Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Chalbury Hill and Quarry

…ium, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata and the uncommon hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta. Species typical of the western chalk are locally abundant, such as rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, betony Betonica officinalis, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and devil’s-bit Suc…

Beinn Freiceadain and Ben Dorrery

…meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, red campion Silene dioica and hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta. Notable smaller plants include hoary whitlowgrass Draba incana and northern bedstraw Galium boreale.

Cley Hill

…outh east slopes, with fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta more widespread. meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa and heath grass Danthonia decumbens are found on earthworks near the summit while chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea and autumn lady…

Newbourn Springs

…ea. Where base poor springs arise, calcicolous species such as Hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and Rock rose Helianthemum nummularium also occur. A variety of birds breed on the site including nightingale, goldcrest, warblers and woodpecker. Migrato…

Toyd Down and Quarry

… early colonisers is the knapweed broomrape Orobanche elatior, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and squinancywort Asperula cynanchica. Toyd Quarry has a considerable and developing entomological interest, notably butterflies. It supports one of…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

…me Thymus polytrichus and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. Hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta and shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum were recorded here during a National Trust biological survey in 1985, both species have a scattered distribution in Northern Ireland, being local…

Durness

…ra. There is a mixture of lowland or southern species, such as hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, burnet rose Rosa spinosissima and lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus, and more northern species such as green spleenwort Asplenium virid…

Ladle Hill

…awort Senecio integrifolius, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis. The escarpment slopes, though species rich, support fewer species than the earthwork, but some, notably…

Beacon Hill, Warnford

…ion Phyteuma orbiculare, field fleawort Senecio integrifolius, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta and man orchid Orchis anthorpophora. The grassland exhibits an exceptionally high density of ant hills which support a characteristic flora of small herbs often dominated by rock rose. …

The Clouds

…ociation with flushed areas. Other herbs include many, such as hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, wall lettuce Mycelis muralis and shining crane's bill Geranium lucidum, which are typical of rocky habitats, as well as others, for example wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, hairy violet …

East Harling Common

…by this is colonized by ruderal species and calcicoles such as hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta and common gromwell Lithospermum officinale. Secondary birch wood occurs around the edges of the common and to the west extensive areas of alder and alder ash neglected coppice are pre…

Tideslow Rake

…tone bedstraw Galium sterneri. Locally uncommon plants such as hairy rockcress Arabis hirsuta, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum and early purple orchid Orchis mascula occur here. Fragments of neutral grassland occur on the fringes of the s…

Sherburn Hill

…and species recorded included columbine Aquilegia vulgaris and hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta. Due to the absence of grazing a large part of the site has become invaded by scrub dominated by hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, common gorse Ulex europaeus and a number of rose species Ro…

Oxlow Rake

…tian Gentianella amarella, common whitlow grass Erophila verna, hairyrock cress Arabis hirsuta and musk thistle Carduus nutans. The site is of considerable research interest and has contributed to our understanding of how plant species adapt to stressed environments and the way …

Underlaid Wood

…lettuce Mycelis muralis, rustyback fern Asplenium ceterach and hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta. The shallower grikes and solution pockets contain the most diverse flora including four nationally scarce species, rigid buckler fern Dryopteris submontana, angular Solomon's seal Poly…

Portsdown

…upports a number of species of limited distribution, including hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, pale flax Linum bienne, meadow cranesbill Geranium pratense, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, bastard toadflax Thesium humifosum, early gentian Gentianella anglica, knapweed broomra…

Middle Harling Fen

… calcareous soils, notably small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, hoary plantain Plantago media, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa and spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Unimproved neutral grassland is present further down the valley slope on d…

Valley of Stones

…r Campanula glomerata, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa is locally frequent. Grasses and sedges present in the calcareous sward include sheep’ s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, qu…

Grangelands & Pulpit Hill

…er grassland phase, for example ground ivy Glechoma hederacea, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and fern grass Catapodium rigidum, though other species have apparently spread from adjacent older woodland, notably en…

Buttler's Hangings

…burrows and at the edge of the beech wood favour herbs such as hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta and wild candytuft Iberis amara. Hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus suggest a prolonged lack of disturbance to the site and favour low growing herbs such as thyme Thymus puleg…

Great Asby Scar

…d bloody crane's bill Geranium sanguineum. Other herbs include hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, common twayblade Neottia ovata, hairy violet Viola hirta and wall lettuce Mycelis muralis. The rare bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda and the grasses, wood small reed Calamagrostis e…

Haggs Bank

…dstraw Galium verum all prominent. Less common species include hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and the scarce hoary whitlowgass Draba incana. Haggs Bank also boasts a large complement of orchids, with at least six species present. On the wet a…

Rigg - Bile

…lora includes species such as mountain avens Dryas octopetala, hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta and moss campion Silene acaulis. It has a markedly southern character, with species which are scarce in north-western Scotland, as well as a variety of montane species which are unusual…

Birkett Hill and High Out Wood

…e, dog's mercury, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and hairy rockcress Arabis hirsuta. The becks provide clean fast flowing water that support breeding dipper. Other breeding birds include lapwing, redshank, curlew, redstart, spotted flycatcher, meadow pipit, wheatear, t…

Kilmond Scar

… and perennial species, including biting stonecrop Sedum acre, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, parsley piert Aphanes arvensis and lamb’s lettuce Valerianella locusta. Deeper limestone soils support grasslands in which common bent Agr…

Pleasley Vale Railway

…a major, knapweed Centaurea nigra, hairy violet Viola hirta and hairy rockcress Arabis hirsuta. The site also includes areas of woodland which in part are semi natural and in part secondary. The semi natural woodland is dominated by wych elm Ulmus glabra and ash Fraxinus excelsio…

Salisbury Plain

… Erophila verna, rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta and the nationally scarce dwarf mouse ear Cerastium pumilum and fine leaved sandwort Minuartia hybrida. A very local community characterised by a lichen rich turf Cladonia species and t…

Middlebarrow

… site and, more occasionally, wall lettuce Mycelis muralis and hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta. The shallower grikes and solution pockets contain the most diverse flora including three nationally scarce species, rigid buckler fern Dryopteris submontana, dark red helleborine Epipa…

Cleeve Common

…for plants characteristic of more open habitats. These include hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta and the nationally restricted limestone polypody Gymnocarpium robertianum. A spring fed stream runs through part of the site, supplying water to a small pool. This is fringed by marshy …

Noar Hill

…distributed species such as early gentian Gentianella anglica, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata. Eleven species of orchid are present including pyramidal Anacamptis pyramidalis, frog Dactylorhiza viridis,…

Tulach Hill

…e flora of the pavement includes some uncommon species such as hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, and rue-leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, a species rare in Scotland. Sub-montane heath is the dominant plant community on the site as a whol…

Rue Hill

… ant hills provide further microhabitats for small annuals like hairy rockcress Arabis hirsuta, whilst the old quarry faces support the nationally rare wall whitlow grass Draba muralis and limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianum. The varied plant life sustains a correspondingly …

Salt Lake Quarry

…y Convallaria majalis. Rocky situations favour species such as hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, thyme Thymus praecox, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and, notably, rigid buckler fern Dryopteris submontana. Where water drips d…

Dancersend

…manica. The pocket of grassland south of Bittams Wood contains hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta. Scrub encroachment into the grassland areas, especially by dogwood Cornus sanguinea, has been a recurrent problem on which much of the experimental work continues to focus. Neverthele…

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…m ursinum and sanicle Sanicula europaea. Other species such as hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta and wall lettuce Mycelis muralis are more typical of rocky habitats. The most sheltered and botanically diverse pavement lies east of Crosby Gill and supports a number of nationally ra…

Bix Bottom

…ut Misopates orontium, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, narrow lipped helleborine Epipactis leptochila and violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata. There are two …

Lakenheath Warren

… flax Linum catharticum, purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule and quaking grass Briza media are evident. The neutral and acidic grasslands constitute the main grassy components of the Warren. Grasses grow more vigo…

Narborough Railway Embankment

…ine thistle Carlina vulgaris, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, purging flax Linum catharticum and larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides. Autumn felwort Gentianella amarella is also fairly frequent and wild marjoram Origanum vulgare is locally abund…

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