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High Lickbarrow Mires and Pastures

…d to this habitat and thus of local occurrence, are the few flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris and the broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium all of which are becoming rare nationally due to their susceptibility to fertili…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…rongly flushed zones have dioecious sedge Carex dioica, few-flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora and many-flowered spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis present. Some wet flushes are dominated by black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans. A series of raised beach stacks and knolls to …

Cors Farchwel

… which is not known to grow anywhere else in Powys. The few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora is locally prominent in the wetter runnels, along with species such as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis and bog pondweed…

Carn Ingli

…flushes include sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, devils' bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Other…

Ludderburn and Candlestick Mires

…mire has swampy patches of bottle sedge Carex rostrata, many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. In other areas, hummocks of Sphagnum palustre and S. subnitens occur, supporting species such as cross-leaved heath, the moss Strami…

Cors Gyfelog

…ricularia spp., marsh St. John's wort Hypericum elodes, many-stemmed spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, star sedge Carex echinata and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. Bog mosses are widespread across the site, with hummocks of Sphagnum papillosum, S. subnitens and S. fimb…

Craig yr Aderyn (Bird's Rock)

…. Species include common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis and pale sedge Carex pallescens, and mosses such as Campylium stellatum, Ctenidium molluscum and Fissidens adianthoides. The north facing cliffs and slopes support a good range …

Courthouse Grasslands

…urthouse Grasslands include petty whin Genista anglica, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis and the hybrid rush Juncus x diffusus (hard rush Juncus inflexus crossed with soft rush Juncus effusus). There is also a population of whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, which…

Cefn Blaenau

…ifolium, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and locally, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis. The wet pasture supports uncommon species such as whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. …

Landford Bog

…guicula lusitanica, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Where the water levels are less constant the vegetation changes to wet heathland dominated by purple moor grass, cross leaved h…

Mointeach Scadabhaigh

…getation shows closer affinities to fens. Sedges Carex, many-stemmed spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and butterworts Pinguicula are some of the plants typical of these patches. Each individual bog is actually a convex mound composed of water (about 95%) and peat. It is the Spha…

Newtondale

…cidic margins; these include bog sedge Carex limosa and many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, whilst white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba occurs on the main mire surface. This is also an important reference site for interpreting the Flandrian vegetation history of the Nor…

Pentrosfa Mire

…mmon broad-leaved cottongrass Eriophorum latifolium and many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis occur within this community. The eastern fringe of this topogenous fen community grades into areas of spring-fed (soligenous) fen which support a particularly diverse plant comm…

Heswall Dales

…ost interesting botanically and contain such species as many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, both of which have a very localised distribution in Merseyside. Birch oak woodland has developed over some of the site. The younger woodla…

Bryant's Heath, Felmingham

…tifolium, heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Many stemmed spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and Pill headed Sedge Carex pilulifera. The acidic flushes are marked by an abundance of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. with round leaved sundew Drosera rotund…

Outley Mosses

…onifolius forms a floating raft amongst species such as few flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, common cotton grass and marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre. Small sedges such as carnation sedge and tawny sedge ar…

Holton and Sandford Heaths

…ts of this community – bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis and marsh pennywort – are also found here. The invertebrate fauna of mire and heath includes a number of Nationally Rare and Scarce species. Exposed sand provides habitat for s…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…ypericum elodes, floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. The pale butter-wort occurs in several flushes and the population is flourishing under the intensive grazing regime. Many of the you…

Town Common

… cuspidatum and margins that include purple moor grass, many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally scarce brown beak sedge Rhyncospora fusca. The heathland is used by a diver…

Snelsmore Common

… sedges and allied plants occur in the mires, including many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea and white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, a very rare species in Berkshire. Liver…

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…

Waun-fawr

…nd round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, as well as many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. The marbled white butterfly Melanar…

Tarn Hows

…e 'fringes' are dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata with common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and three species of bur reed Sparganium erectum, S. emersum and S. minimum. Water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, …

Llwyn-iarth

…, square-stalked St. John’s-wort Hypericum tetrapterum, few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, tufted forget-me-not Myosotis laxa ssp. caespitosa, and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, can be found. Devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, and tormentil Potentilla e…

Winster Wetlands

…cinquefoil Comarum palustre, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and the spike rushes Eleocharis multicaulis and Eliocharis quinqueflora. The Sphagnum lawn is dominated by S. papillosum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. This combination of commu…

Waun Fawr, Ty Ddewi (St David's)

…is, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and a little many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor. The mosses Scorpidium scorpioides and Campylium stellatum, several species of Sphagnum and numerous sedge…

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

… Surrey rarities marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes, many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and in bog pools, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. One such pool, Peatmoor Pond is particularly rich and is one of the few British localities o…

Greenan Lough

…restricted distribution in the British Isles, including many-stemmed spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum and Marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes. Greenan Lough also pro…

Mill Dam

…andra, and bog sedge Carex limosa, and the locally rare many-stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis. Interrupted clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum is a nationally scarce species is present in its only known lowland site in Perth and Kinross.

Ashmoor Common

…lly uncommon pink water speedwell Veronica catenata and many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis. The site is also of local ornithological importance, providing one of the few breeding areas in this part of Worcestershire for wetland species such as snipe Gallinago gallinag…

Thorne and Doves Moors

… Sphagnum spp., sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes. The latter hav…

Lochs of Butterstone, Craiglush and Lowes

…yrica gale together with bladderwort Utricularia sp and many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis. It is of outstanding interest and is probably unique in Tayside. The site is important for its wintering wildfowl, most notably its roosting population of Icelandic greylag goo…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…l, ling, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, many stemmed spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and two plants which are very rare in Surrey, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and brown beak sedge Rhynchospora fusca. The presence of a river valley mire with a clear vegetation …

Pamber Forest and Silchester Common

…Narthecium ossifragum, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis. The west side of Pamber forest is bounded by a series of unimproved neutral to acid, wet unimproved meadows. These meadows have an outstandingly rich flora containing many spec…

Okehampton Park Flush

…tyle vulgaris and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. Many-stemmed spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis and marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris are frequent, the latter being only local in Devon. The second community occurs on slightly drier ground, and is characterized by purp…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…ith bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, common cotton grass, few flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris. Below the surface of the water, bladderworts Utricularia intermedia and U. minor occur and occasionally the stonewort Chara globulari…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…re abundant with white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis prominent on pool margins and in wet hollows. Several local species contribute to the flora of the valley mire, namely hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, mud sedge Ca…

Wellington College Bog

…n found nowhere else in Berkshire. Associated plants include many stalked rush Eleocharis multicaulis, star sedge Carex echinata, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and common lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. Adjace…

Ringdown

…tiana, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis. The dwarf shrub species heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix are also frequent but the grazing intensity prevents them and purple moor grass becoming …

Englemere Pond

…swamp include bog mosses Sphagnum spp., sundew Drosera rotundifolia, spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and bog St John's wort Hypericum elodes. Cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and lesser reedmace Typha angustifolia are locally domina…

Whitmoor Common

…U 990 531 including orange foxtail Alopecurus aequalis, many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, bog stitchwort, Stellaria alsine, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa and horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris. Although the populations of these plants have declined a…

Derryleckagh

…racterised by marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes and many-stemmed spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis. The peaty margins support tall herb-rich vegetation which gives way to a low, flushed sedge-rich sward on more mineral soils. Additional habitat diversity is provided by the pr…

Eastern Mournes

…imate of north-west Britain. Associated species include many-stemmed spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica and dioecious sedge Carex dioica. Springs dominated by lower plants are conspicuous in the Eastern Mou…

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