Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Loch Fleet

… in the UK. Characteristic saltmarsh plants include saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, thrift Armeria maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii and glasswort Salicornia europaea. Sand dunes (vegetation) Coul Li…

Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary

…eer communities dominated by glasswort Salicornia spp., annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima together with substantial areas of the introduced common cord-grass Spartina anglica through to low-midmarsh communities dominated by the common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima with sea-…

Dales Voe

…tly sloping surface of the main marsh is characterised by sea plantain Plantago maritima, thrift Armeria maritima and sea milkwort Glaux maritima, and is dissected by creeks with a fringing vegetation of sea poa Puccinellia maritima and the small marine algae Fucus muscoides. Sta…

Morfa Harlech

… saltmarsh with glasswort Salicornia sp. to stands with frequent thrift Armeria maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common cord grass Spartina anglica, locally dominant sea rush Juncus maritimus and the nationally scarce lax-flowere…

St John's Lake

…a small upper saltmarsh community supporting common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima with sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardi. St. John’s Lake is of national importance for its wintering population of around 6,000 wil…

Lower River Conon

…altmarsh communities. Where salinity is greatest plants such as thrift, Armeria maritima, sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, mud sedge Juncus gerardii and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima occur. Creeks and back …

Orwell Estuary

…e range of communities. glasswort Salicornia spp. and small cord grass Spartina maritima are the principal colonisers of the mud and seaaster Aster tripolium is abundant on the lower marsh. The central areas of marsh are dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, s…

Berrow Dunes

…es include long bracted sedge Carex extensa, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea rush Juncus maritimus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and sea aster Aster tripoliu…

Morfa Dyffryn

…ical species include sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantago maritima, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, greater sea-spurrey Spergularia media, common cord-grass Spartina anglica, annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, annual glasswort Salicornia sp., sal…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…ltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium. In some places, sheltered muds occur in front of the species-rich saltmarsh. Here it is often dominated by sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, reflexed s…

Cromarty Firth

…ed eelgrass Zostera marina, dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii and tasselweed Ruppia maritima, provide the food base for large numbers of overwintering wildfowl and waders (as well as sheltering a range of juvenile fish). Extensive areas of largely ungrazed saltmarsh occur in Nigg and…

Gibraltar Point

… mud by plants. The seaward most dunes have been colonized by sea rocket Cakile maritima, prickly saltwort Salsola kali subsp kali and sand couch Elytrigia juncea, while further inland the dunes are more stable and are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria, associated with…

Newtown Harbour

…arkable in being a mixed species community in which saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare are dominant rather than cord grass Spartina which dominates most saltmarshes around the Solent. There is an abundance of associated saltmarsh species includ…

Kilberry Coast

…vices. The dominant species include red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima with common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, white clover Trifolium repens and creeping bent grass Agrosti…

Pool of Bryher & Popplestone Bank (Bryher)

…shallow water in great Pool supports a dense growth of beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima and sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii is abundant around the margins of the pool with lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina and Red Goosefoot Chenopodium rubrum in t…

Cresswell Ponds

…rt sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus and toad rush Juncus bufonius. A close cropped turf of common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and lesser sea …

Lynher Estuary

…Aster tripolium through lower-mid marsh with common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides, to mid-upper marsh and transition fresh-water inundation communities. The largest and most diverse stands, exhibiting a range of structural characteri…

Moine Mhor

…leocharis quinqueflora. Saltmarsh plant species found here include sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, sea aster Aster tripolium, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis. Just above the salt water are mats and…

St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links

… strandline community with sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sea kale Crambe maritima can be found below the cliffs at the north end of the site and similar habitat also occurs around the estuary. Kinnaber Links is a gently undulating area of largely fixed sand and shingle dep…

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast

…utus, ruff Calidris pugnax, sanderling Calidris alba, purple sandpiper Calidris maritima, redshank Tringa totanus and Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis; -an assemblage of more than 20,000 waterbirds during the non-breeding season; and -a diverse assemblage of invertebrates as…

Sheepland Coast

…ong the length of the coast. The saltmarsh consists of a matrix of sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, tall clumps of red fescue Festuca rubra and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii. Sea plantain Plantago maritima and common couch Elytrigia repen…

Killard

…cing sides of the peninsula. The saltmarsh consists of a matrix of sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, tall clumps of red fescue Festuca rubra and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, and occasionally sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea rush Juncu…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…sive, gently sloping rocky shoreline. These are characterised by thrift Armeria maritima, brookweed Samolus valerandi, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, bog pimpernel Lysmachia tenella, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and occasionally common spi…

Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh

…altmarsh dominated by glasswort Salicornia europaea and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima. Other plant species associated with this habitat include sea aster Aster tripolium, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and spear-leaved orache A…

Aber Taf / Taf Estuary

…award fringe, alongside scattered patches of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, common glasswort Salicornia europaea, sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima. This vegetation then grades into a range of mid to upper marsh communities, dominated by…

Flamborough Head

…erlying the surface boulder clay. Thus sea cliff species such as thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima grow alongside herbaceous species more typical of chalk grassland such as kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. Where the undercliff has slipped and is flushe…

Isle of May

… grasslands in Fife. On the areas most influenced by salt spray, thrift Armeria maritima dominates with lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis also occurring. Further from the shore, the vegetation comprises exten…

Upper Severn Estuary

… such as common cord grass Spartina anglica, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and glasswort Salicornia europaea. Further up the shore, species such as red fescue Festuca rubra and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera become evident as the land becomes drier and less subj…

Newton Links

…e of the dunes is close grazed sward of red fescue with abundant thrift Armeria maritima and, locally, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis is abundant on the levees of creeks and sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea arrowgrass Tr…

Deben Estuary

… by a vegetation dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium, annual seablite Suaeda maritima, glasswort Salicornia europaea, sea poa Puccinellia maritima and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides. In places, particularly where steep cliffs abut the mud flats, virtually pure stands of c…

Wingletang Down (St. Agnes)

…ropwort Oenanthe crocata growing unusually in this dry habitat. Sea kale Crambe maritima occurs in the strandline vegetation at the back of Beady Pool, whilst sea milkwort Glaux maritima which is also rare in Scilly occurs at Horse Point at the southern end of the site. Ringed pl…

Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles

…ne support salt tolerant grasses and herb species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. Towards the shore fringing saltmarsh communities occur along the edges of the sea lochs. The…

Severn Estuary

…mud flat and upper marsh. Glassworts Salicornia spp. and annual seablite Suaeda maritima colonise bare mud on the lower saltmarshes and disturbed areas at higher levels. Common cord grass Spartina anglica is abundant on the seaward fringes of marshes, where it occurs as dense mon…

Upper Solway Flats & Marshes

…usually typified by pioneer species, notably common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and some glasswort Salicornia europaea; with the invasive cordgrass Spartina spp. so far infrequent. Other pioneering plants include sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Above this there is a transit…

Invernaver

…stable, diverse communities and support rare species such as curved sedge Carex maritima and purple oxytropis Oxytropis halleri. Extensive climbing dunes are present on the headland of Druim Chuibhe. These have developed an interesting flora of mountain avens Dryas octopetala and…

Fife Ness Coast

…ltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, glasswort Salicornia, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum and sea kale Crambe maritima which occurs h…

Barns Ness Coast

…a whole supports a number of locally rare plant species, including sea milkwort Glaux maritima, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, yellow horned-poppy Glaucium flavum, sea arrow-grass Triglochin maritimum, sea meadow-grass Puccinellia maritima …

Higher Moors & Porth Hellick Pool (St. Mary's)

… by sea sandwort Honckenya peploides with a small population of sea kale Crambe maritima. There are also records of the rare boccone’s sand spurrey Spergularia bocconei occurring here. The narrow band of maritime grassland behind has abundant red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift A…

Warkworth Dunes and Saltmarsh

…sh transition includes common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, reflexed saltmarsh grass Puccinellia distans, oraches Atriplex spp., hard grass Parapholis strigosa and the nationally rare curved hard grass P. incurva. Much of the saltmarsh is domin…

Pasturefields Salt Marsh

…stricted to saline habitats. The most notable of these is sea plantain Plantago maritima, known only from one other comparable inland site in Britain. The community is classified as 'red fescue Festuca rubra Saltmarsh' and shows three distinctive plant associations reflecting dif…

Mersey Estuary

…t Salicornia spp. is widespread on the outer margins whilst sea Poa Puccinellia maritimais dominant over the rest. Unlike the other saltmarshes in the estuary, Stanlow Banks has not been grazed by sheep or cattle and consequently has a more diverse flora. Sea aster Aster tripoliu…

Ballycastle Coalfield

… including sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus interspersed with sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/ballycastle-coalfield-assi

Bann Estuary

…oschoenus maritimus, common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis and sea milkwort Glaux maritima, while the whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, which is restricted in distribution to the north and west, is also present. Parsley water dropwort Oenanthe lachenalii is widespread thro…

Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury

…y of saltmarsh plants such as sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, lesser sea spurrey S. marina and the rare grass, stiff saltmarsh grass Puccinellia rupestris. Of special note are the …

Lodmoor

…southern side of this area saltmarsh increases and species such as sea milkwort Glaux maritima, arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum and salt mud rush Juncus gerardi are frequent. Taller saltmarsh vegetation of cord grass Spartina anglica and sea aster Aster tripolium occurs in pools …

Sinah Common

…m the extreme east of Sinah Common. The shingle beach supports sea kale Crambe maritima, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, sea radish Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima and curled dock Rumex crispus. To landward, sand and humus have acc…

Sandbeach Meadows

…a angustifolia all locally dominant. Other aquatic species include sea milkwort Glaux maritima, thread leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus and parsley water dropwort Oenanthe lachenalii, together with soft hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum and golden dock Rumex maritimu…

Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes

… in Britain. At higher levels the vegetation is more open, with thrift Armeria maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium associated with the sea purslane. Although common cord grass Spartina anglica has c…

Thorness Bay

…s, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina. The shingle bar displays a diverse community dominated in places by sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and including yellow horned poppy Glauciu…

Holland Haven Marshes

…s subject to salt spray, a saltmarsh vegetation has developed with sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea hard grass Parapholis strigosa, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii and two nationally uncommon species, sea barley Hordeum marinum and Borrer’s s…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…rsh and pioneer marsh of glassworts Salicornia spp. and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima, through low mid and mid upper marsh communities, to a drift line dominated by common couch Elytrigia repens and upper marsh common reed Phragmites australis swamp. Downstream of the Monk Bre…

Strathy Coast

…s, cliff ledges and islands support red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima grassland, with common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis and Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum also abundant. Where there is a degree of shelter, these communities can develop into rich meado…

Lower Test Valley

…sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea milkwort Glaux maritima. The rare bulbous foxtail Alopecurus bulbosus, a species whose distribution is rapidly contracting, occurs here, together with other uncommon species such as brook weed Samolus valerand…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…d and other organic material enables dense strands of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea campion Silene uniflora to grow on the back of the storm ridge. The spit at the end of South End Haws supports one of the richest …

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

…low Althaea officinalis, Danish scurvy grass Cochlearia danica and sea milkwort Glaux maritima in places attests to the influence of brackish water here. Birds nesting around the margins of the broads include water rail, mallard, gadwall, garganey and particularly significant nu…

Surfleet Lows

…airy buttercup R. sardous, strawberry clover Trifolium fragiferum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and other brackish and neutral grassland plants. Areas of marsh are characterised by common reed Phragmites australis, false fox sedge Carex otrubae, sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritim…

River Wye (Lower Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Isaf)

… as sea aster Aster tripolium, saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia spp and sea-milkwort Glaux maritima. Characteristic bankside plants include stinging nettle Urtica dioica, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum and reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea. Locally the river bank vegetation …

Pitsea Marsh

…boschoenus maritimus reflecting the brackish quality of the water. Sea milkwort Glaux maritima is frequent along the margins. The Fleet supports a typical breeding bird community which includes large populations of reed warbler and sedge warbler, as well as providing an important…

Radipole Lake

…a club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea milkwort Glaux maritima are also typical of this saltmarsh element. The northern and western fringes of the site have most scrub, with blackthorn Prunus spinosa, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and sallow Salix c…

River Wye

…as sea aster Aster tripolium, saltmarsh grass Puccinellia spp. and sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Characteristic bank side plants include stinging nettle Urtica dioica, great willow herb Epilobium hirsutum and reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea. Locally the river bank vegetatio…

Dengie

…s over extensive areas, with sea aster Aster tripolium, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare scattered throughout. Lower, wetter areas are colonised with lavender and glasswort Salicornia spp. especially just out from the seawall foot where a typical…

Duddon Estuary

…n stands of glasswort Salicornia europaea occur with occasional seablite Suaeda maritima, although in places, particularly on the eastern side of the estuary, invasive cord grass Spartina anglica is becoming established. Above the pioneer zones lie extensive areas of low mid mars…

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