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Brenscombe Heath

…y local, wet heathland community, characterised by the presence of Dorset heath Erica ciliaris as well as dry heath, flushes and damp heathy grassland. The fauna of the site contains several rare heathland species. On the higher ground in the south there is dry heath dominated by…

Goonhilly Downs

…se typically support a basic lowland heath community dominated by Cornish heath Erica vagans, a Red Data Book (RDB) species (*), in the British Isles found only on the Lizard and County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. In places the serpentinite is overlain by windblown loess deposit…

Newlyn Downs

…owns supports the largest area of Southern Atlantic wet heath with Dorset heath Erica ciliaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix in Cornwall, which is an internationally rare vegetation type. The site supports dry and wet heath/mire communities and stands of willow scrub wher…

Trevaunance Cove

…owns supports the largest area of Southern Atlantic wet heath with Dorset heath Erica ciliaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix in Cornwall, which is an internationally rare vegetation type. The site supports dry and wet heath/mire communities and stands of willow scrub wher…

Arne

… sloping ground is largely dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris with bell heather Erica cinerea, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii, dwarf gorse Ulex minor and scattered patches of common gorse Ulex europaeus. In places bracken Pteridium aquilinum dominates and there are stands of Scot…

Thrasher's Heath

…n damp and wet heathland, mainly in the north west, the very local Dorset Heath Erica ciliaris is abundant together with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. On the higher centre of the site, there is dry heathland with ling Calluna vulgaris a…

Ventongimps Moor

…ce for its flora and there are two Red Data Book species present – Dorset heath Erica ciliaris and eyebright Euphrasia virgursii. Other species include the hybrid heath Erica x watsonii, wavy-leaved St John's wort Hypericum undulatum, Cornish moneywort Sibthorpia europaea, yellow…

Hartland Moor

…reas of wet heath containing some of the finest stands of the rare Dorset heath Erica ciliaris to be found in Britain. Ling Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, carnation sedge Carex panicea and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosu…

Studland & Godlingston Heaths

…h well-drained slopes support dry heathland dominated by ling with bell heather Erica cinerea, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii, dwarf gorse Ulex minor and stands of common gorse Ulex europaeus. Near the Agglestone Rock – the largest of the ironstone boulders – bilberry Vaccinium m…

The Moors

…small amounts of dry heath dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris with bell heather Erica cinerea and common and western gorse Ulex europaeus and Ulex gallii, most of the heathland is wet. The very local Dorset heath Erica ciliaris is locally dominant in these areas with purple moor-…

Carrine Common & Penwethers

…orts dry dwarf shrub heath, dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, western gorse Ulex gallii and bristle bent Agrostis curtisii. The nationally rare plant, Dorset heath Erica ciliaris (*1), is locally dominant in the south-east of the Common. This is t…

Holton and Sandford Heaths

…soils the vegetation is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris with bell heather Erica cinerea, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii and dwarf gorse Ulex minor also frequent. Western gorse Ulex gallii is also found occasionally on dry heathland in this part of the Dorset heaths. Locally…

Upton Heath

… is humid or wet with purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix the dominant species. Strong populations of the nationally scarce marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe occur in some of the wetter areas and there is a small stand of the nationally rare…

Stoborough & Creech Heaths

…raction. The dry heath is dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris with bell heather Erica cinerea and dwarf gorse Ulex minor. Stands of common gorse Ulex europaeus are frequent and western gorse Ulex gallii occurs locally. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum occurs in a few areas. On the dam…

Carrick Heaths

…nd dry heathland vegetation types, characterised by populations of Dorset heath Erica ciliaris, a nationally rare plant species and a prime constituent of Southern Atlantic Wet Heath, an internationally important vegetation type. Other noteworthy species recorded include the nati…

Corfe & Barrow Hills

…una vulgaris and western gorse Ulex gallii with smaller amounts of bell heather Erica cinerea and bristle bent Agrostis curtisii. Common gorse Ulex europaeus also occurs but is most frequent on disturbed ground at the edges of the heathland where there is some invasion by bracken…

Blue Pool and Norden Heaths

…land, where soils are wetter, supports humid heath. Heather, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and bristle bent Agrostis curtisii are characteristic plants of this Nationally Scarce community, restricted to Dorset and the New Forest. Wet heath…

Canford Heath

…nities are of the dry or humid type with heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. As on other heathland fragments in this part of the Poole Basin, the principal …

Stokeford Heaths

…avels. The community is dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris with bell heather Erica cinerea, dwarf gorse Ulex minor and locally bristle bent Agrostis curtisii. Where there is slight impedance of drainage dry heath grades into humid heath. Here heather is usually still dominant …

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

…ed’ maritime heathland is dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris, with bell heather Erica cinerea, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii and western gorse Ulex gallii. Common throughout are saw wort Serratula tinctoria, spring squill Scilla verna, burnet rose Rosa spinosissima and betony Be…

Chyenhal Moor

…Ulex europaeus and heather Calluna vulgaris are dominant. The rare Dorset heath Erica ciliaris is found here, although it is recorded as being planted in 1934. The pond in the southwest corner of the site is flanked by rush species dominated vegetation, with species such as shar…

Carnkief Pond

… Osmunda regalis. Of particular note is the Red Data Book* species Dorset heath Erica ciliaris, present here in abundance, but very rare outside Dorset. The open water areas provide a habitat for the rare insectivorous plant, greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris which is onl…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…lopes support dry heath dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris with bell heather Erica cinerea, dwarf gorse Ulex minor, the lichen Cladonia portentosa, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii and locally western gorse Ulex gallii. great Ovens Hill is one of the few sites where western gors…

The New Forest

…ts of grazing. Dry heath dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea and bristle bent Agrostis curtisii grades into humid heath in which cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea are constant species. The humid heath on slo…

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