Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Armboth Fells

…s again abundant with alpine lady's mantle Alchemilla alpina, viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara, bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus and stone bramble Rubus saxatilis. Found locally in several gills are starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris, wood fescue Festuca altissima, mountain mel…

Shrawley Wood

…lleborine and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. Two rarities, wood fescue Festuca altissima and spreading bellflower Campanula patula are also present. The streams and pools included in this site add to the site’s conservation value. Here opposite leaved golden saxifrage Ch…

Stawardpeel Woods

…Scarce and unusual species occur more on the rocky outcrops such as wood fescue Festuca altissima which is nationally rare, upland enchanter’s nightshade Circaea x intermedia and mountain melick Melica nutans. The damp and shaded condition of parts of the wood favour the growth o…

Monk Wood

…stose lichen Parmeliopsis hyperopta occurs on a few trees. The rare wood fescue Festuca altissima grows in the woodland and the locally uncommon vetch Vicia sylvatica and bird’s nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis are also present. Other Information During the 1984 revision the bound…

Mills Rocks

…s support a number of rare plants and particularly notable is reed fescue grass Festuca altissima which has only one other southern English locality and occurs sparsely elsewhere in Britain. The hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula also grows on the rocks and the rich bryop…

Upper Wye Gorge

…eborus foetidus, narrow-leaved bitter-cress Cardamine impatiens and wood fescue Festuca altissima. Sessile oak-lime woodland, which is restricted nationally, covers large areas of the southern and eastern parts of the site. Beech, ash, birch and wych elm contribute to the canopy …

Glenariff Glen

…edges often support grasses such as wood melick Melica uniflora and wood fescue Festuca altissima, as well as ferns such as maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and hart's-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium. Rare and scarce plants include common wintergreen Pyrola minor and in…

Glen Tarff

…ranium sylvaticum and the grasses mountain melick Melica nutans and wood fescue Festuca altissima. The site is also important for the rare beetle, Bolitophagus reticulatus, which in the UK is found only in the Highlands of Scotland. The beetle larvae feed on bracket fungus in old…

Water of Ken Woods

…ant interest, with a good stand of the uncommon forest-relic grass, wood fescue Festuca altissima, and other local woodland species such as woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea and moschatel Adoxa moschatellina.

Coedydd Dyffryn Wnion

…ides non-scripta and herb robert Geranium robertianum. The uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima occurs occasionally within the Torrent Walk area. Ferns form a distinctive part of the woodland field layer, these include: lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, beech fern Phegopteris co…

Dodgson Wood

…ian Valeriana dioica, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and the uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima grow here in association with a variety of ferns including hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and W…

Largalinny

…rn Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and wood fescue Festuca altissima. The gametophyte form of the rare Killarney Fern Trichomanes speciosum has also been recorded in Largalinny. Notable bryophytes include the oceanic liverworts Plagiochila punctata, L…

Shipley and Great Woods

…helleborine Epipactis helleborine, toothwort Lathraea squamaria and wood fescue Festuca altissima. On acidic soils sessile oak Quercus petraea woodland is developed, which on the upper freely draining slopes has a ground flora containing heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccini…

Coed Afon Crewi

…tis/ Anthoxanthum/ Holcus. Wood melick Melica uniflora and the rare wood fescue Festuca altissima are also present. Locally the ground is particularly herb-rich and includes common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, tutsan Hypericum androsaemu…

Longsleddale Woods

…dryopteris, hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and the uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima.

Craig y Rhiwarth

…the-valley Convallaria majalis, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, wood fescue Festuca altissima, and the moss, Loeskeobryum brevirostre. Decaying logs support other notable mosses and liverworts such as Dicranodontium denudatum and Tritomaria exsectiformis, whilst the shrub lay…

Dallington Forest

…ing 'Atlantic' plants have been recorded from the ghyll area, wood fescue grass Festuca altissima, Cornish moneywort Sibthorpia europaea, hay scented fern Dryopteris aemula, ivy leaved bellflower, Wahlenbergia hederacea and the bryophytes liverworts and mosses Hyocomium armoricum…

Arnecliff and Park Hole Woods

…y scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula. The regionally rare wood fescue grass Festuca altissima is also present on this site. East Arnecliff Wood also contains a few shallow pools. Other information The Killarney fern is listed on Annex II and IVa of the European Communities …

Matlock Woods

…ore Helleborus foetidus, Solomon’s seal Polygonatum multiflorum and wood fescue Festuca altissima.

Bonds Glen

…notable species such as the parasitic toothwort Lathraea squamaria, wood fescue Festuca altissima which is found on the wet rock faces along the stream gullies, and wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus which occurs in the wet woodland. Goat willow Salix caprea is dominant in the wet…

Beech Hill Wood

…ges which support a rich flora including uncommon and rare species. Wood fescue Festuca altissima occurs in abundance, together with plants like alpine lady's mantle Alchemilla alpina, mountain melick Melica nutans, wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, wall lettuce Mycelis mura…

Errigal Glen

…, common wintergreen Pyrola minor, toothwort Lathraea squamaria and wood fescue Festuca altissima. Errigal Glen lies to the west of Garvagh on the Agivey River with the wood extending along both sides of the glen for over one kilometre. Despite its moderate extent, the glen inclu…

Roeburndale Woods

…ll Wood. Other plants of interest include a colony of the rare grasswood fescue Festuca altissima and the rare moss Rhytidiadelphus sub pinnatus. Red squirrels, a protected species, are resident in the wood.

Beck Hole

…ytes are abundant in damp rocky situations and there is a colony of wood fescue Festuca altissima by the river to the east of Beck Hole. Mixed woodland occurs in the north of the site at Jenny Bank and Blue Ber Wood, where a richer ground flora includes dog's mercury Mercurialis …

Shorn Cliff and Caswell Woods

…rts a variety of uncommon plants. These include the nationally rare wood fescue Festuca altissima and narrow leaved bitter cress Cardamine impatiens with the locally uncommon southern wood rush Luzula forsteri, wild madder Rubia peregrina, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis a…

Allt nan Caorach

… and reflects the range of soil conditions. Notable species include wood fescue Festuca altissima, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media and serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda. In the upper, more open parts of the gorge, particularly on the drier bo…

Lower Findhorn Woods

…locally rare species such as bird's-nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, wood fescue Festuca altissima and pale sedge Carex pallescens. The woodland lichen flora is well developed with one of the highest number of indicator species of old woodlands in eastern Scotland and the best exa…

Mennock Water

…mon plants occur, especially along the rocky streamsides, including wood fescue Festuca altissima, wood bitter-vetch Vicia orobus, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis and mountain melick Melica nutans. Along the eastern slopes of the Glendyne Burn woodland becomes more fragmented and m…

Avondale

… woodland has an interesting associated ground flora which includes wood fescue Festuca altissima, broad-leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, hairy St John’s wort Hypericum hirsutum, alternate leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium and also two parasitic plants…

Bentley Park Wood

…tter 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 shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and…

Corrieshalloch Gorge

…ade are common, with an abundance of wood millet Milium effusum and wood fescue Festuca altissima. Ferns and mosses are abundant and notable species include Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Cranefly (Lipsothrix ecucullata) The woodland provides habitat for the national…

Rostrevor Wood

…othwort Lathraea squamaria, birdsnest orchid Neottia nidus-avis and wood fescue Festuca altissima. Due to the presence of mature trees and the continuity of woodland cover, epiphytic lichen communities are well developed, with a number of notable species, including Sporodophoron …

Craigantlet Woods

…ncludes a number of rare plants such as wood millet Milium effusum, wood fescue Festuca altissima and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. In addition, Craigantlet Woods provide an extensive area of semi-natural habitat for woodland animals, including badger Meles meles and a range of b…

Downton Gorge

…m androsaemum and saw wort Serratula tinctoria. The nationally rare wood fescue Festuca altissima, occurs in the steep exposed cliffs of the gorge as does the equally rare rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum. The gorge cliffs are important for ferns, with 12 species recorded, incl…

Bigsweir Woods

… bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, alder buckthorn Frangula alnus and wood fescue Festuca altissima. The site also has a good range of ferns including hard fern Blechnum spicant and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina.

Coedydd Aber

…und layer is made up of almost pure stands of the nationally scarce wood fescue Festuca altissima. The under-storey in the river gorge comprises hazel Corylus avellana and rowan Sorbus aucuparia. The woodland on the un-grazed cliff around Rhaeadr Fawr is dominated by ash, birch a…

Cleghorn Glen

…with alder and ash. The rich ground flora includes the locally rare wood fescue Festuca altissima, Dutch rush Equisetum hyemale and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. The woodland is fringed in places by herb-rich grassland and deciduous scrub. The variety of habitats present within t…

Craig y Benglog

… hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and the nationally uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima. Larger trees hold rich epiphytic lichen populations with uncommon species such as Lobaria laetevirens and Parmeliella taylorensia. A small area of hawthorn scrub is included in the…

Torboll Woods

…Flushes support golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, and wood fescue Festuca altissima and mountain melick Melica nutans grow in the gorge.

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…nd includes species that are scarce in mid and south Wales, such as wood fescue Festuca altissima. The canopy in one area of the site is composed mainly of intermediate oak, with a little downy birch in places. The shrub layer is sparse, with only scattered hazel and holly Ilex a…

Churnet Valley

…rs. Other rocky areas support stands of the nationally rare grass, wood fescue Festuca altissima. The unimproved grasslands which invariably have very high botanical diversity, range from neutral to acidic, with examples of dry, flushed and waterlogged communities. Many of the g…

Hack Fall Wood

…mall leaved lime Tilia cordata is common in the open canopy and the wood fescue Festuca altissima, a species which has a very local distribution in great Britain, is abundant on the cliff faces and precipitous slopes down to the river bank. In the northern half of the site dutch …

Arthog Hall Woods

…mon orchid, lesser tway blade Neottia cordata is present along with wood fescue Festuca altissima. The site has a subspecies of wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum subsp. glochidisperma, a very rare British endemic flowering plant. The uncommon touch-me-not Impatiens nolitangere ha…

Lodore - Troutdale Woods

…ber of rare vascular plant species occur in the woods, particularly wood fescue Festuca altissima, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and forked spleenwort Asplenium septentrionale. The bryophyte flora of the Lodore Troutdale Woods is one of the richest in Britain and include…

Den of Riechip

…odland with a large number of uncommon higher plant species such as wood fescue Festuca altissima, mountain melick Melica nutans, early purple orchid Orchis mascula, and stone bramble Rubus saxatilis. There is also a large population of the nationally rare plant species whorled S…

Silverbrook Wood

…mber of rare woodland plants including bird cherry Prunus padus and wood fescue Festuca altissima. Silverbrook Wood also provides an important habitat for animals, including breeding birds and mammals. Mammals present include otter Lutra lutra, badger Meles meles, stoat Mustela e…

Compstall Nature Reserve

…giant bellflower Campanula latifolia, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, wood fescue Festuca altissima and the fungus Naucoria subconspersa. Compstall Nature Reserve is the only known site in great Manchester and Merseyside for the last two species. In the wettest areas of the wood, p…

Brignall Banks

…doratum. Scarce and local species recorded in this woodland include wood fescue Festuca altissima, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, alternate leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis, goldilocks butter…

The Hudnalls

…and harts tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. The nationally restricted wood fescue Festuca altissima is found here forming the most extensive stands in the Wye Valley. Several types of oak woodland occur throughout the site and both sessile and pedunculate oak are widespread. Much h…

Falls of Clyde

…tionally Scarce grasses -lesser hairy brome Bromopsis benekenii and wood fescue Festuca altissima.

Great Wood

…e, a species with its British headquarters in the Lake District and wood fescue Festuca altissima. At least one hundred lichen species have been recorded in great Wood which makes it the third richest known locality for lichens in northern England. Arboreal lichens and especially…

Tilberthwaite Gill

…section has atypical acid grassland community on its slopes with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, abundant ferns such as lemon scented Oreopteris limbosperma, male Dryopteris filix-mas and scaly male Dryopteris affi…

Marlbank

…Mecanopsis cambrica, Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and wood fescue Festuca altissima. They are also important for a range of mycorrhizal fungi and fungi of deadwood, with species of the Genera brittlegill Russula, milkcap Lactarius, Bolete Leccinum and Fibrecap Inocy…

Upper Ballinderry River

…odlands also support the rare rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale and wood fescue Festuca altissima, as well as a rich fungal community. The scarce orchid marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris has also been recorded in wet grasslands adjoining the rrver. The Upper Ballinderry River…

Sloughan and Willmount Glens

…or two other rare species the rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale and wood fescue Festuca altissima. To the east of the road, the woodland is more base-rich than within the steeper, upper reaches of the glen. The canopy is dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior with an understorey com…

Ardvar Woodlands

…false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum grassland, the latter featuring wood fescue Festuca altissima. There is a rich lichen flora, including the oceanic Normandina pulchella, the ‘old forest’ Nephroma laevigatum and the nationally rare Pseudocyphellaria thouarsii.

Irthing Gorge

…, a mountain plant at one time more widely distributed and the rare wood fescue Festuca altissima also occur. The rock ledges and shaded crevices support several species of fern, including brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and hard shiel…

Birks of Aberfeldy

…an ancient woodland indicator), giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, wood fescue Festuca altissima and mountain melick Melica nutans. The Birks of Aberfeldy has a rich lichen flora including a long list of ancient woodland indicator species. The site contains 22 nationally scarce …

Corbylin Wood

…mber of rare woodland plants including bird cherry Prunus padus and wood fescue Festuca altissima. Corbylin Wood also provides an important habitat for animals, including mammals and breeding birds. Mammals recorded in the wood include otter Lutra lutra, badger Meles meles and re…

Bach Howey Gorge

…haded side of the gorge, below Craig Pwll-du, the nationally scarce wood fescue Festuca altissima grows in some abundance. Woodland of this type is rare in Radnorshire. The deeper, damper soils on the north-west facing slopes of the upper gorge are more neutral in character and s…

Briarwood Banks

…eriensis, Lobaria laetevirens and Leptogium teretiusculum. The rare wood fescue Festuca altissima has been recorded on moss covered block scree. Small areas of grassland on the alluvium adjacent to the river support mountain pansy Viola lutea and, in one locality, alpine penny cr…

Glenarm Woods

… toothwort Lathraea squamaria, birdsnest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, wood fescue Festuca altissima, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus, shady horsetail Equisetum pratense and rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale. Glenarm Woods also supports a diverse community of lower plants, particu…

Ogof Ddu

…ea, Mountain Melick Melica nutans, Welsh poppy Mecanopsis cambrica, wood fescue Festuca altissima and rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum are among the flowering plants and grasses which are present. A number of ferns occur, including green spleenwort Asplenium viride and Brittle B…

Dove Valley and Biggin Dale

…s of mezereon Daphne mezereum, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and wood fescue Festuca altissima all of which are nationally restricted. Over large parts of the dale sides there is a mixed scrub of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna with ash, which includes many of the woodland shrubs …

Naddle Forest

…ragaria vesca are typical of the many herbs present. The very local wood fescue Festuca altissima also occurs here. As both altitude and soil acidity increase, oak and ash decline in favour of birch with corresponding changes in the ground flora so that bilberry Vaccinium myrtil…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…rdsnest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, Welsh poppy Mecanopsis cambrica, wood fescue Festuca altissima, thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa and the lichen tree lungwort Lobaria pulmonaria. Epiphytic bryophytes on tree trunks and branches are well developed throughout the woodlands. …

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