Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Cumwhitton Moss

…c communities are dominated by Sphagnum fallax, common, white and bottle sedges Carex nigra, Carex canescens and Carex rostrata or soft rush Juncus effusus; whereas prominent amongst the more nutrient rich fen are greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, bog stitchwort Stellaria a…

Gleads Moss

…sent. The rich ground flora contains many typical fen species, including sedges Carex canescens, Carex paniculata and Carex remota, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, soft rush Juncus effusus, water mint Mentha aquatica, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bittersweet Solanum dulcama…

Loynton Moss

…plants are present including great reed mace Typha latifolia, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, branched bur reed Sparganium erectum, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, water dock Rumex hydrolapathum and the nationally uncommon cowbane Cicuta virosa. The fen is flanked by 'car…

Lough Lark

Lough Lark Notable species tall bog sedge Carex magellanica Lough Lark is situated in the narrow valley between the Corratary Hill and Mullaghbane, both of which form part of the Sperrin mountain range. It is of special scientific interest f…

Black Loch

…rier moorland with a variety of vegetation types. Fen dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and adjoined by willow carr forms the core of the site. Surrounding this is a zone where bog myrtle Myrica gale and purple moor-grass Molinia ca…

Perchhall Loch

…rt of the basin consists of a floating raft of vegetation in which bottle sedge Carex rostrata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile predominate along with bog-bean Menyanthes trifoliata and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Surrou…

Gwaun Ystrad Caron

… river Teifi near Tregaron – notable for having large areas dominated by sedges Carex spp. Maintained drainage ditches appear to have little detrimental effect on the vegetation, which is lightly grazed by cattle. The flora in the ditches includes floating sweet-grass Glyceria fl…

White Moss

…vaginatum, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and sedges, including common sedge Carex nigra, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and white sedge Carex canescens. There are patches of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in more open areas and occasionally …

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…ed in the more montane nature of the vegetation with plants such as stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum becoming increasingly dominant. Cross Fell in fact supports the best and most extensive example of this Racomitrium heath in England. The summit ca…

New Castle Meadows

… is present in the marshy ground. Sedges are well represented, with white sedge Carex canescens, common sedge Carex nigra and star sedge C.echinatain the wetter ground and pale sedge C.pallescens, oval sedge Carex leporina, carnation sedge C.panicea and flea sdge C.pulicaris pres…

Baddesley Common and Emer Bog

…ites australis and a shorter mixed association of sedges especially white sedge Carex canescens, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and star sedge C. echinata, with notable quantities of marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, together with marsh violet Viol…

Foxlease and Ancells Meadows

…wort Achillea ptarmica are particularly abundant, together with carnation sedge Carex panicea and common sedge C. nigra. The heath grass Danthonia decumbens is sometimes the only grass present in the herb rich sward, while in wetter areas purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is dom…

Wan Fell

… bell heather, sheep's fescue, heath bedstraw, tormentil and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis. The presence of small quantities of western gorse Ulex gallii and the moss Hypnum imponens give the heath a more southern, lowland character, but at the same time other mosses and lich…

White Moss, Crosbymoor

…straw and devil's bit scabious, while soft rush, reed canary grass, white sedge Carex canescens and bottle sedge Carex rostrata become dominant in places. An area of acidic heathland occurs on sand to the northern and western edge of the site. Although not extensive this is an i…

Scaleby Moss

…osemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. White sedge Carex canescens and bottle sedge Carex rostrata occur around some of the pools. The very rare Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum is also present. Extensive areas of wet heath occur across the Moss. Heat…

Brownheath Moss

…tches of bare, peaty mud. In this community the nationally rare elongated sedge Carex elongata occurs along with lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, tufted sedge Carex elata, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus and remote sedge Carex remota. In the centre of the site there is an a…

Pen-y-ghent

… Near Churn Milk Hole, there is a valley bog system which supports bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge Carex canescens and the bog moss Sphagnum fallax. In steeper, or better drained situations on acid soils, bog is replaced by grassland dominated either by mat grass Nardus …

Lower Caerfaelog Pastures

…lerian Valeriana dioica. Purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and carnation sedge Carex panicea are locally prominent along with meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, which approaches the northern-most edge of its Welsh distribution here. Locally, the pasture is less rush-dominated, wi…

Cors Bwlch-y-baedd

…oats on a fossilised lake of liquid peat. Poor-fen species such as bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge Carex canescens, marsh St. John’s-wort Hypericum elodes, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and the bog mosses Sphagnum subsecundum and Sphagnum contortum are found here,…

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…s) hold typical fen plants, such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge Carex canescens, wild cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre. Tall purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea dominates some basins. These usually ha…

Mawnog Gwaunynog

…n valerian Valeriana officinalis, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, remote sedge Carex remota and broad buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata. A smaller area of drier marginal land supports a mixed woodland with sessile oak Quercus petraea well represented and a species-poor ground lay…

Mynydd Preseli

…es of bog-myrtle Myrica gale and some heather Calluna vulgaris. Dioecious sedge Carex dioica, white sedge Carex canescens, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and royal fern Osmunda regalis occur in th…

Rhos Blaenclettwr

…arthecium ossifragum, marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes and carnation sedge Carex panicea. On more level ground lower down are small basin mires in pingos dominated by bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cr…

Tilehill Wood

…d great wood rush Luzula sylvatica. Wood millet Milium effusum and remote sedge Carex remota are found in damper areas. Typical woodland herbs such as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta are found throughout the wood, but primroses Primula vulgar…

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

…arsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and early marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata are occasional. A large, highly alkaline, spring fed fen, fed largely from spring mounds built from concretions of deposited minerals, has …

Cors Caranod

…inquefoil Comarum palustre, common valerian Valeriana officinalis, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and white sedge Carex canescens, merging into areas of willow carr. The river itself has a range of aquatic species including the branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum. The catchment, wh…

Poors Common

…e but varied ground flora including bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and white sedge Carex canescens; as well as mosses and liverworts including Hookeria lucens, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Kindbergia praelonga and the bog mosses Sphagnum squarrosum, S. su…

Basingstoke Canal

…flora dominated by greater bladderwort Utricularia australis, with bottle sedge Carex rostrata in the emergent fringe of vegetation. Adjacent to the Canal, but not linked to it, is New Pond at Pirbright, which supports an acid bog marginal flora including a number of plants not r…

Thorne and Doves Moors

…tty whin Genista anglica is also present. Sedge species such as carnation sedge Carex panicea, common sedge C. nigra, star sedge C. echinata, flea sedge C. pulicaris and tawny sedge Carex hostiana are common. A wide range of grassland herbs characteristic of acid soils occur incl…

Longmoor Bog

…rly acid tolerant species. Water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and white sedge Carex canescens are abundant and bottle sedge Carex rostrata also occurs frequently. Other species include hard fern Blechnum spicant, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, bogbean Menyanthes tr…

Tarn Moss

…inance of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and sedges, the latter including white sedge Carex canescens, star sedge C. echinata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and the very local northern species, tall bog sedge Carex megallanica. Other species include marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, …

Black Park

…uzula multiflora, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and green veined sedge Carex binervis. In addition to these, species recorded include grasses such as sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agrostis capillaris, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, creeping soft gr…

Colwyn Brook Marshes (North & South)

…and tributaries. Large areas are dominated by dense stands of lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis but elsewhere the vegetation is more open and diverse. Here, species such as bottle sedge Carex rostrata, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bo…

Shirley Pool

…local plant in South Yorkshire. marsh marigold, purple small reed Calamagrostis canescens, great pond sedge Carex riparia, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, meadowsweet, meadow rue Thalictrum flavum and blunt flowered rush occur widely in this community. Less common species in…

Cors Gyfelog

…this habitat include vegetation with a prominent sedge component; slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa is locally dominant, with purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and common cotto…

Blackdike Bog

…Eriophorum angustifolium and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. Bottle sedge Carex rostrata, star sedge C. echinata and white sedge Carex canescens are present. Acid damp heath plants such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved su…

Hencott Pool

…n plants. The site is notable for the size of its population of elongated sedge Carex elongata. Other uncommon species include purple small reed Calamagrostis canescens, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, cowbane Cicuta virosa, great spearwort Ranunculus lingua and fine leaved wa…

Bagmere

…oodland. The fen vegetation is dominated by a dense growth of lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, common reed Phragmites australis and reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea. Notable species include purple small reed Calamagrostis canescens, greater pond sedge Carex riparia and …

Dyffryn Gwaun

…olinia caerulea tussocks. Low-lying pockets within the meadow have bottle sedge Carex rostrata and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, with some white sedge Carex canescens. Where there is lateral water movement through the peat, greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata stands occur…

Caeau Clochfaen-Isaf (Clochfaen-isaf Fields)

…acutiflorus and support a wide range of sedges and herbs, including white sedge Carex canescens, star sedge C. echinata, common sedge C. nigra, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palus…

Wet Sleddale Meadows

… with grasses such as marsh foxtail and a wide range of sedges including spring Carex caryophyllea, oval Carex leporina, carnation C. panicea and hairy sedge Carex hirta. Where the ground is flushed, white and flea sedge Carex canescens and C. pulicaris also occur with bog mosses…

Moors River System

…Wooded banks with a wet understorey contain yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, sedge Carex species and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, canopy gaps are characterised by species of tall herb fen such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and open channe…

Cridmore Bog

…id grassland which support a markedly different flora dominated by common sedge Carex nigra and fine leaved sheep’s fescue Festuca filiformis, commonly with white sedge Carex canescens, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and common tormentil Potentilla erecta. In very wet are…

Lin Can Moss

…oped in recent years. The surface is dominated by Sphagnum fallax. Bottle sedge Carex rostrata and cranberry Vaccinum oxycoccus are abundant. The uncommon slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa has been found and other characteristic plants include sundew Drosera rotundifolia, white sedg…

Woodhall Loch

…obeflower and marsh pennywort and a range of sedge species, notably white sedge Carex canescens, pale sedge C. pallescens, common yellow sedge C. demissa, star sedge C. echinata, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and common sedge C. nigra. Further habitats of open water and floating and…

Charleshill

…on bent Agrostis capillaris, common sorrel Rumex acetosa, often with oval sedge Carex leporina and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. Both types support abundant dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Other dry acidic areas are dominated by c…

Cotherstone Moor

…ush Juncus effusus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Widespread over the moor and particularly flanking the streams and gills acidic flush vegetation is dominated by soft rush over a layer of the bog moss Sphagnum fallax and the hair moss…

Llyn Ty'n y Llyn

…ns of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., often forming a floating mat, with bottle sedge Carex rostrata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bog bean Menyanthes trifoliata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Locally uncommon plant species …

East Ruston Common

…e vegetation is generally dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and white sedge Carex canescens. Several notable plants are present in this zone including cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, jointed rush Juncus …

Garbh Choire

… rush Juncus trifidus, woolly hair-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii. In very exposed areas below the ridge a dwarfed heath community is present, distinguished by blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus, mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp hermaphroditum, trai…

Norwick Meadows

… Gentianella amarella subsp. septentrionalis and nationally scarce curved sedge Carex maritima have been recorded from the site. Norwick Meadows SSSI provides one of the best and most extensive examples of mesotrophic (moderately nutrient-rich) marsh in Shetland. The meadows are …

Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons

…species with marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and the locally rare white sedge Carex canescens. There are several areas of carr woodland around the ponds. These have a canopy of alder Alnus glutinosa and downy birch Betula pubescens over a swampy ground flora dominated by greate…

Linmer Moss

…unusual conditions the vegetation has become dominated by greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata with reed mace Typha latifolia and several patches of marsh fern Thelypteris palustris, a county rarity. Also notable are small areas of Sphagnum squarrosum with marsh cinquefoil Coma…

Denny Muir

…ominated by rushes and sedges, and includes local rarities such as spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris. The blanket bog vegetation type is generally species-poor with heather, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum,…

Nant Cledlyn Pingos

…wet heath vegetation characterised by a range of species, including small sedge Carex species, bog-moss Sphagnum species, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Some of the pingo basins support interesting mire and …

West Pennine Moors

…uch as round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, sedges, including common sedge Carex nigra and mosses which may otherwise be scarce across the peat land areas. Oak Field provides the best example of the area’s acid flushes, including species infrequently encountered elsewhere, s…

Lambsdale Leans

…significant area of swamp and fen habitats. These are dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata and northern sedge C. aquatilis, with associated floating moss carpets and swamp species such as marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, soft-rush Juncus effusus and marsh-marigold Caltha pa…

Gormire

…etation. Open communities of water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, reed mace Typha latifolia, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and, of particular interest, tufted loosestrife Lysimachia thyrsiflora grade into marginal bog communities. In places these are…

Hallsenna Moor

…f wetland species including sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, white sedge Carex canescens, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, cross leaved heath and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Where the water level is at or…

Cors Gorsgoch

…rshed, mires have developed with dominant bog mosses Sphagnum spp., white sedge Carex canescens and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, also abundant hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and…

Orton Pit

…onewort charophyte species present. The nationally rare bearded stonewort Chara canescens, once thought extinct in great Britain and listed in Schedule 8 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as amended, is most associated with the youngest ponds on the site. Another nine spe…

Laughton Common

…osella and the moss Dicranum scoparium with less frequent amounts of sand sedge Carex arenaria, field wood rush Luzula campestris, tormentil Potentilla erecta, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium and, more locally, wavy hair grass Desc…

Cors Llyn Coethlyn

…ve areas of bog-moss (Sphagnum spp.) lawn, mesotrophic areas with slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa, and birch/willow carr (Betula pubescens/Salix cinerea). The core of the site is centred around the small water body of Llyn Coethlyn. Here the open water is surrounded by birch/willo…

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…., often interspersed with purple moor grass. Other plants include common sedge Carex nigra, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and Surrey rarities such as meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, sou…

Rhos Cross Inn

…verse flora, including bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, petty whin, white sedge Carex canescens, northern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. The site supports the nationally scarce marsh fritillary butterfly …

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

…er generally dominated by blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, tufted sedge Carex elata and black bog rush Schoenus nigricans and probably developed in response to traditional mowing of the fens as in parts of the Ant Valley. A further particularly distinctive feature of thi…

Manton and Twigmoor

…ge Teucrium scorodonia and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, are abundant with early forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima, spring whitlow grass Erophila verna, viper’s bugloss Ech…

High Lickbarrow Mires and Pastures

…ges are a very prominent feature with, in addition to the local dioecious sedge Carex dioica, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, star sedge C. echinata, flea sedge C. pulicaris, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, common sedge C. nigra and carnation sedge C. panicea. Several species, confined …

Moss of Killimster

… Sphagnum (bog) moss over the peat surface. Bog myrtle Myrica gale, white sedge Carex canescens, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata occur on the wetter parts of the site and in the pools. The drier slopes have vegetation dominated by heather, Cladonia …

Hermand Birchwood

…includes several plant species uncommon in the Lothian area such as white sedge Carex canescens, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, bay willow Salix pentandra. There are also interesti…

Reigate Heath

…alustris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and a county rarity, white sedge Carex canescens. The heath is composed of ling Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Many plants of sandy soils, such as petty whin Genista anglica, so…

Black Lake, Delamere

…rosera rotundifolia has colonised the surface of the Sphagnum lawn. White sedge Carex canescens which is rare in Cheshire, occurs. The rare white faced darter dragonfly Leucorrhina dubia occurs at the site. Other Information The pool comprises part of the Meres and Mosses Ramsar…

Churnet Valley

…m fluviatile and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, with occasional white sedge Carex canescens; the latter two species are considered rare for the county. This area grades into fen woodland dominated by willow Salix spp. and alder, including bay willow Salix pentandra and bird c…

Gweunydd Crychell

…of herbs, including greater bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, white sedge Carex canescens and common sedge C. nigra. Interspersed with the rush pasture are areas of purple moor-grass-tormentil Molinia caerulea-Potentilla erecta mire which characteristically has few associat…

Little Budworth Common

…s and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix. Of particular interest are white sedge Carex canescens and sundew Drosera rotundifolia both of which are now uncommon in Cheshire. The woodland is dominated by birch with some oak Quercus robur and rowan Sorbus aucuparia present. Patches o…

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

… support a floating bog community characterised by an abundance of bottle sedge Carex rostrata, the bog-mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. palustre, S. recurvum and S. subnitens, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and marsh cinquefoil …

Cranborne Common

… Brown beak sedge Rhynchospora fusca, a nationally scarce plant and white sedge Carex canescens, a species rare in southern Britain, are also present. Some of the heaths are grazed and additional characteristic species hereinclude petty whin Genista anglica, meadow thistle Cirsiu…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…ciates include the hair-mosses Polytrichum strictum and P. commune, white sedge Carex canescens and the moss Aulacomnium palustre. The ridges and hummocks within the raised mire are generally dominated by heather and cross-leaved heath with frequent common cottongrass, hare’s-tai…

Star Moss

…yopteris carthusiana, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, white sedge Carex canescens, and marsh violet Viola palustris. The north and south of the Moss has drier birch woodland present. Locally abundant species representative of the woodland understorey here include ch…

Orton Moss

… uncommon species are found within 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…

Bradworthy Common

…ce of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and of sedges, particularly star sedge Carex echinata and caranation sedge C. panicea, the latter forming pure mats in places. Ditches and rivulets support species such as marsh St Johns-wort Hypericum elodes, bog pondweed Potamogeton poly…

Parham Park

… pubescens growing above an interesting ground flora which includes white sedge Carex canescens, marsh violet Viola palustris and the moss Sphagnum fimbriatum. A second former bog in the central woodland has been fully succeeded by wet woodland, where alder, birch and willows Sal…

Eastern Peak District Moors

…ogether with calcicoles such as fairy flax Linum catharticum and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Small mires and flushes are the most botanically rich communities in the Eastern Peak District Moors. Several different types are found, including most of those characteristic of the Sou…

Muckle Moss

…na vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix on the ridges and white sedge Carex canescens, bog sedge C. paupercula, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, in the intervening hollows. Three rare species o…

Oakhanger Moss

…hich cross the site, there is a swamp vegetation dominated by lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, over which willow carr, with goat willow Salix caprea, sallow Salix cinerea and downy birch Betula pubescens, has developed. In the south west, where inundation from the drains has …

Esgyrn Bottom

…rey willow Salix cinerea and alder Alnus glutinosa occur. Greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata is found in the wetter areas of carr and along the margins of the main drainage channel. The wooded valley sides are dominated by sessile oak Quercus petraea, with hazel Corylus avell…

Ford Moss

…ve mats over the bog moss which is the habitat for the locally rare white sedge Carex canescens. Around the periphery of the bog there are stands of bog myrtle Myrica gale, another locally rare plant and a speciality of the moss. Woodland around the margins of the site contains s…

Kenmure Holms

…ry-grass Phalaris arundinacea intermixed with open water, swamp of bottle sedge Carex rostrata and carr (marsh with trees) of alder and goat willow Salix caprea. Several rare or localised plant species occur, including purple iris Iris versicolor, elongated sedge Carex elongata, …

Quoisley Meres

… angustifolia, common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and greater pond sedge Carex riparia. The reed swamp grades into a species rich fed community which includes the locally rare tufted sedge Carex elata. The narrow woodland fringe is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa. Quois…

Alderfen Broad

… dominated by Reed but is relatively diverse and includes greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, purple small reed Calamagrostis canescens, milk parsley Thyselium palustre, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and bog myrtle Myrica gale. Carr woodland is invading the open fen on the …

Hardley Flood

…mmon reed with a variety of fen species present including greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, purple small reed Calamagrostis canescens, angelica Angelica sylvestris and marsh thistle Cirsium palustre. The locally uncommon marsh sow thistle Sonchus palustris is frequent by th…

Barnby Broad & Marshes

… dominated by common reed Phragmites australis and scarce fibrous tussock sedge Carex appropinquata. On the landward side of this fringe is a zone of floating, but well consolidated, carpet of bog moss Sphagnum spp.. A diverse community of low growing plants is present which incl…

Mid Cornwall Moors

…isa pratensis, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and carnation sedge Carex panicea occur frequently. creeping willow Salix repens and mat grass Nardus stricta are common in some areas. Heathland and scrub habitats support a range of breeding birds including cuckoo Cucu…

Llyn Bedydd

…stands of emergent and marginal vegetation. However, a bed of lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis borders the mere at its northern end. The narrow fen fringe supports interesting plant species including greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, gr…

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