Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Binevenagh

…is rich in sedges and herbs. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and pill sedge Carex pilulifera generally dominate the sward. Herbs include frequent wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, eyebright Eu…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…cluding sheep’s fescue, crested hair-grass, quaking grass, common bent Agrostis capillaris, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Herbs remain prominent with common rock-rose, salad burnet, wild thyme, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, lady…

Creuddyn

…ncludes sheep’s fescue, crested hair-grass, quaking grass, common bent Agrostis capillaris, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca with the herbs common rockrose, salad burnet, wild thyme, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, lady’s bedstraw Gal…

Llanddulas Limestone and Gwrych Castle Wood

…ard are sheep's-fescue, crested hair-grass, quaking grass, common bent Agrostis capillaris, spring-sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Herbs remain prominent with common rock-rose, salad burnet, wild thyme, common birds'-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, Lady…

Dunnet Links

…nd frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis as well as the nationally scarce hair sedge Carex capillaris and Scottish primrose Primula scotica. There are small areas of dune heath where sand sedge Carex arenaria grows alongside heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Cree…

Orton Pastures

…ar note being extremely rich in species. sedges predominate, including glaucous Carex flacca, carnation C. panicea, common C. nigra and long stalked yellow sedge C. lepidocarpa. Also of frequent occurrence are suchplants as marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, common butterwort Pingu…

Glas Tulaichean

…low Salix lanata and downy willow Salix lapponum, along with black alpine sedge Carex atrata and rock sedge C. rupestris and alpine speedwell Veronica alpina. Elsewhere snow bed vegetation and springs and flushes contain species such as hair sedge Carex capillaris, chestnut rush …

Cairnwell

…ne milk vetch Astragalus alpinus, alpine sandwort Minuartia rubella, rock sedge Carex rupestris, alpine pearlwort Sagina saginoides, alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, least cinquefoil Sibbaldia procumbens, alpine speedwell Veronica alpina, sh…

Crosby Gill

…d's eye primrose Primula farinosa and species such as long stalked yellow sedge Carex lepidocarpa, flat sedge Blysmus compressus, grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris and more locally black bog rush Schoenus nigricans, yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides, alpine bistort Polygon…

Malham-Arncliffe

… Britain. Species of note within the fen and carr include fibrous tussock sedge Carex appropinquata and the dark leaved willow Salix myrsinifolia. Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia occurs on Tarn Moss raised mire. The soligenous mires and peripheral grasslands are particularly ric…

Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors and Little Asby Scar

…s a large zone extending into standing water up to one metre deep. Bottle sedge Carex rostrata dominates a much more mixed fen along with species such as slender and greater tussock sedge Carex lasiocarpa and Carex paniculata, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, soft rush Jun…

Ben Griams

…careous grassland containing sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and alpine lady’s mantle A. alpina. This is the only site in east Sutherland with these vegetation types. Vascular plant assemblage On Ben Griam Mór and Ben Griam Beag, species occurring in…

Loch Con

…to breed at the site. The site supports scarce plant species such as hair sedge Carex capillaris, twinflower Linnaea borealis, alpine rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus, interrupted clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum, dwarf birch Betula nana, and long-stalked pondweed Potamogeton praelongu…

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…

Cape Wrath

…amples of woolly hair moss Racomitrium heaths. The nationally scarce hair sedge Carex capillaris can also be found here. Maritime cliff (vegetation) The cliffs of Cape Wrath support a diverse range of coastal habitats. Tall herbs, ferns and heather grow on the cliff ledges. Notab…

Invernaver

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

Loch Tummel Flush

… and are very species-rich, including the nationally scarce species, hair sedge Carex capillaris, and locally scarce species such as kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, and early marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata.

Loch Moraig

… rare in the Britain, including false sedge Kobresia simpliciuscula, hair sedge Carex capillaris, and Alpine rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus. In addition to the notified features the site also supports Geyer’s whorl snail Vertigo geyeri and the round-mouthed whorl snail V. genesii,…

Sheigra - Oldshoremore

… such as sand couch grass Elytrigia juncea subsp. boreoatlantica and sand sedge Carex arenaria. A range of plants including purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus and bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides, northern marsh-orc…

Inchrory

…include four montane species, alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii, hair sedge Carex capillaris, two-flowered rush Juncus biglumis and three-flowered rush Juncus triglumis. Blue fleabane Erigeron acris occurs on the crags, at its only site in northern Scotland. Baltic rush Juncu…

Upper Teesdale

… rock rose Helianthemum oelandicum, mountain avens Dryas octopetala, hair sedge Carex capillaris, rare spring sedge C. ericetorum, alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, hoary whitlow grass Draba incana, alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, dark…

Durness

…in saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides, twisted whitlow-grass Draba incana, hair sedge Carex capillaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum. Limestone pavement (vegetation) Durness is one of only four sites with relatively extensive limestone pavement in Scotland and of th…

Schiehallion

…th base-rich rocks and include at least two nationally scarce plants hair sedge Carex capillaris and alpine rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus. The limestone pavements on Schiehallion are known to have the finest range of wild flowers found on habitats of this type in Perthshire. The …

Morrone Birkwood

…cus alpinoarticulatus, variegated horsetail Equisetum variegatum and hair sedge Carex capillaris, along with Scottish asphodel Tofieldia pusilla and three-flowered rush Juncus triglumis. These flushes also support a number of rare northern bryophytes including Schljakovianthus qu…

Craig Leek

…e saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia, twinflower Linnaea borealis and hair sedge Carex capillaris. Bryophytes Craig Leek is one of the most important limestone sites in Scotland for its bryophyte flora.

Silloth Dunes and Mawbray Bank

…dominated by red fescue with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sand sedge Carex arenaria and marram grass. These grasslands are characteristically species rich containing species such as wild thyme, common rest-harrow, lady's bedstraw, fairy flax, yel…

Coed Gwempa

…reeping soft-grass Holcus mollis, water avens Geum rivale, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sedges Carex spp. In the more open conditions to the north-west of the wood, the ground vegetation (possibly representing a formerly grazed area) is more varied, and includes much wavy …

Holton and Sandford Heaths

…erb-rich turf is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and common bent Agrostis capillaris with carnation sedge Carex panicea, common sedge C. nigra, star sedge C. echinata and many herbs, including ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, marsh vale…

Cerrig y Gweunydd

…sylvatica, within a sward of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Tormentil Potentilla erecta and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis are frequent. Areas of wet heath include cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and a fe…

West Stow Heath

…lands are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and sand sedge Carex arenaria. Most are rather tall and undergrazed but a range of characteristic plant species is still present, including harebell Campanula rotundifolia, heath bedstraw G…

Marsett Rigg

…ated by sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and common bent grass Agrostis capillaris with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and carnation sedge C. panicea. It is herb rich and many of the species present are those associated with old undisturbed pasture such as betony Betonica of…

Blackheath

…cid grassland dominated by wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa with pill sedge Carex pilulifera, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum is restricted to a few localities where it forms dense stands, although it is widely d…

Rosie Curston's Meadow, Mattishall

…us cristatus, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and common bent Agrostis capillaris, along with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and the herbs black knapweed Centaurea nigra, common cat’s ear Hypochaeris radicata, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, ribwort plantain Plantago lanc…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with abundant sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and silver hair grass Aira caryophyllea. Sedges occur frequently a…

Duddon Estuary

…become less mobile and dune grassland is dominated by red fescue and sand sedge Carex arenaria and common bent Agrostis capillaris. Dune grasslands in all 3 sites support a rich flora with species such as wild pansy Viola tricolor, wild thyme Thymus praecox ssp. arcticum, lady's …

Besthorpe Warren

…acid grassland and an inland example of dune grassland, dominated by sand sedge Carex arenaria. Formerly characteristic of active inland dunes associated with the north Lincolnshire and east Nottinghamshire Coversands, this type of vegetation is now rare in the East Midlands and …

Tuetoes Hills

…tion including an inland example of acid dune grassland dominated by sand sedge Carex arenaria. This type of vegetation, formerly characteristic of active inland dunes of the north Lincolnshire Coversands, is now rare in Lincolnshire and very restricted in its distribution nation…

Broad Oak and Thornhill Meadows

…-grass. Anthoxanthum odoratum, brown bent Agrostis canina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, mat-grass Nardus stricta and carnation sedge Carex panicea being the most abundant species. Other characteristic and notable plants are devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, marsh ragwor…

Bull Ings

…oat Avenula pubescens, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and quaking grass Briza media with carnation grass Carex flacca and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. The herb flora includes cowslip Primula veris, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, common sp…

Charleshill

…neutral areas are dominated by fine leaved sheep's fescue, common 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 scabio…

Heron and Carrigullian Loughs

…is. The swamp is often backed by species-rich fen in which lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra is prominent. Associated species include reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, water mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, lesser sp…

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