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Hunshaw Wood

…th ancient woodland being present. For example, in the wetter areas six sedges, Carex laevigata, C. pallescens, Carex pendula, Carex remota, C. strigosa and Stachys sylvatica occur, together with early-purple orchid Orchis mascula, primrose Primula vulgaris and yellow archangel L…

Mollen Woods

…e wettest areas these occur with various sedges, including smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata, remote sedge Carex remota and star sedge Carex echinata. Flushed slopes support wavy hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, water avens Geum rivale, wood sanicle Sanicula europaea and prim…

Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods

… rush Luzula sylvatica, wild daffodils Narcissus pseudonarcissus and the sedges Carex strigosa, C. sylvatica and Carex remota. The wetter areas support both species of golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and C. alternifolium, great bitter cress Cardamine amara, blackcu…

Broadhead Clough

…t flushes frequently with much Sphagnum moss together with smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata, remote sedge Carex remota, common cotton grass and wood horsetail. The permanent grassland of the fields within the site comprise common bent, fescues and mat grass, in parts colonise…

Gight Woods

…dwort Moehringia trinervia, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata and remote sedge Carex remota.

Burnhope Burn

…ich ground flora includes tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, remote sedge Carex remota, wood sedge C. sylvatica, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum. Carr woodland occurs in two discrete areas within t…

Bradley Woods

… spurs, alder gives way to pedunculate oak hazel ash woodland. Pendulous sedge Carex pendula is abundant throughout the wood. It often dominates the ground flora where alder is widespread. Dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, ramsons Alliu…

Milkingstead Wood

…ive carpets of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and Polytrichum commune with star sedge Carex echinata, smooth sedge Crataegus laevigata, ribbed sedge Carex binervis, soft rush Juncus effusus, jointed rush J. articulatus, toad rush Juncus bufoniusa, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and…

Ringdown

…a significant part of the sward, the most frequent of which are carnation sedge Carex panicea, common yellow sedge C. demissa, flea sedgeC. pulicaris, star sedge C. echinata, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and many stalked spike rush Eleo…

Calf Hill and Cragg Woods

…nt opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, remote sedge Carex remota and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. The south facing slopes of Calf Hill and Cragg Woods support oak birch, with rowan dominated woodland with a ground flora consisting mainly of sw…

Grange Wood

…lipendula ulmaria, interspersed with marsh violet Viola palustris, remote sedge Carex remota and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. In addition, Grange Wood supports a range of woodland animals, including a number of breeding bird species. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publicat…

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…

Wootton Fitzpaine

… decumbens and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Glaucous and spring sedges Carex flacca and Carex caryophyllea are also frequent components of the dry and damp grassland. There are also many different herbs present. The early spring flowering of wild daffodil Narcissus pseud…

Gartfarran Woods

…ersity of plants, including several characteristic species such as remote sedge Carex remota and the locally uncommon smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata. The site also supports relatively extensive areas of lowland, unimproved neutral grassland. Habitats of this type are now ra…

Causey Bank Mires

…iculatus with an abundance of herbs and sedges, including greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, remote sedge Carex remota, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, square stalked St. John’s wort Hypericum tetrapterum, wild angelica Angelica sylvest…

Gutch Common

…, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and sedges; greater and lesser pond sedge Carex riparia and Carex acutiformis become dominant in Britmore Bog. The locally uncommon species marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata are present. Open areas of t…

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…

Sluxton Marsh, Whitemoor

…um, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, carnation sedge Carex panicea and tormentil Potentilla erecta. In places the bog-myrtle Myrica gale is prominent. Of particular interest are stands of fen-meadow, where the base-demanding tawny sedge Carex hostiana a…

Merthen Wood

…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 Cuc…

Rhos Esgairwen-fawr a Rhosgoch-fawr

…shes, some of which are rich in sedges and other species, including tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge C. pulicaris, carnation sedge C. panicea, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, creeping willow Salix repens, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Dro…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…ade Circaea lutetiana, bugle Ajuga reptans, water avens Geum rivale, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and remote sedge Carex remota. In waterlogged conditions, these species give way to opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens…

Coed Nant Menascin

…de opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, remote sedge Carex remota and tufted hair-grass, with meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, yellow pimpernel and creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens frequent throughout. Other associated species include marsh-marigold…

Spye Park

…er logged soils give rise to a diverse ground flora where greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata is prominent. Other widespread species are pendulous sedge Carex pendula, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chr…

Fyning Moor

… The field layer within the wood reflects differences in drainage. Smooth sedge Carex laevigata, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia occur in wet patches within the woodland. The poorly drained areas of carr are dominated by alder over a fiel…

Trodds Copse

… Species associated with the alder woodlands include tussock and remote sedges Carex paniculata and Carex remota, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, gipysywort Lycopus europaeus and the rare wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus. Peat deposits on a sloping seepage step mire support bir…

Ashford Hill Woods and Meadows

…n Frangula alnus, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata. The woodland as a whole supports a very rich flora which includes many species considered to be characteristic of long established woodland in southern England, for example, lily of …

Glen Lyon Woods

…here species of more restricted distribution occur such as smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and wood speedwell Veronica montana; on rock outcrops near the river species such as Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, and black spleenwort Asp…

Waldridge Fell

…bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata and carpets of bog moss Sphagnum spp. On dry slopes at the margins of the Fell, sessile oak Quercus petraea with birch Betula pubescens woodland is developed over a species poor groun…

Lymsworthy Meadows

…b creeping willow Salix repens and a prominence of sedges including tawny sedge Carex hostiana and flea sedge C. pulicaris. In areas of impeded drainage a different association of species occurs with marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh …

Woodhall Spa Golf Course

…a and in the ground flora, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, smooth sedge Carex laevigata and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Wet areas are rich in bryophytes.

Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

…minor which have a local distribution in Cornwall and also smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata and southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Additional herb species which occur frequently include lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, great…

Pollochro Woods

…land species of restricted distribution locally, including smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata, wood speedwell Veronica montana, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. The bryophyte and lichen flora is rich in species, several of which are typ…

Drumlea and Mullan Woods

… of small acidic flushes, characterised by the presence of smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. This wood is notable for the diversity and abundance of the bryophyte and lichen species present, particularly its calcifugous bryophytes which are typical of those associated with an…

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

…Equisetum hyemale, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. The slopes of High sharpley are covered by a mosaic of dry heath and acidic grassland characterised by the abundance of wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, heather Calluna vulgaris …

Roman River

…Campanula rotundifolia and green winged orchid Anacamptis moriowith brown sedge Carex disticha and greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus in the damper areas. The marshy grassland adjacent to the Roman River has abundant floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, marsh foxta…

Rhosydd Nant Eithrim

…ts including frequent to abundant meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, carnation sedge C. panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, quaking grass Briza media,…

Botley Wood and Everett's and Mushes Copses

…ice and supports a lush, species rich ground flora dominated by pendulous sedge Carex pendula and including yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood speedwell Veronica montana, bugle Ajuga reptans and both wood and remote sedges Carex sylvatica…

St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows

…d Dactylorhiza fuchsii, flote grass Glyceria fluitans, and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. In other parts heath grass Danthonia decumbens, hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and twayblade Neottia ovata are found.

Coed y Ciliau

…oak woods, such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata. A rich lichen flora is recorded from the trees, including the rare tree lungwort Lobaria pulmonaria and other species characteristic of ancient woodland, such as Phyllopsora rosei, Ba…

Tortoiseshell Wood

…s common species which are present within the wood include smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata, thin spiked wood sedge C. strigosa, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha. The site is also important for its number of breeding bird speci…

Loosehanger Copse and Meadows

… odoratum. Species which are uncommon in Wiltshire include smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and southern wood rush Luzula forsteri. Throughout the woodland the wood banks support numerous ferns including hard fern Blechnum spicant and lady fern A…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…he north and south of the site. The short sward is dominated by carnation sedge Carex panicea, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge Carex pulicaris and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, with sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, heath grass Dant…

Glen Queich

…humid situations besides burns running through the cliffs. Smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata occurs under scattered hazel woodland. The lowland grasslands on the site are diverse and of a high quality with uncommon plant species. They are of particular interest in containing a…

Llwyn-Cus

…ourses of the river support tall-fen vegetation, dominated by lesser pond-sedge Carex acutiformis. This community extends on to a wet, spring-fed river terrace where a large colony of purple smallreed Calamagrostis canescens is present in its only known mid-Wales locality. Grey w…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

… for example, a small watershed bog grades into a fen dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and the bog moss Sphagnum fallax. A second, more extensive and complex example is found on Quarryhouse Moor, where there is a smooth gradation from th…

Coedydd y Beili, Malgwyn a Cribin

…r’s nightshade Circaea lutentiana and the locally uncommon smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata.

Gweunydd Somerton Meadows

…ny oat grass Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media, smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata, hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula, royal fern Osmunda regalis, grey club rush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavesce…

Worth Forest

…he field layer includes creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata and ferns such as lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma. On much of the steep lower slope the wet ground …

Coed Gorswen

…r mint Mentha aquatica, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and smooth sedge Carex laevigata. Over five hundred species of Lepidoptera including twenty two species of butterfly and uncommon moth species have been recorded. The woodland also supports the nationally rare dipter…

Drumlisaleen

…ith a low cover of grasses and an abundance of sedges 12 species including much Carex panicea, Carex pulicaris and Carex hostiana. Meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum is the dominant forb in two fields, while in one field marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa is locally abundant in flu…

Skelmorlie Glen

…e leaved golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium alternifolium), smooth-stalked sedge (Carex laevigata), giant bellflower (Campanula latifolia) and wood stitchwort (Stellaria nemorum).

Noddle End

…aquilinum and herb rich wet grassland in which sedges, including glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carnation sedge C. panicea and common sedge C. nigra, are abundant, with field wood rush Luzula campestris, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, milkwort Polygala vulgaris, bitter vetch Lath…

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…s such as foliose lichens, wood melick Melica uniflora and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. At Treworder on the River Allen the outcrops, clitter and open areas associated with a railway cutting through woodland support two national rarities – the only Cornish population of …

Comrie Woods

…tructural diversity. The valley alderwood contains the local long-stalked sedge Carex laevigata. There is a rich lichen flora including a number of species indicative of old woodland.

Coed Mawr

…morum, selfheal Prunella vulgaris and the locally uncommon smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata. Other species include angelica Angelica sylvestris, alternate leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana and marsh violet Viola pal…

Cuilvona and Craigmore Woods

…rcurialis perennis, to more species-rich assemblages which include smooth sedge Carex laevigata , yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and tutsan Hypericum androsaemum.

Penarth Brook Woodlands

… alternifolium, narrow-leaved bitter-cress Cardamine impatiens and smooth sedge Carex laevigata. A small stream, cliffs and boulders are additional habitats within the wood. Remarks: Within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…s glabra are present. The ground flora includes remote and smooth stalked sedge Carex remota and Crataegus laevigata, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, bugle Ajuga reptans, water mint Mentha aquatica, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, meadow…

Hisehope Burn Valley

…hes. Over fifteen species of sedge have been recorded including dioecious sedge Carex dioica, yellow sedge C. lepidocarpa, pale sedge C. pallescens, panicled sedge Carex paniculata, smooth sedge Crataegus laevigata and flea sedge C. pulicaris. Rills and flushed areas are dominate…

Cropple How Mire

…ed previously. A variety of sedges have also been recorded including star sedge Carex echinata smooth sedge Crataegus laevigata and yellow sedge C. demissa. Poor fen occurs in the wettest areas with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, marsh pe…

Ron Ward's Meadow with Tadley Pastures

…is dominated by a sparse cover of rushes Juncus species over a short sedge rich Carex species sward. No less than fourteen species of sedge have been recorded including common yellow sedge Carex demissa, smooth stalked sedge Crataegus laevigata, common sedge C. nigra, pale sedge …

Greenham and Crookham Commons

…in some areas, an abundance of heath grass Danthonia decumbens and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, a community with a restricted distribution in England. Occasional patches of bare soil support an open acid grassland community with early hair grass Aira praecox, squirrel tail fe…

Lyne Woods

…ry rich fen communities. These tend to be dominated either by lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis or a mixed association including reed canary grass, marsh hawk's beard, meadowsweet, great horsetail, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata and smooth stalked sedge Crataegus laevig…

Kincardine Castle Wood

…augh of the Glen is herb rich, with wood speedwell Veronica montana, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum and melick grass Melica uniflora on the steep slopes below the castle. The alder wood by the curling pond contains remote sedge Carex remota and smoo…

Goldborough Farm Meadows

…r spearwort Ranunculus flammula, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and oval sedge Carex leporina. Hedgerows support midland hawthorn Crataegus laevigata, Sherard's downy rose Rosa sherardii and the locally uncommon dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria. One field corner is occupied …

Woodham Walter Common

…is. There are, in addition, several uncommon Essex plants, including pill sedge Carex pilulifera, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina. The Common land on the high ground is situated on glacial sand and gravels overlying the London Cl…

Burn of Ballintomb

…pes contain striking drifts of wood horsetail Equisetum sylvatica, remote sedge Carex remota and smooth-stalked sedge Crataegus laevigata with beech fern Phegopteris connectilis abundant on streamside rocks. In many places this flushed alder woodland extends to the top of the slo…

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