Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…scue Festuca ovina with crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis (=Avenula pratensis) and cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata with frequent hoary rock-rose Helianthemum oelandicum ssp. incanum, a nationally scarce species, and other herbs such as wild …

Porton Down

…lous grassland communities of the following types. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis grassland, Cirsium acaule Asperula cynanchica typical sub community and the Pseudoscleropodium purum Prunella vulgaris and Holcus lanatus Trifolium repens sub communities. Upright br…

Llanddulas Limestone and Gwrych Castle Wood

…s-fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking-grass Briza media with abundant herbs that include wild thyme, Thymus polytrichus ( = T.praecox), salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, com…

Dabble Bank

…otified for the nationally scarce grassland communities NVC CG2 Festuca ovina – Avenula pratensis and CG6 Avenula pubescens established on magnesian limestone. Dabble Bank faces west in a small valley cut into the magnesian limestone plateau and retains unimproved, species rich…

Mynydd Marian

…eeper soils which are more accessible to rabbit grazing support Festuca ovina - Avenula pratensis grassland. Frequent to dominant grasses include sheep’s fescue, crested hair grass and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. On areas which have become modified by trampling crested do…

Congrove Field and The Tumps

…ith finer leaved grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Sedges, such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are also present. The sward is herb rich with dwarf thistle Cirsium aca…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…nica officinalis, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, whilst common dog violet Viola riviniana is abundant on more free draining soils. Grassland, fen meadow and rush pasture The following grassland, fen meadow and rush pasture NVC communiti…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media with abundant herbs that include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common rock rose He…

New Scroggs

…on Classification NVC type CG2c sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus – white clover Trifolium repens sub community, which occurs in a mosaic with small areas typified by more acid loving species that form stands…

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

…s grassland are Festuca ovina Carlina vulgaris grassland NVC CG1, Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis grassland NVC CG2, Bromus erectus grassland NVC CG3, Brachypodium pinnatum grassland NVC CG4 and Bromus erectus Brachypodium pinnatum grassland NVC CG5. General description Geology …

The Brinks, Northwold

…ed soils support a mesotrophic grassland which is the meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis variant of the crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus – black knapweed Centaurea nigra community. The sward includes red fescue Festuca rubra, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, quaking gras…

Crook Burn, Dyeshaugh

…ens Geum rivale are constant in these communities and meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis is frequent. Adding to the diversity of the site are mats of floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and patches of bottle sedge Carex rostrata which oc…

Lielowan Meadow

…oil thin, some small areas of calcareous grassland occur. Both meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens occur in these areas, together with a strong population of salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba growing here near its northern limit in Britain. Th…

Saltbox Hill

…sses typical of chalk soils such as quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens. The grassland is however, particularly of interest for the rich diversity and abundance of colourful flowering herbs. Many are characteristic o…

Roughdown Common

…s amongst adjacent hawthorn Crataegus monogyna scrub. meadow fescue Schedonorus pratensis and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are dominant with frequent crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, quaking grass Briza media and common knapweed Centaurea nigra. Widespread on the site…

Tytherington Down

…than 20 species of grass have been recorded from the site, with hairy oat grass Avenula pubescens, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media and crested hairgrass Koeleria macrantha conspicuous. The turf is rich in herbs, with species characteristic of the S W…

Gooderstone Warren

…lgaris are amongst the more unusual species present, along with Hairy oat grass Avenula pubescens and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The presence of heather Calluna vulgaris on slight ridges running down the valley side indicates that ground striping, created during the last…

Down Farm

…grostis capillaris, along with frequent to occasional meadow fescue Schedonorus pratensis, meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and field wood rush Luzula campestris. Quaking grass Briza media and heath grass Danthonia decumbens are occasional, w…

Borrow Beck Meadows

…anina, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis and smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis. A variety of more productive grasses occur and perhaps represent some form o…

Godmanchester Eastside Common

…heath grass Danthonia decumbens, quaking grass Briza media and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Characteristic herbs include devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. Of particular note is the presence of meadow…

Dumsey Meadow

…ue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, with smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis, meadow barley Hordeum secalinum, cock's foot Dactylis glomerata, small cat's tail Phleum pratense sub species bertolonii and crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus frequently present. The m…

Lag Meadow

…estuca rubra, common bent Agrostis capillaris and the uncommon meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with knotted clover Trifolium striatum, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis and common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium present. The lower lying wetter areas of fen-meadow are domi…

Parsonage Down

… site is broadly referable to the sheep’s fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis type. However red fescue Festuca rubra and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens also occur in areas of herb rich turf. This unusual feature may be related to local soils and topography.…

Titchmarsh Meadow

…. On the dry banks of the fish pond quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus are found. Overgrown hedges, scrub, ant hills and the surrounding streams a…

Hardwick Lodge Meadow

…Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, clovers Trifolium species, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and field wood rush Luzula campestris. Dry…

Brickworth Down and Dean Hill

… regularly grazed, with frequent sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Species indicating a long period of favourable uninterrupted management include devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, chalk milkwort Polygala calc…

Long Knoll

…re, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza mediare common, together with cowslip Primula veris, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and salad burnet Poterium sanguiso…

St. Dunstan's Well Catchment

…o the east of Stoke Lane Quarry. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and common bent Agrostis capillaris are the most common grasses. crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, yel…

The Bury Farm

…mon knapweed Centaurea nigra, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The crested dog’s tail common knapweed neutral grassland occurs as pasture and hay meadow, with two plant communities. The meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis sub community is the m…

Wylye and Church Dean Downs

…d are sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The rich assemblage of herbs present includes frequent salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, devil's bit scabious Succisa…

Fyfield Down

…ile occur. Chalk grassland of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis type occurs on more calcareous soils with typical downland herbs such as chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratens…

The Bottoms

… Blue moor grass is dominant throughout much of the site, with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hairgrass Koeleria macrantha all frequent. Other grasses include downy oat grass…

The Coombs, Hinton Parva

… characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and longer sward dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus. Several other grasses are widespread throughout including quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha…

Hog's Hole

…rd is of a type characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule and squinancywort Asperula cynanchica. The other principal grasses comprise red fescue Festuca rubra, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass K…

Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs

… characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and longer sward dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus. Several other grasses are widespread throughout including quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha…

Brimsdown Hill

…ell grazed chalk grassland, with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca widespread, as are the herbs horseshoe vetch Ilippocrepis comosa and chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea. Heath grass Danthonia decumbens, devil’s bit sc…

Pewsey Downs

…f is grazed and is dominated by a sheep’s fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis community, although in some areas upright brome Bromus erectus grassland is the dominant type. Many herbs characteristic of Wiltshire downland are widespread such as devil’s bit scab…

Yockenthwaite Meadows

…ne soils support in addition a calcareous community containing meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens with herbs such as common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, bugle Ajuga reptans, devil's b…

Williamston River Shingle

… Anthyllis vulneraria. Areas of tall grassland are dominated by downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and lesser knapweed Centaurea nigra. Where the sandy soil is rich in lime the flora is very diverse, with plants such as meadow oat grass Avenu…

Micklefield Meadow

…cal of calcareous grassland with upright brome Bromus erectus, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca frequent in the sword. Lady’s bedstraw Galium verum is abundant and other calcicole lime loving herbs include fairy flax Linum catharticum, devil’s bi…

Cockey Down

…llow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and many herbs. Devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria are abundant. In contrast, sheep's fes…

Steeple Langford Down

…roughout much of the site are sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha also widespread. Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum is found in occasional patches. There is a very high proport…

Pentridge Down

…er cat’s tail Phleum bertolonii, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. A tall grassy sward is present where grazing levels are low and this is characterised by the prominence of upright brome Bromopsis erecta, sheep’s fe…

Dormston Church Meadow

… particularly on the ridges. Abundant species include meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, red fescue Festuca rubra, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, lady’s bedstraw, cowslip Primula veris and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. A calcareo…

Bratton Downs

…razing has been more intense, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis characterise the sward. Many species are common throughout these communities such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule salad b…

Draycott Sleights

…hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens occurring frequently. glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are abundant. Herbs typical of this type of grassland include squinancywort Asperula cynanchica,…

Blow's Down

…nd a range of characteristic chalk grassland species including meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, sm…

Ebsbury Down

…s typical of short chalk swards. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are widespread, while quaking grass Briza media, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are also frequent. The community …

Barnsley Warren

…r characteristic grasses include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Herbs typical of these plant communities are present such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianth…

Sydling Valley Downs

…scue Festuca ovina / F. rubra with other important grasses including meadow oat Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and small amounts of heath grass Danthonia decumbens and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. The sedges Carex fl…

Brampton Racecourse

…is some transition in places towards the meadow foxtail great burnet Alopecurus pratensis Sanguisorba officinalis flood meadow community particularly associated with the lower lying furrows. Unimproved grasslands of this type are restricted to the lowlands of southern England and…

Valley of Stones

…iosa columbaria, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, betony Betonica officinalis, hoary plantain Plantago media and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Less frequent species include clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, autumn gentian Gentiane…

Fontmell and Melbury Downs

… characterised by the dominance of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with meadow oat Avenula pratensis and, especially on slopes with a southerly aspect, is exceptionally rich in associated plants. Frequent grasses of this turf include quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass …

Annesley Woodhouse Quarries

…cta, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza mediand meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. cowslip Primula veris and common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus are typically abundant, as are herbs such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium…

Hope's Nose to Wall's Hill

…rich. Grasses present include crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and hairy oat Helicotrichon pubescens. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, crow garlic Allium vineale, dropwort Fili…

Bracknell Croft

…escue Festuca ovina with a range of other grasses, for example meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and quaking grass Briza media. Eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, hoary plantain Plantago media, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and the moss C…

Brown's Folly

…upright brome Bromus erectus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are widespread. Herbs of interest include musk thistle Carduus nutans, woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum, field scabi…

Burcombe Down

…common in the sward and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, upright brome Bromus erectus and quaking grass Briza media are widespread. The glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea also frequently occur but herbs make u…

Claxheugh Rock & Ford Limestone Quarry

…ass Sesleria caeruleae, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, common quaking grass Briza media and red fescue Festuca rubra. A wide variety of herbs are present, including locally abundant lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus, lesser and greater…

Herrington Hill

…h community dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis in which quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, red fescue Festuca rubra, glaucous sedge Carex flaccand spring sedge Carex caryophyllea also occur. The man…

High Moorsley

…eruleae. Associated grasses include quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and red fescue Festuca rubra. Other constituents of the herb rich turf include glaucous sedge Carex flacca, pignut Conopodium majus, hoary plan…

Harton Down Hill

…South Shields. The grassland supports a community dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and red fescue Festuca rubra, in which blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, quaking grass Briza media and upright brome Bromus erectus also occu…

Caldon Dales

…the site contains one of the largest surviving examples of the meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis / sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina grassland community in Staffordshire and many of the higher plants that occur are infrequent or rare in the county. There are two valleys aligned appro…

Chinnor Hill

…The chalk grassland supports a rich calcicolous sward in which meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis is abundant, together with hairy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens, small cat's tail Phleum bertolonii and narrow leaved meadow grass Poa angustifolia. False oat grass Arrhenatherum …

Hawes Water

…ng wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, meadowsweet, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, yellow iris, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, betony Betonica officinalis and common, glaucous and false fox sedge Carex nigra, Carex flacca and C. otr…

Purbeck Ridge (West)

…Brachypodium pinnatum is dominant, but sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media are frequent where grazing pressure is heavier producing a herb rich sward. Abundant herbs include hoary plantain Plantago media, horseshoe vetch Hippoc…

Sherburn Hill

…luding glaucous sedge Carex flacca, quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, whilst sea plantain Plantago maritima is locally abundant in the grasslands on…

Twinhills Woods and Meadows

…h a calcareous community of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina – Avenula pratensis type, occurring on the very steep, shallow soil areas. On the gentler slopes, the grassland sward is more neutral and is classified as the common knapweed – crested dog's tail Centau…

Schiehallion

…loving plants including crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and common rockrose Helianthemum nummularium. Calcareous fens or flushes are associated with base-rich rocks and include at least two nationally scarce plants hair sedge Carex capill…

Wharmley Riverside

…ed species in open habitats include red fescue Festuca rubrand meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with herbs such as common rest harrow Ononis repens, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, bladder campion Silene vulgaris, wild thyme Thymus praecox, g…

Streatley Warren

…cue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, hairy oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. These are fine leaved species forming a close knit turf, particularly in well grazed areas. Upright brome Bromus erectus is abundant in les…

Sutton Combe

…heep's fescue Festuca ovina with a number of other grasses including meadow oat Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and, especially where there is scrub, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The grassland is rich in herbs with south…

Cleeve Common

… grass Brachypodium pinnatum, upright brome Bromus erectus and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Calcicole lime loving plants are widespread, including burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and carline this…

Hamps and Manifold Valleys

…r soils, are characterised by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis; with quaking grass Briza media, purging flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and many other herbs. On deeper soils, especial…

Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens

…ings. Upright brome Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius locally dominate the areas of taller grassland. Herbs commonly found in this sward are harebell Campanula rotundifolia, purple milk vetch As…

Blandford Camp

…sts of the richest variant of the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis community and has developed on both flat and sloping ground. This is characterised by a diverse mixture of grasses, sedges and herbs in which wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, squinancy…

Graig, Llanarmon-yn-Ial

…rocky areas with slightly deeper soils support sheep’s fescue -meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland. This calcareous grassland is typically dominated by grasses and sedges, the most frequent and abundant grasses being sheep’s fescue, quaking-grass, crested hair-grass and …

Fishburn Grassland

…ue moor grass and small scabious, with other species including meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, carnation sedge Carex panicea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and lady’s bedstr…

Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill

…sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, upright brome Bromus erectus and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis dominate a sward which contains many typical chalk herbs including yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, a…

Ashberry and Reins Wood

…h of the site. Grasses here include tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, together with a rich herb flora in which felwort Gentianella amarella, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, woolly thistle Cirsium eriophoru…

Fleam Dyke

… the presence of such species as upright brome Bromus erectus, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Associated herbs include dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus. Areas of the Dyke are covered by calcareou…

Nine Spring Dale

…ale. The sward is characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with meadow oat Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, carnation sedge Carex flacca and patches of tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Herbs present include frequent salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba,…

Creuddyn

…s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking-grass Briza media with abundant herbs that include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common rock-rose He…

Town Kelloe Bank

…r with quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea. In flushed areas purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is locally dominan…

The Cheddar Complex

…ous grassland communities are characterised by an abundance of meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Associate species on south facing slopes…

Spindlestone Heughs

… Koeleria macrantha, squirrel tail fescue Vulpia bromoides and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. An outcrop with atypical vegetation has kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and bell heather. South facing crags supp…

Stratford Toney Down

…exemplifies the botanically rich sheep's fescue, meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis chalk grassland community. It also supports nationally rare plant and butterfly species. The site lies to the south west of Salisbury and is a shallow dry valley which cuts north thr…

Redden Bank Lime Works

…y violet Viola hirta, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. It is also the only Scottish locality for the hybrid species of hairy violet Viola hirta and sweet violet Viola odorata. Scattered trees, scrub, tall ruderal communities and a small…

Wester Craiglockhart Hill

…Allium vineale, black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. One of the species, maiden pink Dianthus deltoides is rare in Scotland. Areas of scrub and neutral grassland are also present.

The Perch

…y of grasses such as sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens and quaking grass Briza media. The most abundant herb species are, common rock rose Helianthemumnum mularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisor…

Bridgham & Brettenham Heaths

…th where agricultural improvement may have taken place, smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis, red fescue Festuca rubra, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus are also present. Where the chalk’s influence is felt, more species rich neutral to calcareo…

Fothering Holme

… cristatus and common bent Agrostis capillaris with occasional meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Herbs form a high proportion of the sward with species including wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, pignut Conopodium majus, smooth lady's mantle Alchemilla glabra, wood anemone…

Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill

…per calcareous soils are characterised by i sheep's fescue and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and fairy flax Linum catharticum or ii Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and salad burnet Poterium sanguisor…

Clearbury Down

… is an intimate mixture of grasses and herbs and is an example of Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis sheep's fescue meadow oat grass grassland on gentle slopes of mostly south to south west aspect. The presence of this large area of botanically rich grassland on shallow, potentially…

Cressbrook Dale

…e Rubus saxatilis. Grasslands in the dales are very rich in species. Meadow oat Avenula pratensis and carnation sedge Carex flacca are abundant. The richness and type of grassland varies according to aspect, grazing and soil conditions. On more acid areas mat grass Nardus stricta…

Jack Scout

…loped. The first is a species rich sheep’s fescue–moat oat grass Festuca ovina– Avenula pratensis grassland in which the moss Dicranum scoparium is prominent. Other plants present are primrose Primula vulgaris, Autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, field gentian Gentianella campe…

Aldbury Nowers

…t brome Bromus erectus, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens all common. There is a rich assemblage of herb species, including lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, salad …

Gallows Hill

… is characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media and downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens. A major component of this community is dwarf sedge Carex humilis a species of a limited national distribution …

Raisby Hill Grassland

…stic of calcareous soils, including quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, felwort Gentianella amarella, primrose Primula vulgaris, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and lady’s bedstraw Gali…

Bwrdd Arthur

…ontanum, long-stalked crane's-bill Geranium columbinum and and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The limestone exposures support the nationally rare species, hoary rockrose Helianthemum oelandicum and ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae, whilst a number of uncommon bryophyte specie…

Galley and Warden Hills

…th other typical grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media locally abundant. Other plants characteristic of the base rich conditions include glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and com…

Castleton

…h facing slopes are more typical of other daleside swards with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Although the majority of grasslands in the site have been agriculturally improved, interesting communities are found on rocky outcrops and …

Castle Point to Cullernose Point

… by red fescue Festuca rubra, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, carnation sedge C. panicea, wild thyme Thymus praecox, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and a range of coast…

Bonsall Leys

…stone grassland such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, frequent meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. The most interesting sub communities are unusually species rich with frequent grass of parnassus Parnassia p…

Brada Hill

…rose Helianthemum nummularium, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. By contrast with similar sites closer to the sea the maritime elements in the flora are absent. The shallow soils closely associated with bedrock favour plants with low competitive …

Camp Down

…he sward is mainly comprised of a sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis type of grassland. More than 20 grasses and sedges have been recorded, with red fescue F. rubra, upright brome Bromus erectus, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria …

Craig Leith and Myreton Hill

…rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. Extensive tracts of acid grassland form mosaics with the calcareous grassland. The transitional grassland communities surrounding the numer…

Craigs of Succoth

…ies that thrive on soils rich in these minerals. These include smooth oat grass Avenula pratensis, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, in various habitats widely occurring across the site, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis, northern bedstraw…

Fulwell & Carley Hill Quarries

…espread species include crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, red fescue Festuca rubra, quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, burnet saxifrage Pim…

Bowerchalke Downs

…es species rich turf in which sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are major components whilst quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and cowslip Primula veris are widespread and frequent. Se…

Noddle End

… herb rich calcareous grassland with red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and marjoram Origanum vulgare. This grassland is progre…

Pincombe Down

…e metre. Amongst the grasses, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are abundant, while in some areas upright brome Bromus erectus also occurs. Sedges present include spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and the nationally res…

Odstock Down

…chalk. The turf is chiefly of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis community and contains a number of nationally rare plants. It extends for 1.5 kilometres along a moderate, predominantly west facing, slope of the Upper Chalk to the south of Salisbu…

Beltingham River Shingle

…cinalis and sea campion Silene uniflora. Other species include meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, wild thyme Thymus praecox, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and harebell Campanula rotundifolia with lichens including dog lichen Peltigera canina and reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiformi…

Pen-y-Cefn Pasture

…e a varied flora including sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, meadow oat Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, common agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, crosswort Cruciata laevipes, fragr…

Graig Fawr

…eas with deeper soils support sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland. Frequent to dominant grasses include sheep's-fescue and crested hair grass. On areas which have become modified by agricultural improvement crested dog's-tail Cynosurus cr…

Thrislington Plantation

…ovina. Other common species include quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. glaucous sedge Carex flacca, rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, fairy flax Linum catharticum, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lesser scabio…

Ruston Cottage Pasture

… species present include yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, sweet violet Viola odorata, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. The grassland on the level ground is more neut…

Dove Valley and Biggin Dale

…ive calcareous dale side grasslands are generally dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca with a very rich flora. Other habitats in the dales include rock outcrops and scree and several dales, a series of stages in scree colonisation by pla…

Black Hill Down

…eclining species. The sward is of the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat Avenula pratensis type. Other grasses which are frequent and typical in this turf are quaking grass Briza media, red fescue F. rubra and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, with glaucous sedge Care…

Chrome and Parkhouse Hills

…imestone turf is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with typical calcicole lime loving plants including wild thyme Thymus praecox, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, musk thistle Carduus nutan…

Knapp and Barnett's Downs

…e Wiltshire and Dorset Chalk. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are the dominant grasses in a sward also composed of crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, quaking grass Briza media and glaucous sedge Carex f…

Knighton Downs & Wood

… herbs. Dominant grasses include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media, while upright brome Bromus erectus is a component of the more lightly grazed slopes. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca is common and the widespread abundance…

Claxby Chalk Pit

…cies, upright brome Bromus erectus and red fescue Festuca rubra with meadow oak Avenula pratensis, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and quaking grass Briza media locally common. Within this sward are numerous herbs each abundant dependent upon the very high levels of calciumin the…

Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen

…ns common quaking grass Briza media, red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and an abundance of herb species including cowslip Primula vulgaris, rest-harrow Ononis repens, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis agg. and bee orchid Ophrys apifera. columbine Aquilegi…

Bredon Hill

…d hair grass Koeleria macrantha, quaking grass Briza media and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Herbs associated with this grassland include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock r…

Walton Common

…he grasslands tend towards the sheep’s fescue meadow, oat grass Festuca ovina – Avenula pratensis and upright brome Bromus erectus community types. Commonly occurring species include, sheep’s fescue, spring sedge, salad burnet, upright brome, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odora…

Inkpen and Walbury Hills

…es Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, hairy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Another species typical of grassland, upright brome Bromus e…

Hastings Hill

…h communities dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, red fescue Festuca rubra and quaking grass Briza media, including many herbs characteristic of Magnesian Limestone soils such as bird’s foot t…

Y Bonc, Marianglas

…an area of hazel Corylus avellana copse. The grassland is of the Festuca ovina- Avenula pratensis type and is characterised by abundant fine-leaved grasses, such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. Amongst the gras…

King's Cliffe Banks

… frequent. There is a good range of other calcicoles including meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hairgrass Koeleria macrantha, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and hairy violet Viola hirta. Bryophytes form an important compone…

Throope Down

…oope Down is a botanically rich sheep's fescue, meadow oat grass Festuca ovina, Avenula pratensis chalk grassland with associated butterflies. The grassland has developed on Middle Chalk and lies south west of Salisbury. It is partially situated on the sides of a shallow dry vall…

Win Green Down

…te, characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media, with a high proportion of herb species. Typical amongst these are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, dwarf thistle …

Long Dale & Gratton Dale

… Rubus saxatilis. Grasslands in the dales are very rich in species. Meadow oat Avenula pratensis and carnation sedge Carex flacca are abundant. The richness and type of grassland varies according to aspect, grazing and soil conditions. On more acid areas mat grass Nardus stricta…

Lindisfarne

…ocally, limestone outcrops support species rich grassland with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, wild thyme Thymus praecox and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga. On Holy Isl…

Rotherley Downs

… grazed sward is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Other common grasses include downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens, red fescue F. rubra and crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus. There are several herbs typical of chalk grassl…

Newmarket Heath

…Bromus erectus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with areas of meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Other grasses of interest include quaking grass Briza mediand crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. A very wide variety of characteristic chalk…

Quarrington Hill Grasslands

…escue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis all frequent. The glaucous sedge Carex flaccaalso forms an important part of the sward. A profusion of broad leaved herbs occur with common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, ha…

Bishop Middleham Quarry

…lonised the limestone soils include quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, blu…

Topley Pike and Deep Dale

…e Rubus saxatilis. Grasslands in the dales are very rich in species. Meadow oat Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are abundant. The richness and type of grassland varies according to aspect, grazing and soil conditions. On more acid areas mat grass Nardus stricta …

Botley Down

…y scrub free. The sward is of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis type with upright brome Bromus erectus present in small amounts. A total of 16 species of grass have been recently recorded. Herbs make up a high proportion of the turf, with cowslip…

Cleadon Hill

…f the hill. The main grassland supports a community comprising meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and red fescue Festuca rubra, in which quaking grass Briza media, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and…

Lathkill Dale

…ive calcareous dale side grasslands are generally dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca with a very rich flora. Other habitats in the dales include rock outcrops and scree and in several dales, a series of stages in scree colonisation by…

Bushy Park and Home Park

…pwort Filipendula vulgaris, large thyme Thymus pulegioides and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, a highly unusual feature.

Moel Hiraddug a Bryn Gop

… with deeper soils support the more widespread sheep's-fescue -meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland. This is characterised by sheep's-fescue and crested hair-grass and herbs including common rock-rose, common bird’s-foot trefoil and salad burnet. On areas which have becom…

Bamburgh Coast and Hills

…Dianthus deltoides, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium meadow, oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Particularly characteristic are the annual plants including knotted clover Trifolium striatum, forget-me-nots Myosotis spp., dove’s foot cr…

Windmill Hill

…er areas at the top of the slope sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media are more typical. These grassland communities contain many characteristic flowering plants such as stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, purging flax Linum c…

White Horse Hill

… of red and sheep’s-fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Here the swards are particularly diverse. In a few areas, the grazing pressure has been relaxed and the dominance of tor-grass has suppressed the herb content of the sward. Some her…

Coldwell Farm Pasture

…or grass Sesleria caeruleae, a nationally scarce species, with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Herbs are well represented within the sward including many characteristic species such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus …

Monk's Dale

…e Rubus saxatilis. Grasslands in the dales are very rich in species. Meadow oat Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are abundant. The richness and type of grassland varies according to aspect, grazing and soil conditions. On more acid areas mat grass Nardus stricta …

Keasey Dale

… a plant community type of which sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus are the characteristic grass species. Crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and quaking grass Briza media …

Foulden Burn

… field scabious Knautia arvensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Around 15 species of dandelion Taraxacum spp., normally associated with old m…

Tulach Hill

…ne with species such as crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, quaking grass Briza media and fairy flax Linum catharticum. In places bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi occurs in these grasslands giving rise to…

Silverdale Golf Course

…air grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. The abundant forbs present include limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, eyebright …

Candlesby Hill

…ant species in the grassland are tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and meadow oat Avenula pratensis. There are extensive areas of marjoram Origanum vulgare, perforate St. John's wort Hypericum perforatum, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga. P…

Moorsley Banks

… with rock outcrops, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with quaking grass Briza media, upright brome Bromus erectus and patches of blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea are dominant. The many species of herbs present include wild thyme Thymu…

Hutton Roof Crags

…of grasses including sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and bents Agrostis species. Although typically herb poor some uncommon plants do occur including limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, vernal sandwort Minuartia verna, squinancywort As…

Long Dale, Hartington

…ve mixture of grasses, sedges and herbs. They are dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea common throughout. The herbs are abundant with most …

Gunnerton Nick

…rass Koeleria macrantha, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media as well as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum and mea…

Kingley Vale

… flowering plants and are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Among the species which are abundant in the sward are chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, wild thyme Thymus praecox and squinancywort Asperula cy…

Higher Houghton

…a ovina and F. rubra. A range of other grasses are present including meadow oat Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus. These swards are generally…

Close House Riverside

…s, 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 scorodonia. The dominant species are however grasses, including common bent Agr…

Totternhoe Chalk Quarry

…e. These are characterised by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, upright brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. A wide variety of other species occur on the site. These include yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, clustered bell…

Raisbeck Meadows

…ant orchid, salad burnet, northern bedstraw Galium boreale and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The smaller marshy areas in this field are, also, diverse and add further interest to the site. sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and carnation sedge tend to be dominant but ot…

Pig Hill

…guisorba, cowslip Primula veris, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Of particular note is the presence of an inland population of sea plantain Plantago maritima and of the rare and local species bird’s eye primrose Pr…

Mariandyrys

…s accompanied by a small area of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina -meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland of the Dicranum scoparium subcommunity and patches of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina -carline thistle Carlina vulgaris grassland of the crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha …

Mapperton and Poorton Vales

…eflected by the presence of the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis community type. A range of small herbs occurs including wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and bird’s foot tre…

Allolee to Walltown

…. The more calcareous areas support a herb rich grassland with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, greater burnet Sanguisorba officinalis and salad burnet S. minor. On the di…

Wookey Hole

…'s fescue meadow oat grass type. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, common bent Agrostis capillaris and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha are the most common grasses upright brome Bromus erectus, quaking grass Briza media and heath grass Danthon…

Coombs Dale

…ive calcareous dale side grasslands are generally dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca with a very rich flora. Other habitats in the dales include rock outcrops and scree and in several dales, a series of stages in scree colonisation by …

Tyne Watersmeet

…h 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 note is the community of beetles adapted …

Winklebury Hill

…estuca ovina are abundant, while quaking grass Briza media and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are frequent. Upright brome Bromus erectus occurs occasionally and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum forms discrete patches on the only south east facing slope. 67 herb and sedge speci…

Whitesheet Hill

…chalk slopes and earthwork banks sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and in places upright brome Bromus erectus are major components of the turf, together with abundant herbs including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, co…

Green Hill of Strathdon

…of the site. This grassland is locally rich in species such as smooth oat grass Avenula pratensis and also has some thrift. Small bushes of juniper Juniperus communis are widely scattered in this grassland and locally form small stands of scrub. The small flushes are dominated by…

Silbury Hill

…al of a tall chalk sward occur commonly, including devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, saw wort Serratula tinctoria, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa and round headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare, the latter being largely restricted to south and east England. Knapweed broo…

Cheddar Wood

…dic dwarf shrub heath. The grassland community is dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are abundant and herbs include dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, dropwort Filipendula vu…

Ballidon Dale

… attractive mixture of grasses, sedges and herbs, dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Herbs are abundant and typically include salad burnet …

Shiplate Slait

…d. The deeper soils support the sheep’s fescue/ meadow oat grass Festuca ovina/ Avenula pratensis community which forms a closed sward. Characteristic plants include quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, crested hair grass, wild thyme and small scabious Scabiosa…

Coombe Hill

…r characteristic grasses include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Herbs typical of this community are present such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianthemum numm…

Court Farm, Sydling

…ss Danthonia decumbens, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens. There are abundant flowering herbs with rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, hoary plantain Plantago media and stemless thistle Cirsium acau…

Knockdaw Hill

…udes the locally uncommon northern bedstraw Galium boreale and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, with dropwort Filipendula vulgaris at its only west of Scotland locality. South and east of Knockdaw Hill wet heath of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and cross-leaved heath Eric…

Friar's Oven

…Cynosurus cristatus, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, red fescue Festuca rubra and quaking grass Briza media are also common throughout. The sedge species glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are also present…

Nabgate

…escue Festuca rubra, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis together with quaking grass Briza media and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Typical herbs include mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, common rock…

Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills

…. Many other grasses occur inluding quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha in association with abundant herbs characteristic of chalk grassland. Notable species include Chiltern gentian Gentianella germanica, musk orch…

Hipley Hill

… topsoil. Lower down the slope the grasslands are dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The flora has some similarities with southern chalk grassland as shown by the presence of dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. This may be dueto the lower a…

Purbeck Ridge (East)

…yopteris dilatata, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and meadow fescue Schedonorus pratensis with wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea. Pockets of deeper soil support an abundance of bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta an…

Ellerburn Bank

…ted by quaking grass Briza media, with carnation sedge Carex flacca, meadow oat Avenula pratensis, red fescue Festuca rubra and, locally, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. A variety of herbs is present including wild thyme Thymus praecox, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, greate…

Starveall and Stony Down

…ail Phleum pratense spp. bertolonii, red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. More than twenty grass species occur on the site. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca and the nationally restricted dwarf sedge Carex humilis are l…

Pilch Fields

…erectus, quaking grass Briza media and an unusual abundance of meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, as well as, among the many herbs, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, spiny rest harrow Ononis …

The Wye Valley

… attractive mixture of grasses, sedges and herbs, dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea common throughout. Herbs are abundant with all the c…

Bryn Alyn

… less rocky areas with deeper soils support sheep’s fescue and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland. The turf is typically dominated by grasses, particularly frequent and abundant species includes sheep’s-fescue, crested hair grass, common bent Agrostis capillaris, heath-…

Castle Hill

…ious Scabiosa columbaria, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Warm, south facing slopes foster an unusual assemblage of plants with a continental distribution; these include Nottingham catchfly Silene…

Llanymynech and Llynclys Hills

…e, upright brome Bromus erectus, tor-grass Brachypodium pinnatum and meadow oat Avenula pratensis. Uncommon species occurring in grassland communities on this site include autumn lady’s-tresses Spiranthes spiralis, frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia con…

Smardale Gill

…air grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The form and relative abundance of species varies considerably across the site but amongst the wide range of herbs found are common rock rose, salad burnet, wild thyme, lady's and l…

Puckham Woods

… grasses of the grazed sward include red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Herbs typical of this plant community are present including common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus …

Barton Bushes

…me and tor grass there are typical lime loving grasses such as meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Associated with these grassland communities are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and wild thyme…

Croker's Hole

…s fescue Festuca ovina, the latter growing in association with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha is an occasional component of this sward. Such area…

High Barn, Oxcombe

…um, sheeps fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The south west facing slope has an abundance of wild thyme Thymus praecox, basil thyme Acinos arvensis, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and …

Rue Hill

… herbs. Constant species include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata and common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. There are a host of associated lime l…

Via Gellia Woodlands

…nd are well grazed, have a short, tight, species rich sward of meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, rock rose, salad burnet, wild thyme Thymus praecox, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and the nationally rare limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri.…

Coyles of Muick

…escue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha and smooth oat grass Avenula pratensis also occur widely amongst the debris, and particularly in adjacent areas of moderately species-rich grassland with wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The serpentine-influenced dwarf-shru…

Carlingnose

…ata with occasional occurrences of calcicolous species such as meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga.

East Polden Grasslands

…land can be classified as the sheep's Fescue / Meadow oat grass Festuca ovina / Avenula pratensis community and it contains many grass and herb species which are characteristic of such swards. Amongst these species are quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macran…

Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common

…ss Brachypodium pinnatum and upright brome Bromus erectus with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and quaking grass Briza media. Herb species present include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and…

Wanlass Grasslands

…ature and is characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, with species like salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and hoary plantain Plantago media. The second, more neutral gras…

Lyscombe and Highdon

… notably sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat Avenula pratensis, tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Heath grass Danthonia decumbens, only found locally on downland, is also p…

Thetford Heaths

…escue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are the most abundant grasses. In the shortest, most open areas, however, there may be very little grass and small herbs such as purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, early forget-me…

Dollar Glen

…f Parnassus Parnassia palustris, quaking grass Briza media and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Other flushes also lie in a matrix of habitats dominated by acid grassland with a characteristic flora. Small, sheltered gullies are nutrient enriched and have the locally rare Wils…

Askrigg Bottoms

…surus cristatus, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris, smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis, hairy oat Avenula pubescens and red fescue Festuca rubra. It is rich in herb species with great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis notable for its abundance. Other flowering plants present incl…

Whetley Meadows

…een species of grasses are present including frequent meadow fescue Schedonorus pratensis, downy oat Avenula pubescens and quaking grass Briza media. Several sedges occur, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca the most widespread. Adder’s-tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum, an indicato…

Breedon Hill

…utcrops. The sward is characterised by the dominance of smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and crested hairgrass Koeleria macrantha, with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens also common. The …

Stock Wood Meadows

… bedstraw Galium verum sub community. Grasses include meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus. Herb species which occur throughout the sward are common bird’s foot tr…

Grangelands & Pulpit Hill

… dense swards which favour coarser species such as hairy and meadow oat grasses Avenula pubescens and Alopecurus pratensis, cowslip Primula veris, field scabious Knautia arvensis, greater and lesser knapweeds Centaurea scabiosa and C. nigra, marjoram Origanum vulgare, common St J…

Hannah's Meadows

…ticularly prominent, common bent Agrostis capillaris, meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and sweet vernal grass Anthoxant…

Tilwick Meadow

…haracteristic of old pastures include grasses such as meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, meadow barley Hordeum secalinum, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and other species including yellow rattle Rh…

Scar Closes, Kisdon Side

…t vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuca rubra, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis and more locally quaking grass. Herbs such as lady's mantle Alchemilla spp., wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pra…

Great Blaythorn Meadow

… bugle Ajuga reptans, betony Betonica officinalis, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens. Locally uncommon species in the meadow include dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea…

Arkle Beck Meadows, Whaw

…lgaris agg. There is a diversity of grasses including meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, marsh foxtail A. geniculatus, red fescue Festuca rubra, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis. The uncommon meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa and goldi…

New House Meadows, Malham

…rised by abundant sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum with downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis. All fields are herb rich with varying amounts of species such as wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, lady's mantle Alchemilla sp., pignut…

Greenhow Pasture

…Cynosurus cristatus and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum with hairy oat Avenula pubescens and occasionally meadow oat Alopecurus pratensis. The fields support a rich herb flora which includes abundant cowslip Primula veris, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, hoary plantain…

East Heslerton Brow

…d community dominated by red rescue Festuca rubra with abundant hairy oat grass Avenula pubescens and meadow oat grass Alopecurus pratensis. Other components of the sward include yellow oat Trisetum flavescens, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, …

Cam Washes

…hum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, meadow fescue Schedonorus pratensis, red fescue F. rubra, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, perennial rye grass Lolium perenne and rough meadow grass Poa trivialis together with herbs such as com…

Eastoft Meadow

… grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and quaking grass Briza media with hairy oat grass Avenula pubescens, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, meadow grass Poa pratensis and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. The herb flora includes abundant great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, oxeye daisy…

Muker Meadows

… in the sward include sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, red fescue Festuca rubra, smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis and cock's foot Dactylis glomerata. A distinctive feature of the vegetation is the abundance of pignut Conopodium majus, …

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