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Basingstoke Canal

…eltata have been introduced. Other noteworthy plants include needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and various leaved pondweed Potamogeton gramineus. The invertebrate fauna is correspondingly rich. Twenty four species of Odonata dragonfly and damselfly have been recorded on th…

Glaslyn

…d bare mud within these areas of brackish grassland including needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis, small water-pepper Persicaria minor and brackish water-crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii. In places, this transitional vegetation gives way to sea rush saltmarsh and slender spike-ru…

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

… and sporadic stands of water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, common cotton grass, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, before giving way to an almost continuous stand of shoreweed Littorella uniflora a…

Upper Lough Erne - Galloon

…mp communities, with water horsetail Equisteum fluviatile and common spike rush Eleocharis palustris prominent. Behind the swamp zone is an area of fen, where sedges are the main component of the vegetation, particularly tufted sedge Carex elata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. T…

Inishroosk

…arsnip Sium latifolium, marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris, needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and marsh pea Lathyrus palustris. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/inishroosk-assi

Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir

…awdown zone, namely orange foxtail grass Alopecurus aequalis, needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, small water pepper Persicaria minor and golden dock Rumex maritimus. A flooded brickpit nearby supports the only known colony in Leicestershire of the scarce aquatic liverwort R…

Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes

…aeus and skullcap Scutellaria galericulata. Rarer plants like needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, divided sedge Carex divisa, marsh pea Lathyrus palustris and greater water parsnip Sium latifolium are found in these habitats which are also the breeding grounds for natterjack…

Penhale Dunes

…quisetum variegatum, Italian lords-and-ladies Arum italicum, slender spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, brackish water buttercup Ranunculus baudotii, portland spurge and Cornish gentian. Penhale Dunes is one of the richest moss sites in Cornwall with 19 local or rare species. In …

Ashby Canal

… nationally uncommon. Where the canal bed is stony the scarce needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis may be found. The floating plant community is also well developed. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, broad leaved pondweed P. natans, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and unbranch…

Bittell Reservoirs

… down zone of Upper Bittell where the nationally rare plants slender spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and mudwort Limosella aquatica are abundant. The open water community is also very diverse with small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii, blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifo…

Killymackan Lough

…owbane Cicuta virosa, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis and needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. Killymackan Lough supports a notable invertebrate community, and includes a number of locally distributed species of aquatic Coleoptera water beetles, especially where the moss…

Hatfield Moors

…he truncata. There is also a diverse emergent and marginal vegetation including Eleocharis acicularis, brown sedge Carex disticha and cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus.

Llyn Llywenan

…Elatine hydropiper, spring quillwort Isoetes echinospora, and needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis which grow on parts of the more exposed stony shoreline. Floating-leaved aquatic species include the two water-lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba and water bistort Polygonum a…

Lough Gullion

…wamp communities. Notable species recorded in the fen include needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, cowbane Cicuta virosa and common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum. Lough Gullion also supports a rich wetland invertebrate community, a direct consequence of the diversity of the s…

Llyn Alaw

…and golden plover, visit the exposed mud areas. The uncommon slender spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis occurs in the reservoir margins.

Llyn Llygeirian

…s: the two waterworts Elatine hydropiper and Elatine hexandra needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis, spring quillwort Isoetes echinospora and pillwort Pilularia globulifera. Although this lake is not of major significance for wildfowl, it does support a number of overwintering …

The Mere, Mere

…ned waterwort Elatine hexandra occurs in a number of places. Slender spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and shore weed Littorella uniflora are both unusually abundant at this site and both are rare in Cheshire. Other notable species include small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii an…

Long Loch of Lundie

…ge there are species such as shoreweed Littorella uniflora and needle spikerush Eleocharis acicularis, while in the open water a range of species occurs including fan-leaved water-crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus, several pondweeds Potamogeton spp, starworts Callitriche spp and alt…

White Mere

…opshire meres for aquatic plants, with a flora which includes needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, shore weed Littorella uniflora, small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii and grey club rush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani. There is a varied invertebrate fauna and White Mere is …

Ballo and Harperleas Reservoirs

…nd brown sedge Carex disticha, as well as the nationally rare needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis. The locally scarce water purslane Lythrum portula and the nationally rare autumnal water-starwort Callitriche hermaphroditica and mudwort Limosella aquatica have also been recor…

Tatton Meres

…lora similar to Tatton Mere with the addition of the notable slender spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. A small stand of greater reed mace Typha latifolia is present which grades into tall fen. Around the mere typical fen species occur with occasional areas of flushed pasture cont…

Llyn Maelog

…reweed Littorella uniflora and the nationally scarce species, needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis and autumnal water-startwort Callitriche hermaphroditica. Much of the lake is fringed by common reed Phragmites australis; this forms an extensive reed bed at the southern end. R…

Ockham and Wisley Commons

…n Baldellia ranunculoides. Locally distributed plants include needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and pillwort Pilularia globulifera. Open water surrounded by heathland presents an ideal habitat for many dragonflies and damselflies Odonata and over 20 species have been record…

Hare Myre, Monk Myre and Stormont Loch

…tionally scarce tufted loosestrife Lysimachia thrysiflora and needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis. In the old pines surrounding Stormont Loch and Hare Myre are two nationally scarce species at their only locations in east Perth and Kinross: twinflower, Linnaea borealis and cr…

Woodhall Loch

…ation occur within the site. These include stands of the rare needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis, willow and birch carr and wet alder-birch woodland with a ground flora of opposite-leaved golden saxifrage in the wetter areas. The community of aquatic water beetles is one of …

Cross Drain

…scarce species such as fen pondweed Potamogeton coloratus and needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. Other aquatic species include narrow leaved water plantain Alisma lanceolatum, greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris and fine leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica. The dra…

Swanholme Lakes

…ocotyle vulgaris, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and slender spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. Associated shallow water is the breeding area for common frog, common toad, smooth and great crested newt. The early stages of sandy heath, dominated by Cladonia spp. of lichens…

Thurstonfield Lough

…ndra, autumnal water starwort Callitriche hermaphroditica and needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis now appears to be the dominant species but a range of other submerged plants also occur. The marsh or 'emergent' vegetation fringing much of…

Baston and Thurlby Fens

…and emergent plants including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia, frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus and spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum. Of particul…

Blaen Cilieni

…n Thelypteris palustris, in its only known location in Powys, needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis, few-flowered spike-rush Eliocharis quinqueflora, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor, tawny sedge Carex hostiana,…

Llyn Glasfryn

…amened waterworts Elatine hexandra and Elatine hydropiper and needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis. Floating water-plantain Luronium natans has also been recorded here in recent years. The lake is stocked with brown trout, mallard are reared and the site is shot over for wild…

Loch of Lintrathen

…er marshwort Apium inundatum, water-purslane Lythrum portula, needle spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis and mudwort Limosella aquatica. In winter the site is used as a roost for important numbers of Icelandic greylag goose.

Shillinglee Lake

…t Limosella aquatica has its only Sussex location here whilst needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and 6 stamened water wort Elatine hexandra also occur. The latter three plants are found on muds exposed during periods of drought or on other occasions when the water level of t…

Old River Severn, Upper Lode

…er pepper Limonsella aquatica, mudwort Limosella aquatica and needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. This site is the only location in Gloucestershire for the last three species. Other locally rare plants include narrow leaved water plantain Alisma lanceolatum, keeled garlic Al…

Tattershall Old Gravel Pits

…ratophyllum demersum, unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum, needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and the floating thallose liverwort Riccia fluitans. Associated with the marginal reed beds is a rich wetland flora comprising cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, greater pond sed…

River Derwent and Tributaries

…ustris, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and, in places, the local needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. The nationally scarce thread rush Juncus filiformis is found on some of the stony shorelines and small water pepper Persicaria minor on Rampsholme Island. Around the inflow and …

Upper Lough Erne - Trannish

…mp communities, with water horsetail Equisteum fluviatile and common spike rush Eleocharis palustris prominent. Behind the swamp zone is an area of fen, where sedges are the main component of the vegetation, particularly tufted sedge Carex elata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. T…

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