Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Llantrisant Common and Pastures

…ities of lower plants. Aquatic higher plants and algae are scarce, but the moss Fontinalis antipyretica is locally abundant. Rocks and boulders support a range of characteristic species including the mosses Hygroamblystegium fluviatile, Brachythecium plumosum, Brachythecium rivul…

River Derwent and Tributaries

…ohypnum ochraceum is important accompanied by species such as Pellia epiphylla, Fontinalis antipyretica, F. squamosa, Racomitrium aciculare and Rhyncostegium riparioides. Hyocomium armoricum, an oceanic species typical of western British rivers, is also found in these upper reach…

Owenkillew River

…a is frequent along the banks and bryophytes such as Rhyncostegium riparioides, Fontinalis squamosa and Hygrohypnum luridum are dominant in the channel. In the lower section of the Broughderg, the channel becomes wider and the river meanders through a mosaic of moorland and rough…

Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn

…nt. The acidophilous moss Sphagnum auriculatum occurs occasionally and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica is locally abundant in the south where bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus grows most prolifically. The nationally scarce species awlwort Subularia aquatica is abundant in places. Oth…

Colwyn Brook Marshes (North & South)

…opwort Oenanthe crocata, lesser spearwort and mosses Brachythecium rivulare and Fontinalis antipyretica. The section flowing through the southern part of the site has a steeper gradient with a gravel bed. The channel is shaded by alder and rusty willow. Characteristic riparian pl…

River Coquet and Coquet Valley Woodlands

…d nutrient poor upland rivers. Several mosses including Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Fontinalis antipyretica, Racometrium aciculare and Philonotis fontana are abundant on boulders and bed rocks. The lack of tree cover in the grazed moorland catchment influences the vegetation of the r…

River Ithon

…udofluitans (both in its typical form and var. vertumnus), and the water mosses Fontinalis antipyretica and F. squamosa. Rocks in the flood zone support species such as the mosses Hygroamblystegium fluviatile, Brachythecium rivulare, Cinclidotus fontinaloides and Schistidium agas…

Upper Ballinderry River

…hrough a mosaic of upland habitats. Aquatic plants consist mainly of the mosses Fontinalis antipyretica and Racomitrium aciculare. Higher plants include watercress Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum and water starwort Callitriche spp. The flow of the river varies in speed and character…

Afon Irfon

… liverwort flora is well developed, with frequent Hygroamblystegium fluviatile, Fontinalis squamosa, Hyocomium armoricum, Racomitrium aciculare, Rhynchostegium lusitanicum, R. riparioides, Pellia epiphylla and Scapania undulata. Marginal plants include sneezewort Achillea ptarmic…

Topley Pike and Deep Dale

…’s watercress Apium nodiflorum and the bryophytes Cinclidotus fontinaloides and Fontinalis antipyretica are abundant. The dales woodlands attract a range of typical woodland birds but are particularly noted for the high density of nesting pairs compared with the surrounding areas…

River Tweed

…s flammula and water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides. Moss species including Fontinalis antipyretica and Philonotis fontana are common on boulders and bedrock. Once these streams join to form upland rivers, larger aquatic plants become more frequent, particularly stream water-…

Basingstoke Canal

…that of a nutrient rich southern chalk stream. Here it is dominated by the moss Fontinalis antipyretica, the starworts Callitriche obtusangula and C. stagnalis, fool's watercress Apium nodiflorum, lesser water parsnip Berula erecta and the water crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus s…

Long Dale & Gratton Dale

…’s watercress Apium nodiflorum and the bryophytes Cinclidotus fontinaloides and Fontinalis antipyretica are abundant. The Dales' woodlands attract a range of typical woodland birds but are particularly noted for the high density of nesting pairs compared with the surrounding are…

Drumacrittin Lough

… water lily Nuphar lutea, red pondweed Potamogeton alpinus and the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica are amongst several other aquatic species present. The emergent vegetation is dominated by stands of common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, common reed Phragmites australis…

Ceann a' Mhara to Loch a' Phuill

…wfoot Ranunculus baudotii, milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum and greater water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica. At the margins on the more exposed and sometimes poached shores are occasional stands of a variety of reeds, rushes or sedges. Wet meadows are maintained along the loch margin…

Afon Cleddau Dwyreiniol / Eastern Cleddau River

… penicillatus, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, water-mosses Fontinalis spp., common water-starwort Callitriche stagnalis, intermediate water-starwort C. hamulata, accompanied by a diverse lower plant flora in the splash zone is found throughout the river syste…

Artle Dale

… flushes and on alluvium. In the beck Scapania undulata, Hygrohypnum ochraceum, Fontinalis antipyretica and Racomitrium aciculare are common. On alluvium Dichodontium pellucidum, Rhizomnium punctatum and Chiloscyphus polyanthos are often abundant and Geheebia spadicea is locally …

Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee)

…rum, intermediate water-starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, water mosses Fontinalis antipyretica and F. squamosa, and reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea are present. In spite of the large size of the river, the moderate gradient allows pond water-crowfoot Ranunculus pe…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…acrophyte community is more diverse with submergent growths of the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica and occasional stoneworts Charophyte spp. as well as beds of shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and notably quillwort Isoetes lacustris. The floatin…

Malham-Arncliffe

…ndweed Potamogeton lucens, Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis and willow moss Fontinalis antipyretica. The six fish species occurring here include an isolated population of perch thought to have been a mediaeval introduction. A population of European crayfish Austropotamobius …

Lough Scolban

…rush Juncus bulbosus, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Other macrophytes such as Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, various-leaved pondweed Potamogeton gramineus, shining pondweed Po…

River Dee (England)

…riophyllum alterniflorum and bryophytes including Rhyncostegium riparioides and Fontinalis antipyretica. Marginal vegetation consists mainly of reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea with occasional branched bur reed Sparganium erectum. Downstream of Llangollen to Bangor on Dee t…

Monk's Dale

…’s watercress Apium nodiflorum and the bryophytes Cinclidotus fontinaloides and Fontinalis antipyretica are abundant. The dales woodlands attract a range of typical woodland birds but are particularly noted for the high density of nesting pairs compared with the surrounding area…

Castlewellan Lake

…ers. Growing among these submerged lawns are stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Other aquatic plants such as Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, long-leaved pondweed Potamogeton x zizii and alternate water-mi…

River Lambourn

…inant aquatic plant, as well as fool's watercress Apium nodiflorum and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica. The occurrence of the pollution sensitive red algae Lemanea fluviatilis in the Upper Lambourn appears to be unique on the lowland southern rivers. This species is usually foun…

Lough Formal

… sandy marginal substrate. In deeper water Charaphytes and the great water moss Fontinalis antipyretica cover the silty lake bed. Floating-leaved aquatic cover is confined to the southeast where a large stand of broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans is accompanied by small, sc…

Burdautien Lough

…cies. The aquatic vegetation is dominated by submerged beds of the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica and lesser bearded stonewort Chara curta, with floating stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba. The emergent vegetation of the lough consis…

Ben More Assynt

…ohypnum eugyrium, rusty feather-moss Sciuro-hypnum plumosum, greater water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica, long-beaked water feather-moss Rhyncostegium riparioides and river grimmia Schistidium rivulare. Flowering plants such as water blinks Montia fontana and the nationally scarce…

Coed Aberedw

…d liverworts including Hygroamblystegium fluviatile, Cinclidotus fontinaloides, Fontinalis antipyretica, Hygrohypnum ochraceum and Chiloscyphus polyanthos. The river itself is important for spawning and migrating Atlantic salmon and also provides excellent otter habitat. The Rive…

Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Till Catchment

… upland rivers. Moss species are common on the boulders and bedrock and include Fontinalis antipyretica, Hygroamblystegium fluviatile, Philonotis fontana, Rhyncostegium riparioides and Racomitrium aciculare. Filamentous green algae are also characteristic in the open, grazed moor…

Cressbrook Dale

…’s watercress Apium nodiflorum and the bryophytes Cinclidotus fontinaloides and Fontinalis antipyretica are abundant. The dales woodlands attract a range of typical woodland birds but are particularly noted for the high density of nesting pairs compared with the surrounding areas…

Tempo River

…osses and liverworts are the more common species found i.e., greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica. The Tempo River is of particular importance for its associated fauna. It is one of the few rivers in Northern Ireland which still retains a substantial population of the fresh…

Afon Cleddau Gorllewinol / Western Cleddau River

…um, brook-side feather-moss Hygroamblystegium fluviatile and greater water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica, and species fringing the river channel include fool’s-water-cress Apium nodiflorum, water-cress Nasturtium officinale, hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata, purple-loosetri…

Lough Corry

…rush Juncus bulbosus, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica also occur in these submerged lawns. Other aquatic plants such as alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum occur in submerged beds, while broad leaved pondweed Potamo…

Largalinny

… Potamogeton spp., beds of submerged stoneworts Chara spp. and the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Marginal vegetation consists of a broad swamp fronted by common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and common reed Phragmites australis with extensive stands of the greater po…

Bomere, Shomere and Betton Pools

…rophytes, including blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica. All three pools are of particular interest for their invertebrate fauna. Betton Pool is one of the best mesotrophic meres for aquatic invertebrates and the site as a whole is …

Garron Plateau

…an association of water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna growing with the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica and contains the rare opposite leaved pondweed Groenlandia densa. The marginal lake vegetation around most of the lakes tends to be sparse, consisting of a scattered swamp and …

Cernydd Carmel

…rex vesicaria,silverweed Potentilla anserina and the desiccation-resistant moss Fontinalis antipyretica dominate. The invertebrate fauna is diverse, with many crustacean species such as Chydorus sphaericus, Daphnia pulex and Simocephalus vetulus present, -these also having been r…

River Usk (Lower Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Isaf)

…ora of mosses, such as Hygroamblystegium fluviatile, Cinclidotus fontinaloides, Fontinalis antipyretica, Rhyncostegium riparioides and Thamnobryum alopecurum, liverworts, such as Chiloscyphus polyanthos, Conocephalum conicum, and Marchantia polymorpha, the filiamentous alga Leman…

River Usk (Upper Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Uchaf)

…are still prominent. Aquatic species become more frequent, including the mosses Fontinalis antipyretica and Cinclidotus fontinaloides, the liverwort Porella cordaeana, the lichens Dermatocarpon luridum and D. meiophyllizum and the algae Lemanea fluviatile, and Hildenbrandia rivul…

Little Langdale Tarn

…rtmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris. The stonewort Nitella sp. and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica are also locally common. A narrow fen community occurs around parts of the tarn edge, consisting mainly of common reed Phragmites australis, bulrush Schoenoplectus lacustris, t…

Pettigoe Plateau

…ly Nymphaea alba with either yellow water lily Nuphar lutea or the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica, are also present. The plateau is the second most important breeding site for golden plover Pluvialis apricaria in Northern Ireland, as well as being one of only a few recorde…

Tattershall Old Gravel Pits

…ch as the local dominance of amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium, water moss Fontinalis antipyretica, water violet Hottonia palustris, mare's tale Hippuris vulgaris, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans. A county rarity, blunt leaved pond…

Willoughby Wood

…Lysimachia nemorum and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. The abundance of the moss Fontinalis antipyretica is a feature of the spring and stream. Breeding birds include heron, woodcock, tawny owl and greater spotted woodpecker.

River Till

… Veronica anagallis-aquatica, starwort Callitriche stagnalis and the river moss Fontinalis antipyretica. The banks of the perennial section support a typical mixed vegetation where this is not suppressed by grazing. It includes lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, hairy sedge Ca…

River Axe

…nnichellia palustris and spiked water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum. The mosses Fontinalis antipyretica and Rhyncostegium riparioides and algae such as Hildenbrandia species are also present. The margins are typically colonised by tall emergents such as reed canary-grass Phalaris…

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…is more diverse, with submergent growths of the aquatic moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica and occasionally stoneworts, including the rare least stonewort Nitella confervacea. Beds of shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and notably quillwor…

River Wensum

…ica anagallis-aquatica, opposite leaved pondweed Groenlandia densa, willow moss Fontinalis antipyretica and the nationally rare short leaved starwort Callitriche truncata occur. The middle and lower stretches of the river are characterised by rich lowland plant communities. The d…

Moyrourkan Lough

…canadensis, blunt-leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius and the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica. The area has a wide range of fen communities. The open waters are surrounded by a floating mat of vegetation, dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trif…

Esthwaite Water

… beds of stonewort Chara spp., Canadian pondweed Elodea canadensis and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica as well as a number of species of pondweed Potamogeton, including the blunt leaved Potamogeton obtusifolius, various leaved Potamogeton gramineus, small P. berchtoldii and less…

Lough Macrory

…etes lacustris with increase in the water depth. Beyond this greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica replaces Isoetes lacustris with a large stand of perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus particularly in the western half of this end of the lough. The east shore of the lo…

Upper Teesdale

…ttorella uniflora while in deeper parts there are stonewort Chara sp., the moss Fontinalis antipyretica, common water crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis and tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa. There are a number of exposures of whin sill, grit stones and limestones which form c…

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…ing plants recorded from the lake in varying amounts include greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica, small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii, floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium, intermediate water-starwort Callitriche hamulata and translucent stonewort Nitella translus…

Lochs of Spiggie and Brow

…support a variety of species including the stonewort Nitella opaca and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica. The Lochs of Spiggie and Brow are important for migrant waterfowl. In the past the lochs held well over 1% of the British population of wintering whooper swans, but lower numb…

Sea Bank Clay Pits

…uch as the local dominance of Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica. In addition there is abundant amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium and rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum. Large stands of common reed Phragmites australis occur as a bro…

Cynffig / Kenfig

…niflora often growing in asssociation with rough stonewort and the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Rough stonewort also dominates the substrate off the grazed landward shoreline, to a depth of approximately 1.5 m. There is an abundant and diverse assemblage of aquatic inver…

Owenreagh River

…tes mosses and liverworts are much more common, particularly greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica and rushy feather moss Brachythecium plumosum. The Owenreagh River is of particular importance for its associated fauna. It is one of the few rivers in Northern Ireland which s…

Tetney Blow Wells

…, mare's tail Hippuris vulgaris, water violet Hottonia palustris and water moss Fontinalis antipyretica are present. Large stands of common reed Phragmites australis occur around the margins of the open water and also under areas of willow Salix spp. scrub. Associated with the re…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…ed Sparganium angustifolium and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. The aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica occurs in both tarns. Red Tarn is additionally important as a locality for a rarefish, the schelly, recorded from only two other English water bodies, both in the Lake District…

Caeau Coed Mawr (Coedmawr Fields)

…y-grass Phalaris arundinacea and the mosses Brachythecium plumosum, B.rivulare, Fontinalis antipyretica and Rhyncostegium riparioides. At this point the Edw supports good populations of otter, spawning Atlantic salmon and Atlantic stream crayfish, a species that has declined in …

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…ophic (nutrient poor) with river vegetation dominated by aquatic mosses such as Fontinalis squamosa and Platyhypnidium riparioides with boulders supporting mosses such as Racomitrium aciculare and characteristic acid-tolerant liverworts such as Scapania undulata and Marsupella em…

Cam Lough

…r. Floating club rush Isolepis fluitans, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica also occur in these submerged lawns. Other aquatic plants such as Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, various leaved pondweed Pot…

Cladagh (Swanlinbar) River

… polyanthos and Marchantia polymorpha and the mosses Cinclidotus fontinaloides, Fontinalis antipyretica and Rhyncostegium riparioides. The main vascular plants are stream water crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus var. penicillatus in the channel, with reed canary grass Phalaris arun…

River Faughan and Tributaries

…ytes but now characterised by less acid loving types such as greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica, river feather moss Brachythecium rivulare and long beaked water feather moss Rhyrzchostegium riparioides and the liverwort St Winifrid's moss Chiloscyphus polyanthos. In the l…

Lough Aleater

… rush Juncus bulbosus the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica also occur in these submerged lawns. Other aquatic plants such as perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, red pondweed Potamogeton alpinus and lesser marshwort Apium inund…

Lough Anierin

…aved species recorded from the lough at varying abundance are common water moss Fontinalis antipyretica, alternate flowered water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii. Species typical of moderate nutrient levels i.e., red pondweed Potamoge…

Western Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper

…er Cassy Water, liverworts are accompanied by mosses such as greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica, yellow fringe moss Racomitrium aciculare, flagellate feather moss Hyocomium armoricum and claw brook moss Hygrohypnum ochraceum. In addition to some of those listed above, a n…

Leeds - Liverpool Canal

…close to the northern limits of their range in great Britain. The aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica is widely distributed and in places abundant and the brown alga Bangia atropurpurea occurs here close to its northernmost limits in this country. A representative aquatic fauna…

Hollinwood Branch Canal

…ns, unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum, the alga Nitella flexilis, the moss Fontinalis antipyretica and a number of pondweeds including the red, grass wrack, long stalked and hairlike pondweeds Potamogeton alpinus, P. compressus, Potamogeton praelongus and Potamogeton trichoi…

Heron and Carrigullian Loughs

…ckweeds Lemna spp. are also common, often with an abundance of the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Notably, the rare rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum also occurs. The lake margins consist of a narrow fringe of emergent swamp. This is dominated by common reed Phragmites…

Glenarm Woods

…ominated by bryophytes mosses and liverworts such as Cinclidotus fontinaloides, Fontinalis antipyretica and Hygrohypnum luridum. These rivers have a natural and complex flow sequence reflecting their physical structure, with a mixture of runs, riffles, glides and pools along some…

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