Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…in the gravel matrix, more species become established including viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum and herb robert Geranium robertianum ssp. maritimum. After several centuries, a thin, well drained soil develops on the older shingle ridges and a v…

Chapel Common

… Blackstonia perfoliata, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, marjoram Origanum vulgare, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, together with broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and a variety of other orchids. Woodland occurs on the boundaries and trees occur in blocks, or sc…

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

… wild thyme Thymus praecox, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, marjoram Origanum vulgare, musk thistle Carduus nutans, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Small areas of limestone grass…

Ketton Quarries

…e Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and locally rare species such as woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum. The dominant scrub species is hawthorn Crataegus monogyna; associated shrubs include privet Ligustrum vulgare, common…

Barrow Hills Sandpit

…sser hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis, rest-harrow Ononis repens and viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare. Parts of the sandpit consist of areas of bare sand, while others have been colonised by scrub which is characterised by the abundance of privet Ligustrum vulgare, rose Rosa spp, hawtho…

Rock Dunes

…Scattered throughout the established dunes are pockets of wild privet Ligustrum vulgare and blackthorn Prunus spinosa dune scrub. Brea Hill supports a calcareous maritime community dominated by red fescue but with scattered marram grass on blown sand on the seaward side. Wild thy…

Firth of Forth

…poppy Glaucium flavum, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and wild clary Salvia verbenaca. Nationally scarce thyme broomrape Orobanche alba and maiden pink Dianthus deltoides are also located in some grasslands. Several sand dune areas hold th…

Crag Pit, Sutton

…ow lying herb community typified by cudweed Filago vulgaris and viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare with the uncommon mossy stonecrop Crassula tillaea. Tall ruderal herbs such as hogweed Heracleum sphondylium and rosebay willowherb Epilobium angustifolium with false oat grass Arrhenat…

Stackpole

…ren and shallow rocky soils are notable for extensive stands of viper’s-bugloss Echium vulgare, slender thistle Carduus tenuiflorus, small-flowered buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus, dwarf spurge Euphorbia exigua and a small population of small cudweed Logfia minima. Other notable…

Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake

…h the notable musk orchid Herminium monorchis locally frequent. Viper's bugloss Echium vulgare is abundant in places, associated with open grassland and bare limestone. The diversity of the vegetation contributes to a rich and varied invertebrate fauna. Butterflies include the ch…

Thanet Coast

…ora with species including yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, 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 shingl…

Clumber Park

… Cerastium arvense, buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and viper's bugloss Echium vulgare. Clumber Park is notable for a diverse invertebrate fauna, but particularly a rich saproxylic beetle fauna characteristic of a long continuity of the mature timber habitat and an abunda…

Murlough

…bove, notable species include carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus, spring vetch Vicia lathyroides, shepherd's cress Teesdalia nudicaulis, blue fleabane Erigeron acris, musk s…

Gugh

… spurge Euphorbia portlandica and the only record in Scilly for viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare. The central area of Gugh is dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum with a large population of the nationally rare balm leaved figwort Scrophularia scorodonia. Common tern Sterna hiru…

Cranwich Camp

…etch Anthyllis vulneraria, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. Purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, common rose Helianthemum nummularium are locally frequent in the more calcareous areas together with the Brecklan…

Reed Hill

… Arrhenatherum elatius interspersed with herbs including wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, marjoram Origanum vulgare, rest-harrow Ononis repens, cowslip Primula veris, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, early purple orchid O. mascula, hai…

Browndown

…r thistle Centaurea calcitrapa and pale toadflax Linaria repens, vipers bugloss Echium vulgare and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Browndown’s invertebrate fauna is also know to include a range of species specialised to this habitat and thus rare in south east England. Ninety…

Gwithian to Mexico Towans

…orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor. The drier dune-slacks are dominated by red fescue and herbs such as buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, w…

St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links

… are locally rich in plant species of base-rich soils such as marjoram Origanum vulgare, bloody crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum, cowslip Primula veris and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. Vascular plants The dunes, cliffs, grasslands and saltmarsh support a diverse flora. In total ov…

Climping Beach

… rubra, sand catchfly Silene conica, sand sedge Carex arenaria, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and a locally uncommon plant, Nottingham catchfly Silene nutans. The intertidal zone consists of soft muds and sands which support large populations of marine invertebrates. The inverte…

Buckland Warren

…rnel Anagallis arvensis, slender sandwort Arenaria leptoclados, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, small leaved crane's bill Geranium pusillum, round leaved fluellen Kickxia spuria, Venus's looking glass Legousia hybrida, corn spurrey Spergula arvensis and field pansy Viola arvensis…

Wilsford Heath Quarry

…atanus, with a shrub layerof hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, wild privet Ligustrum vulgare, buckthorn Rhamnuscatharticus and a variety of other species of shrub. The ground flora in the dense woodland is quitesparse with species such as male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and ground ivy …

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…nctive flora with species including crow garlic Allium vineale, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, sea holly Eryngium maritimum and rest-harrow Ononis repens, whilst the nationally rare lizard orchid Himantoglossum hircinum and bedstraw broomrape Orobanche caryophyllacea have their …

Magilligan

…er's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, moonwort Botrychium lunaria, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare and a large colony of marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris. Magilligan is also notable for the number of rare bryophytes recorded. These include the liverwort Petalophyllum ralfsii and…

Sefton Coast

…des sea kale Crambe maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum. Mobile Dunes Marram grass Ammophila arenaria usually dominates the mobile dunes, amidst considerable areas of blown sand. Where rates of sand …

Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes

…air grass Koeleria macrantha and fern grass Catapodium rigidum. Viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and bloody crane’s bill grow around the margins of this area.

Devil's Spittleful

…ed by wavy hair grass and common bent Agrostis capillaris, with viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and moonwort Botrychium lunaria. The site supports a wide range of breeding birds and invertebrates, the latter includes the pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne, purple hairstr…

Stonesfield Common, Bottoms & Banks

…e upper slopes. The spoil provides a habitat for plants such as viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, red hemp nettle Galeopsis angustifolia and great mullein Verbascum thapsus, all species typical of well drained calcareous soils. The slopes of Bagg's Bottom are dominated by upright b…

Ellerburn Bank

…y vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and viper's bugloss Echium vulgare. Of particular interest is the presence of bee orchid Ophyrs apifera, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum. Large populations of cowslips Primula veris, f…

Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood

…ing herbs are present including dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, marjoram Origanum vulgare, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, grea…

Manton and Twigmoor

…-not Myosotis ramosissima, spring whitlow grass Erophila verna, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and a notable population of shepherd’s cress Teesdalia nudicaulis. There are also numerous bryophytes and lichens such as Ptilidium nudicaulis, Cladonia spp. and Peltigera spp. Bracken …

Warkworth Dunes and Saltmarsh

… verum and common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium are frequent. Viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, sea campion Silene uniflora, lesser meadow rue, bloody crane’s bill and purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus also occur with patches of burnet rose dominating some areas of slope. Of p…

Northam Burrows

…arce dune fescue Vulpia fasciculata. Wild pansy Viola tricolor, viper’s-bugloss Echium vulgare, rest-harrow Ononis repens, common bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum are frequent here. The dunes also support the r…

Risby Warren

…og Holcus lanatus. Biting stonecrop Sedum acre, carline thistle viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and ploughman’s spikenard Inula conyza are found here in areas disturbed by rabbits and on the trackways. Ragwort Senecio jacobaea, ungrazed by rabbits, forms extensive stands on the so…

Lord's Well Field

…lady's bedstraw Galium verum, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, vipers bugloss Echium vulgare and sheep's bit Jasione montana. There is also a small area of lichen heath dominated by Cladonia spp. but with several of the same associated species, for example, sheep's bit and the …

Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens

…pen, herbaceous community persists among the bushes, often with viper's bugloss Echium vulgare. The rare lichen Fellhanera bouteillei is associated with the box. Invertebrate interest centres on box specific insects such as the bug Psylla buxi, but extends to the beech woods whic…

Wan Fell

…more grassy heath support common centaury Centaurium erythraea, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare and field gentian Gentianella campestris. The heath is sheep grazed and managed by burning, giving heather stands of variable ages. In places there is local colonisation by birch and Sc…

Kinnoull Hill

…ear Cerastium semidecandrum, knotted clover Trifolium striatum, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, and hare’s-foot clover Trifolium arvense. An important component of the Carboniferous and Permian vulcanicity in Central and Southern Scotland was the intrusion of a generally east-wes…

Bracklesham Bay

…a distinctive sward in which a variety of herbs grow, including viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus. In the extreme west and east of the pasture and on the banks of the rifes rough grassland is dominated by sea …

Penhale Dunes

…lackstonia perfoliata, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, cowslip Primula veris, the rare Cornish gentian Gentianella anglica subsp. cornubiensis, and flat-sedge Blysmus compressus. Small patches of dune heath also occur. Maritime grassland …

Salt Lake Quarry

…ir grass Koeleria macrantha, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, moonwort Botrychium lunaria, frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. Rocky si…

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