Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Lower Wye Gorge

…t also contains nationally restricted species such as narrow leaved helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia, narrow leaved bitter cress Cardamine impatiens and stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus. Locally uncommon plants include white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, bird’s …

Galley Down Wood

…tion, together with bird’s nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis and white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, both present in their largest known Hampshire populations. In areas with increased illumination butcher’s broom Ruscus aculeatus and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera occur, toge…

Tring Woodlands

…ch wood orchids present are fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium. A good range of woodland bird species have been recorded including breeding tawny owl Strix aluco and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major.

Aston Rowant

…beech woods including violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus. In the dry coombes there are stands of open scrub dominated by juniper Juniperus communis, intermixed with grassland. Ring counts indicat…

Aldbury Nowers

… these woods, notably yellow bird’s nest Hypopitys monotropa, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and lesser hairy brome Bromopsis benekenii. Thirty four species of butterfly have been recorded from the site in recent times including the Essex skipper Thymelicus lineola, …

Porton Down

…of which derive nourishment from decaying plant materials and white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, a species closely affiliated with beech woods on chalk and limestone. Scrub and scattered trees are a feature of much of the grassland. Juniper Juniperus communis scrub of se…

Sheepleas

…a nidus-avis, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and narrow lipped helleborine Epipactis leptochila, the latter an uncommon plant, largely confined to southern England and rare in Surrey. Another rare Surrey plant, yellow bi…

Quarry Hangers

…y ramsons Allium ursinum. Other notable plants include white helleborine orchid Cephalanthera damasonium, spurge laurel Daphne laureola and stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus. The site also supports many notable invertebrates which are characteristic of downland habitats, inc…

Birchend

…rdshire. Seven species of orchid have been recorded including white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera, both of which are rare in this part of the Welsh Borders. The adjacent limestone grassland represents the only sizeable area of this type of…

Grangelands & Pulpit Hill

…a lutetiana, wall lettuce Mycelis muralis, white and narrow lipped helleborines Cephalanthera damasonium and Epipactis leptochila, yellow bird's nest Hypopitys monotropa and bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis. Many of the beeches on the steep coombes below Pulpit Hill have die…

Wealden Edge Hangers

…lly distributed species such as columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, narrow leaved helleborine C. longifolia, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis. On the damper areas along the scarp foot, o…

Great Crabbles Wood

…arce species are present. These include lady orchid, man orchid, white hellebor Cephalanthera damasonium, bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, wild liquorice Astragalus glycyphyllos and spurge laurel Daphne laureola.

Hollingbourne Downs

…pta on the heavier soils. Less common species present include white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera, which are found on the thin chalky soils of the steeper slopes. At the western end of the site there are some small areas of woodland domina…

Charing Beech Hangers

…s monotropa, tall broomrape Orobanche elatior and the orchids white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and bird’s nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis. Broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine is found in sc…

Duncton to Bignor Escarpment

…ttia nidus-avis, lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and yellow bird’s nest Hypopitys monotropa. The remaining woodland is restricted to disturbed or peripheral areas and tends to be dominated by shrub species. Local variations …

Brown's Folly

…he local spiked Star of Bethlehem Ornithagalum pyrenacium and white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium are of interest. Species rich calcareous scrub is widespread on grassy banks and many of the disused quarries. dogwood Cornus sanguinea, spindle Euonymus europaeus, wild prive…

Dancersend Waterworks

…in Buckinghamshire. Other characteristic woodland species are white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, sweet woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides. The range of natural habitats present at Dancersend Waterworks provides nes…

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

…, often accompanied by twayblade orchid Neottia ovata, white helleborine orchid Cephalanthera damasonium, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and rarities including green hound's tongue Cynoglossum germanicum, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus and wood barley Hordelymus europaeu…

Rough Bank, Miserden

…lants such as broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium and columbine Aquilegia vulgaris.

Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common

…a with local species such as ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha present. The site supports a variety of insects with a total of 33 species of butterfly recorded including small blue Cupid…

Selborne Common

…oodruff Galium odoratum. Less frequently found plants include white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, broadleaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, together with t…

Aston Clinton Ragpits

…e. The associated herbaceous flora includes white and broad leaved helleborines Cephalanthera damasonium and Epipactis helleborine and abundant wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis. Some twenty seven species of butterfly have been recorded in the Ragpits, an impressive total for such …

Chipstead Downs

…ominate the ground flora in which twayblade Neottia ovata and white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium also occur. Peripheral areas of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and dogwood Cornus sanguinea scrub are widespread. The remaining areas of chalk grassland have been largely neglect…

Saltbox Hill

…re present including pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, bee orchid Ophrys apifera and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera. Part of the eastern slope supports a notable abundance of man orchid Orchis anthorpophora a nationally uncommon p…

Combe Bottom

…ury Mercurialis perennis, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and hairy violet Viola hirta. There are also areas which have been planted with beech and sweet chestnut Castanea sativa. The woodlands provide a habitat for an unusually wide…

Hackhurst and White Downs

…iola spp. can be found. Less common woodland species include white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, yellow bird's nest Hypopitys monotropa and greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha. Woodland on the Netley Heath Beds is domin…

Bradenham Woods, Park Wood & The Coppice

…ually bare of herbaceous plants, though in these circumstances the helleborines Cephalanthera damasonium and Epipactis helleborine occur, as well as the uncommon bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis. Elsewhere there are much richer assemblages including woodruff Galium odoratum,…

Windsor Hill

… represented by nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, the helleborines Cephalanthera damasonium, Epipactis helleborine and E. leptochila, yellow bird's nest Hypopitys monotropa and the scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis. Many of these species are indicative of long conti…

Therfield Heath

…loped at Fox Covert, where the ground flora includes abundant white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium. The grassland supports a diverse insect fauna, including the chalk hill blue butterfly Polyommatus coridon.

West Dean Woods

…ular note and other unusual species found in the wood include white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. Thirty five bryophytes have been recorded, many of which are epiphytic on oak and ash. The lichen flora is ric…

Farthing Downs and Happy Valley

…roves of small beech Fagus sylvatica are also found here with white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, a scarce London plant, on the forest floor. The woodland over the clay with flints is distinguished by large stands of mature wild cherry Prunus avium. Species indicative of …

Barton Hills

…flower Campanula trachelium. Under the densely shading beech, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium occurs.

Down Bank

…ds such as broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium. + Red Data Book, 2 Insects, edited by D B Shirt 1987, N C C. Category 1, Endangered. * Nationally scarce, recorded from 15 100 kilometres squares in Britain. ** Scarce in Ken…

Buttler's Hangings

…ennis, but more local species occur such as white and broad leaved helleborines Cephalanthera damasonium and Epipactis helleborine and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera. Buttlers Hangings is noted for its invertebrates. It harbours an exceptional range of spiders, including no less …

Dancersend

…Ophrys insectifera and Neottia nidus-avis, white and narrow lipped helleborines Cephalanthera damasonium and Epipactis leptochila, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis and Solomon's seal Polygonatum multiflorum; wood vetch Vicia sylvatica…

Bull Cross, The Frith and Juniper Hill

…nd the diverse field layer also includes rarer plants such as white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, columbine Aquilegia vulgaris and common wintergreen Pyrola minor. A good range of terrestrial molluscs have been recorded incl…

Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills

…deep shade orchids uncommon in the county are found including white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and green flowered helleborine Epitactis phyllanthes. Re presentation of details approved by Council.

Darenth Wood

…nd bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta as frequent associates. White helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis are also found in this woodland type. The more acidic light to medium soils of the Blackheath sands found on the sloping ground suppo…

Bix Bottom

…rch and dogwood. Uncommon species in the ground flora include white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and meadow clary Salvia pratensis, a species listed in the British Red Data Book of Plants. Over 650 species of fungi have been identified, including many nationally rare spec…

Clayton to Offham Escarpment

…. Orchids recorded from beneath woodland at this site include white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha. Breeding birds …

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