Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Sontley Marsh

…et Filipendula ulmaria, lesser pond-sedge Carex acutiformis and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Wetter areas here support reed-grass Phalaris arundinacea and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum with spindle Euonymus europaeus on drier sites. Dense strands of Equisetum telm…

Holwell Mouth

…h Juncus subnodulosus, great willow herb Epilobium hirsutum and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The marsh possesses a representative flora which includes marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, stands of brown sedge Carex disticha and, at its edge, …

Woolcombe

…of its kind in the county. The dominant plants are marsh and greater horsetails Equisetum palustre and Equisetum telmateia, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and blunt flowered and jointed rushes Juncus subnodulosus and J. articulatus. Associated species include water mint Mentha a…

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…

West Dorset Coast

…oltsfoot Tussilago farfara, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, field horsetail Equisetum arvense and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, the last often in large stands. Slender centaury Centaurium tenuiflorum, a nationally rare species not recently recorded elsewhere in Britain…

Lurgan River Wood

…marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and greater horsetail Equisetum telmateia. In addition the valley floor is wet and supports a pocket of alder Alnus glutinosa carr woodland. More acidic woodland occurs along the …

Seabrook Stream

…e woodland rich flush communities occur, generally dominated by great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum but also including greater pond sedge Carex riparia, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Ther…

Tewinbury

…e pratensis, greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre. Locally occurring site species include greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, both with a limited distribution in the county and southern m…

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…

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…

Churnet Valley

…grass Phalaris arundinacea, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The drier sub community is dominated by tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa with broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, ramsons Allium urs…

Chater Valley

… fed marshes occur. These are characterised by the abundance of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and the community includes such typical plants as marsh marigold Caltha palustris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, spotted orchid Dactylorhiz…

Hatherton Flush

…Triglochin palustris tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. Seven species of sedge Carex spp. are present. Several species of orchid grow profusely on the site parti…

Garrold's Meadow

…marshland species such as marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. A small proportion of the meadow has been invaded by gorse Ulex europaeus scrub; whilst this eliminates …

Clout's Wood

…pond. Common reed Phragmites australis fringes the pond, whilst giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and sedges Carex spp. dominate open boggy glades. Zoological investigations have revealed that Clouts Wood supports a diverse woodland fauna, in p…

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…ra helix. Other features of special interest are the stands of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and colt’s foot Tussilago farfara on the cliff slopes at the western end of Porth Neigwl. The latter is typical of unstable soft cliffs. Common scrub species in this area include b…

One Tree Hill and Bitchet Common

…hrysosplenium oppositifolium, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The ragstone escarpment supports woodland of varied composition. There is much neglected coppice of ash and hazel together with some mature beech. Mature wych elm Ulmus glabra wa…

Old Copse, Beenham

… hazel, to localised areas on wetter soils with Carex strigosa, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. These communities occur mainly beneath alder on flushed ground where clay outcrops beneath…

Cooper's Hill

…principally oak Quercus robur and ash with abundant stands of greater horsetail Equisetum telmateia and a rich variety of typical marsh species. Dry woodland has also developed with oak and birch dominating the canopy above a thinly developed scrub layer. The site has a rich and …

Woolhayes Farm

…k sedge Carex paniculata swamp where associated species include great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. In drier parts of the site an unimproved neutral grassland community occurs. The sward is composed of a variety of grasses, including crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, sweet…

Bann Estuary

… the northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella and the variegated horsetail Equisetum variegatum which is local in distribution. In the early 1900's sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides was planted to stabilise part of the dune system. It has since invaded a wider area producin…

Morcombelake

…onditions. These include frequent yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, and water mint Mentha aquatica. Heathland of the western gorse–bristle bent Ulex gallii–Agrostis c…

Wytham Woods

…reed Phragmites australis, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria has developed in one locality. Fragments of old limestone grassland occur principally in the disused quarry on Rough Common, in the Anthill Rese…

Dalby Bush Fen

…ncus subnodulosus occur in a tall herb community which includes great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. A poor fen community including bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and marsh…

Clough Woods

…ised by alder Alnus glutinosa and goat willow Salix caprea with great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. To the south of the site, where glacial clays have slumped over shales and limestones, oak remains the dominant species with birch Betula spp…

Brithdir a Chwm Mawr

…ericum elodes, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, and a colony of giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, a scarce localised species in Montgomeryshire, occurs around field boundaries. Some of the fields are separated by woodland, scrub and hedgerows and, within these areas, the uncom…

Whitwell Common

…folium, tormentil Potentilla erecta and an unusual abundance of giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Wet valley alder carr on neutral soils occupies the northern part of the site. Alder Alnus glutinosa is dominant with some pedunculate oak Quercus robur and ash Fraxinus excelsior…

Shorn Cliff and Caswell Woods

…e provide a suitable environment for damp loving plants such as great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum and pendulous sedge Carex pendula as well as supporting an interesting bryophyte flora. The whole site supports a variety of uncommon plants. T…

Harby Hill Wood

…h characteristic species as marsh marigold Caltha palustris and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. To the south of the wood lies an area of species rich dry grassland. This is intermediate in character between neutral and calcareous grassland and contains such diverse plant spe…

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

… damp flushes within the woods meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, water avens Geum rivale, remote sedge Carex remota, hairy sedge Carex hirta, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiz…

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek

…series of landslips within the woodland, typically colonised by great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, add diversity to this rare example of ancient coastal woodland. Field maple Acer campestre is an additional component of the otherwise similar copse to the east, protected from e…

Mynydd Y Fflint / Flint Mountain

…bottom. The ground flora varies greatly with areas dominated by great horsetail Equisetum telmateia with extensive beds of lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis with scattered marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre; whilst other areas have frequent ivy Hedera helix with bramble Rubus …

Bourne Alder Carr

… is extremely rich in places; pendulous sedge Carex pendula and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia occur throughout, with abundant wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. The rare alte…

Grange Meadow

…sh thistle Cirsium palustre, fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Along the Madresfield Brook at the south of the site there is a riparian strip of alder Alnus glutinosa woodland with a ground flora dominated by ramsons Allium ursinum. At the …

St. Catherine's Valley

…found on the slopes of the valley. These areas are dominated by great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, water mint Mentha aquatica and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. Scattered scrub of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and bramble Rubus fruticosus is present over areas of the site, prov…

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle

…rmwood Artemisia maritima, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The coastal cliffs rise to 150 metres in places and support the largest mainland breeding seabird site between Angus and Yorkshire. There have been up to 9,000 pairs of guillemot,…

Wye and Crundale Downs

…ation are dominated by lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis with giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, hemp agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum, fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. The wet alder woodland includes old alder Alnus glutinosa and ash coppi…

Castle Eden Dene

…olonised by a wide range of ruderal and wetland plants in which giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia is often abundant, whilst in time willow Salix spp. scrub becomes established. At the western end of the dene is a small stand of grassland, containing blue moor grass Sesleria cae…

Bouldnor and Hamstead Cliffs

…cover varies with the age of the cliff fall. It is dominated by giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia and coltsfoot Tussilago farfara with a variety of coloniser species such as creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. In the wettest areas of the cliff…

Holborough to Burham Marshes

…minance of common reed in places. Yellow flag Iris pseudacorus, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata also occur. Typical woodland birds such as tree creeper Certhia familiaris and great spotted woodpecker Dendropus major breed. Many othe…

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…, creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, false brome, soft-rush, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and bramble. In the ground layer, the mosses Eurhynchium praelongum and Thuidium tamariscinum are frequent. Locally, where woodland extends onto the drift-covered plateau, stands o…

Melverley Farm

…two sites in Shropshire, bristle club rush Isolepis setacea and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Yellow rattle is abundant in the hay meadows and in some places dominates the sward. There are many species present which have not been recorded elsewhere in this part of the coun…

Castlebeck and Scar Woods

…sh marigold Caltha palustris, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Of particular interest are open flushes on the west side of Jugger Howe Beck. Species occurring here include pur…

Holly Farm Meadow, Wendling

…ilobium hirsutum with false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. hawthorn scrub has developed on the driest ground and has spread from thick boundary hedges.

Hack Fall Wood

…ularly rich being dominated by meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. At the southern end of the site small leaved lime Tilia cordata is common in the open canopy and the woo…

Kirkham Park & Riverside

…ralis and abundant wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus. Elsewhere great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, brown sedge Carex disticha, meadow crane's bill Geranium pratense and butterbur Petasites hybridus are locally abundant. In places there are areas of willow Salix spp., scrub and …

Bulmoor Pastures & Coppice

…edge Carex paniculata. Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia are abundant, with yellow archangel, dog’s mercury and opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium also present. Though not characteristic of the community type …

Spye Park

…nt. Other widespread species are pendulous sedge Carex pendula, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Several species uncommon in Wiltshire are present such as marsh violet Viola pa…

Stevington Marsh

…tic species include fool’s water cress Helosciadium nodiflorum, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia. Those marshes which are floristically richer include additional speci…

Emmett Hill Meadows

…ure and scrub. In part this is low lying and marshy, supporting great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris and skullcap Scutellaria galericulata. The remainder is very herb rich w…

Hayburn Wyke

…to willow scrub S. caprea, Salix cinerea with a ground flora of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum. Herbs of note at this site include the introduced elecampane Inula helenium and grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris. In places the unsta…

Thornley Wood

…s, remote sedge Carex remota, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia occur. These flushes also support the locally rare narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, while oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris is also found in the wood. The well developed …

Millwater

…el by spring seepage. This is dominated by great willowherb and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia with abundant fool’s watercress Apium nodiflorum, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens and common reed. At both the northern fringe and in the …

Frome St. Quintin

… Ajuga reptans under a tall herb cover of nettle Urtica dioica, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and sprawling cleavers Galium aparine. Ramsons Allium ursinum is a distinctive vernal species in Dry Hill Moor and on the silty soils of the riverine alder woodland. Alder woodland…

Pinkney and Gerrick Woods

…l of the wood as a whole. Discrete flushes are characterised by great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, whilst on the banks of small streams there is an abundance of opposite…

Aunt Mary's Bottom

…, common sedge Carex nigra, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia are frequent. Locally, brown sedge Carex disticha and stands of blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus indicate the calcareous nature of the mire. Species rare in Dorset which oc…

Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm

…uncus effusus and J. inflexus, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus and giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia with water mint Mentha aquatica, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Woodland on the drier areas is dominated by as…

Balnabraid Glen

…ally uncommon species, including pendulous sedge Carex pendula, giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, and the nationally-scarce moss Fissidens rivularis. The section of sea-cliff and rocky coast supports an extremely rich and varied lichen flora, in particular the Lobarion communi…

Burnmouth Coast

…ort Pinguicula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Associated with the coastal grassland habitat are several invertebrate species of restricted distribution nationally. Of national interest are the flies found in the seepages of t…

Hanley Dingle

…lutinosa, over a ground flora of pendulous sedge Carex pendula, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum. The damp stream side banks support a rich fern and moss flora. The site also includes a number of basic flushes with both opposite leaved a…

Madams Wood

…h primrose Primula vulgaris, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, plants of restricted distribution in the county.

Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods

… great bitter cress Cardamine amara, blackcurrant Ribes nigrum, giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus, the sedges Carex laevigata and Carex pseudocyperus. The heathland and acid grassland supports an interesting range of uncommon plants such as he…

Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood

… ground flora with abundant pendulous sedge Carex pendula and greater horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Small leaved lime Tilia cordata is locally dominant as coppice in Adcombe Wood which also has occasional wild service tree Sorbus torminalis. Wych elm Ulmus glabra forms small sta…

Colyers Hanger

…sh marigold Caltha palustris, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. On the upper slopes the woodland consists of pedunculate oak, silver birch Betula pendula, hazel, holly and whitebeam Sorbus aria. The field layer is dominated by bracken Pteridiu…

Belmore Mountain

… as bugle Ajuga reptans, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The shaded, boulder-strewn woodland floor has a luxuriant growth of typical woodland mosses such as common pocket moss Fissidens taxifolius var. taxifolius, big shaggy moss Rhytid…

Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods

…, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and dominating the marsh great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The twenty four butterflies recorded to date include particularly strong colonies of wood white Leptidea sinapis, white admiral Limenitis camilla and the nationally rare black hai…

Quants

…rcurialis perennis in the drier areas and by pendulous sedge or giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia in the wetter parts. Other species include sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, sweet woodruff G…

Keal Carr

…willows Salix spp. The field layer is characterised by abundant giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, common valerian Valeriana officinalis, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, red currant Ribes sylvestris and the …

Coed Cors y Gedol

…her species of interest include globeflower Trollius europaeus, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, waterblinks Montia fontana and tutsan Hypericum androsaemum. The riverside has rich fern and bryophyte flora. The presence of hay scented fern Dryopteris Aemula is unusual as it i…

River Ithon

…trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Grassland dominated by bents Agrostis spp. and fescues Festuca spp. is widespread along the banks of the upper Ithon and its tributaries, whilst wetter pasture is largely dominate…

King's Quay Shore

…ceous plants, dominated by birch, grey willow Salix cinerea and giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia. At the head of the Palmers Brook estuary the vegetation forms a complex mosaic of open freshwater swamp, dominated by reed mace Typha latifolia and the uncommon wood club rush Sc…

Whitecliff Bay and Bembridge Ledges

… the Isle of Wight from this location in 1860. In wetter areas giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and common reed Phragmites australis occur. The grassy cliff faces in turn give way to dense scrub of blackthorn, hawthorn and bramble with gorse Ule…

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

… face springs create ephemeral ponds and seepages populated by great horse tail Equisetum telmateia and the local northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Around more permanent undercliff ponds, such as those near St Catherine’s Point, a diverse reed swamp community occur…

Aghanaglack

…e Neottia ovata, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre. Where the local conditions create drier soils, species typical of more mesotrophic grassland occur amongst the fen meadow, such as common knapweed Centaurea nigra, meadow sweet Fil…

Shell Brook Pastures

…argin of an area of Alder carr (woodland) with a dense stand of great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia.

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…

Dane-in-Shaw Pasture

…obin Silene flos-cuculi. The flushes also have large stands of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, water avens Geum rivale and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, all of which are of local distribution in Cheshire. This tall herbaceous vegetation supports a diversity of…

Coed Nant Menascin

…alternate leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, sanicle Sanicula europaea and common valerian Valeriana officinalis. Towards the head of the valley the flushes become more base-poor, and a…

Coverack to Porthoustock

…mas occur along with broad buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The Grove also supports a large colony of dotted sedge. A spindle copse Euonymus europaeus in the west of the site has a notably rich ground flora with 39 species recorded includ…

Bentley Priory

…with ancient woodland, creeping jenny Lysimachia nummularia and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Other woodland on the site contains a more varied canopy including wild cherry Prunus avium and rarely wild service tree Sorbus torminalis, both of which are largely associated wi…

Banc y Mwldan

…ey willow Salix cinerea carr, the last two with an abundance of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Numerous scarce insectes have been recorded, including the attractive scarlet tiger moth Callimorpha dominula and the tortoise beetle Cassida murraea, and several soldier-flies, i…

Newtown St Boswells Woods

…here are also several species of high regional interest such as giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and alternate-leafed golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium.

Mavis Enderby Valley

…arsh marigold Caltha palustris, tussock sedge Carex paniculata, giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. The close juxtaposition of a number of habitats makes the site valuable for a wide range of fauna, small mammals, lepidoptera and dr…

Tyddyn y Waen

…liverwort Leiocolea bantriensis. There are also large stands of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and lesser pond-sedge Carex acutiformis. In an unmanaged area there is a willow thicket dominated by grey willow Salix cinerea.

Mapperton and Poorton Vales

… meadows and areas of ungrazed fen in which rushes Juncus spp., great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and tall herbs such as meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus are prominent. Frequent associates include marsh orchid D…

Shielhill Glen

…ate leaved golden saxifrage (Chrysosplenium alternifolium) and great horsetail (Equisetum telmateia). The fen meadow area of the site comprises unimproved rush pasture on the southern edge of the glen and is also one of the best examples of the habitat in the area. It is dominate…

Aghanloo Wood

…ogged, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria is often dominant, with great horsetail Equisetum telmateia a notable associate. Mosses and liverworts also make up an important part of the ground flora. Carpets of Thuidium tamariscinum, Eurhynchium striatum and Thamnobryum alopecurum are…

Thorness Bay

…y scattered pioneer plants such as coltsfoot Tussilago farfara, giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia, tall melilot Melilotus altissima and a variety of grass species. The more mature cliff slumps develop a vegetation dominated by wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, common reed…

Roydon Woods

…ia, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus, water avens Geum rivale, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and thin spikewood sedge Carex strigosa dominating a community which is much richer in species and abundance of individuals than comparable alder carr in the Forest. The Site of Sp…

Wick Wood and Worldham Hangers

…by two ponds, fringed with lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and reed mace Typha latifolia and by a rush dominated field adjacent to Warner's Wood which contains several species of plant found only in agriculturally unimproved grassland, suc…

Derwent Gorge & Horsleyhope Ravine

… is dominated by hybrid sweet grass Glyceria x pedicellata with great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Yew Taxus baccata occurs sporadically on wooded crags throughout much of the site. A rich assemblage of over sixty epiphytic lichens is present and includes indicators of long est…

Fyning Moor

…th sedge Carex laevigata, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia occur in wet patches within the woodland. The poorly drained areas of carr are dominated by alder over a field layer which contains panicled sedge Carex paniculata and reed grass P…

Burderop Wood

…yacinthoides non-scripta is abundant on the lowest clay slopes. great horsetail Equisetum telmateia dominates in areas of impeded drainage at the foot of the scarp, together with opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. The latter is also widespread in othe…

Dibbinsdale

…inated by common reed. Other species include reed canary grass, great horsetail Equisetum telmateia, yellow iris, water pepper Polygonum hydropiper and celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus. The fen pasture is characterised by wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, float…

Coed Ynys-Faen

…s slumping on some steeper slopes and here the locally uncommon great horsetail Equisetum telmateia is found. The alder stands grade into drier woodland types. On flushed base rich slopes, ash and hazel coppice, is predominant with dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, tufted hair-…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…ort Oenanthe crocata, water mint Mentha aquatica and occasional great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The bog moss Sphagnum palustre is locally frequent in pools. The woodland rides and glades contain many species found in the surrounding fen meadows elsewhere on the site and pro…

Arger Fen

…d on very wet ground with many small streams and seepage areas. great horsetail Equisetum telmateia is very abundant whilst other species include water mint Mentha aquatica and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Drier areas also occur and these suppor…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

…atures prominently with hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. In some places, the common reed forms almost pure stands that often grade into more typical coastal scrub. Coarse grasslands containing common nettle Urtica dioica and false oat g…

Coedydd y Barri / Barry Woodlands

…iated with up-welling of lime-rich water, which support beds of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Remarks: The majority of the woods that make up Coedydd Y Barri/Barry Woodlands SSSI are included in the provisional Inventory of Ancient Woodland for Glamorgan. Parts of the SSS…

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