over-wintering population of Greenland white-fronted geese, Anser albifrons flavirostris. The pool areas are important roosting …

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

…ge C. silica, hare's foot cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, scarce hybrid horsetail Equisetum x littoral, the mosses Campylopus brevipilus and C. pyriformis and scarce bog mosses Sphagnum molly and Sphagnum magellanicum. In some areas, such …

Street Heath

…ort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, frog bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, white beaked Sedge Rhynchospora alba and the insectivorous plants pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica and Lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor. Carr woodland dominated by birch Betula spp. and willow Salix spp. has es…

Pitmaduthy Moss

…ical range of flowering plants are also present, including the white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and this is the most easterly location for this species in Easter Ross. The site supports the nationally rare cranefly Erioptera sordida and is the only site for this species outwith…

Greendale Mires

…central flush lines. Marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba are locally abundant often in association with a variety of other sedges such as star sedge Carex echinata, carnation grass C. panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris and dioecious sedge Ca…

Castle Bottom to Yateley and Hawley Commons

…he rich bog flora associated with the more open areas includes white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, two species of sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, dodder Cuscuta epithymum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. The site support…

Moelyci a Chors Ty’n y Caeau

…grass Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum magellanicum. Amongst the raised bog are bog pools with Sphagnum cuspidatum/recurvum. The eastern part of the bo…

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…Drosera rotundifolia, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog sedge Carex limosa. Bristly swan neck moss Campylopus atrovirens, frequently associated with these western, oceanic blanket bogs, is locally frequent around the edges of pool…

Frosses Bog

…ominence of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum with occasional white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Sphagnum papillosum and occasional Sphagnum magellanicum occur in these hollows. The abundance of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus throughout the bog plain is notable. The small pools …

Mochrum Lochs

…ted by Sphagnum species with bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and bog myrtle Myrica gale also present. Mochrum Lochs hold the largest inland breeding colony of cormorant in great Britain with some 343 breeding…

Mid Cornwall Moors

…ss Sphagnum species, purple moor grass and the locally notable white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and carnation sedge Carex panicea occur freq…

St Leonards and St Ives Heaths

…g mosses are more abundant and other associated plants include white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, a plant virtually confined in Dorset to the extreme east of the county, is present and the nati…

Dalmellington Moss

… sundew Drosera anglica, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. A mesotrophic (neither nutrient-poor nor nutrient-rich) valley mire also forms part of the site but it is not a notified feature. It adds further interest to the site as it is consi…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

…iest heather Calluna vulgaris becomes locally abundant as does white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Other plant species that occur frequently include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, carnation sedge Carex panicea, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, tor…

Stokeford Heaths

…hagnum papillosum and the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. A number of other distinctive plants also occur in this community and these include round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, early m…

Bowness Common

…hodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, the great, oblong leaved and round leaved sundews Drosera anglica, Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The rare mosses Dicranum undulatum …

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses

…berry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally scarce bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia in some abundance. In the least disturbed areas, Sphagnum hummocks, particularly of S. papillosum and Sphagnum magellanicum…

Blairbeich Bog

…ally uncommon bog plants, bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, have also been recorded from the site. The north, west and east sides of the bog support mixed woodland dominated by birch with some Scots pine.

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…na pneumonanthe is locally distributed on the wet heath whilst brown beak-sedge Rhynchospora fusca is present in its largest population in Dorset and the major locus of its British population. The nationally rare Dorset heath Erica ciliaris forms a significant component of humid …

Butterburn Flow

…way raised mires with the association of Sphagnum pulchrum and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba accompanying bog rosemary. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus occurs at an unusually low altitude for England. Seven species of wader are known to breed on the Flow together with other mo…

Ringdown

…other species which are very restricted in South West Britain, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and dioecious sedge Carex dioica. This site is the only known location for the latter in Somerset. An area of slightly less acidic nature on the Keuper Marls supports a different com…

Glasson Moss

…t species of the pools and hollows are Sphagnum cuspidatum and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, whilst carpets of Sphagnum pulchrum are frequent in the transitional zone between hollow and hummock. Also characteristic of this zone are all three British species of sundew Droser…

Bourne Valley

…, and other plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. The bog pool vegetation includes bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and lesser bladderwort Utricularia australis. Alongside much of…

Carn Gafallt

…nyanthes trifoliata, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Other woodland communities present include small stands of damp alder-ash-yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum woodland and ash-rowan Sorbus aucuparia-dog's mercury Mercurialis peren…

Carn Ingli

…ica and dioecious sedge Carex dioica, and small populations of white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and fir clubmoss Huperzia selago. Small numbers of Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii grow in the damp, shady recesses of the tors. The lichens of the tors, blockfields and a…

Killorn Moss

…d near the northern limits of its distribution in Britain, and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. The woodland which has developed on the edges of the moss is rich in bryophytes and lichens.

Little Langdale Tarn

…on the shallow stony shore of the tarn. These include white water lily Nymphaea alba, the local lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor, alternate flowered water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, the starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, shore weed Littorella uniflora, water …

North Dartmoor

…tiflorus, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, star sedge C. echinata, white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Large areas of both wet and dry heathland are also found within the SSSI, dominated by heather, purple moor grass and cross-leaved heath, together…

Great Haldon Heaths

… soft rush Juncus effusus, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, the latter having a mark…

Woolmer Forest

… pathways. These include the clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata, white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba and all seed Radiola linoides. Areas of wet heathland occur throughout the SSSI with particularly species rich associations at Long Downand Blackmoor. Where drainage is at its most …

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