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…t species. Notable species include the nationally-scarce narrow-leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii which occur within An Grianan bay. Further species of interest include the locally-rare lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra, maidenhair spleenwort…

Blackwater Estuary

… worms and encourages the growth of the green algae, Enteromorpha and eel grass Zostera spp., at the seaward edges of the saltings. Wildfowl and waders amass to exploit this rich food supply in numbers over twice the maximum required to confer international status to the site. Th…

Strangford Lough Part 1

… and rocky intertidal habitat. The mudflats support luxuriant beds of eelgrass; Zostera noltii, Zostera angustifolia, Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima are all present, with the latter widespread but quite local in its distribution. Such extensive 'beds' are rare in the British …

Langstone Harbour

…aders and wildfowl, dependent upon them and upon the extensive beds of eelgrass Zostera species. The Zostera angustifolia and Zostera noltei beds are among the largest in Britain. The harbour is among the twenty most important intertidal areas in Britain as a summer and autumn a…

Whitecliff Bay and Bembridge Ledges

…ar weed Laminaria species. The sheltered lagoons support large beds of eelgrass Zostera marina and Zostera angustifolia. The Zostera marina exhibits a wide range of morphological variation dependent on position in the tidal range and on water depth and is also one of the largest …

Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay

…ncus maritimus and all three of the British species of eelgrass, dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii, narrow-leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and eelgrass Zostera marina. The nationally rare stonewort Chara subspinosa has been recorded in Loch Loy. The diversity of lichens and fung…

Strangford Lough Part 3

…e mudflats in the sheltered areas around Black Neb have large concentrations of Zostera noltii dwarf eelgrass ; mixed stands of Zostera noltii and Zostera angustifolia narrow leaved eelgrass are found at Yellow Rock, in Quarterland Bay and as particularly dense stands between Cas…

Montrose Basin

…from differences in salinity and substrate. The flora is dominated by eel grass Zostera, the algae Cladophora, Enteromorpha and bladder-wrack seaweed Fucus and is similarly affected by salinity and the character of the substrate. Three eel grasses species occur in the Basin, two …

Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary

…he lower shore, east of the Hamble, there are extensive beds of the eel grasses Zostera angustifolia and Zostera noltei, both of which are nationally scarce species. Green algae, mainly Enteromorpha and Ulva lactuca, are widespread in the intertidal zone. There is limited Spartin…

Beauly Firth

…There are extensive areas of lower saltmarsh with nationally scarce eel grasses Zostera angustifolia and Zostera noltei, glassworts Salicornia agg and beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima. The upper reaches of the SSSI also provide a good example of the transition from mudflat and s…

Eden Estuary

…of mussels, brown algae and eelgrass. Two nationally scarce species of eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and Zostera noltii are present. The large areas of saltmarsh show good representation of saltmarsh types, from pioneer communities with glasswort Salicornia europaea to upper mars…

Lindisfarne

… East England. These support extensive beds of narrow leaved and dwarf eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and Zostera noltei and the alga Enteromorpha which provide feeding grounds for internationally important numbers of the Svalbard population of light bellied brent geese, regularly…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…derma edule and polychaete and oligochaete worms. Small beds of the eel grasses Zostera angustifolia an Zostera marina occur around Roa Island and off Westfield, the only such beds known in north west England. Where there is freshwater influence the green alga Enteromorpha spp., …

South Thames Estuary and Marshes

…4) present in dykes near Higham. The mud flats have beds of eelgrass including Zostera angustifolia (4) and Zostera noltei (4)and the Allhallows region of the site has areas of vegetated shingle with the nationally scarce sea kale Crambe maritima (4) present. Invertebrates This…

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek

…ally scarce species of eelgrass. Beds of the dwarf and narrow leaved eelgrasses Zostera noltii and Zostera angustifolia extend to approximately 20 hectares in area on the upper shore of Ryde East Sands and beds of common eelgrass Zostera marina are additionally found at low water…

Lough Foyle

…ats, which support large beds of both common mussel Mytilus edulis and eelgrass Zostera spp. The latter are amongst the largest colonies of this vegetation type in Northern Ireland and includes two species, narrow leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and dwarf eelgrass Zostera no…

Portsmouth Harbour

…d sources for shorebirds. The mud surfaces support extensive beds of eelgrasses Zostera noltii and Zostera angustifolia and extensive areas of the mud flats support a high density of green algae, mainly Enteromorpha species and Ulva lactucain summer. In general terms the eelgrass…

Hamford Water

…local plants such as small cord grass Spartina maritima, narrow leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltei. These form the main diet, on their autumn arrival, of approximately six thousand Brent geese which over winter in Hamford Water. Five other spec…

Chesil & The Fleet

… The lagoon is, however, better known for its underwater meadows of Eel-grasses Zostera noltii and Zostera angustifolia and spiral and beaked tassel-weeds Ruppia cirrhosa and R. maritima, holding the most extensive mixed population of these species in Britain. The abundant aquat…

Morrich More

…eed Potamogeton filiformis, Baltic rush Juncus balticus, narrow-leaved eelgrass Zostera marina var. angustifolia and dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii. The populations of eelgrass, Baltic rush and seaside centaury are especially large and extensive. The range of habitats within the s…

Longman and Castle Stuart Bays

…pecies typical of northern firths, such as the nationally scarce dwarf eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and narrow-leaved eelgrass Zostera noltii. Eelgrasses have a very localised distribution within the UK, and dense beds such as those found within the site are very unusual. Birds …

St John's Lake

…d with the green alga Enteromorpha and beds of the rare narrow leaved eel grass Zostera angustifolia and the locally distributed dwarf eel grass Zostera noltei. The saltmarsh habitats are not extensive and consist predominantly of common cord-grass Spartina anglica. There is how…

Foulness

…flection of the abundance of their favoured food plant, the rare dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii, which unlike the more common eelgrass Zostera marina, does not lose its leaves in autumn before the brent arrive from their breeding grounds in Siberia. The uncommon narrow leaved eelg…

Tiroedd a Glannau Rhwng Cricieth ac Afon Glaslyn

…ominated by the amphipod Eurydice. The nationally scarce narrow-leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifolia is found at extreme low water between Criccieth and Graig Ddu and extends up into the mid-shore midway between the two. Eelgrass beds are a scarce community within Cardigan Bay, t…

Larne Lough

…om salt to freshwater habitats are also notable. Beds of narrow leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifolia are present on the intertidal mudflats. These often give way upshore to saltmarsh vegetation, which occurs all around the foreshore, but is most extensive at Ballycarry, in the so…

Dengie

…mited to algal species such as Enteromorpha, or eelgrass three species recorded Zostera angustifolia, marine and noltii. There is a transition between the flats and the eroding saltmarsh frontage comprising Enteromorpha draped mud mounds with shell lined gullies between. cord gra…

Ballymacormick Point

…orts a number of locally or nationally scarce vascular plant species, including Zostera angustifolia narrow leaved eelgrass, Parapholis strigosa hardgrass, Blysmus rufus salt marsh flat sedge and Limonium humile lax flowered sea lavender. In addition Halimione portulacoides sea p…

Alde-Ore Estuary

…f up to two metres. In places this supports the rare intertidal flowering plant Zostera angustifolia. Narrow fringes of saltmarsh occur along the length of the rivers with wider expanses at Shingle Street, Havergate Island, Stony Ditch, the upper reaches of the Butley river and i…

Outer Ards

…imited distributions. They include wetland plants from intertidal muds eelgrass Zostera marina and narrow leaved eelgrass Z. angustifolia, saltmarshes sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile, saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus and hardgrass …

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