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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Fritillaria meleagris""

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Mottey Meadows

… trefoil Lotus corniculatus on the drier, eastern side. Snake's head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris occurs here sparsely in what is considered to be its most northerly native site in Britain and one of the very few extant localities outside the Upper Thames basin. The conservat…

Monewden Meadows

…f grasses and herbs including meadow saffron Colchicum autumnale and fritillary Fritillaria meleagris. The sward is dominated by meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog's Tail Cynosurus cristatus and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. The herb flora …

Fox Fritillary Meadow, Framsden

…meadow supports the largest and best known population of snakes head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris in East Anglia, a plant which is rare and which has a limited national distribution. The grass sward contains a mixture of grasses including meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, …

Upper Waterhay Meadow

…e of a neutral alluvial meadow with a large population of snakeshead fritillary Fritillaria meleagris, traditionally managed by cutting for hay. Potentially exploitable deposits of river valley gravels lie beneath the meadow, overlaid by 13 feet of clay, in turn overlaid by 8' of…

Grafton Lock Meadow

…ially notable is a population of the rare and declining snake's head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris which produces between 50 and 200 flower heads annually in two separate areas. The water table of the meadow varies from the wet sedge dominated sward at the southern side to the…

Mickfield Meadow

…g methods. There is a good variety of grasses and herbs, including Fritillaries Fritillaria meleagris. The grass sward is species rich with meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, cock's foot Dactylis glomerata, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, Timothy Phleum pratense and York…

Chimney Meadows

…and quaking grass Briza media. A colony of the uncommon snake's head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris persists in one of the meadows, whilst one of the northern most fields contains a population of green winged orchid Anacamptis morio. The absence of great burnet Sanguisorba offi…

Whelford Meadow

…umbers of adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. A good population of fritillary Fritillaria meleagris, the other nationally rare plant species, is present on part of the site. Scrub on the margins of the site provides good undisturbed habitat for breeding warblers and other passe…

North Meadow, Cricklade

…ch flora which includes the largest British population of snakeshead fritillary Fritillaria meleagris. The site lies on the alluvial deposits of the flood plain of the Rivers Churn and Thames near Cricklade. The meadow is 'lammas land', grazed in common between 12 August and 12 …

Lugg And Hampton Meadows

…places across the site. Other notable vascular plant species include fritillary Fritillaria meleagris, the near threatened meadow saffron Colchicum autumnale and common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum and the site supports a diverse assemblage of dandelion Taraxacum species. In addi…

New Marston Meadows

…ommutatus and meadow barley Hordeum secalinum. The nationally scarce fritillary Fritillaria meleagris also occurs at the site. In the summer grazed fields an Agrostis stolonifera Alopecurus geniculatus inundation grassland community predominates. Here, other plants associated wit…

Iffley Meadows

…ed by farming improvements, is the largest remaining population of fritillaries Fritillaria meleagris in the middle Thames area. The flora of Iffley Meadows varies in composition because of different management regimes and surface deposits. Much of the site lies on clay soils, en…

Clattinger Farm

…e Ophioglossum vulgatum, common twayblade Neottia ovata and the rare fritillary Fritillaria meleagris; a second supports large quantities of cowslip Primula veris and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, whereas another contains abundant common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, c…

Ron Ward's Meadow with Tadley Pastures

…difolia and bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus. Formerly, the snakeshead fritillary Fritillaria meleagris was native to the site, but is now represented by only an introduced population. Roughly two thirds down the hillside there is a band of vegetation over a peaty soil where water …

Ducklington Mead

…w contains a large population of the rare and declining snake's head fritillary Fritillaria meleagris, which is otherwise mainly confined to the Thames valley in Oxfordshire. Parts of the mead are relatively dry and apparently more calcareous. In such areas the flora includes saw…

Elmlea Meadows

… site is particularly important as it contains the nationally scarce fritillary Fritillaria meleagris and has a rich sedge flora including the nationally rare downy fruited sedge Carex filiformis. The site consists of three meadows which have been managed for hay with aftermath …

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