Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Sea Wood

…a is particularly diverse along this woodland edge and includes wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, ploughman's spikenard Inula conyza, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and the uncommon pale St John's wort Hypericum montanum.

Twywell Gullet

…m or wild strawberry Fragaria vesca. In places dense patches of wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos occur. This grassland is generally species rich and at Twywell a number of locally uncommon plants occur, tall broomrape Orobanche elatior, basil thyme Acinos arvensis, dwarf th…

Thorness Bay

… The more mature cliff slumps develop a vegetation dominated by wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, common reed Phragmites australis and giant horsetail in association with species more commonly found on calcareous grasslands such as yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, rest h…

Foxley Wood

…majalis and thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa. In wet areas wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria are common. Where the soils are waterlogged alder Alnus glutinosa is present. This forms both scattered stands of plateau alder wood, a natio…

Sandbach Flashes

…odland dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and willow Salix spp. Wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos is locally dominant in the ground flora and the woodland also has an exceptional lichen flora for Cheshire. In some areas periodic flooding occurs and species such as water pepp…

Longleat Woods

…r, including broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos. The epiphytic lichen flora of part of High Wood includes a number of species which are characteristic of old forests or parklands such as Lobaria pulmonaria, Thelotrema lepadin…

Knavenhill Wood

…a cespitosa and in wetter areas by soft rush Juncus effusus and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos. Other species include dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and wood s…

Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors

…rple moor grass Molinia caerulea, tufted hair grass, occasional wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea. There is also a rich sedge flora, including the local palesedge Carex pallescens, flea sedge C. pulicaris and bladder sedge C. vesica…

Finemere Wood

…tes. In damper places species include soft rush Juncus effusus, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre and greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus. Further species occur on th…

Rushbeds Wood and Railway Cutting

…um, a species of restricted distribution in Buckinghamshire. Locally bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos and flote grass Glyceria fluitans dominate. The limestone grassland of the railway cutting, dominated by upright brome grass Bromus erectus, is unusual in the Vale of Aylesbury…

Dibbinsdale

…rcup Ranunculus sceleratus. The fen pasture is characterised by wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, floating sweetgrass, creeping bent, common nettle, meadowsweet, soft rush and Himalayan balsam. Other species include yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, marsh pennywort an…

Thetford Golf Course & Marsh

… plantings of Poplar. reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, purple small reed Calamagrostis canescens, reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, common reed Phragmites australis, greater pond sedge Carex riparia and tufted sedge Carex elata provide the dominant or co-dominant species o…

Grendon and Doddershall Woods

…ng the sedges Carex pallescens, Carex pendula and Carex remota, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, sweet violet Viola odorata and butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha. The clearings opened up during silvicultural operations have developed mixed stands of grassland and scr…

Belcher's & Broadfield Woods

…veral areas and there are many other species of note, including wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Both greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha and bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, uncommon and decreasing in Essex,…

Shorne and Ashenbank Woods

…a and fauna. These include the plants blinks Montia fontana and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, both rare in Kent and several nationally scarce insects including the ruddy darter dragonfly Sympetrum sanguineum and the satin lutestring moth Tetheella fluctuosa. The site ha…

Riddles Wood

…mmon cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Species of special note are wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, Butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus and broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, soft Shield fern Polystichum setiferum and the rare orpine Sedum telephium. The plant commu…

Ruttersleigh

…erian Valeriana dioica, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos all occur. Bracken and bramble Rubus fruticosus cover quite large areas and patches of birch Betula spp. and sallow Salix spp. scrub are common. The epiphytic lichen flora is al…

West Wood, Little Sampford

…road leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine. There are colonies of bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos, a decreasing plant in Essex and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus one of only two sites for the grass in the County. The wood has wide rides which support a varied flora includi…

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

…been recorded. In addition the notable tree mallow Malva arborea and small reed Calamagrostis epigejos also occur here. Vegetation is very limited on the exposed cliffs of Men a vaur although there are small pockets of tree mallow, common survy grass Cochlearia officinalis and Or…

Foveran Links

…gue fern Ophioglossum azoricum, water sedge Carex aquatilis and wood small-reed Calamagrostis epigejos. Species-rich dune grassland with wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, heath violet Viola canina and moonwort Botrychium lunaria is also represented.

River Lemon Valley Woods

…, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, small teasel Dipsacus pilosus and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos. Broadridge Quarry forms a large clearing in the woodland. Plants typical of calcicolous grassland which is a rare habitat in Devon, grow on the ledges of the almost sheer rock…

Haugh Wood

…wayblade Neottia ovata, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos. At the southern end of the site is a small, disused limestone quarry with scree slopes supporting a rich community of lime loving plants such as yellow wort Blackstonia perfoli…

Wangford Warren and Carr

…ssland becomes dominated by tall grasses such as false oat grass and bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos with tall herbs such as weld and wild parsnip. Some scrub has invaded parts of the heath and dunes. Species found include broom, gorse, hawthorn, birch and pine. The fen habitat…

Holton Wood

…thoxanthum odoratum and rough meadow grass Poa trivialis, while wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos is locally dominant in wet areas. A few rides are Juncus dominated, while vegetation in the most water logged rides is typified by species such as Carex acutiformis, Carex remot…

Great Asby Scar

…. The rare bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda and the grasses, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea are also present. The pavements at great Asby Scar display two unusual and interesting floristic features…

Max Bog

…m, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris. Fields surrounding the bog support rush pasture type mire vegetation, which has affinities to the bog and have crested dog's tail / co…

Gwaun Pen-lan

…g. In the north-western corner of the meadow is a pure stand of wood small-reed Calamagrostis epigejos – its only known locality in Ceredigion. In the immediate vicinity of this stand there occurs a mixture of bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, tufted vetch Vicia cracca, red clover …

Newtondale

…rex acutiformis, stands of common reed Phragmites australis and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos. Notable plants include saw wort Serratula tinctoria, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum and common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum. In the northern part of the dale areas of poor fe…

Cooksholme Meadows

…nctoria and an abundance of dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria. Wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos occurs around the perimeter of the meadows. This species is scarce in the county and is more usually found in woodlands. The southernmost field from which over 115 plant specie…

Holly Wood

…rple orchid Orchis mascula, wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis and wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos. Pale sedge Carex pallescens and pendulous sedge Carex pendula, both virtually absent in the other remaining woods of Shotover Forest, are frequent here in the broad rides of th…

Holly Banks

…terbur Petasites hybridus, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and the uncommon thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa. Lush stands of brooklime Veronica beccabunga and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium occur alo…

Orton Moss

…n the bottle sedge areas including white sedge Carex canescens, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. The tall fen areas are however richer in species with meadowsweet, wild angelica and bittersweet Solanum dulcamara prominent cons…

Dancersend Waterworks

…he uncommon pale sedge Carex pallescens, hairy sedge Carex hirta and bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos dominate. The grasslands are rich in orchid species, particularly on the well drained sloping banks. Here bee and pyramidal orchids Ophrys apifera and Anacamptis pyramidalis occ…

Waterperry Wood

… common bent grass Agrostis capillaris in the drier rides, with wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos dominant on the wetter rides. A coppice compartment in the north of the wood is predominantly birch with hazel and includes aspen, pedunculate oak, alder buckthorn Frangula alnu…

Monk Wood

…otus pedunculatus. The wood contains the largest populations of wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos in the county. Thirty species of butterfly have been recorded including the county’s largest population of the wood white Leptidea sinapis. Other uncommon or declining species i…

Grimsthorpe Park

…h unimproved pasture, dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Herbs such as pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, sneezewort Achillea pta…

Jenkins Carr

…ser water parsnip Berula erecta. In different areas along the stream bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos, reed mace Typha latifolia and reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima dominate. The wet areas contain a variety of sedges with patches of hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, water fi…

Kennack to Coverack

…Phragmites australis. One flush supports a strong population of wood small-reed Calamagrostis epigejos --its only known location in Cornwall. Other parts of the cliff face are masked by clitter slopes, relics of periglacial activity. This site has the most extensive clitter devel…

Woodwalton Fen

…e Cladium mariscus. A further swamp community is dominated by purple small reed Calamagrostis epigejos. Mixed fen covers a significant part of the site. This vegetation community is floristically rich and contains species such as meadow rue Thalictrum flavum, yellow iris Iris pse…

Trench Wood

…These include Mere wainscot Photedes fluxa whose larvae feed on wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and triple spotted pug Eupithecia trisignaria, which feed on wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. Of the butterflies, over twenty five species breed in Trench Wood including the …

Drakenorth

…cinarum amongst its herbs. In the seepages there are stands of small wood reed Calamagrostis epigejos and elsewhere in these wet areas hard rush Juncus inflexus and yellow flag Iris pseudacorus form the dominant vegetation. Associated plants here include ragged-robin Silene flos…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

… and Homalothecium lutescens are occasional in the sward whilst wood small-reed Calamagrostis epigejos and great horsetail are locally dominant on seepages. Invertebrates The rare and protected marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia is present at Powerstock in fen meadows containi…

Ivinghoe Hills

…oica and bracken Pteridium aquilinum, with a local occurrence of woodsmall reed Calamagrostis epigejos. There are many open gaps where the rotting logs of fallen trees, especially ash, support a rich bryophyte flora, the most interesting being the sub alpine liverwort Riccardia p…

Stanton Great Wood

…escue Schedonorus giganteus, wood millet Milium effusum and the wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos which occurs in wetter areas. sedges thrive in the poorly drained conditions; wood sedge Carex sylvatica is frequent and pale sedge C. pallescens, an uncommon species, occurs lo…

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