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Rhosydd Llanddona

…onal purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. Lichens are locally abundant including Cladonia portentosa, Cladonia chlorophaea and Parmelia ? omphalodes. Small areas along the eastern edge of Tyn y Mynydd are more species-rich and include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, tormentil Pote…

South Braes

…sed by bilberry, heather, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa and the lichens: Cladonia portentosa, Cladonia uncialis, Hypogymnia physodes and Cetraria aculeata.

Lakenheath Warren

…erd's cress Teesdalia nudicaulis, field wood rush Luzula campestris and lichens Cladonia impexa, C. arbuscula and Cetraria aculeata are amongst the other species frequently found. At the north and western edges of the Warren and at other small localised sites, a mosaic of lichen …

Purbeck Ridge (East)

…curtisii, bell heather Erica cinerea, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and lichen Cladonia portentosa. A taller, grassy sward is present where grazing levels are reduced and in hay meadows and this is characterised by the prominence of tor-grass, sheep’s fescue and yellow oat grass…

Winfrith Heath

…anically diverse but it does support a number of different lichen species, with Cladonia portentosa the most common, as well as rare birds, reptiles and invertebrates. Where there is slight impedence of drainage, heather Calluna vulgaris is dominant, bell heather Erica cinerea is…

Worgret Heath

…cinerea, dwarf gorse Ulex minor, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii and the lichens Cladonia portentosa and C. uncialis. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum is locally abundant. The wetter heathland types are also represented and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor-grass Molinia c…

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan

… and papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum hummocks supporting reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa. Between these hummocks, flat, waterlogged lawns are prevalent with locally abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossfragum. Other species, characteristic of these wet bog plains, inclu…

Fontmell and Melbury Downs

…including the mosses Pleurozium schreberi and Dicranum scoparium and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. Parts of the downs support scrub communities which, as is typical of north east Dorset, contain a range of species, bramble Rubus fruticosus agg., hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, pri…

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…d Magellanic bog moss Sphagnum magellanicum hummocks supporting reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa, with soft bog moss Sphagnum tenellum in the wetter hollows. Other species characteristic of these wetter areas include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxyc…

Cors y Llyn

…of other associates, including cranberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the lichen Cladonia portentosa, the moss Pleurozium schreberi, the bog-mosses Sphagnum capillifolium and S. papillosum and the liverworts Calypogeia muelleriana, Mylia anomala and Ordontoschisma sphagni. The nor…

Raeburn Flow

…inatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and the lichen Cladonia portentosa are also frequent, and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia are locally common. Birch Betula pubescens and willow Salix sp., scrub and more open …

Christchurch Harbour

…with the mosses Pseudoscleropodium purum and Dicranum scoparium and the lichens Cladonia portentosa and Hypogymnia physodes. The flatter ground of Hengistbury Head supports dry heath dominated by ling with dwarf gorse Ulex minor or wetter heath with cross leaved heath Erica tetr…

Stranacally

… mosses Sphagnum spp., glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. Where grazing pressure exerts a more marked influence on the top of the drumlin, a wet heath/fen meadow mosaic occurs characterised by acidic wet grassland. This grassland is more…

Sinah Common

…ent area. Bell heather grows in association with sheep’s fescue and the lichens Cladonia portentosa and C. foliacea and the mosses Polytrichum juniperinum, Dicranum scoparium and Hypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum. Sinah Common supports brackish communities overlying wet sand, …

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…na vulgaris with bell heather Erica cinerea, dwarf gorse Ulex minor, the lichen Cladonia portentosa, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii and locally western gorse Ulex gallii. great Ovens Hill is one of the few sites where western gorse and dwarf gorse are present in the same communit…

Rhos Cilcennin

…areas which have escaped burning for several years contain much reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa and patches of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. In the north-east corner there is a series of small basin mires variously dominated by bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, common cottongrass E…

Croagh Bog

… Racomitrium lanuginosum topped by heather Calluna vulgaris and reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa. The notable hummock forming Austin’s bog moss Sphagnum austinii and rusty bog moss Sphagnum fuscum frequently form the largest and best defined hummocks. The flat, wet peats are c…

Warmwell Heath

…Erica cinerea, dwarf gorse Ulex minor and typical heathland lichens, especially Cladonia portentosa. common gorse Ulex europaeus and bracken Pteridium aquilinum form locally dense stands. The vegetation rapidly grades from dry to humid heath, with cross-leaved heath Erica tetrali…

Tower More

… mosses Sphagnum spp., glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. Some of the wet heath communities show similarities to the fen meadow grassland and have many of the same species present including the sedges flea sedge Carex pulicaris, tawny se…

Killard

…, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, the moss Tortula ruralis and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. This dry grassland extends up onto the coastal plateau, where increasing frequencies of downy oat grass Helictotrichon pubescens and quaking grass Briza media are found. The bryop…

Moneygal Bog Part II

…ng bog surface include Hypnum cupressiforme and Polytrichum commune. The lichen Cladonia portentosa also occurs locally, suggesting that some of these old cuttings have remained undisturbed for many years. Towards the edge of the bog, the cuttings tend to be deeper and both purpl…

Prolusk

…ude the liverwort, bog moss flapwort Ordontoschisma sphagni and reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa. Where drainage is impeded and water naturally draining off the wet grasslands has collected in hollows, fen vegetation has formed. These fens occasionally have a raft of floating …

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea and lichens, especially the reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa, are frequent associates of the blanket bog and heathland. On some shallow slopes the peat mantle is very thin and the heathland vegetation is replaced by flushed wet grassland cha…

Brenscombe Heath

…garis with bell heather Erica cinerea and typical heathland lichens, especially Cladonia portentosa. Lower-lying land supports humid and wet heathland with ling, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and compact bog moss Sphagnum compactum in the slightly drier areas. Where condition…

Longbridge Muir

… such as Sphagnum papillosum, S.magellanicum and S.capillifolium and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. Towards the centre of the site this vegetation is confined to low ridges or hummocks between which lie pools or hollows dominated by Sphagnum cuspidatum and in which grow white be…

Glennasheevar

…rosion is marked by large Racomitrium lanuginosum hummocks topped by the lichen Cladonia portentosa. These are particularly prominent close to the edge of the intact peat mass and along the stream. Notably, several stands of Royal Fern Osmunda regalis occur along the banks of the…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…, moss-topped hummocks are dominated by Racomitrium lanuginosum with the lichen Cladonia portentosa also present. Many of the scarps have exposed rocky knolls which support scrub species such as rowan Sorbus aucuparia and more notably yew Taxus baccata, growing over dry heath com…

Cranny Bogs

… the surface. Over much of the intact surface that has not been recently burnt, Cladonia portentosa forms prominent carpets over the dwarf shrubs. Flat water-logged 'lawns' are characterised by cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifoliurn, wi…

Dunaree Hill

…hophorum cespitosum, with a high cover of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and abundant Cladonia portentosa. In addition to the vegetation communities described above the following species of note were recorded-lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia and northern marsh orchid Dactylo…

Belmore Mountain

…es Sphagnum spp., glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa. Heather Calluna vulgaris generally forms a continuous stand but occasionally the wet heath is more open, supporting acid grassland with a range of grasses, such as velvet bent Agr…

Quants

…eping cinquefoil Potentilla reptans, tormentil Potentilla erecta and the lichen Cladonia portentosa are also present. Further diversity is provided by a small area of fen vegetation growing in a shallow trench. This is dominated by common reed Phragmites austrailis and hemp agrim…

Slieveanorra and Croaghan

…ominent red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium hummocks supporting reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa, and heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum and the liverworts purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea and bog moss flapwort Ordontoschisma sphagni. Between these hummocks there are flat,…

Marlbank

…es Sphagnum spp., glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens and reindeer Lichen Cladonia portentosa. Much of the wet heath is transitional to fen meadow grassland and has many of the same species present including flea sedge Carex pulicaris, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, devils-bit…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…is, the mosses Hypnum cupressiforme and Racomitrium lanuginosum, and the lichen Cladonia portentosa topping the peat haggs. Fir club moss Huperzia selago also occurs frequently. The gullies have been colonised by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cottongrass Eriophoru…

Knockinnon Heath

…nd the nationally scarce intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media. Lichens (mainly Cladonia portentosa) occur throughout the site and are locally abundant.

Bell's Flow

…cum, S. papillosum, S. tenellum, S. recurvum and Hypnaceous mosses. The lichen, Cladonia portentosa is also located in the wet areas. Cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, a plant largely restricted to Northern England and Southern Scotland, and bog as…

Garry Bog Part II

…are much drier and are dominated by rank heather Calluna vulgaris with frequent Cladonia portentosa. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/garry-bog-part-2-assi

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…acomitrium lanuginosum, purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea and reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa. Localised base-rich flushes and seepage channels add to the diversity, with the vegetation characterised by short sedges including common yellow sedge Carex demissa, dioecious sed…

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

…ather Calluna vulgaris and often support a significant cover of reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa. Between the hummocks lie flat, waterlogged lawns with locally abundant bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, while the liverwort purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea, a species chara…

Frosses Bog

…a gale which occurs in one large stand along the north-eastern side of the bog. Cladonia portentosa reaches considerable abundance over much of the intact surface. Beneath the ericoid canopy Sphagnum capillifolium forms well-developed hummocks over most of the surface. The margin…

Comin Silian

…h some heather and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, accompanied by the lichen Cladonia portentosa in the drier areas and by bog-mosses and purple moor-grass in the wetter areas. The wettest parts support mire vegetation with the bog-moss Sphagnum auriculatum and star sedge prom…

Coalburn Moss

…her with hare’s-tail cottongrass, round-leaved sundew, cranberry and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. Lower ridges are characterised by S. papillosum and S. tenellum, indicating a surface recovering from past burning and drainage. The higher hummocks are dominated by heather with …

Lions Hill

…th ling and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and abundant lichens of the genus Cladonia, especially C. portentosa. The wet heath is largely dominated by cross leaved heath with deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, the beak sedges, Rhynchospora alba and the rare Rhyncospora fusca …

Blackdown (Hardy Monument)

…ium and heath star moss Campylopus introflexus and several lichens of the genus Cladonia including C. portentosa, C. rangiformis, C. coccifera, C. floekiana and C. crispata. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, a local plant in Dorset, is scattered and in places forms dense patches. Bra…

Tully Bog

… commune are frequently associated with Sphagnum capillifolium, and the lichens Cladonia arbuscula and C. portentosa are locally abundant. Notably, Sphagnum imbricatum and Sphagnum fuscum both occur on the bog, forming the largest hummocks. The drier areas of bog are interspersed…

Strawberry Hill Heaths

… pill sedge Carex pilulifera are locally frequent. Lichens are conspicuous with Cladonia floerkeana and Cladonia chlorophaea most abundant but also including C. portentosa, a typical heathland species which is very uncommon in Nottinghamshire. Mosses such as Campylopus introflexu…

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