Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Invernaver

…ain avens Dryas octopetala and glaucous sedge Carex flacca heath with crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bearberry, heather Calluna vulgaris, dwarf juniper Juniperus communis nana and creeping willow Salix repens. This unusual plant community is more commonly found on limestone outcrops …

Monadhliath

…ris-Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire community grades into Crowberry-Blaeberry Empetrum nigrum-Vaccinium heath with increasing altitude. The highest areas support an interesting mix of continental and oceanic heaths with both lichen rich Vaccinium-Empetrum heath and woolly-hair …

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…ding Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum magellanicum. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp. nigrum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are all characteristic but less common. Beanley Moss, though…

Appleby Fells

… grit stone boulder screes is a well developed and extensive bilberry crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. Nigrum dwarf shrub heath which, because of its extent, represents an important example of its type in northern England. This community also supports varying amounts of heather a…

Monadh Mor

…torey of cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum and juniper Juniperus communis. Mosses and lichens are abundant. The more extensive flat areas support a range of mire communities on peat with abundant, often stunted, s…

Coyles of Muick

…These include both green and black spleenworts Asplenium viride and A. adiantum nigrum and three nationally scarce plants of base-or lime-rich soils: alpine mouse-ear Cerastium alpinum, northern rock cress Arabidopsis petraea and alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii. Mountain cr…

Altikeeragh

…spitosum, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and occasional crowberry Empetrum nigrum, growing over a mixed moss and liverwort bryophyte mat. In some places, the peat surface is wetter and displays a well-developed microtopography, with prominent Sphagnum capillifolium…

Frosses Bog

…Sphagnum pulcbrum, which grows in the wetter hollows. The dwarf-shrub crowberry Empetrum nigrum is found on the intact dome, which is unusual in a lowland raised bog. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/frosses-bog-assi

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…n around the periphery, dwarf shrubs like bell heather Erica cinerea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus become more abundant. Pockets of blanket mire dominated by heather and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum also occur, in association with bo…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

…is community, resulting in a lower cover of heath and an abundance of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Small patches of heather cotton grass C. vulgaris Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire with an associated abundance of bog mosses, including Sphagnum papillosum and S. capillifolium, occ…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…phorum vaginatum is dominant, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and heather. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is locally abundant on Henstone Band Side and Thorpe Fell. In locally wetter blanket mire or are…

Combe Scar

… Calluna vulgaris and bilberry with parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, wavy hair grass, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, common polypody, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and occasionally, great wood rush. Below these cliff ledges there are heathy grassl…

Cannock Chase

…ith arctic and alpine regions e.g. cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Secondly, Cannock is the main British station for the hybrid bilberry Vaccinium xintermedium, a plant of restricted occurrence in central northern England. Thirdly, the distinct sca…

Foula

…largely dominated by hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and crowberry Empetrum nigrum with very little heather Calluna vulgaris. On the higher ground montane species can be found including stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, northern bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum and least wil…

Cairngorms

… bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, along with abundant lichens (Cladonia species), including fine examples of “wave vegetation.” Dwarfed heath with abundant common heather and Cladonia lichens is developed extensively …

Ingleborough

… islands of peat on the pavement support heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum together with lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. On the Moughton pavements, extensive juniper Juniperus communis occurs. The crags of the summit plateau support an arctic alpine f…

Scar End Wood

…munities at the margins of the wood with heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Woodland species include wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, violet Viola riviniana and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and notably chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea. The woodland i…

Banc Llety-spence

…er with infrequent patches of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, and crowberry Empetrum nigrum occurs in several places. Diversity is added to the site by springs and flushes which rise on both sides of the hill.

Rhos Cilcennin

…years contain much reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa and patches of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. In the north-east corner there is a series of small basin mires variously dominated by bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Nart…

Slieveanorra and Croaghan

…d heath Erica tetralix, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus growing over a mixed moss and liverwort mat. In some places the peat surface is wetter and displays a well-developed microtopography, with prominent re…

Ben Klibreck

…by deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, cottongrass Eriophorum spp. and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. A number of species of Sphagnum moss and lichen are found across the different bog types. Oligotrophic loch (low nutrient loch) Two lochs on this site, Loch Choire and Loch a’ Bhealai…

Durness

…, twisted whitlow-grass Draba incana, hair sedge Carex capillaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum. Limestone pavement (vegetation) Durness is one of only four sites with relatively extensive limestone pavement in Scotland and of these it is has the second greate…

Harbottle Moors

…ndstone ridges are covered by heather Calluna vulgaris with, locally, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. In the north where Barrow Scar is being eroded by the River Coquet to produce a scree, the slopes are flushed and species…

Morven and Mullachdubh

… of Morven, the juniper is low-growing, in mixture with blaeberry and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Alpine heath The abundance of lichens in the windclipped dwarf shrub heath on the summit ridge of Morven is exceptional, even in comparison with the Cairngorms. The lichen cover, 90% …

Glascwm and Gladestry Hills

…h frequent heather, cowberry and bilberry, and variable quantities of crowberry Empetrum nigrum and a range of lichen species Cladonia spp. Cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix is only sparsely represented. At lower levels there is an edge effect, probably accentuated by grazing pre…

Stroupster Peatlands

…ns and Pleurozium schreberi, together with the frequent occurrence of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Oligotrophic loch (low-nutrient loch) The site includes two oligotrophic lochs, the Lochs of Auckengill, which are fringed with swamp and fen vegetation and connected by a broad chann…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. The moss carpet beneath generally consists of Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum papillosum with associated pleurocarpous mosses and liverworts. lesser twayblade Listera cordata freq…

Mullaghcarn

…, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. The moss carpet beneath generally consists of red bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium and papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum with associated pleurocarpous mosses, primarily heath plai…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…ath vegetation dominated by heather, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Lodge Edge is one of the largest such areas in northern England. Along this summit ridge the dwarf shrubs show a prostrate, wide pruned form due to extreme exposure. On Pickersett and…

Llandegla Moor

…ub heath supports abundant heather with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, wavy-hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and, locally, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. In the drier heath are interspersed lower lying wetter hollows…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…tongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium and hypnoid mosses such as Hypnum jutlandicum and Pleurozium schreberi. In wetter areas cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and the bog moss Sphagnum…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…sed by deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and cross-leaved heath, with crowberry Empetrum nigrum and heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata present. Star sedge and the bog-moss Sphagnum recurvum are prominent in the acid mire vegetation. The bog-pool vegetation, composed of bo…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…ted heath whereas sub montane bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus heath with crowberry Empetrum nigrum occurs on the higher ground of Gravel Pike and St Sunday Crag. The summit of the Cape at 840 metres supports an area of montane heath, a scarce habitat in Lakeland and only recorded fr…

Kirkby Moor

…lix and bell heather Erica cinerea also occur in varying amounts with crowberry Empetrum nigrum being frequent on Gunson Height and the southern ends of Crag Height and Bank House Moor. In addition heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and hard fern Blechnum spicant occur frequently. W…

The Cheviot

…icta. The high summit plateau supports a montane heath with bilberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and an abundance of lichens of the genus Cladonia, including reindeer moss C. rangiferina at its only known English l…

Lady Bell's Moss

…dominated by S. papillosum with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and crowberry Empetrum nigrum on the slightly drier areas. To the north, the land slopes downwards where raised bog vegetation gives way to wet heath dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and cross-leaved…

Kinrive - Strathrory

…ping lady’s-tresses Goodyera repens, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Juniper is particularly abundant in the understorey and birch is now beginning to become established. Occasional Scots pine also occur in the nearby ravines with a wider range of broa…

Auchencorth Moss

…ding sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. The remainder of the site comprises a mosaic of heather Calluna vulgaris, crossleaved heath Erica tetralix, wavy h…

Steelend Moss

…minated vegetation with hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and scattered saplings of downy birch Betula pubescens. Wet hollows hold typical bog mosses Sphagnum species and mosses including the bog moss S.squarrosum are dominant with common cot…

Radnor Forest

… is dominated by a mixture of dwarf shrubs, heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and, a feature that distinguishes it from other moorland in Radnor, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. Mixed with these dwarf shrubs are hare’s-tail cottongr…

Carrickarade

…ising heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erka cinerea and limited crowberry Empetrum nigrum associated with the more acid volcanics. The chalk supports abundant kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. Associated with those more base rich solid is a population of the rare thyme bro…

Kielder Mires

…verse dwarf shrub community including cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cloudberry. The sandstone crags are an additional feature of interest in this area as they support a number of nationally rare and nationally scarce lichens. The faunal interest o…

Fala Flow

…ding heather Calluna vulgaris, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, and several species of bog moss Sphagna. Fala Flow is of international importance for the number of pink footed geese it supports in winter and is one of …

Holystone Burn Woods

…rub heath, with heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and petty whin Genista anglica. The woodlands support a diverse and luxuriant community of epiphytic lichens, including Alectoria fuscecens and Usnea subfloridana. Many species are pre…

Braehead Moss

…and S. capillifolium are abundant with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and heather. In the hollows Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. recurvum occur, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cross-leaved heath. The ridge in the middle of the site is the best a…

Waldridge Fell

… which bryophytes and lichens Cladonia spp. occur. On shallower soils crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus are included in the heathland community, the latter being dominant in places. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum is abundant over quite large areas and gorse …

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…h facing slopes. On higher ground, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are significant components of the heathland. Typical heathland herbs include heath bedstraw Galiums axatile, tormentil Potentilla erecta and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Heath…

Clarepool Moss

…of the site consists of pine woodland with bog moss Sphagnum spp. and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. There are open areas of Sphagnum bog with characteristic species such as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and sundew Drosera rotundifolia and also a ser…

Simonside Hills

…rotundifolia and cross leaved heath. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are particularly associated with gritstone crags and bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi may also be present in such localities. Woodland occurs mainly on the valley sides of water cours…

Green Hill of Strathdon

…ft Armeria maritima, the serpentine form of black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis. Mosses associated with serpentine are also found, including Grimmia species . Serpentine-influenced grassland and species-rich flushes are prese…

West Pennine Moors

…s associated with these communities are bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and, very locally, royal fern Osmunda regalis. As a result of previous management and/or wildfire, some areas are domin…

West Fannyside Moss

…sses Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum dominate the vegetation with crowberry Empetrum nigrum and blaeberry and a further six species of Sphagnum mosses. Other typical bog species are present including the locally rare cranberry V. oxycoccos as well as round-leaved sundew Drose…

Swineholes Wood and Black Heath

…re intermixed with greater amounts of cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, forming a vigorous, bushy ground cover. On sloping ground several springs emerge from the junctions of interbedded siltstone/shale and sandstone…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…ted by heather Calluna vulgaris with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea is also locally prominent on these ridges. The limestone cliffs and rocks, calcareous springs and flushes contain a rich bryophyte flora including the r…

Rousay

…ut merge with areas of heath containing dwarf shrubs such as heather, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bell heather Erica cinerea. The nationally scarce Scottish primrose Primula scotica thrives in these habitats. Muckle Water is a good example of a mesotrophic loch (containing mode…

Black Bog

…face is the occurrence of an unusual plant community with locally high cover of Empetrum nigrum and large hummocks of Cladonia impexa. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/black-bog-assi

Southern Parphe

…ula. On the more exposed and finer screes, the tall herbs give way to crowberry Empetrum nigrum heath and thyme/fescue Thymus/Festuca grassland. The shattered cliffs around Sheigra are the most important site in the country for the nationally scarce moss Wilson’s Pouchwort Acrobo…

Hallsenna Moor

…til Potentilla erecta, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and colonies of heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum and associated hybrids. The larger areas of wet heath exist in a mosaic of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea…

Cairnwell

…ytrichus with patches of mountain avens Dryas octopetala and mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subspecies hermaphroditum. Vascular plants Rare vascular plants found include alpine milk vetch Astragalus alpinus, alpine sandwort Minuartia rubella, rock sedge Carex rupestris, alpin…

Farndale

…rises heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, bilberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and, of particular note, petty whin Genista anglica. There is extensive regeneration of rowan Sorbus aucuparia and birch Betula pendula on the lower slo…

Tarn Moss

…s. Other species include bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common and hare's tail cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum. The peripheral area of marshy grassland are domin…

Dunbeath to Sgaps Geo

…ated by heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea, with crowberry Empetrum nigrum, sea plantain Plantago maritima, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and occasional juniper Juniperus communis. The cliff ledges support an abundance of maritime species such as Sco…

Dunnet Links

…and sedge Carex arenaria grows alongside heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Creeping willow Salix repens, silverweed Potentilla anserina and the nationally scarce Baltic rush Juncus balticus grow in the dune slacks.

Duncansby Head

…time heath are: heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, juniper Juniperus communis, and bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Maritime grassland supports red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceo…

Morven and Scaraben

…echia frigida. Other low-growing plants found in this habitat include crowberry Empetrum nigrum, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens, dwarf willow Salix herbacea, alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum and alpine lady’s mantle Alchemilla alpina. The second type of alpine heath on th…

Tripsdale

…nt. This moorland is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, with some crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, but few other species. On the steep slopes above Tripsdale and Tarn Hole Becks, bracken Pteridium aquilinum largely replaces these heathland plants. H…

Eilean nan Ron

…maritime heath communities, dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum on the cliff tops and slopes of the island. The maritime heath is species-rich, with spring squill Scilla verna, sea plantain Plantago maritima, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis …

Sutton Park

…cken. Heather Calluna vulgaris replaces gorse on the lower slopes and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, a county rarity, occurs locally. These communities merge into unimproved acidic grassland, particularly on the upper slopes of the Longmoor Valley. Here wavy hair grass and mat grass …

Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo

…clet. Heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are typical species in these areas. Spring squill Scilla verna, creeping willow Salix repens, sea plantain and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile can be found growing amongst the heather. …

Black Loch Moss

…aris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix with occasional patches of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum also form a major component of this layer. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved …

Tarbat Ness

…me heath has developed in the most exposed areas. It is dominated by crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), heather (Calluna vulgaris) and other maritime species including thrift (Armeria maritima). The maritime heath lies at the top of low cliffs which support a good population of sea spl…

Bankhead Moss

…d sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, have been recorded.

Stroma

…is only found in Caithness, Sutherland and Orkney. It is dominated by crowberry Empetrum nigrum, together with other species such as heather Calluna vulgaris, spring squill and common tormentil Potentilla erecta. The maritime grassland at Stroma SSSI supports a wide variety of sp…

Bride Stones

…e rocks have a crevice flora which includes black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, which is rare in the county and wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria. The stones are surrounded by moorland which grades into woodland to the south. Heather Calluna vulgaris dominates the moorland,…

Cors y Llyn

…horum vaginatum and a range of other associates, including cranberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the lichen Cladonia portentosa, the moss Pleurozium schreberi, the bog-mosses Sphagnum capillifolium and S. papillosum and the liverworts Calypogeia muelleriana, Mylia anomala and Ord…

Howierig Muir

… Calluna vulgaris, hare’s-tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum with crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is common and sundew Drosera rotundifolia is occasional. Downy birch Betula pubescens scrub and Scots pine Pinus sy…

Whim Bog

…og occur in the co-dominant heather-cotton grass vegetation including crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Nine species of bog moss Sphagnum are also known to be present, includi…

Buttermere Fells

…iper Juniperus communis spp. nana, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and, very locally, bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, a rare habitat recorded from only a few sites in England. On Hobcarton and Hobcarton End there is a stand of prostrate, wind flat…

Monar Forest

…ding those with abundant alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum and the more restricted hepatic rich types. Virtually the full range of snowbed plant communities are present at the head of north facing corries. The cliffs are locally base-rich and …

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

… or frequent bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cowberry V. vitis – idaea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, western gorse Ulex gallii, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bell heather Erica cinerea. Wetter areas, particularly to the north west of Biddulph’s Pool and on the north shore of…

Findon Moor

… dry heath dominated by ling heather Calluna vulgaris with patches of crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bell heather Erica cinerea and with lichen and moss communities (e.g. Cladonia furcata, Evernia prunastri, Hypogymnia physodes) on rocky knolls. Wet heath dominated by cross-leaved…

Garron Plateau

…arpet, while on more freely-draining slopes heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum are more typical. The occurrence of weak flushing by the movement of water through the bog is indicated by the presence of scattered pu…

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

…this heathland type include bilberry, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara. Along the summit ridge where soils are thin and rocky a mosaic of bilberry heaths and moss dominated heath…

Mynydd Llangatwg (Mynydd Llangattock)

…rest, in particular the stands where bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are codominant. Extensive codominance of these two species is unusual in Brecknock. Other habitats providing additional interest include a small raised mire, Waun Ddu, which although d…

Pumlumon (Plynlimon)

…e heather is dominant, in contrast to areas dominated by bilberry and crowberry Empetrum nigrum on and around Foel Fadian to the north. A number of uncommon plants occur in wet flushes and on rocks and cliffs scattered about the site. Starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris occurs n…

Biller Howe Dale

…a tetralix, bell heather E. cinerea, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum occurs ondeeper, better drained soils. There are several areas of woodland showing evidence of regeneration. Birch Betula pubescens, oak Quercus petraea an…

Birk Fell

… and blanket bogs. ling and bilberry are common with bell heather and crowberry Empetrum nigrum occasional. The small blanket bogs are characterised by cotton grasses, deer grass, cross leaved heath, star sedge, bog asphodel, round leaved sundew and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. soft …

Mynydd Hiraethog

…station to the east. Other ericaceous shrubs of note in the heath are crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea. The drier heath vegetation grades into wetter acidic blanket bog vegetation, where the peat is deeper. The blanket bog is normally dominated by hea…

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Mosses

… as Sphagnum magellanicum, cranberry, bog rosemary, white beak sedge, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, hare’s tail cotton grass and royal fern Osmunda regalis. These areas represent some of the best examples of undisturbed raised mire surface on the SSSI. Wem and Cadney Mosses represen…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…phorum vaginatum is dominant, with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and heather. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is a frequent component of the blanket bog and is particularly abundant on Gunnerside Moor. In locally wetter…

Affric - Cannich Hills

… water as well as those at higher levels where heather is replaced by crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bog blaeberry Vaccinium uliginosum. Species-rich flushes, including spring-fed communities, are also evident. The site also contains small pockets of a montane willow community whe…

Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors

…stem. Exposed hill summits support a bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum heath with montane affinities having an abundance of lichens and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii whilst sheltered cleughs retain remnants of a former woodland cover of downy birch Betula p…

Ben Hope

… alpinus, heather Calluna vulgaris, blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are found on higher ground and in several wind-swept locations. Higher on the site, characteristic alpine species are found including moss campion Silene acaulis and cyphel Minuartia s…

Skiddaw Group

… degradation to acid grassland. With increasing altitude bilberry and crowberry Empetrum nigrum sometimes replaces heather as the dominant dwarf shrubs, especially in exposed situations such as on Bakestall and great Calva. Here remaining heather is often semi prostrate and assoc…

North Exmoor

…y uncommon in southern Britain include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, stag's-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum and fir clubmoss Huperzia selago. In the wettest areas of the higher moorland, usually in depressions, bog …

Brookhouse Moss

…which are scarce in Cheshire, such as sundew Drosera rotundifolia and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. The mires grade into fen woodland dominated by birch Betula pendula, with alder Alnus glutinosa and goat willow Salix caprea locally abundant. Alder buckthorn Frangula alnus, which is…

Gentleshaw Common

…nglomeratus var. conglomeratus, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and crowberry Empetrum nigrum the latter a plant found here towards the lowland extreme of its European range. A shallow valley draining to the Redmoor Brook has peat soils which support a rare county example of we…

Hole of Horcum

…inerea, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and, locally, creeping willow Salix repens. Of note is the presence of bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi on the rim of the Hole; colonies of dwarf cornel Cornus suecica on two north we…

Mynydd Ystyfflau-Carn

…ium myrtillus. Damp hollows support cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the latter species being at, or near, the most south-westerly point of its British range. Some pools have a dense growth of common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, whilst common …

Seckar Wood

…as heather, petty whin Genista anglica, western gorse Ulex gallii and crowberry Empetrum nigrum the latter two species being close to the eastern edge of their range in northern Britain. Commonly associated species include wavy hair grass, mat grass, heath grass and hard fern. L…

Wybunbury Moss

…ser mixed woodland. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are locally abundant with purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and heather Calluna vulgaris. At the eastern end of the mire where the peat is firm a…

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…. Typically, there is a predominance of the dwarf shrubs of bilberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and heather and in parts these are rich with lichens such as Cetraria islandica, Cladonia impexa, C. arbuscula and Hypogymnia physodes. At higher altitudes above 550 metres, 1,804 feet…

Cape Wrath

…he cliff edges. These areas are dominated by wind-clipped heather and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, with a variety of other plants including wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, spring squill Scilla verna and common dog-violet Viola riviniana. The maritime grassland is dominated by red fe…

Leek Moors

…nd a variety of ericaceous shrubs, e.g. bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. Acid grasslands and grass heath mosaics are widespread, both on the open hill and in bordering enclosures. On fr…

Troutsdale and Rosekirk Dale Fens

…ix, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Small areas of scrub occur within both fen systems and include hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, blackthorn Prunus spinosa and grey willow Salix cinerea. It is known that calcareous fen sy…

Ben Hutig

…d heather and mountain bearberry, with wild azalea Kalmia procumbens, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus. The occurrence of this habitat at much lower altitude than elsewhere in Scotland is unusual and results from the northerly latitude and exposure of th…

South Pennine Moors

…ophorum spp. and heather Calluna vulgaris. Other dwarf shrubs such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus occur in varying amounts. Crowberry is abundant on the eroding margins of the blanket bogs of the South Pennine Moors. Unusually it is also abundant in…

Cefn y Brithdir

…st example in Mid Glamorgan of a dwarf shrub heath community in which crowberry Empetrum nigrum occurs as a co-dominant species. A range of dry heath species are found on the site. Crowberry is associated with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Heather Calluna vulgaris grows around t…

Cerrig y Gweunydd

…rthern fields support patches of heath with heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, within a sward of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Tormentil Potentilla erecta and …

Murrins

…m are more prevalent with occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. In the ground layer, there is a shift towards Sphagnum capillifolium associated with pleurocarpous mosses such as Pleurozium schreberi, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and particularly Hypnum …

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…una vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, with lesser amounts of crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and bell heather Erica cinerea, over a thick carpet of pleurocarpous mosses. This dry heath vegetation is the main location for a number of rare and not…

Caldanagh Bog

…onal species which are also well represented include locally frequent crowberry Empetrum nigrum and widespread cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus. Generally, the bog surface is wet and supports a luxuriant sphagnum moss carpet dominated by Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum papillosu…

Waukenwae Moss

…um oxycoccos commonly found straggling across the surface of the bog. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum forms small patches and can be locally abundant and Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum is most frequent found in the runnels around the margins of the mire. Lesser butterfly-orchid Pla…

Thorncliffe Moor

…y hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are locally abundant. The vigour and variety of the heathland vegetation reflects the low stocking rate and long absence of fire. On some of the more level ground heathland gives way t…

Craigengar

…se. Blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are all intermixed with the dominant heather. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus is widespread on the summit. The heather growth is healthy and shows little evidence of degradation or invasi…

Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary

…d. A rare type of dune heath is exceptionally well-developed. Rich in crowberry Empetrum nigrum and lichens, this heath is more extensive here than anywhere else in Britain. Humid dune slack vegetation with species such as creeping willow Salix repens and cross-leaved heath Erica…

Shap Fells

…s cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus occurs sparingly in the higher areas of bog and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia grows in the saddle mire above Longfell Gill. An abr…

Armboth Fells

… in which heather is associated with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum and wet heath with bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix are represented, although the distinction between the two is often blurred because of burning manageme…

Coire na Beinne Mires

… of the mosses Sphagnum fuscum and the nationally scarce S. austinii. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum and the nationally scarce small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum are frequently associated with the tussocks of hare’s-tail cottongrass. Where the ridges between pools are lower, the po…

Bowland Fells

…olifolia, a nationally scarce species, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus are all widely distributed. Some areas of bog have been more heavily burnt and this, perhaps coupled with greater numbers of grazing sheep, has resulte…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…y drier, gently sloping ground where the heather canopy is more open, crowberry Empetrum nigrum occurs, along with areas of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In the more heavily grazed areas below the main plateau hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum increases, bryophytes de…

Garbh Choire

… is present, distinguished by blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus, mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp hermaphroditum, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens and abundant Cladonia lichens. Snow-beds and related vegetation A wide range of types of snow-bed vegetation are found, according …

Allendale Moors

…iophorum vaginatum and occasional deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Bog mosses are generally abundant, principally Sphagnum papillosum and S. capillifolium var. rubellum. Peripheral areas of the moorland p…

Muirkirk Uplands

…losum dominate the vegetation, with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and crowberry Empetrum nigrum frequent, and the nationally scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia scattered over wide areas. Other species present, and indicative of undisturbed habitat, include white beaked sedge…

Knockan Cliff

…ds. Fern species also thrive here including black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. Herb rich calcareous grassland habitat is widespread throughout the site, particularly below the cliffs and rock outcrops. The base-rich soils support a d…

Offerance Moss

…semary Andromeda polifolia, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Sphagnum mosses such as Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. capillifolium, Sphagnum magellanicum and S. tenellum are also com…

Kielderhead Moors: Carter Fell to Peel Fell

…d by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heather with much crowberry Empetrum nigrum, locally abundant cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum. Reduction of burning and grazing since the 1960’s has enabled a good bog moss Sphagnum cover to r…

Glims Moss and Durka Dale

…fluence. This acid environment is dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa.

Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

…tton grass, with heather Calluna vulgaris and an unusual abundance of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Other typical species include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos occurring amongst the ‘lawns’ of…

Lazonby Fell

…nclude common bent, wavy hair grass, red and sheep’s fescues and some crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Moss and lichen growth is luxuriant in the unburnt areas particularly the mosses Pleurozium schreberi and Hypnum cupressiforme; and a good range of lichens including several Cladonia …

Black Mountains

…us but with frequent occurrence of cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. In the wetter parts purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix become more abundant. On the lower slopes t…

Lindisfarne

…ittal there are fragments of heathland with heather, bell heather and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Juniper Juniperus communis also grows on these cliffs. Freshwater habitats are represented at Holy Island Lough and in flooded limestone workings near Cocklawburn. The former has a w…

Ardlair - Letterewe

…e dwarf shrub heath with woolly hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Quartzite occurs to the east of Sgurr Ban and here the dwarf shrub heath is dominated by dwarf juniper Juniper communis subsp. nana. Where calcareous exposures occur, calcareous grass…

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses

…h as Sphagnum magellanicum, cranberry, bogrosemary, white beak-sedge, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, hare's-tail cottongrass and royal fern Osmunda regalis. These areas represent some of the best examples of undisturbed raised mire surface on the SSSI. Wem and Cadney Mosses represen…

Hart Bog

…nd S. rubellum with dwarf shrubs such as heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, the latter present hereat one of only two stations in lowland Durham. On the south side of the site is a fairly wide band of species poor fen irrigated by nutrient poor waters which s…

Eastern Peak District Moors

… other than heather are less common. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are the commonest associates, with occasionally cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. On the central moors, particularly Big Moor, Totley Moor and Ramsl…

Creag Clunie and the Lion's Face

…the western slopes is unusually high for a native pine wood. Mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum is widespread above 450 m in altitude and unusually abundant below many of the highest altitude stands of pine. The local abundance of E. n. hermaphroditum in the…

Tinto Hills

… includes the montane plants stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum.

Llynoedd Ieuan

…accinium vitis-idaea and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, with scattered crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bellheather Erica cinerea and alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum. Associated with the heathland is a luxuriant growth of bryophytes and lichens, and plants commonly found on moorla…

Carn Gafallt

…ytes Hypnum jutlandicum, Dicranum scoparium and Pleurozium schreberi. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum can also be abundant. Two sub-communities are present, with the heather sub-community occuring most frequently on the flat summit areas of the common and the cowberry Vaccinium vitis-i…

Berriedale Cliffs

…anceolata, juniper Juniperus communis, common violet Viola riviniana, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and common tormentil Potentilla erecta. The sea cliffs have an abundance of maritime species such as common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis, thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Sil…

Shielton Peatlands

…ginatum, together with heather, bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. There are several areas of pools on this site. The pool systems display a wide range of patterns, from scattered seasonal pools filled with Sphagnum to permanent pools and lochans. So…

Cadair Idris

…vulgaris and dwarf shrub-dominated vegetation. Heather with bilberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, wavy hair grass and the large mosses Hypnum jutlandicum, Pleurozium schreberi, and Dicranum scoparium are widespread and often extensive. This vegetation occurs in many areas includin…

Pen-y-ghent

…er Calluna vulgaris is dominant with cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. By contrast in areas of increased grazing pressure, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum predominates. Near Churn Milk Hole, there is a valley bog system which supports bottl…

Knockinnon Heath

…la erecta. The heath is shrub-rich with creeping willow Salix repens, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. The site is also rich in flowering plants, including fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, bird’s-foot tre…

Bowes Moor

…ket bog support areas dominated by heather, hare’s tail cotton grass, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus. cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea occurs sparsely within this vegetation. Vegetation dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus…

Dunnet Head

…itime heath are heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, creeping willow Salix repens and bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Typical maritime grassland species include red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, ribwort plantain…

Goyt Valley

…er variety of ericaceous shrubs such as bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. Acid grasslands and grass heath mosaics are found on the open hills. On freely draining soils fescues Festuca s…

Robin Hood's Bay: Maw Wyke to Beast Cliff

…ustris, whereas heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, golden rod Solidago virgaurea and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa characterise more acidic sandstone outcrops. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum and various shrub species such as gorse…

Trona Mires

… the site. Vascular plants within these herb-rich communities include crowberry Empetrum nigrum, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix on the heathland with maritime influence shown by the presence of spring squill Scilla verna, and sea plan…

Drone Moss

…heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and black crowberry Empetrum nigrum as well as a variety of bog moss species. Of particular interest are the mosses Leucobryum glaucum and Sphagnum recurvum. The locally rare chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea is …

Dark Peak

…roportions of cotton grasses Eriophorum spp. and dwarf shrubs such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum, heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In some areas the vegetation is dominated solely by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. The site shows the full r…

Teal Lough Part II

… abundance of dwarf-shrubs, particularly heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, growing over a dense acidophilous, or acid-tolerant, bryophyte carpet on the drier slopes. This becomes intermixed with swards of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea on wetter, flushed…

Tayport - Tentsmuir Coast

…rium littorale to more acid situations with heather Calluna vulgaris, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, grey willow Salix cinerea and silver birch Betula pendula. This diversity of habitats supports over 320 higher plant species and over 160 fungi, lichens, mosses and liverworts, severa…

Whernside

…quarrosus, heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum become locally dominant. Other species include deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with a bog moss Sphagnum lawn in the wet…

Calrossie

… It is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris with frequent patches of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Areas rich in mosses and lichens occur locally throughout the dry heath. In contrast the central part of the site drains less freely and supports wet heath dominated by cross-leaved h…

Abbots Moss

…at both mires, for example, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Firmer parts of the mires have been colonised by birch Betula p…

Bryn Bras

…ulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, bell heather Erica cinerea and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, along with the woolly hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and the lichens Cladonia uncialis, C.arbuscula and C.impexa. On one such slope an area of clubmoss Lycopodium heath occurs cont…

Doire Darach

…eas and with blueberry Vaccinium myrtillus favouring shadier aspects; crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea and dwarf cornel Cornus suecica are also present. Wetter areas support ling with purple moor grass Molinia ca…

Eastern Mournes

…nal communities with such species as bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are occasionally present, although these are generally restricted to the cooler, shaded slopes. More commonly, the dwarf-shrub heaths pass directly into montane summit heaths, often do…

Tievebulliagh

…community occurs towards the south-west of the site, characterised by crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and Hare's tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. Where the shallow peats undergo surface flushing the ground supports a short sedge grassland, especially…

Lune Forest

… west, other dwarf shrubs, including cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, become more frequent. Where past grazing pressure has been severe, the blanket mire communities have been degraded and heather is suppressed or absent, with hare’s tail cotton grass p…

Rathlin Island - Kebble

…ithin the fen and these include cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Herbs are frequent amongst the sedge-rich sward and include marsh cinquefoil Potentilla paiustris, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog asphodel N…

Carn a' Mhadaidh

… screes and boulder tops are locally dominated by heather, blaeberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus and bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. The latter is seldom found in open birch woodland and is a special feature of this site. In the humid conditions be…

Glen Callater

…level blanket mire with an abundance of dwarf-shrubs such as mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum and northern bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum. The high top of Carn of Claise itself holds moss heath characterised by woolly fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, an…

Creag Meagaidh

…he alpine and subalpine heaths support characteristic species such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum and dry and wet heaths with species such as heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The lower slopes of the site support expanding upland birchwoods. These are …

Castle of Old Wick to Craig Hammel

…has well-developed areas of species-rich maritime heath with abundant crowberry Empetrum nigrum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina.

Handa Island

…reas are dominated by extensive areas of heather Calluna vulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum which grow together with sea plantain, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. The cliff ledges are dominated by plants which can tolerate s…

Moss of Crombie

…Eriophorum vaginatum with frequent cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Beneath the heather, ‘feather mosses’ are generally dominant but Sphagnum capillifolium is widespread and S. tenellum, S. papillosum and most no…

Cotherstone Moor

…ensive areas dominated by heather, in which hare’s tail cotton grass, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus occur over a well developed moss layer. Better drained soils, particularly to the east of the How Beck support heather dominated communities which at 2…

Wedholme Flow

… within the cuttings have a spongy growth of Polytrichum commune with crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cross leaved heath and cranberry. Drier zones of heath, in which bog myrtle Myrica gale forms extensive stands, occur towards the peat land edge as the o…

Pencarreg-gopa a Moel Hyrddod

… heather-deergrass. Plants such as cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequent, and there is a diverse moss and liverwort flora. On the drier areas blanket mire vegetati…

Raeburn Flow

…tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and the lichen Cladonia portentosa are also frequent, and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia are locally common. Birch Betula pubescens and willow …

Pencreigiau'r Llan

…are dominant in some areas; heather, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum in others. A large basin mire has bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia frequent on bog-mosses, and bottle sedge Carex rostrata forms extensive stands by water channels. A smaller basin mir…

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