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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Calliergon giganteum""

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Ballykilbeg

…s stolonifera, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and the brown mosses Calliergonell cuspidatum and Calliergon giganteum. Other species include frequent wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris, with occasional yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris,…

Ballycam

…d Phragmites australis. Smaller herbs and mosses including Campylium stellatum, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Calliergon giganteum and Cratoneuron filicinum grow between the tussocks. Higher plants scattered throughout the fen include marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bottle sed…

Cullentra Lough

…devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. A dense mat of brown mosses dominated by Calliergon giganteum and C. cuspidatum grows beneath the sedge and herb sward. Cullentra Lough also includes a range of woodland communities that are closely associated with the fen. Some areas of sw…

Drumcarn

… notable plants, including floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans and the mosses Calliergon cordifolium, Calliergon giganteum and Sphagnum squarrosum. Drumcarn is one of the most important wetland sites in Northern Ireland for invertebrates insects, with rich communities across a …

Brackagh Bog

…pet dominated by blunt-leaved bog-moss Sphagnum palustre and pointed spear moss Calliergon ellacuspidata. Seral development gradually leads to the formation of a dense floating mat of more diverse fen communities. These fen communities are highly variable depending on localised e…

Sheepland Coast

… Samolus valerandi. A dense mat of brown mosses dominated by pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum grows beneath the sedge and herb sward. Other mosses include marsh bryum Bryum pseudotriquetrum and scarcer giant spear moss Calliergon giganteum. Sheepland Coast is also nota…

Thornhill Moss & Meadows

…lushes support well developed brown moss carpets including Campylium stellatum, Calliergon giganteum and Calliergonella cuspidata together with bog mosses Sphagnum squarrosum, Sphagnum contortum and S. teres. A different range of sedges is also present, common yellow sedge C. dem…

Ludderburn and Candlestick Mires

…so occur which are scarce on the site such as Sphagnum teres, S. squarrosum and Calliergon giganteum. In addition to the vegetation types described above there are variations between them as well as other types such as rush pasture, occurring as small patches on the mire margins,…

River Frome

… in Dorset including marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and a local moss species Calliergon giganteum. Seasonally waterlogged areas within the rush pasture are dominated by a swampy vegetation of floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, various small sedges, while locally frequent …

Fymore Lough

…damine pratensis. These species grow over a carpet of brown mosses dominated by Calliergonell cuspidatum and Calliergon giganteum. In some places, brown sedge Carex disticha is prominent in the sward. This grazed area has added plant species diversity with the presence of flushes…

Derryleckagh

…ean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris and the mosses Calliergonell cuspidatum, Calliergon giganteum and Scorpidium scorpioides forming the bulk of the vegetation. In places, the more base-loving Sphagnum species such as Sphagnum sguarrosum and the rare …

Cors Bodwrog

…ge Carex diandra. The moss cover is variable within this community and includes Calliergon giganteum and the bog mosses Sphagnum subniters and Sphagnum contortum. A number of uncommon plants are recorded including greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and lesser bulrush Typha angus…

Ballynagross Lower

… subnodulosus and black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans. Notable bryophytes include Calliergon giganteum. Ballynagross Lower also provides valuable habitat for a range of wetland animals, including birds and invertebrates. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/ballynagross-lower-…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…sting mosses have been recorded from the Cors y Clettwr compartments, including Calliergon giganteum, Plagiomnium ellipticum, Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum, Ulota phyllantha and the nationally scarce species Hamatocaulis vernicosus, Philonotis caespitosa and Sphagnum subsecundum. On…

Loughkeelan

…rmed by lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra growing in association with the moss Calliergon giganteum; around the southeast corner of the site there are pockets of a distinctive association in which black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans and blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus are …

Hurst Hill

…re. Other local mosses occurring on the clay include Dicranella cerviculata and Calliergon giganteum. There are robust carpets of the liverwort Gymnocolea inflata in a small area where crystals of selenite, produced by the spontaneous combustion of iron pyrites present in the cla…

Cliburn Moss

…an and marsh cinquefoil, with 'brown mosses' such as Scorpidium scorpioides and Calliergon giganteum. Notable or rare species include lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra, bog sedge Carex limosa and cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus and the northern marsh and early marsh orchids. P…

Lough Scolban

…bmoss Selaginella selaginoides as well as brown mosses such as giant spear moss Calliergon giganteum, rusty hook moss Scorpidium revolvens, yellow starry feather moss Campylium stellatum and marsh bryum Bryum pseudotriquetrum. Also of interest are the presence of alkaline flushes…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…ch of the bryophyte layer beneath the rushes is dominated by pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum and springy turf moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus with hummocks of common haircap Polytrichum commune and heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum. Some parts of the fen are very we…

Corbally

…sedge Carex diandra, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus and the brown moss Calliergonell cuspidatum, with lesser water parsnip Berula erecta, greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, scattered bog myrtle Myrica gale and carnation sedge Carex panicea. This plant commun…

Loch of Lumgair

…iolet Viola palustris and coralroot orchid Corallorhiza trifida, and the mosses Calliergonell cuspidatum, Calliergon giganteum, Sphagnum squarrosum and S. palustre. The wet woodland is mainly composed of common sallow Salix cinerea with scattered eared willow Salix aurita, downy …

Wartle Moss

…sock sedge Carex diandra, grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris and the mosses Calliergonell cuspidatum and Calliergon giganteum. A central area has shorter, more open vegetation with scattered open pools in which bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata grows. There are also stands of fen…

Caledon and Tynan

… specimens of species such as walnut Juglans regia, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum and hornbeam Carpinus betulus. There are also some spectacular avenues of trees including an avenue of ancient sweet chestnut Castanea sativa along the canal at Tynan. The parkland trees and…

Lough Corr

…phagnum fallax, hooked scorpion moss Scorpidium scorpioides, pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum and occasional giant spear moss Calliergon giganteum. Further habitat diversity is provided by areas of cut-over bog and wet heath which occur to the north and north-east of L…

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