Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

River Mease

… is sparse and marginal vegetation restricted to stands of floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans but these sections provide valuable habitat for bullhead Cottus gobio, a bottom dwelling native fish which favours clean coarse gravels for spawning and is often found where flows ar…

Lower Derwent Meadows

…pp. and rush Juncus spp. with marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, flote grass Glyceria fluitans, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria and great willow herb Epilobium hirsutum. ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, …

Ouse Washes

… of the area are characterised by such grasses as reed and floating sweet grass Glyceria maxima and Glyceria fluitans, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus together with a variety of sedges and rushes. Typical herbs include amphibious bisto…

Ingrebourne Marshes

…ter London. The variety of habitat includes extensive areas of reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima and common reed Phragmites australis swamp; wet neutral grassland and tall fen. Nowhere else in London do these habitats occur on such a large scale or in such intimate juxtaposition. …

Hoddy Cows Spring

…by a stream which contains whorl grass Catabrosa aquatica, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and small sweet grass Glyceria declinata.

Nares Gladley Marsh

…alustre fen meadow, Juncus effusus/acutiflorus Galium palustre rush pasture and Glyceria maxima swamp are associated with the wettest areas of the site. These grade into Holcus lanatus Juncus effusus rush pasture as conditions become less wet. The driest areas support acidic and …

Eppleton Grassland

…ulmaria marsh thistle and lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis. Reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima swamp, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans swamp, floating sweet grass water margin vegetation and reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea fen also occur. Elsewhere on the site scrub…

Southfield Farm Marsh

… washland is composed of large spreads of a few plants notably reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, with locally abundant reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis and …

Staines Moor

…grass Deschampsia cespitosa, hard rush Juncus inflexus and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Depressions with a permanently high water table occur throughout the meadows and support a fen type flora with reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinac…

Britford Water Meadows

… water cress Apium nodiflorum, water avens Geum rivale and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Margins of deeper channels are lined with lesser and greater pond sedges Carexacutiformis and Carex riparia, slender tufted sedge Carex acuta, reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima and r…

Limpenhoe Meadows

… Mentha aquatica, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and reed grass Glyceria maxima. The grassland on the alluvial clays has been partly improved but wet hollows are dominated by marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus and flote grass Glyceria fluitans with silverweed Po…

Marloes Mere

…olonifera, with amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium and floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans in the wettest hollows. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and common spike-rush Eleocharis palustris are also abundant. The ditches, reservoirs and pools have much common w…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…vily shaded to unshaded and most are sparsely vegetated by floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans and common duckweed Lemna minor communities. Some ponds have an unusual flora which includes branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bogbean Me…

Stevington Marsh

…h Juncus inflexus, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus and reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima are common throughout. Other characteristic species include fool’s water cress Helosciadium nodiflorum, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata, brook…

Lye Heath Marsh

…ss affected by water movement support marshy grassland dominated by flote grass Glyceria fluitans, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, rushes Juncus and yellow flag Iris pseudacorus. This community is also species rich and includes bog pimpernel Anagall…

Colwyn Brook Marshes (North & South)

…ermediate water-starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, water mint, hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata, lesser spearwort and mosses Brachythecium rivulare and Fontinalis antipyretica. The section flowing through the southern part of…

Great Blencow Meadows and Fen

…ecurus geniculatus, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. The herb component varies with topography and drainage. The driest areas have typical hay meadow species such as intermediate lady's mantle Alchemilla xanthochlora, pignut Conopodiu…

Longstone Moor

…ls. The site also contains a series of ponds which support floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans with jointed rush Juncus articulatus, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula around the marshy margins. These ponds have good populations of …

Occombe

…r and is dominated by rough meadow-grass Poa trivialis and floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans. Marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, a local plant species in Devon, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh-marigold Caltha palustris are frequent here, and are also found together w…

Lady's Wood and Viaduct Meadow

…h meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, flote grass Glyceria fluitans and southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. The Scarlet Tiger Moth Callimorpha dominula is a local species which occurs here. The woodland is a mixture of pedunculate oak …

Bowlees and Friar House Meadows

…by the occurrence of marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, toad rush Juncus bufonius and increased abundance of marsh marigold Caltha palustris, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and creeping soft grass Holcus m…

Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood

…wet. Depressions with standing water are characterised by floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans or common spike rush Eleocharis palustris. Oldhouse Wood rises up from the banks of the Alderbourne. The upper slopes are of ash and field maple, with occasional hazel coppice, whil…

Abbotsbury Castle

… the castle there are small patches of soft rush Juncus effusus and flote-grass Glyceria fluitans where star sedge Carex echinata, low sedge Carex demissa, carnation-grass Carex panicea and cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium also occur. Abbotsbury Castle supports a lichen flo…

The Sturts

…tter are plants such as skullcap Scutellaria galericulata, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. Most of the ditches and field boundaries are flanked by hedgerows w…

Temple Island Meadows

…s, rushes and sedges characteristic of wet meadows such as floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, reed sweet grass G. maxima, marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, hardrush Juncus inflexus, jointed rush J. articulatus, brown sedge Carex disticha and greater and lesser pond sedge…

Strother Hills

…s of bog moss Sphagnum spp., marsh violet Viola palustris, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata are present in a few localities. Of particular interest is an area of tall fen dominated by common reed Phragmites australis with marsh thistle Cirs…

Crofts Mill Pasture

…erennial rye grass Lolium perenne, common bent Agrostis capillaris, flote grass Glyceria fluitans, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and hard rush J. inflexus are the most abundant species. Tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, lesser p…

Boldon Pastures

… stolonifera and marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus with floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, common and carnation sedges Carex nigra and C. panicea and herbs such as lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and water forget-me-not Myosotis scorp…

Afon Rheidol ger Capel Bangor

…and and backwaters with such species as purple moor-grass, floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. Grassland containing false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius occurs on some of the less stable shingle banks. At the …

Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows

…s grasses include tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and marshy foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus. The dominant sedge is hairy sedge Carex hirta, though oval, common and carnation sedges, C. nigra and C. panicea, as well as others, occur …

Finn Floods

…ciated species such as water pepper Persicaria hydropiper, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus. The fen is comprised of two distinct community types, one being characterised by a cover of tall sedges including bladder sedge Carex vesica…

Compstall Nature Reserve

… frequent. The tall fen is dominated by reed canary grass, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, meadowsweet, jointed rush, compact rush and softrush with branched bur reed Sparganium erectum, yellow iris, sweet flag Acorus calamus, gypsywort Lycopus europaeus, water plantain A…

Chippenhall Green

…fescue Festuca rubra and smooth stalked meadow grass Poa pratensis. Flote grass Glyceria fluitans and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa are dominant in wet areas. Herb species include cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, cowslip Primula veris, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granu…

Sheephouse Wood

…ond sedge Carex riparia, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia. The invertebrate fauna includes the butterflies white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hair…

Wrightington Bar Pasture

…tly wet. Numerous species are locally abundant and include floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, Yorkshire fog, soft rush Juncus effusus, hard rush J. inflexus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and great hairy willow herb Epilobium hirsutum. The raised water table is a fairly re…

Quithel Wood

…odrush Luzula sylvatica. In one area the dominant plant is floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans with an abundance of remote sedge Carex remota. Quithel Wood has one of the best examples of wet woodland in Aberdeenshire.

Murcott Meadows

…and willow bed include fool's watercress Apium nodiflorum, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and the uncommon water whorl grass Catabrosa aquatica. The invertebrate fauna includes a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial species. The wood and thicker hedgerows support a popul…

Peckriding Meadows

… an abandoned mill stream, monkey flower Mimulus guttatus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, rushes Juncus spp. and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, add further diversity. Other species found, include cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratens…

Warnborough Green

…Within the internal ditches are such species as floating and reed sweet grasses Glyceria fluitans and G. maxima respectively, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water mint Mentha aquatica, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata and br…

The Cliffs of Magho

…bedstraw Galium palustre, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. There are also localised stands of woodland on the smaller scarps. Some of these occur on more acidic sandstone rocks and are characterised by a different woodland community, thus a…

Bulwick Meadows

…pasture to tall fen of lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis and reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, where the water table is above ground level. Below the seepage areas there is a diverse mixture of grasses, rushes, sedges and herbs. Some of the main constituents are, Yorkshire fog …

River Ithon

… Potamogeton natans, stream water-crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans (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 fluvi…

Rushbeds Wood and Railway Cutting

…n in Buckinghamshire. Locally bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos and flote grass Glyceria fluitans dominate. The limestone grassland of the railway cutting, dominated by upright brome grass Bromus erectus, is unusual in the Vale of Aylesbury. The sward contains a variety of typic…

Blackwater Valley

…h remote sedge Carex remota, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. The site supports a very rich wetland insect fauna including a number of uncommon species. For example, flies Diptera recorded in the meado…

Lymington River

…foot Ranunculus aquatilis occur widely and species such as floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata and Nuttall’s pondweed Elodea nuttallii are often locally dominant. Also present locally are blinks Montia fontana, pat…

Puxton Marshes

…ristic species such as reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, common valerian Valeriana officinalis, great hairy willowherb Epilobium hirsutum and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. The marsh is noted not for its rare plants but for the variety of…

Esher Commons

…d with fen vegetation including reed mace Typha latifolia, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and a Surrey rarity, marsh dock Rumex palustris. Over 2000 species of insects are known to have been found within the site, a great number of wh…

Crook Burn, Dyeshaugh

… frequent. Adding to the diversity of the site are mats of floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and patches of bottle sedge Carex rostrata which occupy the wettest parts of the site. An important element of the site is the group of species…

Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows

… the other is more species rich but predominantly contains floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, with an understorey of typical species found in the rush pasture habitat including square stalked St John’s wort Hypericum tetrapterum. Speci…

Railway Stell West

…sma plantago-aquatica, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and flote grass Glyceria fluitans. Mare’s tail Hippuris vulgaris, water starwort Callitriche stagnalis, spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum, Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, curled pondweed Potamogeton cr…

Gro Ystwyth

…d in parts by broad-leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans. Large areas of marshy grassland dominated by purple moor-grass occur where drainage is impeded, such as in areas of fine silt, and there are patches of great wood-rush Luzula sylvat…

Gweunydd Camnant

…ral grassland, acid mire dominated by sharp-flowered rush, floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans swamp and part of the Camnant brook. Remarks: Lowland meadows, purple moor-grass and rush pastures, lowland dry acid grassland and fens are UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habi…

Charleshill

…y wettest part. Other plants include sharp-flowered and softrushes, flote grass Glyceria fluitans and marsh bedstraw Galium palustre. The woodland in the site is mainly very wet alder Alnus glutinosa coppice, which supports many wetland plants, dominated by lesser pond sedge Care…

Bould Wood

… the pond and streams include lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The wood has twenty two species of butterfly recorded including the regionally uncommon wood white, white admiral and silver washed fritillary. Bou…

New Castle Meadows

…y drained areas heath-grass Danthonia decumbens occurs and floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans is present in the marshy ground. Sedges are well represented, with white sedge Carex canescens, common sedge Carex nigra and star sedge C.echinatain the wetter ground and pale sedge …

River Barle

…t frequently occurring swamp community is that dominated by floating sweetgrass Glyceria fluitans, but small areas of bottle sedge Carex rostrata or bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata are also present. Amongst the many plant species in the grasslands are: greater burnet Sanguisorba of…

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

…bosus, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, and filamentous algae. Marginal plants include purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flam…

Brenkley Meadows

…ium palustre together with a fringe of soft rush, creeping bent and sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Small stands of bulrush Typha latifolia and reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea are also present. Associated with drier soils along both the northern and eastern boundaries of t…

Dee Cliffs

…or, alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Emergent vegetation includes bulrush Typha latifolia, which is locally dominant forming a swamp habitat, unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum and branched bur reed Sparganium erec…

Holton Wood

…er logged rides is typified by species such as Carex acutiformis, Carex remota, Glyceria fluitans, Veronica beccabunga and Callitriche stagnalis. Additional interest is provided by a small stream and a flushed area adjacent to it which contains golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium opp…

Llantrisant Common and Pastures

…re and species such as fool's watercress Apium nodiflorum, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, wood club-rush Scirpus sylvaticus, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and the algae Lemanea fluviatilis are …

Haydon Meadow

… a small pond and a thick hedge on the meadow's perimeter. Floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and the locally uncommon grey club rush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani grow on the pond's margins. The pond and surrounding land are used by the large local population of the great c…

Slapton Ley

…m erectum swamp (S14) including the Phalaris arundinaceae sub-community (S14d); Glyceria fluitans water margin vegetation (S22) and Alopecurus geniculatus sub-community (S22c); Phragmites australis - Urtica dioica tall-herb fen (S26), Oenanthe crocata sub-community (S26c) and Epi…

Gwaun Ystrad Caron

…ightly grazed by cattle. The flora in the ditches includes floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, blinks Montia fontana, reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile. Five main plant communities occur in…

Brockagh Quarry

…etated with species such as brooklime Veronica beccabunga, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, tufted forget-me-not Myosotis laxa and marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre. Drier areas of the quarry floor and walls support species such as mouse_ear hawkweed Pilosella officinaru…

Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Lower Tweed and Whiteadder

…ristic of large rivers are found here including river water crowfoot Ranunculus fluitans and brook water crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans. The presence of curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus, fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus and perfoliate pondweed Pot…

Borlasevath and Retallack Moor

…ygonifolius), marsh St John’s-wort (Hypericum elodes) and floating sweet grass (Glyceria fluitans) and have augmented available habitat for dragonflies amphibians and waterfowl. Borlasevath and Retallack Moor supports a limited area of south western humid heath in an upslope tra…

Rhos Glwydwern

…ssion has a mineral substrate and contains an abundance of floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and creeping willow Salix repens. In places, wet flushes dissect the drier grassland. Near the centre of the site, one such broad flush has hummocks of …

Castor Flood Meadows

…d by the presence of marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, common spike rush Elocharis palustris and tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa. The majority of the site is of the alluvial meadow grassland type. This is characterised by the …

Ravensroost Wood

…nd plants. The wet grassland component is characterised by floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, brook lime Veronica beccabunga and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia; the woodland element is represent…

Castlemorton Common

…all pond which in summer becomes completely overgrown with floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifer and marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus. Lesser marshwort Apium inundatum, an uncommon species, has been recorded from here. Scattered over the si…

Roebuck Meadows

…ris. Associated plants include fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, Common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata and branched bur reed Sparganium er…

Charity Land

… Typha latifolia, branched bur reed Sparganium erectum and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Flanking this, where water stands seasonally, is a well marked zone of inundation grassland with an abundance of common sedge Carex nigra, autumn hawkbit, creeping buttercup Ranuncu…

Surfleet Lows

…d is dominated by marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, together with hammer sedge Carex hirta, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa, celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus, hairy buttercup R. sardous, strawberry clover Trifo…

Hook Heath Meadows

…he wettest areas, flooded for extended periods are dominated by the flote grass Glyceria fluitans. The meadows support a considerable number of plant species indicative of long periods of unintensive traditional grassland management, 15 species have been recorded, a notably high…

Bere Mill Meadows

…upport a taller, more lush fen type vegetation, comprising floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, reed sweet grass G. maxima, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus, lesser water parsnip Berula erecta, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata and both the lesser and greater pond sedges Care…

Pasturefields Salt Marsh

…tral grassland of tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens. This in turn gives way to damp, semi improved grassland of low floristic interest. The site also has local importance for breeding waders sn…

Hallam Barn Grasslands

…trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, selfheal Prunella vulgaris and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Additional species such as ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, lesser trefoil Trifolium dubium and wild angelica …

Noddle End

…orum angustifolium, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and of particular note are several colonies of bird's eye primrose Primula farinosa, grass of Parnassus Parnassia…

Ashleworth Ham

…egetation is dominated by reed grass Phalaris arundinacea, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and tufted sedge Carex acuta with patches of tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and bistort Polygonum spp. This grades into drier grassland dominated by meadow foxtail Alopecuru…

Gypsy Camp Meadows, Thrandeston

…Triglochin palustris to a wetter alluvial meadow type with floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and hairy sedge Carex hirta. A system of drainage ditches runs through the site and adds further diversity to the plant communities present. T…

Inner Marsh Farm

…winter, dominated by marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and soft rush. Sheep grazing maintains a tussocky sward which resembles a much modified grazing marsh, a characteristic, but increasingly uncommo…

Langcliff Cross Meadow

…altha palustris, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans.

Richmond Meadows

…is pseudacorus, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Other notable species are meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa and bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus in the western field and common bistort Polygonum bistorta in the eastern …

River Frome

…c flora is dominated by brook water-crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans. Passing downstream an increasing variety of other plant species begin to appear and gradually replace the water-crowfoot and its chalk stream associates. The typical chalk stream plants incl…

Moat Farm Meadows, Otley

…doratum, red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. Flote grass Glyceria fluitans and various rushes and sedges Carex hirta. Carex flacca and Juncus effusus are dominant in wetter areas. Amongst the more notable herb species present are meadow saffron and green wi…

Geldeston Meadows

…riophyllum spicatum, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. An area of alder Alnus glutinosa Carr is present within the site. Typical grazing marsh birds are well represented including breeding snipe, lapwing, reed warbler and reed bunting.

Hare's Down, Knowstone & Rackenford Moors

…alustre, ivy-leaved bell-flower Wahlenbergia hederacea and floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans. Bottle sedge Carex rostrata is locally abundant in the flushes on Rackenford Moor, growing in and amongst the purple moor-grass tussocks. The lower slopes of Rackenford Moor support…

Naphill Common

…d marsh cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum and ponds containing floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and a population of smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris. Large ancient and decaying pollards are important habitats for a range of invertebrates an…

Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Till Catchment

…t Mentha aquatica, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, procumbent pearlwort Sagina procumbens and blinks Montia fontana occur in places. The banks support species which are characteristic of an upland grassland environment and include p…

Fyning Moor

…ater dropwort Oenanthe crocata. Adjacent wet areas support abundant flote grass Glyceria fluitans, which is an important habitat for diptera. The wet meadow, riverside and alder carr have a nationally significant community of diptera which includes nine notable species and three …

Brandon Marsh

…oth species rich and very variable, consisting of a mixture of reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, reed mace Typha latifolia and common reed Phragmites australis with abundant gipsywort Lycopus europaeus, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria …

Maulden Church Meadow

…ter but support a rich marsh vegetation with species including reed sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. Common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica. Water crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus grows on the open water.…

Pitsea Marsh

…ndant in the dykes of the surrounding marsh, together with floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, thread leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus, celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus and fine leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica. These dykes support the rare s…

Afon Cleddau Gorllewinol / Western Cleddau River

…and S. emersum, reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea and floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans are also typical. The slower flowing headwaters also include water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper, and extensive beds of common reed Phragmites australis. In the lower reaches marsh fo…

Cage Brook Valley

… lanatus. In the damper areas soft rush Juncus effusus and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans occur together with hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata and great willow herb Epilobium hirsutum.

Upper Colne Marshes

…agmites australis, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, hard rush Juncus inflexus and jointed rush Juncus articulatus together with false fox sedge Carex otrubae and hairy sedge Carex hirta. In those dykes with a significant salt water c…

Hallow Hill

…bent Agrostis stolonifera, marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus and flote grass Glyceria fluitans, which occur in association with glaucous sedge Carex flacca, hammer sedge Carex hirta, hard rush Juncus inflexus and conglomerate rush Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus and nu…

St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows

…rt Ranunculus flammula, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, flote grass Glyceria fluitans, and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. In other parts heath grass Danthonia decumbens, hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and twayblade Neottia ovat…

Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common & Green

…l Alopecurus geniculatus are tolerant of flooding. Together with floating grass Glyceria fluitans, water mint Mentha aquatica, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides and articulated rush Juncus articulatus, they form a sward which supports species such as marsh arrowgrass Trigl…

Glaslyn

…of swamp vegetation with a variety of dominants, including floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. Further downstream, there are brackish to freshwater transitional marsh communities supporting both salt-loving and freshwater plants. Characte…

Afon Cleddau Dwyreiniol / Eastern Cleddau River

…tarwort Callitriche obtusangula, pondweed Potamogeton spp. floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans, fool’s water-cress Apium nodiflorum and greater water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica and long-beaked water feather moss. The nationally rare hybrid species Potamogeton berchtoldii x P…

Roman River

… marshy grassland adjacent to the Roman River has abundant floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and hairy sedge Carex hirta, with fine leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica and numerous other sedge…

Trelow Downs

…Potamogeton polygonifolius, slender rush Juncus tenuis and sweet floating-grass Glyceria fluitans are all locally abundant where there are pools of standing water. European gorse Ulex europaeus scrub occurs in places with locally dominant patches of bramble Rubus fruticosus, bra…

Arcot Hall Grassland and Ponds

…e southern part of the site, in addition to small areas of floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, the latter having common spike rush Eleocharis palustris. The main water area has formed in the last 20 years and is believed to be fed by upwelling water. The vegetation is at an e…

Badgeworth

…me-not Myosotis sp., marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and common spike rush Eleocharis palustris. The two fields of permanent pasture immediately adjacent to the site are included since they are important in maintaining the scientific i…

Afon Irfon

…mogeton berchtoldii, stream water-crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans, the mosses Fontinalis antipyretica and F. squamosa and filamentous algae, including Lemanea fluviatilis. Rocks in the flood zone support species such as the nationally scarce wild chives All…

Mavis Enderby Valley

… by tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, rushes Juncus spp. and flote grass Glyceria fluitans. These are associated with cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and brooklime Veronica beccabunga with some opposite le…

Lord's Wood Meadows

…e mire areas dominated by jointed rush Juncus articulatus, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre and water pepper Polygonum hydropiper. Soft rush Juncus effusus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, tufted forget-me-not Myosotis laxa, common marsh…

Walmore Common

…They support a good range of wetland plants which includes abundant flote grass Glyceria fluitans with several pondweeds Potomageton spp. There are also sedges such as fox sedge Carex otrubae and greater pond sedge Carex riparia, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, branched bur re…

Northwick Marsh

…e lower, wetter area contains tall fen vegetation dominated by reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, greater pond sedge Carex riparia, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and yellow iris Iris pseudacorus. Marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris, a plant of local distribution, is found her…

Dropshort Marsh

… are also therefore now uncommon. Surrounding the springs, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and brooklime Veronica beccabung are common but quickly grade into area dominated by rushes Juncus spp. with sedges Carex spp. and a rich variety of typical marsh plants including wa…

Rhos Penrhiw

…arganium erectum, tufted hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa, floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria are present. In drier areas two main grassland types occur. On acidic banks mixtures of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capilla…

Hannah's Meadows

…wer Cardamine pratensis, brooklime Veronica beccabunga and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans.

Stagmire Moss

… north westerly flowing ditch approaches the boundary wall floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans is found. Also present in this area are abundant stands of hard rush Juncus inflexus together with the locally rare flat sedge Blysmus compressus and knotted pearlwort Sagina nodosa.…

River Till

…s along the valley bottom, with the grassland dominated by floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and, in drier sections, marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus. In the middle section, pond water crowfoot Ranunculus peltatus which is typical of streams with winterbournes grows in …

Owenkillew River

…ns are dominated by creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans. As the Broughderg gives way to the Owenkillew River, the channel becomes more natural in character. Boulders are more frequent in the channel and the flow regime is more dynamic, wi…

Lower Peaslows Farm Meadow

… shale grit, with one small area of swamp vegetation, with floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and brooklime Veronica beccabunga, occurring where a small stream arises at the western end of the gully. The steeper slopes are not mown, but across both the uncut and cut areas of …

St. Neot's Common

…f grasses such as marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus and floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, together with a variety of sedges. A variety of herbs characteristic of such wet pasture are present. These include the common water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa, marsh orchid Dactyl…

Vange & Fobbing Marshes

…lboschoenus maritimus, common reed Phragmites australis and floating sweetgrass Glyceria fluitans are typically dominant. fine leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica, a declining species in Essex through the general infilling of ditches, is also present. The combination of grazi…

Pockerley Farm Pond

…aces with marsh bedstraw Galium palustre. Small patches of floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans are present with scattered herbs such as lady’s smock Cardamine pratensis, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. Small areas of willow sc…

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