Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Mournes Coast

…ky outcrops and shingle. Rock faces subject to sea spray have occasional thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum. Strandline communities are extensively developed along the shore south of William’s Harbour. Maritime grassland o…

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

… Classification NVC communities of the vegetated maritime cliffs and slopes are Armeria maritima Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum maritime therophyte community NVC MC5; Festuca rubra Armeria maritima maritime grassland NVC MC8; Festuca rubra Holcus lanatus maritime grassland NVC …

Loch Fleet

… in the UK. Characteristic saltmarsh plants include saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, thrift Armeria maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii and glasswort Salicornia europaea. Sand dunes (vegetation) Coul Li…

Dales Voe

…tly sloping surface of the main marsh is characterised by sea plantain Plantago maritima, thrift Armeria maritima and sea milkwort Glaux maritima, and is dissected by creeks with a fringing vegetation of sea poa Puccinellia maritima and the small marine algae Fucus muscoides. Sta…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…h rush Juncus gerardii, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium. In some places, sheltered muds occur in front of the species-rich saltmarsh. Here it is often dominated by sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, reflexed saltmar…

Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary

…um, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. The nationally scarce Borrer’s and stiff saltmarsh grasses Puccinellia fasciculata and Potentilla rupestris respectively, have also been found at Bunny Meadows. Cord grass Spartina is also d…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…he extensive, gently sloping rocky shoreline. These are characterised by thrift Armeria maritima, brookweed Samolus valerandi, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, bog pimpernel Lysmachia tenella, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and occasionally co…

Berriedale Cliffs

…sland and coastal heath. The maritime grassland contains species such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, sorrel Rumex acetosa, bluebell Hyacinthoides …

Rathlin Island - Ballycarry

…represents its most northerly known location. Maritime species such as sea pink Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea campion Silene maritima become more frequent in the vicinity of the cliff edge, where the peat soils are very thin and exposure reduces the vig…

Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes

…ornia spp., sea lavender Limonium vulgare associated with sea plantain Plantago maritima and thrift Armeria maritima, sea purslane Halimione portculoides and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. sea rush Juncus maritimus and sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus are frequ…

Morfa Dyffryn

…ical species include sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantago maritima, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, greater sea-spurrey Spergularia media, common cord-grass Spartina anglica, annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, annual glasswort Salicornia sp., sal…

Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes

…ommunity in Britain. At higher levels the vegetation is more open, with thrift Armeria maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium associated with the sea purslane. Although common cord grass Spartina angli…

Morfa Harlech

… pioneer saltmarsh with glasswort Salicornia sp. to stands with frequent thrift Armeria maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common cord grass Spartina anglica, locally dominant sea rush Juncus maritimus and the nationally scarce lax…

Adur Estuary

…minates most of the areas above mean high water mark and annual seablite Suaeda maritima is also extremely frequent in these areas. Towards the mean low water mark, glasswort Salicornia sp. is dominant and sea aster Aster tripolium becomes more abundant. Other species are scatter…

Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary

…eer communities dominated by glasswort Salicornia spp., annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima together with substantial areas of the introduced common cord-grass Spartina anglica through to low-midmarsh communities dominated by the common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima with sea-…

Eglarooze Cliff

…lymenum. Along the base of the cliff rock crevice vegetation occurs with thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus being common. Maritime grassland occurs in small areas along the cliff edge…

White Rocks

… the grass cover is reduced support a more diverse range of species with thrift Armeria maritima, birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and sea campion Silene uniflora typically present. Creeping cinquefoil Potentilla reptans is locally frequent in very open situations. Vegetation…

Sheepland Coast

…e length of the coast. The saltmarsh consists of a matrix of sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, tall clumps of red fescue Festuca rubra and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii. Sea plantain Plantago maritima and common couch Elytrigia repens occu…

Beddmanarch-Cymyran

… more abundant saltmarsh species present are common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, thrift Armeria maritima, lax-flowered sea-lavendar Limonium humile, sea rush Juncus maritimus and the invasive cord-grass Spartina anglica; the uncommon golden samphire Inula crithmoides occ…

Invernaver

…stable, diverse communities and support rare species such as curved sedge Carex maritima and purple oxytropis Oxytropis halleri. Extensive climbing dunes are present on the headland of Druim Chuibhe. These have developed an interesting flora of mountain avens Dryas octopetala and…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…wn slope to the shore. Notable shoreline species include oyster plant Mertensia maritima and saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus while Scot's lovage Ligusticum scoticum, although sparsely present throughout the site, is more frequent along the shore. Scree is widespread varying fr…

West Lizard

…found. Levels of salt deposition are high and maritime species including thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium are found. This community is often discontinuous and is displaced further up the cliff by a maritime th…

Coverack to Porthoustock

…occasional sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima. Further up where the beach is more stable a community of sparse red fescue Festuca rubra is found along with kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella and common …

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

…places at the lowest levels in the cliff profile and is characterised by thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium. Maritime grasslands higher up the cliff profile comprise red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Ho…

Caerthillian to Kennack

… cliff faces support a maritime rock-crevice community, characterised by thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium. Higher up the cliff profile, continuing onto the cliff top, maritime grasslands dominated by red fescu…

Samson (With Green, White, Puffin & Stony Islands)

…shingle support maritime colonising species including sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima and thrift Armeria maritima. The small dune system is dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria whilst the well developed strandline vegetation is particularly important for the occurrence…

Lindisfarne

…tmarsh, the upper marsh remains dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and thrift Armeria maritima. Extensive sand dune systems include that on Ross Links where a series of dune ridges of recent origin shelter an ancient beach and glacial sands. The older, leac…

Kennack to Coverack

…ff face a maritime rock-crevice community develops, typical plants being thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum. The nationally scarce golden-samphire Inula crithmoides also occurs. Maritime grasslands and heathlands develop further up the cl…

Baulk Head to Mullion

… rubra, cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus. Thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima and sea carrot Daucus carota subsp. gimmifer grow in these grasslands. In places where the brown earth soils are shallower, plant communities with an abundance of annu…

Durham Coast

… maritime grassland, containing red fescue Festuca rubra, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea thrift Armeria maritima occur. This gives way on more sheltered slopes to extensive calcareous grasslands, support glaucous sedge Carex flacca, wild thyme Thymus praecox, common rock …

Strangford Lough Part 3

…emblage of saltmarsh plants including Salicornia europea glasswort, Puccinellia maritima common saltmarsh grass, Armeria maritima sea pink and Aster tripolium sea aster. The most extensive areas of saltmarsh are along the southern shores of the Camber Estuary, at Saltwater Bridge…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…ies, with swathes of coastal grassland along their tops. Species include thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, red fescue Festuca rubra, sea beet Beta vulgaris, sea campion Silene uniflora and common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis. Shorter turf supports buc…

North Hill

…iving in an exposed and saline environment , and include species such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and spring squill Scilla verna. The cliff grades into wind-clipped wet and dry heath which supports a strong population of the nationally scarce Scotti…

Priest Island

…of the coastal plants characteristic of Wester Ross are present, such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and spring squill Scilla verna. Locally, spray and maritime heath communities are well represented, with plants such as common scurvygrass Cochlearia o…

Garron Point

…ue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, with locally frequent thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora and common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis. The grassland is locally rich in herbs including a number that are uncommon…

Stackpole Quay - Trewent Point

…ffs support species-rich crevice communities, typified by plants such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and the noteworthy rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum and golden-samphire Inula crithmoides. Above this crevi…

Horbling Fen

… in the upper parts of the peat include members of the Chenopodiaceae, Plantago maritima sea plantain, Artemisia mugworts, Armeria maritima thrift and Triglochin arrowgrass, indicating the onset of saltmarsh conditions. A transgressive overlap of high tidal marsh deposits is evid…

Ninebanks River Shingle

…vy grass Cochlearia officinalis ssp. alpina, mountain pansy Viola lutea, thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. Other plants of the shingle are common mouse ear Cerastium arvense, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, ribwort plantain Pla…

Cromarty Firth

…ed eelgrass Zostera marina, dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii and tasselweed Ruppia maritima, provide the food base for large numbers of overwintering wildfowl and waders (as well as sheltering a range of juvenile fish). Extensive areas of largely ungrazed saltmarsh occur in Nigg and…

Newtown Harbour

…arkable in being a mixed species community in which saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare are dominant rather than cord grass Spartina which dominates most saltmarshes around the Solent. There is an abundance of associated saltmarsh species includ…

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…nds dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima in the eastern and central parts of the bay through to scrub in the west. The eastern section also supports a landward transition from strandline v…

St Andrews - Craig Hartle

…xifrage Saxifraga granulata. Close to the shore maritime species such as thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima become prominent, with Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum in rock crevices and amongst shingle. Sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum also occurs locally i…

Handa Island

…grow on the cliff tops, including grasslands dominated by Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima. In less exposed areas, there are herb-rich grasslands which include species such as Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-script…

Lincegrove and Hackett's Marshes

…aving invaded the marsh during the present century. saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, thrift Armeria maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus form a mixed community on the higher marsh levels and at the landw…

Sanda Islands

…ea this transitional habitat is unusual. Species found there include sea thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima. The location of Sanda makes it an important southern outlying location for many breeding seabirds. The variety of breeding seabird species present …

Morecambe Bay

…marsh is typified by pioneer species notably common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and occasionally glasswort Salicornia europaea. Cordgrass Spartina anglica has recently spread on to muddier substrates south of the River Keer and in the northaround Holme Island, Plumpton a…

Flamborough Head

…halk underlying the surface boulder clay. Thus sea cliff species such as thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima grow alongside herbaceous species more typical of chalk grassland such as kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. Where the undercliff has slipped and i…

Afon Tywi

…owest levels merging into extensive areas of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima saltmarsh communities including the thrift Armeria maritima sub-community. A rayed sea aster Astertricolium community is also present with extensive areas of at least three red fescue Festuca…

Portmuck

…ituations. These include red fescue Festuca rubra, sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, common scurvey grass Cochlearia officinalis and thrift Armeria maritima. Cliff sections which experience slippage, and so have a disturbed soil, support rank …

Otter Estuary

…-grass Spartina anglica at the lower levels; common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides and sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum occurring on the middle marsh with annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and thrift Armeria …

Brean Down

… carrot Daucus carota. The maritime element is represented by sea pink (thrift) Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene vulgaris spp. maritima, stagshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, scurvy grass Cochlearia danica and the brome Bromus ferronii. Areas of invasive scrub include abunda…

Norrard Rocks

…a arborea is the only uncommon plant and the other plant species include thrift Armeria maritima, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis, rock sea spurrey Spergularia rupicola and orache Atriplex spp. On some of the other islets, such as Ma…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…not strong with only local occurrences of species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima, spring squill Scilla verna and thrift Armeria maritima. The latter occurs either in association with grassy ledges amongst the sea cliffs on the northern and western sides or where there are…

White Island (off St. Martin's)

…t turfed maritime grassland occur along the western coastal margin where thrift Armeria maritima, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, red fescue Festuca rubra, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus are common. In addition the isola…

Murlough

…ical pioneer species like sea sandwort Honkenya peploides and sea rocket Cakile maritima. In places here, there is also some limited fore dune development, mainly associated with sand couch Elytrigia juncea. However, a large part of the system consists of yellow dunes at the seaw…

Newton Links

…n the lee of the dunes is close grazed sward of red fescue with abundant thrift Armeria maritima and, locally, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis is abundant on the levees of creeks and sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea arrow…

Eastern Isles

…any of the lower outer margins are fringed with maritime grassland where thrift Armeria maritima and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima are abundant. Small areas of blown sand linking great, Middle and Little Arthur support stands of marram grass Ammophila arenaria. Sea kale Cram…

St. Helen's (With Northwethel & Men-A-Vaur)

…f St Helen's as well as forming a narrow zone behind the southern shore. Thrift Armeria maritima and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima are abundant and the nationally rare shore dock Rumex rupestris has also been recorded. In addition the notable tree mallow Malva arborea and sm…

Warkworth Dunes and Saltmarsh

…nsition includes common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, reflexed saltmarsh grass Puccinellia distans, oraches Atriplex spp., hard grass Parapholis strigosa and the nationally rare curved hard grass P. incurva. Much of the saltmarsh is dominated b…

Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles

…ne support salt tolerant grasses and herb species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. Towards the shore fringing saltmarsh communities occur along the edges of the sea lochs. The…

Shingle Islands

… northern bedstraw Galium boreale and others of coastal habitats such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora and sea plantain Plantago maritima. The insect fauna includes some rare and local flies associated with damp deciduous woodland and riverine shingle, incl…

Holborn Head

…ation. Typical species which thrive in the salt-laden conditions include thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna and sea plantain Plantago maritima. There are also colonies of the Scottish primrose Primula scotica which only grows in Caithness, Sutherland and Orkney. …

Foula

…ay-influenced cliff top vegetation is composed largely of sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and thrift Armeria maritima. Foula SSSI supports a wide range of nationally and internationally important breeding seabirds. The site supports a diver…

Cove

… purple milk-vetch Astragalus danicus along with maritime plants such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora and sea plantain Plantago maritima.

Upper Hamble Estuary and Woods

… into a mixed saltmarsh community containing common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus, saltmarsh Juncus gerardii, thrift Armeria maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and common cord grass Spar…

Hough Bay and Balevullin Machair

… piled onto the bedrock. This habitat supports a strandline community of thrift Armeria maritima, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sea rocket Cakile maritima. A narrow strip of mobile dunes with marram Ammophila arenaria transitions inland to semi-fixed dunes with marram, san…

Lower River Conon

…ndline saltmarsh communities. Where salinity is greatest plants such as thrift, Armeria maritima, sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, mud sedge Juncus gerardii and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima occur. Creeks a…

Bolt Head to Bolt Tail

…grassland communities are characterised by red fescue Festuca rubra with thrift Armeria maritima, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sea and buckshorn plantain Plantago maritima and Plantago coronopus, wild carrot Daucus carota and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Bloody cranesbill…

Rye Harbour

…his the area supports many different plant species, including sea rocket Cakile maritima, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, curled dock Rumex crispus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea pea Lathyrus japonicus. A remarkable number of nationally uncommon plants are present includin…

Crouch and Roach Estuaries

… most tides, are dominated by glasswort Salicornia Spp, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium, whilst on the higher land, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and thrift Arm…

Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo

…s lanatus. A variety of other plants grow amongst the grasses, including thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and grass of parnassus Parnassia palustris. There are patches of maritime heath t…

Isle of May

…me cliff grasslands in Fife. On the areas most influenced by salt spray, thrift Armeria maritima dominates with lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis also occurring. Further from the shore, the vegetation compris…

Staffa

… crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha in which maritime species such as thrift Armeria maritima, roseroot Sedum rosea, sea campion Silene uniflora and sea plantain Plantago maritima are abundant. In addition to the variety of vegetation communities, the island is also important …

Stroma

…me grassland at Stroma SSSI supports a wide variety of species including thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, spring squil…

Upper Solway Flats & Marshes

…usually typified by pioneer species, notably common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and some glasswort Salicornia europaea; with the invasive cordgrass Spartina spp. so far infrequent. Other pioneering plants include sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Above this there is a transit…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…nd rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, with occasional sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and much golden samphire Inula crithmoides. Sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum is frequent and there are also populations of sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides low d…

Castle of Old Wick to Craig Hammel

…is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra. Other typical species include thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora, grass of parnassus Parnassia palustris and sea plantain Plantago maritima. This site has well-developed areas of species-rich maritime heath with abun…

Ballyquintin Point

…dii, autumn hawkbit Leontodon autumnalis and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. A few small isolated stands of annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima are scattered across the site, and a band of common couch Elytrigia repens is occasionally found. However, often the mid-marsh…

North Norfolk Coast

… the creeks. Other species occurring in this zone include sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, annual seablite Suaeda maritima and sea wormwood Artemisia maritima. The upper saltmarsh is characterised by grasses such as sea couch grass Elytrigia a…

Ardmeanach

…the shore support maritime communities. Red fescue Festuca rubra and sea thrift Armeria maritima dominated grasslands occur alongside maritime heath and roseroot Sedum rosea, sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum and sea plantain Plantago maritima can also be found within the rock cre…

Peninnis Head (St. Mary's)

…ore species rich maritime grassland occur along the coastal margin where thrift Armeria maritima, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sorrel Rumex acetosa, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and red fe…

Bamburgh Coast and Hills

…s. The vegetation also reflects maritime influences in the abundance of thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus and the presence of common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium and sea plantain Plantago maritima. Areas of maritime heath support a dense cover o…

Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon

…s and mosses. Maritime grasslands dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus clothe much of the cliff with species tolerant of salt spray such as sea plantain Plantago maritima (which here supports the nationally scarce weevil …

Rushy Bay & Heathy Hill (Bryher)

…onopus, sea stork's bill Erodium maritimum, red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima. The nationally scarce sea spurge Euphorbia paralias, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and western clover Trifolium occidentale also occur here. Sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritim…

Lynher Estuary

…Aster tripolium through lower-mid marsh with common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides, to mid-upper marsh and transition fresh-water inundation communities. The largest and most diverse stands, exhibiting a range of structural characteri…

Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs

…orth to south. The most seaward slopes support crevice communities, with thrift Armeria maritima and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, whilst many of the islets have bird-influenced vegetation of tree-mallow Malva arborea and sea beet Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima. Maritime grass…

Strangford Lough Part 1

…ds 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 Isles. The intertidal mudflats particularly the Zostera beds are…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…d and other organic material enables dense strands of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea campion Silene uniflora to grow on the back of the storm ridge. The spit at the end of South End Haws supports one of the richest …

Higher Moors & Porth Hellick Pool (St. Mary's)

… by sea sandwort Honckenya peploides with a small population of sea kale Crambe maritima. There are also records of the rare boccone’s sand spurrey Spergularia bocconei occurring here. The narrow band of maritime grassland behind has abundant red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift A…

Bracklesham Bay

…eeping bent grasses and local abundancies of common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima bordering the shingle. A number of saltmarsh and sea plants including sea aster Aster tripolium and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides occur throughout this rough grassland type. In the nort…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…re Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and the occasional patch of rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and sea aster Aster tripolium. A sea-bird cliff community occurs occasionally, parti…

Polruan to Polperro

…ea knotgrass, Ray’s knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum subsp. Raii, sea kale Crambe maritima, sea spurge Euphorbia paralias, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides, sand couch Elytrigia juncea, sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella and Babington’s orache Atriplex glabriuscula. In places the …

Dunbeath to Sgaps Geo

…scue Festuca rubra and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, together with thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus in more exposed places. The vegetation here is typically very short as a result of exposure to wind and salt spray. Red fescue, Yorkshire f…

Kilberry Coast

… and crevices. The dominant species include red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima with common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, white clover Trifolium repens and creeping bent grass…

Colne Estuary

…e majority of this is high level marsh dominated by saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima while the creek edges and disused oyster pits have been colonised by glasswort Salicornia spp. sea aster Aster tripol…

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast

…utus, ruff Calidris pugnax, sanderling Calidris alba, purple sandpiper Calidris maritima, redshank Tringa totanus and Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis; -an assemblage of more than 20,000 waterbirds during the non-breeding season; and -a diverse assemblage of invertebrates as…

Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting

… Conopodium majus, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and sea plantain Plantago maritima. Of particular note is a small population of perennial flax Linum perenne, which occurs here towards the northern limit of its distribution range in great Britain and locally uncommon plants …

Severn Estuary

…mud flat and upper marsh. Glassworts Salicornia spp. and annual seablite Suaeda maritima colonise bare mud on the lower saltmarshes and disturbed areas at higher levels. Common cord grass Spartina anglica is abundant on the seaward fringes of marshes, where it occurs as dense mon…

Hamford Water

…d parts of islands and extensive saltmarsh covers one third of the area. Thrift Armeria maritima and common sea lavender Limonium vulgare, together with the rarer rock sea lavender L. binervosum and lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile. sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides an…

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

…are wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and thrift Armeria maritima with the rarities golden samphire Inula crithmoides, tall ramping fumitory Fumaria bastardii, Cornish gentian Gentianella anglica subspecies cornubiensis and autumn squill Scilla autu…

Froward Point

…lis glomerata and red fescue Festuca rubra, together with sea plantain Plantago maritima, wild carrot Daucus carota and sea campion Silene uniflora. Kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, bluebell Hyacinthoides…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

… also maritime grassland vegetation containing red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, and spring squill Scilla verna, grading to relicts of maritime heath. This sequence is particularly well-developed at the northern end of the headland. Unusual perched saltmarsh vege…

Saunton to Baggy Point Coast

…una vulgaris and maritime grassland containing red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, wild carrot Daucus carota, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, hairy bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus subbiflorus, autumn squill Scilla autumnalis, musk stork’s-bill Erodium moschatum and…

Waterwynch Bay to Saundersfoot Harbour

…ey Spergularia rupicola. Further inland on the vegetated coastal slopes, thrift Armeria maritima and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus have colonised the accumulated debris from shales and sandstones that occur scattered throughout the length of the site. On south-easterly …

Tarbat Ness

…igrum), heather (Calluna vulgaris) and other maritime species including thrift (Armeria maritima). The maritime heath lies at the top of low cliffs which support a good population of sea spleenwort (Asplenium marinum). Other Interest Within the site there are the remains of fossi…

Cligga Head

…ed to the cliff edges. Typical species include red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, and burnet rose Rosa spinosissima. Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica, a species restricted to the southwest coast, …

Scafell Pikes

…e, 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 grassland occur whilst to the west of Scafell Pike is an area o…

Annet

… and only 53 species of vascular plant have been recorded on the island. Thrift Armeria maritima occurs in abundance, forming a continuous hummocky turf over most of the northern end of the island where it represents one of the best developed examples of thrift turf in the Britis…

Ty Croes

…a decumbens. To seaward, maritime grassland of red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and plantain Plantago spp. is found. In crevices on the cliffs are patches of rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola. This sequence of communities…

Moor Closes

…erum. These areas support large populations of the inland sub species of thrift Armeria maritima spp. elongata which in Britain is confined to a few meadows in the Ancaster Valley in Lincolnshire. In the lower lying areas, the grassland merges into a base rich marsh community, ch…

Monar Forest

…omitrium lanuginosum with abundant cushion forming alpine plants such as thrift Armeria maritima, least willow Salix herbacea, sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens and moss campion Silene acaulis. A range of montane heaths are present including those with abundant alpine bearberry Arc…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…eeded from the pioneer stage to a rich grassland herb community in which thrift Armeria maritima tussocks are common. Irregular clumps of gorse Ulex europaeus scrub have become established, probably where the sand has accumulated over earlier intertidal mud. Shallow slacks have b…

West Exmoor Coast and Woods

…ather Erica cinerea and western gorse Ulex gallii in heathland areas and thrift Armeria maritima, rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis on the ledges and turf slopes. Poorly vegetated scree oc…

Gower Coast: Rhossili to Porteynon

…n para-maritime locations by buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and thrift Armeria maritima, and on limestone soils by cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. The vernal squill Scilla …

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…omerata containing species such as green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio, thrift Armeria maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, birds-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, and sea campion Silene uniflora. Western gorse Ulex gallii, European gorse Ulex europaeus and blacktho…

Eilean nan Ron

…e heath is species-rich, with spring squill Scilla verna, sea plantain Plantago maritima, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and several sedges, including carnation sedge Carex panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The higher ground shows the physical effects of exposure i…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

…ion of exposed southern and western areas of Ramsey/Ynys Dewi. Clumps of thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora, with abundant rock samphire Crithmum maritimum in the crevice zone, are interspersed with maritime grassland of red fescue Festuca rubra, much modifie…

Aberarth - Carreg Wylan

…nd is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and supports species such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum and spring squill Scilla verna. In places north of Llangranog, steep slopes above low cliffs support coastal heath domin…

Fannich Hills

…is rich with abundant cushion herbs such as moss campion Silene acaulis, thrift Armeria maritima, and the nationally scarce mossy cyphel Minuartia sedoides. Where flushed areas occur communities are even more diverse and include least cinquefoil Sibbaldia procumbens and the moss …

Carrickarade

…s and cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata. Other prominent components include thrift Armeria maritima, common knapweed Centaurea nigra. birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, sea campion Silene uniflora and frequent spring squill Scilla verna. Rock type is a major influence on the dist…

Hermon Copper Bog

…obotanical interest with an abundance of the copper-indicative plants, sea pink Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora and the nationally uncommon vernal sandwort Minuartia verna. Several other uncommon plant species occur, some typical of damp grasslands, and including ad…

Williamston River Shingle

…d to upland areas, whilst common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and thrift Armeria maritima are normally found on the coast. The shingle also supports a rich community of metal tolerant lichens. Other plants of the short, dry grassland on the shingle are red fescue Festuca r…

Dale and South Marloes Coast

…tensive in areas such as the Deer Park, on Gateholm, and St Anne’s Head. Thrift Armeria maritima and red fescue Festuca rubra dominate, with abundant kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and locally common wild carrot Daucus carota ssp. gummifer. Yorkshire fog Dactylis glomerata bec…

Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth

…along the cliff edge supports species such as red fescue Festuca rubra, Tthrift Armeria maritima, buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The steep sided valleys support maritime grassland and maritime heath and …

Loe Pool

…red rescue Festuca rubra forming an extensive mat. Other species include thrift Armeria maritima, wild carrot Daucus carota, wild thyme, Thymus polytrichus, spring squill Scilla verna, and western clover Trifolium occidentale. Loe Pool is the only known site in Britain for the C…

Green Hill of Strathdon

…as spring sandwort Minuartia verna, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, thrift Armeria maritima, the serpentine form of black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis. Mosses associated with serpentine are also found, including Grimmia…

Stackpole

…ariously dominated by red fescue F. rubra, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, thrift Armeria maritima, cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata and vernal squill Scilla verna, with wild carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer and a short Plantago sward in exposed closely grazed areas. There are sm…

Plains & Great Bay (St. Martin's)

…rt Honckenya peploides, Frosted Orache Atriplex laciniata and sea rocket Cakile maritima are common. The dunes behind are dominated by sand couch Elytrigia juncea, marram Ammophila arenaria together with Sea holly Eryngium maritimum and the uncommon sea spurge Euphorbia paralias …

The Gobbins

…ken Pteridium aquilinum. Other prominent components in the sward include thrift Armeria maritima, birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, sea campion Silene uniflora and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. To the south of the area, the cliff vegetation is influenced by the presence …

Mull of Galloway

… of spring squill Scilla verna, bloody crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum, thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. There are also areas of low growing juniper Juniperus communis fringing the cliff-tops, as well as base (lime)-rich flushes, and rock-face vegetation.…

Bullers of Buchan Coast

…sland, crevice and ledge communities with characteristic species such as thrift Armeria maritima, Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum and roseroot Sedum rosea. The cliff top has some of the best examples of heath and brackish flushes on the coast of north-east Scotland. Birds The se…

Tean

…eaved figwort Scrophularia scorodonia. Areas of maritime grassland where thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora are abundant occur on either side of St Helen's Porth and on the south of the island near to Clodgie Point where orange bird's foot Ornithopus pinnatus…

Eling and Bury Marshes

…13ha./32 ac. grazed saltmarsh with a close sward of saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima with creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and red fescue Festuca rubra sub dominant. The marsh margins have in places been colonised by cord grass Spartina anglica. That the present sward is de…

Killard

…ides of the peninsula. The saltmarsh consists of a matrix of sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, tall clumps of red fescue Festuca rubra and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, and occasionally sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea rush Juncus mari…

Ynys Enlli

…cliff annual vegetation and maritime grassland. Dominant species include thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna, sea campion Silene uniflora, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and red fescue Festuca rubra. On drier thin soils, annual species such as early hair-…

Castle Point to Cullernose Point

…dney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and a range of coastal species including thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea plantain Pinus pinaster and spring squill Scilla verna, an unusual species on the English east coast. There are small areas of sea cliff …

West Dorset Coast

…itime character of the vegetation is most marked at the cliff edge where thrift Armeria maritima is important in the sparse turf. The strongest British population of the nationally rare and protected* plant stinking goosefoot Chenopodium vulvaria occurs on exposed soil in this lo…

Treshnish Isles

… coastal heath and peatland plant communities, including species such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, common dog-violet Viola riviniana, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, spring squill Scilla verna, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and ribwort p…

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

…he site's limestone scars, at White Scar this habitat unusually supports thrift Armeria maritima, a plant of predominantly coastal distribution. Other habitats are relatively restricted in extent but add considerable diversity to the site. Regenerating woodland, dense gorse Ulex …

Close House Riverside

…community at this site includes alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens, thrift Armeria maritima and mountain pansy Viola lutea with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and wood sage Teucrium scorodoni…

Penhale Dunes

…sland occurs along the cliff top, dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and thyme Thymus polytrichus. Maritime heath occurs on the heathlands between Ligger Point and Penhale Point, with bell heather Erica cinerea dominant. An area of marshland occurs to…

Prawle Point and Start Point

…liffs, flowering plants typical of maritime grassland are found, such as thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, with red fescue Festuca rubra as the dominant grass. Rare species include autumn squill Scilla autumnal…

Beltingham River Shingle

…rna, alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens, mountain pansy Viola lutea, thrift Armeria maritima, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and sea campion Silene uniflora. Other species include meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, wild thyme Thymus praecox, biting stonecrop Sedu…

Gugh

… pulmonaria and Teloschistes flavicans. Maritime grassland with abundant thrift Armeria maritima occurs in the north of the island and fringing the coastal edge in the south west. The nationally rare early meadow grass Poa infirma, the uncommon western clover Trifolium occidental…

Coquet Island

…obaea vulgaris. Maritime species such as sea campion Silene uniflora and thrift Armeria maritima are scarce. A variable population of rabbits graze the island and keep the turf short cropped, except where the high nutrient levels associated with sea bird droppings support dense s…

Wharmley Riverside

…a caerulescens, both common on mine waste tips in the Pennine ore field, thrift Armeria maritima which is normally found in coastal or upland areas and mountain pansy Viola lutea. Associated species in open habitats include red fescue Festuca rubrand meadow oat grass Avenula prat…

Pool of Bryher & Popplestone Bank (Bryher)

…shallow water in great Pool supports a dense growth of beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima and sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii is abundant around the margins of the pool with lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina and Red Goosefoot Chenopodium rubrum in t…

Marsland to Clovelly Coast

…ls. Coastal Slopes Cliff top grassland communities are characterised by thrift Armeria maritima and red fescue Festuca rubra, with sea campion Silene uniflora, buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria here showing an unusual range of colour forms,…

Flat Holm

… including red fescue Festuca rubra, sea stork’s-bill Erodium maritimum, thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. The central part of the island is dominated by coarse grassland with extensive areas of coastal scrub and bracken which have arisen since …

Strathy Coast

… crevices, cliff ledges and islands support red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima grassland, with common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis and Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum also abundant. Where there is a degree of shelter, these communities can develop into ri…

Allt Wen a Traeth Tanybwlch

…ages in colonisation from isolated plants of sea campion Silene vulgaris subsp. Maritima and sea herb-robert Geranium robertianum subsp. Maritimum to a closed sward dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, with crested hair-grass Koeleria Cristata, rough clover Trifolium scabrum an…

Morte Point

…og Holcus lanatus, while other characteristic species of these areas are thrift Armeria maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, common sorrel Rumex acetosa and the ribwort and buck’s-horn plantains Plantago lanceolata and Plantago coronopus. Oth…

Tenby Cliffs and St. Catherine's Island

…liff and crevice vegetation, including rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, thrift Armeria maritima, and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola. Scrub dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus, bramble Rubus fruticosus and blackthorn Prunus spinosa occurs mainly on the cliffs in the northern…

Castle Down (Tresco)

…edstraw Galium saxatile and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum also occur. Thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus are more common along the coastal edge. The more sheltered depressions with deeper soils on the margins of the plateau have bracken Pteridi…

Whitesike Mine and Flinty Fell

…the fern, moonwort Botrychium lunaria and the typically coastal species, thrift Armeria maritima. Alpine penny cress and spring sandwort are commonly found in the more open areas where soil toxicity is at its highest while Pyrenean scurvy grass, moonwort and mountain pansy are to…

Exmoor Coastal Heaths

…int a very short sea cliff grassland of the red fescue – thrift Festuca rubra – Armeria maritima type is found. It is dominated by red fescue, thrift and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus with associated species including English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. Cliff top grasslan…

Rinns of Islay

…nclude roseroot Sedum rosea, sea campion Silene uniflora, and sea pink (thrift) Armeria maritima. Vegetation of crevice and ledge habitat and lichen-covered rocks are also present. Machair is nationally-important and is only found only in the north and west of Britain and Ireland…

Binevenagh

…f face, together with species more typical of coastal locations, such as thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. Several rare bryophytes are found associated with the crags, boulders and scree. Amongst the crags the liverwort Reboulia hemisphaerica occurs, togeth…

Isle of Portland

… rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and thrift Armeria maritima. The *Portland sea lavender Limonium recurvum, a species confined to the Island, and the boary stock Mathiola incana, another rare species, occur on the cliffs. Near Portland Bill the…

Micheldever Spoil Heaps

…re conservation interest is the occurrence of many rare or local plants. thrift Armeria maritima occurs in a totally atypical habitat. There are exceptionally large populations of fly orchids Ophrys insectifera.

Ceann a' Mhara to Loch a' Phuill

…e cliff ledges of Ceann a’ Mhara that support a roseroot Sedum rosea and thrift Armeria maritima tall herb community with the second largest seabird colony in the Mull-Coll-Tiree area. Twelve bird species including colonies of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, razorbill Alca torda, gui…

Durness

… a range of salt-tolerant plants, including sea campion Silene uniflora, thrift Armeria maritima and a variety of plantain species Plantago spp. The ledges are largely inaccessible to sheep and rabbits and, in the absence of grazing, tall stands of grasses, thrift, Scots lovage L…

Firth of Forth

… SSSI, with abundant areas associated with the cliffs and rock outcrops. Thrift Armeria maritima, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and distant sedge Carex distans are typical species. Maritime cliff grassland also occurs along the East Wemyss to Anstruther coastline and on the D…

Shipman Head & Shipman Down (Bryher)

…ng the coastal edge areas of more species rich maritime grassland occur. thrift Armeria maritima, buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and sorrel Rumex acetosa are common together with a small population of spring squill Scilla verna. Two plants o…

Loch na Cartach

…ver which flows from moorland through the machair onto the beach, these include Armeria maritima, Sedum rosea, Juniperis communis sp., Inula helenium and Cochlearia officinalis.

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

…ere is a strong coastal influence, such as spring squill Scilla verna, sea pink Armeria maritima and buckhorn plantain Plantago coronopus. These plants grow within a windswept mosaic of gorse Ulex species and heather species. Within deep cliff crevices, yellow whitlow-grass Draba…

Skokholm

…the maritime vegetation that has been much studied. An extensive band of thrift Armeria maritima hummocks occurs on the southern and western coasts, along with much sea campion Silene uniflora. Further inland and along the eastern coast, red fescue Festuca rubra characterises the…

Beinn Dearg

…th, with an abundance of the cushion herbs cyphel Minuartia sedoides and thrift Armeria maritima with moss campion Silene acaulis, is well-represented on the site. There is also a complete range of the snowbed communities found in the northwest Highlands. Beinn Dearg is the best …

Lambley River Shingles

…ng sandwort Minuartia verna, alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens and thrift Armeria maritima, form a sparce turf over extensive areas of cobbles. Other plants in this turf include common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, eyebright Euphrasia sp.. and a variety of mosses. Birch Betu…

Boscastle to Widemouth

…ated by red fescue Festuca rubra with kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna and wild carrot Daucus carota. These species extend onto the cliffs and unstable slopes where scurvy grass Cochlearia spp., rock samphire Crithmum maritimu…

Humphrey Head

…influence on the lower parts of the cliffs at the southern end, with sea thrift Armeria maritima, samphire Crithmum maritimum and Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica growing in the rock crevices. Higher up the cliffs, a diverse flora is present, including uncommon and rare spec…

Castlemartin Range

…nds such as Linney Head are virtually bare of vegetation. Only plants of thrift Armeria maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium, and the nationally scarce species golden-samphire (Inula crithmoides) and rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum agg. can …

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…slands dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, containing species such as thrift Armeria maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, cowslip Primula veris and sea campion Silene uniflora. Western gorse Ulex gallii and European gorse Ulex europaeus, and blackthorn Prunus spi…

Trevose Head and Constantine Bay

… of the dune system strandline colonising vegetation includes sea rocket Cakile maritima and fosted orache Atriplex laciniata, a species of very local distribution in Cornwall. The stable dunes are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria with abundant sea bindweed Calystegia…

Duncansby Head

…otus corniculatus. Maritime grassland supports red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, spring squill Scilla verna and scurvy grass Cochlearia anglica. Vegetation communities on the cliff tops…

Ox Close

… and in association with the Eller Beck. The plant species concerned are thrift Armeria maritima, which is more typically found on the sea coast, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, known locally as leadwort, alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens, scurvy grass Cochlearia officinal…

Burnfoot River Shingle and Wydon Nabb

…scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis agg., mountain pansy Viola lutea and thrift Armeria maritima. In places the sparsely vegetated shingle has been covered by a short grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Other areas support a tall grassland which includes false oa…

Coyles of Muick

…the serpentine rocks is characterised by sea campion Silene uniflora and thrift Armeria maritima, occurring alongside ferns of crevices and lime-loving montane plants. These include both green and black spleenworts Asplenium viride and A. adiantum nigrum and three nationally scar…

Breckon

…land has a sward influenced by salt spray with red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and plantains Plantago spp. The eutrophic Kirk Loch, highly influenced by shell sand, has other interesting plant species including two species of stonewort Chara aspera and C. virgat…

Newport Cliffs

…grassland with maritime heath behind. Plants of the crevice zone include thrift Armeria maritima and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, with large populations of rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum near Pen Morfa. Red fescue Festuca rub…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

… to pockets of cliff scrub in the more sheltered northeast. Hummocks of thrift Armeria maritima and areas of sea-campion Silene uniflora characterise the much-modified maritime grassland, which is heavily grazed by rabbits on Skomer, and further modified by the manuring and tram…

St. Bees Head

…d ledges of the crumbling sandstone. Towards the cliff base, sea pink or thrift Armeria maritima, scurvy grass Cochlaria officinalis and sea campion Silene uniflora are commonly found. Sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum occurs in damp crevices and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum a…

Ynys Feurig

…ainly with marram grass Ammophila arenaria, red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima and many of the terns nest here.

Hill of Towanreef

…juniper scrub and numerous flushes which are often base-rich and contain thrift Armeria maritima, common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis and the moss Drepanocladus polygamus. Thrift is also present in the grassland on the slopes of the Hill of Creagdearg. The site also contai…

Portland Harbour Shore

…Fleet SSSI. Characteristic species include sea couch Elytrigia atherica, thrift Armeria maritima, sand sedge Carex arenaria and the local Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica. There are also patches of saltmarsh vegetation with the uncommon shrubby seablite Suaeda vera.

King's Quay Shore

…sed by an abundance of sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides commonly with thrift Armeria maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare, while in slightly wetter areas, cord grass Spartina anglica dominates. Along the estuary edge at the junction between woodland and saltmarsh, a thi…

Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach

… centaury Centaurium erythraea and scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis. Thrift Armeria maritima is common along the cliff edge with the scarce loose silky bent Aspera spica venti. At Firehills there is an area of coastal heathland which is now invaded by bracken Pteridium aquili…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…a, blackstonia Blackstonia perfoliata as well as maritime grassland with thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s-horn and the sea plantains Plantago coronopus and Pinus pinaster. The precipitous north facing cliffs support some maritime cliff ledge community where sea cabbage Brassica…

Thanet Coast

…iper's bugloss Echium vulgare and the nationally scarce* plants sea kale Crambe maritima and sea pea Lathyrus japonica. The nationally rare** hog's fennel Peucedanum officinale has also been recorded from the shingle at Swalecliffe. Small areas of saltmarsh are dominated by sea p…

Dunnet Head

…us. Typical maritime grassland species include red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, angelica Angelica sylvestris and spring squill Scilla verna. The cliff ledges support a range of plant s…

Tyne Watersmeet

…sits contaminated by heavy metals, with spring sandwort Minuartia verna, thrift Armeria maritima and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The most significant invertebrate records are for the variety of specialised beetles and uncommon species of flies and moths. Of particular not…

Barnsmuir Coast

…communities which are scarce on the east coast of Scotland, including Artemisia maritima (sea wormwood) which is particularly rare in Scotland and occurs here at its northern limit in the British Isles. At the time of notification there were three strands of this community, the m…

Aire Point to Carrick Du

…h coast. The cliff faces support a maritime rock-crevice community with thrift Armeria maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum as common components. On the shallow soils of rock ledges and outcrops, a maritime th…

Chapel Down (St. Martin's)

…it. Small areas of maritime grassland occur along the coastal edge where thrift Armeria maritime is common together with sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sorrel Rumex acetosa and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus. The granite cliffs around St Martin’s Head exhibit a vari…

Dornoch Firth

…tmarsh species such as glasswort Salicornia sp. and saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima are found towards the seaward edge. Further inland, these grade into extensive beds of pink thrift Armeria maritime, intermixed with sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum and sea plantain Plant…

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