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Widdenton Park Wood

…eutral flush supports an unusual combination of plants including wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and marsh marigold Caltha palustris with bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. r…

Lurgan River Wood

…uropaea, ivy Hedera helix, wood avens Geum urbanum and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Other species such as lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, bugle Ajuga reptans, wild str…

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

…t woodland areas the ground flora includes such localised species as Dutch rush Equisetum hyemale, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. The slopes of High sharpley are covered by a mosaic of dry heath and acidic grassland characterised by …

West End Meadow, Lunds

…awk's beard Crepis paludosa, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. These occur with grasses typical of damp conditions such as brown bent Agrostis canina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, rough mead…

White Ridge Meadow

…ilipendula ulmaria, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum are each locally dominant in the sward, while common bistort Polygonum bistorta is locally abundant. Grass species in…

Catton Lea Meadow

… Associated species include pignut Conopodium majus, wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum, lady’s mantle Alchemilla glabra, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and grasses such as sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire fog Holcus la…

Lyne Woods

…t-me-not Myosotis sylvatica, wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum, rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale and a small colony of lily of the valley. At least four distinguishable forms of alder woodland occur within the Lyne Woods. The main types occur along the river banks, around draina…

Ruttersleigh

…h as woodruff Galium odoratum and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa. Wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, which is rare in Somerset, is abundant and widespread on this site also being found in the areas of bracken Pteridium aquilinum. In the wetter parts of woodland pendulous sedge C…

Gwaun Efail-Llwydiarth

…tus, common sedge Carex nigra, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, greater bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens and the locally uncommon northern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella. Other associated spec…

Wyre Forest

…ng narrow leaved helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia, wood cranesbill Geranium sylvaticum, wild columbine Aquilegia vulgaris and particularly in woodland near to Bewdley, lilly of the valley Convallaria majalis. In the New Parks area there is a descendant of the true service tre…

Lydebrook Dingle

…ruff Galium odoratum. The alder stands have pendulous sedge and giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia and locally opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Lime rich water from the springs along the valley sides has caused the accumulation of large deposits of…

Whiston Eaves

…owards the moister and slightly more acid soils, species such as wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and lesser hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis also occur in the sward. At the base of these slopes, on the wetter soil…

Lenaghan Wood

… meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, remote sedge Carex remota and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. Where the soils are drier there is an increase in the diversity of the ground flora, with wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, lesser celandine Ranunculus ficaria, primrose Primula vul…

Bentley Park Wood

… valley Convallaria majalis, large bitter cress Cardamine amara, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and wood fescue Festuca altissima for which this is the only locality in the county. Small base rich flushes are marked by additional species such as ramsons Allium ursinum, hard …

Lambert's Castle

…es of very restricted distribution are also found here including wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia and the predominantly western pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. The lower slopes to the south and east and extending into Devon …

Damhead Wood

…Schedonorus giganteus, and bearded couch Elymus caninus and also wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum are locally dominant. In addition to these woodland species, glades of unimproved neutral grassland support a characteristic grassland flora including the local species burnet sax…

Coedydd Glannau a Cwm Coel

…ies not represented elsewhere in the Cwm Coel woodland including wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, a species more characteristic of oceanic areas and a very rare plant in Radnor, occurs by the s…

Murthwaite Park

…. Open marshy areas support marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and marsh violet Viola palustris as well as many rushes, sedges and patche…

Dunsdon Farm

…e, whilst the ground flora contains many woodland plants notably wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. Patches of scrub, mainly of sallows Salix sp., merge with these woodland strips. These areas support a woodland breeding bird community which includes a heronry with about 20 pa…

Caeau Clochfaen-Isaf (Clochfaen-isaf Fields)

…unity characterised by sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, betony Betonica officinalis and devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The marshy hollows associated with former river channels are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acuti…

Lochcote Marsh

… but on the drier land, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella are frequently found in the ground flora. Lochcote Marsh is also the only known West Lothian site for the rare mud snail Omphiscola glabra, where…

Ryton Willows

…posite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. There is alder/willow carr along the base of the wooded slope. A wide variety of freshwater invertebrates have been recorded including water scorpion, water measurer, the caddis …

Ashford Hill Woods and Meadows

…r of alder dominated stands with alder buckthorn Frangula alnus, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata. The woodland as a whole supports a very rich flora which includes many species considered to be characteristic of long established wood…

Swineholes Wood and Black Heath

…asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. In contrast to the thin scatter of trees on Black Heath there is extensive cover of semi-natural broadleaved scrub and developing woodland on parts of Swineholes, along with the …

Romsley Manor Farm

…is. Woodland herbs within the sward include bugle Ajuga reptans, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and common dog violet Viola riviniana. Spring line flushes are more pronounced here with a gradation from neutra…

Alyn Valley Woods and Alyn Gorge Caves

…including the locally scarce marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. The site supports a large population of the locally uncommon wayfaring tree Viburnum lantana, which is at its northern limit in western Britain. Areas of species-rich calcicolous…

Nant Llech

…us glutinosa dominated types occur with a ground layer including wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and ramsons Allium ursinum. Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata is frequent on the edges of cliffs and on steep slopes. The abundance of beech fern Phegopteris connectilis is notable …

Brookland Wood

…one Anemone nemorosa and violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata; wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, a rare plant in Kent, occurs in the dampest places. Marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, a scarce and declining species in the county, used to occur but has not been recorded recentl…

Cave's Inn Pits

…cally the ground flora is diverse, including such species as the wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. To the north of the site, on higher ground, species rich grassland occurs. This community, which has affinities with the grassland of calcareous clay soils, is dominated by sweet…

Caeau Cnwch a Ty'n-y-graig

…a caerulea, these supporting species such as sweet vernal-grass, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, red fescue, heath wood-rush Luzula multiflora, tormentil and marsh violet Viola palustris. The drier parts of Cnwch meadow support a sward dominated by great burnet that is very …

Pamber Forest and Silchester Common

…ted with ancient woodland. These include orpine Sedum telephium, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, lilyof the valley Convallaria majalis, wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus and the rare mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma. In the north of the site, woodland grades into t…

Back Burn Wood and Meadows

… soils there are species such as wood melick Melica uniflora and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum with areas of more acid woodland elsewhere. This habitat is unusual in Clackmannanshire. The unimproved acid grassland is found largely at the most southerly end of the site. It h…

Brimham Rocks

… water blinks Montia fontana, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum occur in a water logged area associated with a small beck in the south of the site. Also of note is the occurrence of the local holly Blue Celastrina argiolus and green hairstreak…

Gale Clough and Shooterslee Wood

…llow abundant in the shrub layer. Reed canary grass, water mint, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, dog's mercury and false brome are the principal components of the ground flora, with opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and marsh thistle locally abun…

Holly Banks

…aground flora with species such as butterbur Petasites hybridus, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and the uncommon thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa. Lush stands of brooklime Veronica beccabunga and opposite leaved golden saxifrage C…

Toller Porcorum

…r's greenweed Genista tinctoria, petty whin Gentianella anglica, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnate and often abundant marsh violet Viola palustris. Flushes of higher base status also occur on the Gault and here greater tussock sedge Carex pa…

Ashculm Turbary

…d flora includes golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and wood avens Geum urbanum. In some places alder Alnus glutinosa forms pure stands. The site's variety of habitats in turn supports a rich and varied fauna. Butterfly species inc…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…an Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile. The driest areas have wet heath with western gorse Ulex gallii on slight hummocks, with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, tormentil Potentilla erecta, …

Caeau Tan y Bwlch

…lium stellatum, Sphagnum contortum, S. teres and S. warnstorfii. Wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum is very abundant in this mire complex. Such areas of soligenous (flushed) mire are still typical of the hill slopes of north west Wales but are rarely so well developed as here. T…

Drummond Lochs

…cludes bugle Ajuga reptans, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea. Drummond Wood and the parkland to the south of Pond of Drummond a…

Ramsden Corner Plantation

…has ancient woodland affinities. Bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium have also been recently recorded from the site, the latter being found in the wet flushes along the west facing …

Jockey Fields

…chwort Stellaria alsine, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The fen vegetation is very varied in character and forms a mosaic in which different plant communit…

Holt Lowes

… spreading onto the open areas of fen. The ground flora includes wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum at its only known surviving East Anglian locality. The invertebrate fauna is particularly rich with the wet, boggy areas supporting a population of the notable bog bush cricket Me…

Greenham and Crookham Commons

…sedge Crataegus laevigata, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, all of which are uncommon in central England. The two commons are rich in a wide range of invertebrates. Butterflies recorded include the purple emperor Apaturairis, white admira…

Burnham Beeches

…sh violet Viola palustris, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, of which the last three are particularly notable. The heathland is diminishing in extent through invasion either by bracken or by scrub and woodland, but fragments remain and the…

Burnhope Burn

…a cespitosa, remote sedge Carex remota, wood sedge C. sylvatica, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum. Carr woodland occurs in two discrete areas within the site, one of which contains predominantly alder and…

Coed Nant-y-merddyn-uchaf

… marsh hawk's-beard Crepis paludosa, water avens Geum rivale and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. Cliffs and rock outcrops support a range of ferns including the rare green spleenwort Asplenium viride and the uncommon beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and brittle bladder-fer…

Llofft-y-bardd

…hy in character, with sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum occurring in the grassland. The southern enclosure is generally of higher floristic quality; rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and tufted ve…

Carn Ingli

…ndifolia. Other species found are cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, whorled caraway Carum verticillatum and few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora. Small rocky tors and boulders are scattered throughout the site . In the crevices among t…

Badby Wood

…on present. Several county rarities have been recorded including wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, blinks Montia fontana, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and wood melick Mellica uniflora. Additional areas of interest include bracken glades, ancient woodland banks and a stream. T…

Drigg Holme

…pratensis and, more rarely, lady's mantle Alchemilla vestita and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. A wetter variant of this community occurs on the raised bank at the north end of the main field. Here tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceu…

Penllwyn Grasslands

…– Pteridium aquilinum – Rubus fruticosus woodland. The very rare wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum occurs in the scrub and woodland areas. Other notable species include bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus and ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea. There are also areas of tall…

Stephen Ings, Crackpot

…Rhinanthus minor, melchancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum. In the north west corner of the field, a gully fed by a spring gives rise to a wetland area of particular interest containing globe flower Trollius europaeus, fragrant orchid Gym…

Caeau Bryn-du

…m, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, greater bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, tormentil and saw-wort Serratula tinctoria. The southern portion of the site comprises mainly species-rich acidic grassland occupy…

Afon Conwy Pastures

… globeflower Trollius europaeus, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, a range of marsh orchids including northern marsh orchid, Dactylorhiza purpurella an uncommon species in southern Britain, and on the drier slopes wood bitter vetch Vicia orobus.…

Coed Mawr - Blaen-Car

…ld angelica Angelica sylvestris, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, sharp-flowered rush, creeping buttercup and common valerian Valeriana officinalis. Elsewhere purple moor-grass becomes dominant, although the species listed above remain prominen…

Monzie Wood

… local species such as sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and shady horsetail Equisetum pratense. The epiphytic lichen species on site are indicative of ancient woodland.

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