Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Dale and South Marloes Coast

… bedrock slopes more gently or forms a platform, species such as serrated wrack Fucus serratus or bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus occur, with the non-vesiculate form of bladder wrack, Fucus vesiculosus (var.) linearis in more sheltered areas. Above this algal zone, barnacles, esp…

Samuel's Port

…weeds such as Cladophora rupestris and species of Ulva are common. Spiral wrack Fucus spiralis was recorded as frequent in patches. The beadlet anemone Actinia equina, carrageen Chondrus crispus and sea lettuce Ulva lactuca were recorded as occasional. Aplysia punctata a sea hare…

Outer Ards

…e brown seaweed, including channelled wrack Pelvetia canaliculata, spiral wrack Fucus spiralis, knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, toothed wrack Fucus serratus and oarweed Laminaria digitata, occur. Green seaweeds such as Enteromorpha spp. and Cla…

Yealm Estuary

…mpets Patella vulgata alone or a mosaic of these with the seaweed bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus. Zones above these include intermittent zones of lichens and the seaweeds flat wrack Fucus spiralis and channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata, and below these include saw wrack Fucus s…

Carlingford Lough

…lat. Channelled wrack Pelvetia canaliculata grades down shore into spiral wrack Fucus spiralis with successive bands of knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, and toothed wrack Fucus serratus towards low tide. Examples of three out of the four major i…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…ies including cuvie Laminaria hyperborea, Mastocarpus stellatus, serrated wrack Fucus serratus, egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata and spiral wrack Fucus spiralis. Most of the bedrock cliffs of the site are exposed …

Ynys Enlli

…a pygmaea. A variety of bladder wrack that lacks the characteristic ‘bladders’, Fucus vesiculosus var. linearis, is also found on the mid-to low-shore. Thongweed Himanthalia elongata grows on rock surfaces with a relatively sheltered aspect on the lower-shore, and is replaced by …

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

…elp, are also found on the rocky coast here. Upper shore seaweeds, spiral wrack Fucus spiralis and channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata are very common on upper shore bedrock in this area. Below on the mid-shore, these seaweeds, the barnacles Semibalanus balanoides and Chthamalus …

Robin Hood's Bay: Maw Wyke to Beast Cliff

…oid biotopes characteristic of moderately exposed shores Pelvetia canaliculata, Fucus spiralis, Fucus vesiculosus, F. serratusinto the kelp zone Laminaria digitata the latter which straddles the low water mark. In the Far Jetticks area, good quality, extensive areas of two natio…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…nities of brown algae occur with various dominant seaweeds such as bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus, serrated wrack Fucus serratus and egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum. Elsewhere the upper shore is dominated by the green algae Enteromorpha linza. On the ledges themselves both Codium t…

Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd a'r Glannau at Garreg yr Imbill

… Dumontia contorta, bootlace weed Chorda filum, Ceramium species, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, saw wrack Fucus serratus, pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida, Osmundea hybrida and encrusting calcareous Lithothaminon species of red algae. In addition to the carpet shells, a varie…

Glannau Porthaethwy

…ing a wide band. A band of channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata and spiral wrack Fucus spiralis occurs just below this level, followed by successive zones lower down the shore of knotted wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, and serrated wrack Fucus serratus.…

Morfa Dyffryn

…, fauna and flora. The boulders within the reefs are covered with bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus and toothed wrack Fucus serratus. The rockpools formed within the reefs are rich in species such as the red algae Corallina officinalis and Lithophyllum spp., winkles Littorina litto…

Borth - Clarach

… support a healthy population of the honeycomb worm, often amongst bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus or serrated wrack Fucus serratus. On the lower shore, the sides of some gullies support a shaded overhang community of bryozoans, sea squirts and sponges. There are many shallow rock…

Mournes Coast

…ith coarse sand in between. This part of the shore is dominated by spiral wrack Fucus spiralis and rough periwinkle Littorina saxatilis upper shore, and common limpet Patella vulgata, acorn barnacles Semibalanus balanoides and the common periwinkle Littorina littorea mid shore wi…

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…ther up the shore many of the lower shore rocks are dominated by serrated wrack Fucus serratus and turf-forming red algae such as pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida and carragheen moss Mastocarpus stellatus along with common mussel. A mussel dominated zone occurs higher up the roc…

Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal

…impet/barnacle and fucoid brown algae on the midshore, with rich serrated wrack Fucus serratus dominating the lower shore. Additional interest is provided by the presence of stable boulders on the lower shore which harbour rich communities. Characteristic species include cushion …

Plymouth Sound Shores and Cliffs

…s of mixed seaweeds such as the egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum and bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus grading into a dense zone of saw wrack Fucus serratus. The gastropods Monodonta lineata and the periwinkle Littorina littorea are abundant. The diversity of habitats is increased by …

The Vadills

…ittoral zones of very sheltered shores in Shetland, dominated by serrated wrack Fucus serratus, channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata, egg wrack Ascophyllum nodosum, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, spiral wrack F.spiralis and F.ceranoides. Small areas of extremely sheltered sedime…

Whitecliff Bay and Bembridge Ledges

…vements. The ledges on the upper shore are dominated by scattered bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus. This gives way in the middle and lower shore to extensive mats of sea wrack Fucus serratus, punctuated by pools in the wider rock crevices, in which rare algal species such as Padin…

Wig Bach a'r Glannau i Borth Alwm

…ch as Bathyporeia sp., Haustorius arenarius and Eurydice pulchra. Bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus is found on midshore boulders to the west of Porth Ysgo and Porth Alwm, with serrated wrack Fucus serratus dominating lower shore boulders along with the sand-binding red seaweed Rho…

Glanllynnau a Glannau Pen-ychain i Gricieth

…hthamalus montagui and Semibalanus balanoides in association with bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus on more sheltered outcrops and the common mussel Mytilus edulis in more exposed areas. On the mid to lower shore serrated wrack Fucus serratus dominates and is interspersed with the …

Porth Towyn i Borth Wen

…kpools. The brown seaweeds channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata and spiral wrack Fucus spiralis dominate the upper-shore. The barnacles Semibalanus balanoides and Chthamalus stellatus form a mid-shore zone, with increasing cover of bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus towards the lower…

St. John's Point

…by Irish moss Chondrus crispus, pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida, spiral wrack Fucus spiralis, toothed wrack Fucus serratus and sea lettuce Ulva lactuca, while invertebrates such as flat top shell Steromphala umbilicalis, thick top shell Phorcus lineatus and beadlet anemone Acti…

Glannau Penmon - Biwmares

…n high water, the seaweeds channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata and spiral wrack Fucus spiralis occur. The gently sloping mid-to lower-shore region alternates between areas of cobbles in muddy gravels, colonised by barnacles or brown seaweeds, and areas of muddy gravel and muddy s…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

…ata. Less exposed lower shore rock and boulders are dominated by serrated wrack Fucus serratus with a variety of red algae such as carragheen Mastocarpus stellatus, pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida and dulse Palmaria palmata. Under-boulder communities occur in more sheltered are…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…ther up the shore many of the lower shore rocks are dominated by serrated wrack Fucus serratus, turf-forming red algae such as pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida and Mastocarpus stellatus and thong-weed Himanthalia elongata. Areas of bedrock and boulders at the mid-shore level are…

Glannau Tonfanau i Friog

…uenced by sand scour Close to Sarn y Bwch, brown seaweeds such as bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus dominate the boulder shore and in places the seaweeds are replaced by a dense covering of edible mussel Mytilus edulis. Sarn y Bwch itself has a sparse covering of barnacles on its c…

Y Foryd

…nce of mussel Mytilus edulis beds, and the occasional presence of bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus. The saltmarsh at the site is largely dominated by common cord-grass Spartina anglica, with the fringes of the upper saltmarsh community consisting of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinel…

Grassholm / Ynys Gwales

… shore, over which there is a sparse cover of the exposed form of bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus var. linearis. Laver Porphyra spp. straddles the gradation from this barnacle and limpet zone to the black tar lichen Verrucaria maura or pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea zones. Yellow a…

Aber Afon Conwy

…peat, eulittoral firm clay with Mytilus edulis, lower eulittoral soft rock with Fucus serratus and sublittoral fringe soft rock with Laminaria digitata. In addition the site supports specialised communities of shallow pools on mixed substrata with hydroids, ephemeral algae and Li…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…mpets Patella sp., with occasional patches of the exposed form of bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus var. linearis where the bedrock becomes less steep, and a thin, broken cover of the pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea higher on the shores. There is also a distinct horizontal band of pep…

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…, and two nationally important communities: tide-swept rock with serrated wrack Fucus serratus, sponges and sea-squirts, and tide-swept rock with oarweed Laminaria digitata, sea-squirts and bryozoans. High on the mainland cliffs in areas subject to sea-spray there are lichen ass…

Skokholm

… including Corallina officinalis, above which the exposed form of bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus var. linearis occurs with S. balanoides and limpets Patella sp. A band of pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea occurs above this zone, but this band is absent from the less exposed shores. T…

Tenby Cliffs and St. Catherine's Island

…aces support fucoids such as channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus, and spiral wrack F. spiralis. Black tar lichen Verrucaria maura occurs on both artificial substrata and natural rock, as do the yellow and grey lichens that characterise this upperm…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…ey of encrusting and filamentous red algae in places, often with serrated wrack Fucus serratus and patches of the mussel Mytilus edulis. In other parts of the site, this zone supports a mixture of red algae, including dulse Palmaria palmata and pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida, …

Obain Loch Euphoirt

…eeds Phragmites australis at the far eastern end to seaweeds like bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus near the entrance to Loch Euphoirt. This range of salinities is sometimes accompanied by the occurrence of a halocline, ie the separation of the water column into an upper layer of b…

Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes

… with an abundance of free living forms of the seaweeds Bostrychia scorpioides, Fucus vesiculosus and Pelvetia canaliculata and is considered to be the most northerly example of this community in Britain. At higher levels the vegetation is more open, with thrift Armeria maritima…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…eeds grass kelp Enteromorpha sp., carragheen Chondrus crispus and bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus. The intertidal is also an important migration route and nursery area for migratory fish, including allis shad Alosa alosa, twaite shad Alosa fallax, sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus a…

Arfordir Abereiddi

…gently sloping areas of bedrock also support a sparse covering of bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus over the barnacles. The uppermost parts of the shore are dominated by a zone of black tar lichen Verrucaria maura, above which yellow and grey lichens occur, sometimes rather sparsel…

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