Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Saunton to Baggy Point Coast

…la autumnalis, musk stork’s-bill Erodium moschatum and sea stork’s-bill Erodium maritimum. Growing on the cliff ledges and crevices are rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, while sea kale Crambe maritima and sea stock Matthiola sinuata are foun…

Mournes Coast

…tion consisting mainly of cleavers Galium aparine, sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum, curled dock Rumex crispus, orache sp. Atriplex sp. and silverweed Potentilla anserina. A number of rare and scarce species are associated with the strandline along the Mourne Coast, includi…

Sefton Coast

…juncea with occasional lyme grass Leymus arenarius dominate. Sea holly Eryngium maritimum and common rest-harrow Ononis repens are also present. Localised erosion at Hightown is exposing previously dumped 'sea defences'. However, this exposed rubble forms an artificial shingle ba…

Ynys Enlli

…is of international importance. Specialist plant communities with rock samphire Crithmum maritimum are found in suitable crevices and on coastal rocks around the island, but on cliffs occupied by seabirds a different community has developed with species such as common chickweed S…

Aire Point to Carrick Du

…t a maritime rock-crevice community with thrift Armeria maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum as common components. On the shallow soils of rock ledges and outcrops, a maritime therophyte community occurs where …

Dale and South Marloes Coast

…ur on the upper shores of these beaches. Crevice communities with rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola are frequent along the cliff edges, which are unstable in places. Maritime grassland occurs in a fringe along the coastline in most places,…

Galboly

…o two sites in County Fermanagh and Galboly on the Antrim Coast. Rock samphire Crithmum maritimum grows along the shoreline and is a succulent umbelliferous plant of rocks and cliffs beside the sea. Galboly is one of the most northerly locales for this plant within Northern Irel…

Isle of Portland

… of Portland hold a varied maritime flora which includes frequent rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and thrift Armeria maritima. The *Portland sea lavender Limonium recurvum, a species confined to the Island, and the boary stock Mathiola incana, …

Humphrey Head

…s of the cliffs at the southern end, with sea thrift Armeria maritima, samphire Crithmum maritimum and Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica growing in the rock crevices. Higher up the cliffs, a diverse flora is present, including uncommon and rare species such as hoary rock rose…

Arfordir Marros-Pentywyn / Marros-Pendine Coast

…rising plants such as rock sea–lavender Limonium binervosum agg., rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola. Where sufficient pockets of soil have accumulated, tree-mallow Malva arborea adorns these cliffs and this species also normally requires s…

Castlemartin Range

…ually bare of vegetation. Only plants of thrift Armeria maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium, and the nationally scarce species golden-samphire (Inula crithmoides) and rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum agg. can grow in the crevices. Other nati…

Trevose Head and Constantine Bay

… species such as pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and sea holly Eryngium maritimum are present together with the nationally rare portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica. The dune grassland supports a very rich flora with some notable rarities. The sward is dominated by red …

Polruan to Polperro

…ed shore dock Rumex rupestris and nationally endangered sea knotgrass Polygonum maritimum. The site also supports significant populations of other notable plant species including the nationally scarce slender bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus angustissimus, hairy bird’s-foot trefoil Lotu…

Newport Cliffs

… rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, with large populations of rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum near Pen Morfa. Red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, sea campion Silene uniflora and thrift are constants of this marit…

Waterwynch Bay to Saundersfoot Harbour

… above the lichen zone, rocky crevices exposed to salt-spray bear rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola. Further inland on the vegetated coastal slopes, thrift Armeria maritima and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus have colonised the acc…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

…t Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora, with abundant rock samphire Crithmum maritimum in the crevice zone, are interspersed with maritime grassland of red fescue Festuca rubra, much modified by grazing. Extensive maritime heath dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris c…

Compton Down

…hern rock crevice species such as wild cabbage Brassica oleracea, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum and the very rare hoary stock Matthiola incana in probably its major native location. The entire downland complex is of great entomological imp…

St. John's Point

…rdii, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, with occasional sea aster Aster tripolium and sea milkwort Glaux maritime. Localised freshwater seepages through the marsh are characterised by saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus and long b…

Caerthillian to Kennack

…munity, characterised by thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium. Higher up the cliff profile, continuing onto the cliff top, maritime grasslands dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra occur. Thrift and sea carrot Dau…

Coverack to Porthoustock

…r-leaved orache Atriplex prostrata with occasional sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima. Further up where the beach is more stable a community of sparse red fescue Festuca rubra is found along with kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, sea bi…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…sed situations support extensive crevice communities dominated by rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, with occasional sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and much golden samphire Inula crithmoides. Sea spleenwort Asple…

Baulk Head to Mullion

…nity occurs, with highly salt-tolerant species such as thrift and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum characteristic. One crevice contains the only Lizard population of the nationally scarce rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum. Other rare plants occur in the south of the site wher…

Ty Croes

… Plantago spp. is found. In crevices on the cliffs are patches of rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola. This sequence of communities, related to the wind and salt exposure and soil thickness, is dissected by a series of wet flushes. The heat…

Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs

…pes support crevice communities, with thrift Armeria maritima and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, whilst many of the islets have bird-influenced vegetation of tree-mallow Malva arborea and sea beet Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima. Maritime grassland dominated by red fescue Festuc…

St. Bees Head

…und. Sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum occurs in damp crevices and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and the rare rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum have also been recorded. Towards the top of the cliff, bloody cranesbill Geranium sanguineum, wood vetch Viccia sylvatica and orpi…

Boscastle to Widemouth

…he cliffs and unstable slopes where scurvy grass Cochlearia spp., rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, and the nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides, lanceolate spleenwort Asplenium obovatum and rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum also occur. The coast supports one R…

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

…purrey Spergularia rupicola, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, sea radish Raphanus maritimus and two nationally scarce species, the white horehound Marrubium vulgare and hoary stock Matthiola incana. On soft rock cliffs and slopes, these pion…

Morte Point

…haracteristic species of these areas are thrift Armeria maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, common sorrel Rumex acetosa and the ribwort and buck’s-horn plantains Plantago lanceolata and Plantago coronopus. Other common species near the cliff…

Headon Warren and West High Down

…l sea cliff plants including the hoary stock Matthiola incana and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum. Headon Warren is one of only two areas of lowland heath in the Isle of Wight. The vegetation is dominated by a heather Calluna vulgaris / bell heather Erica cinerea / dwarf gorse U…

West Lizard

…ritime species including thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium are found. This community is often discontinuous and is displaced further up the cliff by a maritime therophyte community, found on the shallow soils o…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

…ard rock cliff sequences with rock crevice communities, including rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and also maritime grassland vegetation containing red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, and spring squill Scilla verna, gradin…

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

… and is characterised by thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium. Maritime grasslands higher up the cliff profile comprise red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus along with thrift and sea carrot Da…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

… cliff scrub. A well-developed crevice flora exists, dominated by rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and the occasional patch of rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and sea…

St. Margaret's Island

…ome crevice vegetation with golden-samphire Inula crithmoides and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum. Notable plants include abundant tree-mallow Malva arborea which the Cambridge botanist, the Rev John Ray, found “in great plenty” on St Margaret’s in 1662. The cormorant colony is …

Stackpole

…-cliffs support a well developed crevice community with scattered rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden-samphire Inula crithmoides and rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum. On north-facing slopes and in blow-holes sea aster Aster tripolium is present and the saltmarsh species…

Kennack to Coverack

… typical plants being thrift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum. The nationally scarce golden-samphire Inula crithmoides also occurs. Maritime grasslands and heathlands develop further up the cliff, the grasslands usually dominated by red fescue…

Tenby Cliffs and St. Catherine's Island

…y small areas of maritime cliff and crevice vegetation, including rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, thrift Armeria maritima, and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola. Scrub dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus, bramble Rubus fruticosus and blackthorn Prunus spinosa occurs mainly on…

Outer Ards

…estricted to a single site at Cloghy, spring squill Scilla verna, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, sea pearlwort Sagina maritima and upright clover Trifolium striatum. Some of the coastal grasslands found along this site are important for grassland fungi. Where soil conditions a…

Rame Head & Whitsand Bay

…ralis, on wet, dripping rocks and vegetation filled crevices with rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and occasionally on more open wet shingle and sand habitats in association with spear-leaved orache Atriplex prostrata and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima. Much of the upper cli…

Seaford to Beachy Head

…r Limonium binervosum, sea radish Raphanus maritimus and rock samphire Ceithmum maritimum on the steep chalk cliffs. On the cliff top and further inland, species characteristic of this southern flora are round headed rampion, Phyteuma orbiculare, burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata, f…

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