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Shotesham-Woodton Hornbeam Woods

…fly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, early purple orchid Orchis mascula, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and ramsons Allium ursinum. In addition, Hempnall Little Wood is the only site for wild service tree Sorbus torminalis in south Norfolk. Small areas of other stand types occur a…

Purple Hill

…nd flora here is more varied, including several scarce plants, such as stinking iris Iris foetidissima, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and lady orchid Orchis purpurea, the last is another species restricted to Kent. There are also small areas of scrub on the woodland edge, of hawt…

Hatfield Forest

…Narcissus pseudonarcissus, common gromwell Lithospermum officinale and stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Centuries old pollarded trees are scattered across the grassland plains of the eastern half of the Forest. They include hornbeam, oak and probably the only native beech Fagus s…

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

…chid Neottia ovata, white helleborine orchid Cephalanthera damasonium, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and rarities including green hound's tongue Cynoglossum germanicum, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus. Box Buxus sempervirens is rare a…

Tindall Wood, Ditchingham

…e Primula vulgaris. Other species include wood melick Melica uniflora, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, ramsons Allium ursinum, greater butterfly Orchid Platanthera chlorantha and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. The ground flora of lighte…

Wytham Woods

…ted with ancient woodland; these include herb paris Paris quadrifolia, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and wood dog violet Viola reichenbachiana in the copses underlain by Oxford Clay. Where the soils are enriched by calcium from the overlying strata, more localised species such …

Lorton

…rum vulgare. There is also a rich ground flora which includes frequent stinking iris Iris foetidissima, and, in the wetter areas pendulous sedge Carex pendula. Four orchid species occur, including greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, as does the local tutsan Hypericum…

Dinmore Hill Woods

…Platanthera chlorantha and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and spurge laurel Daphne laureola. The woods have a rich fauna which includes fallow deer Dama dama. They provide an excellent habitat for birds that breed in woodland such as…

Hod and Hambledon Hills

…lcareous woodland with frequent dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Locally, as at Hod Wood, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium is particularly abundant. There is also a distinctive separate stand of yew Taxus baccata, much of which has…

Sheepleas

…ich are uncommon in Surrey, pale St John's wort Hypericum montanum and stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Sheep leas supports a rich and varied invertebrate fauna, which includes two nationally rare flies Norellia spinipes and Microdon devius, the rufous grasshopper Gomphocerippus …

Park Wood, Chilham

…ood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, green hellebore Helleborus viridus, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and herb paris Paris quadrifolia and the orchids, lady orchid Orchis purpurea and butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha. Ferns are frequent and include buckler fern Dryopteris…

Folkestone Warren

… which inland are restricted to woodlands on calcareous soils, such as stinking iris Iris foetidissima and wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides. The clove scented broomrape Orobanche caryophyllacea, in great Britain only known from five sites in East Kent, is also present. The are…

Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment

…cosus. Uncommon plants such as thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera also occur. The breeding bird community includes many typical woodland species such as great spotted woodpecker, tawny owl, nuthatch and treec…

Inwood, Warleigh

…rge Euphorbia amygdaloides, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolonand stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Woodland grasses and sedges are widespread, for example wood melick Melica uniflora, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, wood sedge Ca…

Lympne Escarpment

…ominated by brambles Rubus fruticosus but other plants present include stinking iris Iris foetidissima, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Outcrops of ragstone are frequent on the upper slopes of the escarpment. The vegetation here …

Chattenden Woods And Lodge Hill

…hid Orchis mascula, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Neutral grassland Rough Shaw is an area of dense and scattered scrub of hawthorn, gorse Ulex europaeus and brambles on a north facing slope, with tall herb neutral grassland al…

Wellington Wood

…ica and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica with spurge laurel Daphne laureola, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium. The rides support a number of woodland edge plants including dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, devil’s bit scabious Succisa …

Fivehead Woods and Meadow

… herb Robert Geranium robertianum, wood spruge Euphorbia amygdaloides, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. There are also substantial populations of orchid species found in the woods including common spotted orchi…

Park Wood

… herb paris Paris quadrifolia, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and leopard’s bane Doronicum pardalianches.

Chudleigh Caves and Woods

… woodruff Galium odoratum, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Of particular note are ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. The saxicolous lichens and bryophytes which grow on the rocks, particularly where they…

Whichford Wood

… sylvaticum. Other species include early purple orchid Orchis mascula, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and sanicle Sanicula europaea. The alder woodland is found along the base rich spring lines and on the damp slopes. In these areas the ground flora includes abundant soft rush J…

Common Hill

…anthera chlorantha, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and stinking iris Iris foetidissima. There are scattered remnants of unimproved grassland as well as an old limestone quarry with associated spoil heaps, which have a rich flora. These limestone grasslands are of …

Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment

…dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis predominates. Associated with it is stinking iris Iris foetidissima and several very scarce species such as lady orchid Orchis purpurea and stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus. The ground flora of the plateau woodland is quite different with …

Fulbourn Fen

…characteristic components of ‘fen’ woodland. The ground flora includes stinking iris Iris foetidissima, stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus and wood sanicle Sanicula europaea. The site is of particular educational value in view of the variety of different habitats found at the…

Cleaves Wood

… Kindbergia praelonga. Species of interest in the ground layer include stinking iris Iris foetidissima, meadow saffron or autumn crocus Colchicum autumnale, toothwort Lathraea squamaria and green helleborine Helleborus viridis. Deeper, clay soils, support areas of bracken Pterid…

Turvey's Piece

…Several of the plant species recorded, including green hound's tongue, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and spurge laurel Daphne laureola, indicate a long history of established woodland cover, although the former use of this site as agricultura…

Shiplate Slait

…groundlayer is dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and has stinking iris Iris foetidissima, spurge laurel Daphne laureola and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Other habitats present are small stands of bracken Pteridium aquilinum on the mudstone and patches of comm…

Cleeve Wood, Hanham

…og's mercury Mercurialis perennis, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, clematis Clematis vitalba and slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum.

Aller and Beer Woods

…rcurialis perennis is dominant and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and primrose Primula vulgaris are all locally common. Plants of particular interest include bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, greater butterf…

Purbeck Ridge (East)

…r, moist soils are dominated by ramsons Allium ursinum with occasional stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Hart’s tongue fern Phylitis scolopendrium and soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum are abundant on thin soils and exposed rock. Climbing shrubs such as ivy Hedera helix and b…

Woodeaton Wood

… and wood avens Geum x intermedia, meadow saffron Colchicum autumnale, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica.

King's Wood and Urchin Wood

… moschatellina, columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, pignut Conopodium majus, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, woodruff Galium odoratum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, early purple orchid Anacamptis morio and lily of the valley…

Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood

…ing bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. The southern end of the wood is situated on very peaty wet soils alongside the river and here alder woodland with birch, willows Salix c…

Craig Sychtyn

… The flora of the woodland also includes columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and woodruff Galium odoratum. Open communities occur mainly at the top of the cliff as small patches of grassland surrounded by scrub. Plants characteristic of limestone, includ…

Groton Wood

…veral uncommon species such as violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, wood spruge Euphorbia amygdaloides and woodruff Galium odoratum. A series of rides have been created in the wood. These have a distinctive flora a…

Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood

…ords and ladies Arum maculatum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and stinking iris Iris foetidissima. There is an extensive area of slope alder wood, which is unusual in Southern Britain, associated with the Keuper Marl in Prior's Park Wood. It is dominated by ash and alder Aln…

Brent Eleigh Woods

… the wood. Primrose / oxlip hybrids, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and stinking iris Iris foetidissima are also present. There are two moderately sized and heavily shaded ponds in the wood.

Cherry Hill Wood

…y on the eastern and southern slopes. Notable are abundant colonies of stinking iris Iris foetidissima and stinking hellebore Helleborous foetidus. Common twayblade Neottia ovata and bee orchid Ophrys apifera also occur.

Dancersend

…local wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, spurge laurel Daphne laureola, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, yellow bird's nest Hypopitys monotropa, fly and bird's nest orchids Ophrys insectifera and Neottia nidus-avis, white and narrow lipped helleborines Cephalanthera damasonium and…

Elsworth Wood

…rt Scrophularia nodosa, nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine. Studies carried out on the invertebrate fauna have revealed the presence of a number of nationally uncommon species, most not…

Frithy and Chadacre Wood

…ides, woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea and Gladdon, stinking iris Iris foetidissima are found in Frithy Wood. The site lies within the distribution of oxlip Primula elatior and all three woods contain this species but lack primrose Primula vulgaris. There are m…

Whitecliff Bay and Bembridge Ledges

…sh elm Ulmus procera. The ground flora is generally poor but includes stinking iris Iris foetidissima, primose Primula vulgaris, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. The presence of these successional vegetation types on these cliffs is …

Leigh Brook Valley

…violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, small teasel Dipsacus pilosus, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and the nationally restricted monk’s hood Aconitum napellus. Within the site are several herb rich meadows which are characterised by crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and …

Crews Hill Wood

…iflora. Locally uncommon plants include spurge laurel Daphne laureola, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and toothwort Lathraea squamaria.

Great Pool (Tresco)

…s a dense border on the northern edge of the wetland which also supports yellow iris Iris pseudacorus and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Stinking iris I. foetidissima, creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens and lesser celandine R. ficaria occur on slightly drier areas togeth…

Dyscarr Wood

…d melick Melica uniflora. Of particular interest is the presence of the gladdon Iris foetidissima at one of its most northerly British stations. A number of small watercourses cross the site and the water table is very close to the surface. Where the soils are wet there is a chan…

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