Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

…ire Inula crithmoides, tall ramping fumitory Fumaria bastardii, Cornish gentian Gentianella anglica subspecies cornubiensis and autumn squill Scilla autumnalis. This cliff grassland also supports a number of nationally rare species including shore dock Rumex rupestris, wild aspar…

Penhale Dunes

…viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, cowslip Primula veris, the rare Cornish gentian Gentianella anglica subsp. cornubiensis, and flat-sedge Blysmus compressus. Small patches of dune heath also occur. Maritime grassland occurs along the cliff top, dominated by red fescue Festuca rubr…

Nicodemus Heights

…re and Scarce bryophytes and higher plants; for the endemic plant early gentian Gentianella anglica*; and for the Nationally Scarce butterfly silver-studded blue Plebejus argus cretaceus. The unimproved limestone grassland is of high quality and two distinct communities are pres…

Winklebury Hill

…lflower Campanula glomerata, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. Several plants present are scarce on a national scale and include field fleawort Senecio integrifolius, early gentian Gentianella anglica and dwarf sedge Carex humilis. The latte…

Cheesefoot Head

…ludes such typical chalk loving plants as dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, felwort Gentianella amarella, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and cowslip Primula veris, together with several rather less common species, …

Pentridge Down

… vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. Less frequent are frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and the nationally…

Riddlesdown

…ata, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor. Many of the herb species are now uncommon in Greater London owing to a general and considerable decline in their habitat. Two nationally scarce…

Highclere

…hraea, zigzag clover Trifolium medium, hairy violet Viola hirta, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, wild thyme Thymus praecox, eyebright Euphrasia sp. and blue fleabane Erigeron acris. Locally uncommon species of orchid include great…

Fontmell and Melbury Downs

…repis comosa, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea and the very local early gentian Gentianella anglica and bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum. Orchids are well represented in these swards and include amongst others, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, frog orchid Dactylorhiza virid…

Braunton Burrows

…cutus, round-leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia ssp maritima, early gentian Gentianella anglica and orchids. Grassland, or “dune pasture” although it is not generally grazed by livestock, carries a rich mixture of grasses, sedges and herbs such as rough poppy Papaver hybridum…

Caeau Ton-y-fildre

…saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria and petty whin Gentianella anglica. Small patches of alder Alnus glutinosa add diversity to this part of the site, which explains the high species diversity, with over 100 species of flowering plants and ferns havin…

Garston's Down

…Isle of Wight. A strong colony of the rare southern calcicole the early gentian Gentianella anglica also occurs. The acid grassland that has developed over the gravel capping the down displays a very different character to the calcareous chalk grassland. It is dominated by common…

Middlesceugh Woods and Pastures

…mmon twayblade Neottia ovata. Dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria and petty whin Gentianella anglica also occur, the latter having a very localised distribution throughout Britain. Other uncommon or local species include saw wort Serratula tinctoria and pepper saxifrage Silaum sil…

Bowerchalke Downs

…set. Two other species with a localised national distribution are early gentian Gentianella anglica and musk orchid Herminium monorchis. The latter is found in an area particularly rich in orchids including pyramidal Anacamptis pyramidalis, bee Ophrys apifera, common spotted Dact…

Taynton Quarries

…stard toadflax Thesium humifusum, a nationally uncommon plant and early gentian Gentianella anglica which only occurs in southern England and as such is important on a European scale. On workings abandoned within the last few hundred years the grassland is more open, with stony p…

Stockton Wood and Down

…en winged orchid Anacamptis morio. The nationally notable species early gentian Gentianella anglica and field fleawort Senecio integrifolius are recorded and there is a colony of the hybrid tuberous thistle Cirsium tuberosum x acaule. Invertebrates present on the grassland inclu…

Quarry Hangers

…n the grassland areas include man orchid Orchis anthorpophora and early gentian Gentianella anglica and the Surrey rarities green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, which is very scarce on chalk downland habitats and wild liquorice Astragalus glycyphyllos. In addition to several sma…

Compton Down

…These slopes also support very large populations of the very rare early gentian Gentianella anglica and several bushes of juniper Juniperus communis, the only Isle of Wight site. By contrast, the north facing slopes of the downs have a rather taller grassland structure containing…

Pewsey Downs

…rosum occurs with other plants of restricted distribution such as early gentian Gentianella anglica, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum, burnt tip orchid Neotinea ustulata, round headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare and field fleawort Senecio integrifolius. The clay with flints cap…

Bembridge Down

…ys apifera, pyramidal orchids Anacamptis pyramidalis and the rare early gentian Gentianella anglica. Yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum also occurs along the cliff edge. At the junction between chalk and Upper Greensand the grassland becomes more neutral in character. Here the r…

Cley Hill

…ley Hill supports two plants which have a restricted distribution early gentian Gentianella anglica and bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and the uncommon mosses Entodon concinnus, Weissia controversa var. crispata and Fissidens incurvus. There are a few small areas of dense scr…

Ebsbury Down

…a, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and the nationally restricted early gentian Gentianella anglica, a species occurring only in the British Isles. Flatter areas support plants typical of more nutrient rich soils. Here red fescue Festuca rubra replaces sheep's fescue as the most …

Hod and Hambledon Hills

… certain areas including field fleawort Senecio integrifolius and early gentian Gentianella anglica. Within the earthworks, deeper soils give rise to taller vegetation generally dominated by false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and cock's foot Dactylis glomerata. On some slopes,…

Martin and Tidpit Downs

…toadflax Thesium humifusum, field fleawort Senecio integrifolius, early gentian Gentianella anglica, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and lesser centaury Centaurium pulchellum and the presence of at least eight local orchid species, including burnt tip Neotinea ustulata, green winged…

Banstead Downs

…rare plants restricted to chalk can still be found. These include early gentian Gentianella anglica, dwarf mouse ear Cerastium pumilum, fine leaved sandwort Minuartia hybrida, cat mint Nepeta cataria, bastard toad flax Thesium humifusum, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and sickle m…

Scratchbury & Cotley Hills

…la calcarea. Plants with a nationally restricted distribution are early gentian Gentianella anglica, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and field fleawort Senecio integrifolius. Orchids are well represented with, among others, frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, fragrant orchid Gym…

Wormsley Chalk Banks

…chalk eyebright Euphrasia pseudokerneri, as well as early and Chiltern gentians Gentianella anglica and G. germanica, the former gentian being only known from one other Buckinghamshire locality and the latter being very scarce outside the Chilterns where a few populations still s…

Salisbury Plain

…t Senecio integrifolius and the nationally scarce British endemic early gentian Gentianella anglica. Particularly associated with long established turf on thin rendzina soils and rabbit grazed areas of the eastern and central ranges, are low growing perennials includings quinancy…

Parsonage Down

…Down have a restricted distribution in Britain. Amongst these are early gentian Gentianella anglica, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, dodder Cuscuta epithymum and field fleawort Senecio integrifolius. Orchids are well represented and include …

Knighton Downs & Wood

…eawort Senecio integrifolius, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum, early gentian Gentianella anglica and burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata. Species rich scrub is a component of many of the slopes and commonly consists of hawthorn, buckthorn, elder end blackthorn with occasional spind…

Streatley Warren

…lneraria and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. Present also is the early gentian Gentianella anglica, a rare species endemic to the British Isles and virtually restricted to southern chalk. Characteristic grasses comprise red and sheep's fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, qu…

Axmouth to Lyme Regis Under Cliffs

…sea kale Crambe maritima, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica, spring felwort Gentianella anglica, mountain St John's wort Hypericum montanum, rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum, sea radish Raphanus maritimus and Nottingham catchfly Silene nutans. Some 400 species of floweri…

The New Forest

…which is nationally scarce, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, field gentian Gentianella campestris and moonwort Botrychium lunaria. The more neutral grasslands known locally as 'lawns' occur as linear features following many of the small streams, roadside verges around settle…

Portsdown

…hoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, bastard toadflax Thesium humifosum, early gentian Gentianella anglica, knapweed broomrape Orobanche elatior, bee orchid Ophrys apifera and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera. The insect fauna has been studied in detail and includes a comprehensive range …

Calbourne Down

…been recorded, including large populations of the nationally rare early gentian Gentianella anglica and bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum. Much of the Down is influenced by acidic superficial drift deposits which support a mixed open scrub dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus, with…

Hornsleasow Roughs

…th other rare plants such as Curtis' mouse ear Cerastium pumilum, early gentian Gentianella anglica, field fleawort Senecio integrifolius and burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata. The eastern portion of the site, although partially improved, still retains a fairly good range of plants.…

Porton Down

…rium and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris. Rarer species include early gentian Gentianella anglica, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and field fleawort Senecio integrifolius, all of which are confined to the southern chalk and dwarf sedge Care…

Great Cheverell Hill

…rd toadflax Thesium humifusum, burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata and early gentian Gentianella anglica, a plant endemic to England. All of these 3 species have British distributions centred on the Wiltshire chalk. Over 20 species of butterflies have been recorded, including the nat…

Win Green Down

…toria and betony Betonica officinalis. Also present is the scarce early gentian Gentianella anglica which has a nationally restricted distribution centered on South Wiltshire. The northern aspect of the downland favours a variety of mosses. Many of these are largely confined to c…

Rotherley Downs

…the Wiltshire chalk are dwarf sedge Carex humilis and the endemic early gentian Gentianella anglica. Carex humilis grassland is one of the most species rich grassland types in Britain and can have over 40 plant species per square metre in many places. The succession of grassland,…

Rhos Dwfnant

…sa pratensis and occasionally dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria and petty whin Gentianella anglica. Moonwort Botrychium lunaria has also been recorded. Damper ground tends to be rather more variable in composition and more species-rich. Six species of sedge Carex spp. have been …

Rhos yr Hafod

…lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria, petty whin Gentianella anglica, western gorse Ulex gallii, carnation sedge Carex panicea and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, also some bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Drier banks and rock outcrops occu…

Toller Porcorum

…stribution occur here, including dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria, petty whin Gentianella anglica, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnate and often abundant marsh violet Viola palustris. Flushes of higher base status also occur on the Gault and…

Townsend

…d Ophrys sphegodes – a protected species. Two other rare species, early gentian Gentianella anglica and bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum occur. Taller swards of limestone grassland are dominated by oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and tor-grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Associated…

Camp Down

…Species of nationally restricted distribution which occur include early gentian Gentianella anglica, field fleawort Senecio integrifolius and bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum. The downland includes a range of aspects, but is predominantly north to east facing. This may account …

Woldingham & Oxted Downs

…aury Centaurium erythraea, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and early gentian Gentianella anglica, a plant found only in Britain. Where the sward is taller, it is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and tor grass Brachypodium pinn…

Rhos Fullbrook

…iza maculata ssp. ericetorum, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria and petty whin Gentianella anglica. The wet flushes are dominated by sedges – notably carnation sedge Carex panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris, common yellow-sedge C. demissa, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and star sedge…

Rew Down

…hin this matrix and contain notably large populations of the rare early gentian Gentianella anglica and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. Grazed partsof the Down have a consistently richer chalk grassland turf which includes large populations of bee orchids Ophrys apifera, burn…

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

…round flora includes dog's mercury, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and the rare cut leaved germander Teucrium botrys. Chalk grassland has occupied large areas of the North Downs since agriculture began in this area but has gradually been replaced…

Noar Hill

…of thin chalk soils including locally distributed species such as early gentian Gentianella anglica, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata. Eleven species of orchid are present including pyramidal Anacamptis p…

Roundway Down and Covert

… The more open grassy areas support chalk downland plants such as early gentian Gentianella anglica, horseshoe vetch, cowslip and round headed rampion. Roundway Down and Covert supports over 30 species of resident breeding butterflies. Most noteworthy are Adonis blue Polyommatus…

Prescombe Down

…ularium, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and the scarce endemic early gentian Gentianella anglica are more restricted to the warm south facing slopes and sheltered coombes. Here too, autumn lady'stresses Spiranthes spiralis is unusually abundant. Certain species present on the …

Ventnor Downs

…owslips Primula veris and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. The early gentian Gentianella anglica is present on the south facing slopes of Bonchurch Downwhile sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia, twayblade Neottia ovata and man orchid Orchis anthorpophora occur in the grassland to t…

Higher Houghton

…alerian Valeriana officinalis is locally important and the scarce early gentian Gentianella anglica also occurs. Small areas of scrub provide interfaces against the surrounding downland which are important for the invertebrate fauna and are a prominent feature of this site. In th…

East Polden Grasslands

…b and amongst the many plant species found in this habitat is the early gentian Gentianella anglica, which is endemic to Britain. Its other main interest lies in its suitability as a habitat for the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion, which has been successfully reintroduced on…

Mottistone Down

…pis comosa. The local bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and rare early gentian Gentianella anglica also occur commonly. The flatter top of the down is capped with angular flint gravel of varying depth. This supports a very interesting community of calcicole and calcifuge grassla…

Headon Warren and West High Down

…ecies of orchids and large populations of such rare plants as the early gentian Gentianella amarella subsp. anglica and tufted centaury Centaurium erythraea. Both scrub and grassland areas include interesting gradations between base rich and base poor communities, related to the …

Spey Bay

…eep’s-bit Jasione montana, purple milk-vetch Astragalus danicus, autumn gentian Gentianella campestris, petty whin Genista anglica, bird’s-foot Ornithopus perpusillus and shepherd’s cress Teesdalia nudicaulis. Bog hair-grass Deschampsia setacea, grey hair-grass Corynephorus canes…

Whitehill

…declining plant species such as frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, field gentian Gentianella campestris and petty whin Genista anglica. Fen and fen-meadow The fen-meadows are generally dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. In richer areas a northern form of a nation…

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