Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…d and other organic material enables dense strands of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea campion Silene uniflora to grow on the back of the storm ridge. The spit at the end of South End Haws supports one of the richest …

Morecambe Bay

…marsh is typified by pioneer species notably common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and occasionally glasswort Salicornia europaea. Cordgrass Spartina anglica has recently spread on to muddier substrates south of the River Keer and in the northaround Holme Island, Plumpton a…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…ram grass Ammophila arenaria and individual plants of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, yellow horned poppy, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea radish Raphanus raphanistrum ssp maritimus. The central section includes more clearly delineated shingle ridg…

Saunton to Baggy Point Coast

…aris and maritime grassland containing red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, wild carrot Daucus carota, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, hairy bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus subbiflorus, autumn squill Scilla autumnalis, musk stork’s-bill Erodium moschatum and sea sto…

Bognor Reef

…, typically with yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima and the uncommon sea kale Crambe maritima. Small grassy patches occur infrequently, with false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and red fescue Festuca rubra. The small outlying area of sand du…

Climping Beach

… the main shingle bank and include yellow horned poppy Gaucium flavum, sea kale Crambe maritima, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea holly Eryngium maritimum. Scrub of tamarisk Tamarix gallica and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna has developed in a fe…

Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary

…um, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. The nationally scarce Borrer’s and stiff saltmarsh grasses Puccinellia fasciculata and Potentilla rupestris respectively, have also been found at Bunny Meadows. Cord grass Spartina is also d…

Dengie

…s over extensive areas, with sea aster Aster tripolium, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare scattered throughout. Lower, wetter areas are colonised with lavender and glasswort Salicornia spp. especially just out from the seawall foot where a typical…

Abbey Burn Foot to Balcary Point

…ber of rare and local plant species, including: vegetated shingle with sea-kale Crambe maritima, sea radish Raphanus maritimus and sea rocket Cakile maritima; saltmarsh including lax-flowered sea-lavender Limonium humile and maritime grassland heath including dyer’s greenweed Gen…

Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach

…y Centaurium erythraea and scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis. Thrift Armeria maritima is common along the cliff edge with the scarce loose silky bent Aspera spica venti. At Firehills there is an area of coastal heathland which is now invaded by bracken Pteridium aquilinum and …

Cemlyn Bay

…ls further inland support a number of uncommon plant species including sea kale Crambe maritima, sea radish Raphanus maritimus, brackish water-crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii and Ruppia maritima. There are colonies of common, ‘arctic’ and sandwich terns which breed on low islands in…

Duddon Estuary

…n stands of glasswort Salicornia europaea occur with occasional seablite Suaeda maritima, although in places, particularly on the eastern side of the estuary, invasive cord grass Spartina anglica is becoming established. Above the pioneer zones lie extensive areas of low mid mars…

The Swale

…ass Spartina anglica while less common plants include small cord grass Spartina maritima* and golden samphire Inula crithmoides*. As well as providing feeding and roosting places for many birds, the saltmarshes are of entomological interest; for example, this is the habitat of t…

Wingletang Down (St. Agnes)

…water dropwort Oenanthe crocata growing unusually in this dry habitat. Sea kale Crambe maritima occurs in the strandline vegetation at the back of Beady Pool, whilst sea milkwort Glaux maritima which is also rare in Scilly occurs at Horse Point at the southern end of the site. Ri…

Sinah Common

…ing from the extreme east of Sinah Common. The shingle beach supports sea kale Crambe maritima, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, sea radish Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima and curled dock Rumex crispus. To landward, sand and humus h…

Traeth Pensarn

…-poppy Glaucium flavum, curled dock Rumex crispus and the locally rare sea kale Crambe maritima. Regularly associated with these are plants such as sea fern-grass Catapodium marinum, sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora and sea mayweed Tripleurospermu…

Eastern Isles

…he lower outer margins are fringed with maritime grassland where thrift Armeria maritima and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima are abundant. Small areas of blown sand linking great, Middle and Little Arthur support stands of marram grass Ammophila arenaria. Sea kale Crambe marit…

Fife Ness Coast

…h rush Juncus gerardii, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, glasswort Salicornia, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum and sea kale Crambe maritima which occurs here at…

Arfordir Gogleddol Penmon

…sses. Maritime grasslands dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus clothe much of the cliff with species tolerant of salt spray such as sea plantain Plantago maritima (which here supports the nationally scarce weevil Trichosi…

Rushy Bay & Heathy Hill (Bryher)

…sea stork's bill Erodium maritimum, red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima. The nationally scarce sea spurge Euphorbia paralias, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and western clover Trifolium occidentale also occur here. Sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima is mor…

Higher Moors & Porth Hellick Pool (St. Mary's)

…minated by sea sandwort Honckenya peploides with a small population of sea kale Crambe maritima. There are also records of the rare boccone’s sand spurrey Spergularia bocconei occurring here. The narrow band of maritime grassland behind has abundant red fescue Festuca rubra and t…

Bracklesham Bay

…eeping bent grasses and local abundancies of common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima bordering the shingle. A number of saltmarsh and sea plants including sea aster Aster tripolium and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides occur throughout this rough grassland type. In the nort…

Back Bay to Carghidown

…ithynian vetch Vicia bithynica, yellow vetch V. lutea and oysterplant Mertensia maritima. The shingle banks are colonised by a number of plants almost entirely restricted in their distribution to shingle beaches. These include sea spurge Euphorbia paralias, Portland spurge Euphor…

Thanet Coast

…avum, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare and the nationally scarce* plants sea kale Crambe maritima and sea pea Lathyrus japonica. The nationally rare** hog's fennel Peucedanum officinale has also been recorded from the shingle at Swalecliffe. Small areas of saltmarsh are dominated b…

Alde-Ore Estuary

…heath Frankenia laevis, glasswort Salicornia pusilla, small cord grass Spartina maritima and Borrer’s saltmarsh grass Puccinellia fasciculata. It is representative of the Atriplex portulacoides community as described in the National Vegetation Classification. Saltmarsh elements a…

Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes

… Salicornia spp., sea rush Juncus maritimus, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea couch grass Elytrigia atherica. Shingle beach forms the coastline at Walberswick and Minsmere. This is subject to sea erosion and human disturbance but, nevertheless, it supports a va…

Sefton Coast

…pecies poor community variously dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sea rocket Cakile maritima. Where dune development is more advanced, sand couch Elytrigia juncea with occasional lyme grass Leymus arenarius dominate. Se…

Drigg Coast

…at the foot of the dunes and includes several uncommon species such as sea kale Crambe maritima, Isle of Man cabbage, sea and Portland spurges Euphorbia paralias and Euphorbia portlandica and Ray's knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum. Fragmented low fore dunes grade into marram domin…

Leiston - Aldeburgh

…sing stability and distance from tidal influence. On the open shingle, sea kale Crambe maritima and yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum are frequent with the irregularly occurring sea spurge Euphorbia paralias. The stable shingle areas support many species including early hair gr…

Axmouth to Lyme Regis Under Cliffs

…rring mainly in the more open and cliff grassland communities, include sea kale Crambe maritima, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica, spring felwort Gentianella anglica, mountain St John's wort Hypericum montanum, rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum, sea radish Raphanus marit…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…rsh and pioneer marsh of glassworts Salicornia spp. and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima, through low mid and mid upper marsh communities, to a drift line dominated by common couch Elytrigia repens and upper marsh common reed Phragmites australis swamp. Downstream of the Monk Bre…

Chesil & The Fleet

…dward side of the Beach, large and nationally important populations of sea kale Crambe maritima, yellow-horned poppy Glaucium flavum, sea pea Lathyrus japonicus and shrubby sea-blite Suaeda vera occur. Sea holly Eryngium maritimum, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and little…

Landguard Common

…le for colonizing shingle species. This includes a large population of sea kale Crambe maritima as well as sea pea Lathyrus japonicus, yellow horned poppy, sea sandwort and sea campion. The bare shingle is also used by nesting little tern and ringed plover. Inland the shingle is…

North Solent

…ly adapted to this harsh environment. Most obvious is the abundance of sea kale Crambe maritima; in places the very rare little-robin Geranium purpureum fosteri also occurs. In Britain this sub species is now confined to The Solent. To the west of the Beaulieu the shingle beach …

Rye Harbour

…his the area supports many different plant species, including sea rocket Cakile maritima, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, curled dock Rumex crispus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea pea Lathyrus japonicus. A remarkable number of nationally uncommon plants are present includin…

Galboly

… of the most northerly locales for this plant within Northern Ireland. sea kale Crambe maritima is also present in Galboly where it grows on the sandy and gravelly shoreline. Tor-grass Brachypodium pinnatum is found along a laneway in the grounds of St MacNissi's College; this sp…

Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach

…hore dock include creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis, cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata, wild carrot Daucus carota, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, sea plantain Plantago maritima and prickly sow-thistle S…

Pagham Harbour

…sts with the sparse vegetation of the shingle ridge where the uncommon sea kale Crambe maritima and yellow vetch Vicia lutea are found. Pagham Harbour has a wide variety of wetland habitats. Brackish drainage ditches dissect the land where common reed Phragmites australis dominat…

South Thames Estuary and Marshes

… of the site has areas of vegetated shingle with the nationally scarce sea kale Crambe maritima (4) present. Invertebrates This site supports a diverse invertebrate fauna and includes nationally rare 3 beetles, flies and true bugs. The 'scarce emerald damselfly' Lestes dryas, li…

Big Pool & Browarth Point(St Agnes)

…ularly notable for the population of sea radish Raphanus maritimus and sea kale Crambe maritima growing in association with frosted orache Atriplex laciniata and Babington's orache A. glabriuscula. Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula breed along those beaches, whilst mallard Anas …

Polruan to Polperro

…clude sea knotgrass, Ray’s knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum subsp. Raii, sea kale Crambe maritima, sea spurge Euphorbia paralias, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides, sand couch Elytrigia juncea, sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella and Babington’s orache Atriplex glabriuscula. In plac…

Morfa Dyffryn

…ical species include sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantago maritima, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, greater sea-spurrey Spergularia media, common cord-grass Spartina anglica, annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, annual glasswort Salicornia sp., sal…

Hamford Water

…of islands and extensive saltmarsh covers one third of the area. Thrift Armeria maritima and common sea lavender Limonium vulgare, together with the rarer rock sea lavender L. binervosum and lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile. sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and saltma…

Gerrans Bay to Camels Cove

…romus hordeaceus subsp. ferronii), to cliff communities with uncommon sea kale (Crambe maritima), rock sea lavender (Limonium binervosum) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris). There are records of the Red Data Book plants little-robin (Geranium purpureum) and shore doc…

St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links

…shingle strandline community with sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sea kale Crambe maritima can be found below the cliffs at the north end of the site and similar habitat also occurs around the estuary. Kinnaber Links is a gently undulating area of largely fixed sand and shin…

Pevensey Levels

…Glaucium flavum, sea campion Silene uniflora and the nationally scarce sea kale Crambe maritima do occur; there is also a record for pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis. The site supports outstanding invertebrate populations and is a top national site for Molluscs and aquatic…

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