Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Lough Macrory

…s edge. The Littorella uniflora is gradually replaced in dominance by quillwort Isoetes lacustris with increase in the water depth. Beyond this greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica replaces Isoetes lacustris with a large stand of perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus …

River Derwent and Tributaries

… alternate water milfoil, the uncommon awlwort Subularia aquatica and quillwort Isoetes lacustris. Spiny spored quillwort Isoetes echinospora is also found here in one of its few English localities. The sheltered bays, where the water is locally more nutrient rich, support lesser…

Little Langdale Tarn

…, shore weed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris. The stonewort Nitella sp. and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica are also locally common. A narrow fen community occurs around parts of the tarn edge, consisting mainly of common reed…

Lough Melvin

…ella uniflora, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and quillwort Isoetes lacustris typically found. The emergent vegetation consists of small stands of water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris and lesser water plantain Baldellia…

Over Water

…es present which are typical of less nutrient rich water, for example quillwort Isoetes lacustris and alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, as well as others including shoreweed Littorella uniflora which occur in water bodies across the whole range of nutrient statu…

Inverpolly

…ding shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water awlwort Subularia aquatica, quillwort Isoetes lacustris, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. Some of the lochs also have species that are generally found in more nutrient-rich waters suc…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…weed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and notably quillwort Isoetes lacustris. The floating macrophyte community includes floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium, white water lily Nymphaea alba, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and a range of pondweeds Potamo…

Buttermere

…ass Phalaris arundinacea in shallow water at the lake margin. Beds of quillwort Isoetes lacustris, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus var. fluitans, alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and, more notably, intermediate water starwort Callit…

Brother and Little Lochs

…of shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris. The varnished hook-moss Hamatocaulis vernicosus (formerly known as slender green feather moss Hamatocaulis vernicosus) is a medium-sized straggling moss of base-rich flushes and spr…

Knapdale Woods

…of shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris in addition to those species listed above. Bryophyte assemblage The larger woodland compartments support an extensive community of oceanic woodland bryophytes with an assemblage of A…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…en. Lough Namanfin is of particular note for its submerged carpets of quillwort Isoetes lacustris and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, while Lough Nacloyduff supports well-developed acid fen. These lakes have an insect fauna typical of upland and base-poor sites including dragonf…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…ns. This community is represented by water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, quillwort Isoetes lacustris, and, in sheltered situations, floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium, together with alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum in the shallows, shore weed Littorella uni…

Achanalt Marshes

…oreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and lake quillwort Isoetes lacustris. Fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, which is an important characteristic pondweed species is also present. The loch also supports the nationally scarce six-stamened waterwort El…

Llyn Mawr

… occurs in discrete zones, most of which are close to the lake-shore. Quillwort Isoetes lacustris is also present in the lake. The site is of considerable ornithological importance and is extensively used by waterfowl. In summer typical species are mallard, tufted duck and goosan…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

… lobelia Lobelia dortmanna occur in the shallows merging with beds of quillwort Isoetes lacustris in deeper water, although water lobelia does not occur in Lough na Cranagh. Other submerged aquatic plants present include blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius, small pondw…

Loch Stack and River Laxford

…t thrive in these conditions including characteristic species such as quillwort Isoetes lacustris, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. Loch Stack also has the uncommon species awlwort Subularia aquatica, and the stoneworts Nitella opaca and Nitella t…

Llynoedd Ieuan

…r, containing such aquatic plants as water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, quillwort Isoetes lacustris and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. Associated with these lakes, and also in the lower-lying wetter depressions, are blanket and basin mire communities dominated by purple moor-grass,…

Lurg & Dow Lochs

…. lochs with very low nutrient levels. Characteristic species include Quillwort Isoetes lacustris and Water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. These species are unusual in the lowlands. The surrounding poor-fen is made up of transition communities from open water to deep peat. More unusu…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…bous rush Juncus bulbosus. The slightly lower Grisedale Tarn supports quillwort Isoetes lacustris, floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. The aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica occurs in both tarns. Red Tarn is additionally important as a …

Rumsdale Peatlands

…llum alterniflorum are typical plant species in shallow areas, whilst quillwort Isoetes lacustris and broad-leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans are found in deeper water. Breeding bird assemblage A wide range of moorland birds, waders and waterfowl use this site for breeding and f…

Tarn Hows

…rt Utricularia vulgaris. stoneworts Chara and Nitella spp. and common quillwort Isoetes lacustris. White and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea form occasionally floating mats and seven species of pondweed Potamogeton alpinus, P. natans, P. berchtoldii, Potamogeto…

Skiddaw Group

… Both have low nutrient levels and are inherently species poor though quillwort Isoetes lacustris, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna have been recorded from Bowscale Tarn. Extensive soligenous mire communities occupy many of the flat valley bottom…

Llyn Eiddwen

…ia dortmanna, along with carpets of shoreweed Littorella uniflora and quillwort Isoetes lacustris. It is one of the most southerly sites known in Britain for awlwort Subularia aquatica, which forms an unusual association with floating water-plantain Luronium natans. The lake and …

Brothers Water

…w unproductive lakes and includes water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris which are frequent in Cumbria but uncommon elsewhere in England and the nationally uncommon awlwort Subularia aquatica together with shoreweed Littorella uniflora, small pondweed Pot…

Cam Lough

…lora is abundant along the shore and in the shallows, with occasional quillwort Isoetes lacustris in deeper water. Floating club rush Isolepis fluitans, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica also occur in these submerged lawns. Other aquatic plants such a…

Lough Scolban

…nd in the shallows and occasional water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris in deeper water. Growing in these submerged lawns are such associates as bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontinalis antipyreti…

Allt Bholagair

…ean is representative of the oligotrophic loch type, supporting species such as Isoetes lacustris, Littorella uniflora, Lobelia dortmanna, Sparganium angustifolium and Elatine hexandra. Upland mixed ash woodland Blanket bog Dystrophic and oligotrophic lochs

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…weed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and notably quillwort Isoetes lacustris grow in the shallow waters. The floating plants include floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and a range of pondweeds Potamogeton spp. including…

Lough Anierin

…th shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris. In the western half of the lake a broad, floating stand of white water lily Nymphaea alba occurs which is replaced by narrow stands of broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans to th…

Lough Formal

…th shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris covering the rocky and sandy marginal substrate. In deeper water Charaphytes and the great water moss Fontinalis antipyretica cover the silty lake bed. Floating-leaved aquatic cover …

Claife Tarns and Mires

…n alpinus, P. berchtoldii, P. natans and Potamogeton polygonifolius, quill wort Isoetes lacustris, lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor, floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium and small bur reed S. minimum and lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor. Furthermore, these tarns have …

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

… zones within oligotrophic lakes, is well displayed here with beds of quillwort Isoetes lacustris. shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna abundant in the shallows. Other submerged and floating plants recorded from the lake in varying amounts include gre…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…er-plantain Luronium natans along with shoreweed Littorella uniflora, quillwort Isoetes lacustris and alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum. On the river margins are species such as branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and reed c…

Loch Morar

…ch as shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, quillwort Isoetes lacustris and alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, The islands are well wooded with mature stands of native Scots pine trees which is representative of a rare habitat type in Lo…

Scafell Pikes

…lbosus, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, quillwort Isoetes lacustris, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium. Awlwort Subularia aquatica a locally rare species occurs in both tarns, but water lobellia Lobellia dor…

Lough Corry

…d is among the best examples of its type in Northern Ireland. Beds of quillwort Isoetes lacustris are found in deeper water in the northern half, while shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna occur locally along the southern shore. Floating club rush Ele…

Mynydd Du (Black Mountain)

… southerly examples of a corried lake in Britain. It has the uncommon quillwort Isoetes lacustris growing on its sandy bed, and also there is a diverse benthic insect fauna which includes five species of stonefly. The northern cliffs support an important population of ring ouzel…

Ennerdale

…, unproductive lakes and includes water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and quillwort Isoetes lacustris which are frequent in Cumbria but uncommon elsewhere in England, alternate flowered milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia and the uncommo…

Cadair Idris

…ical of a cold water, nutrient poor acid lake in western Britain. The quillwort Isoetes lacustris is found in abundance at Llyn Cau, with frequent intermediate water-starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. Bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus var. fl…

Loch Brandy

… but is typically species poor. Aquatic plant species present include quillwort Isoetes lacustris, awlwort Subularia aquatica, intermediate starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata and the stonewort Nitella opaca. The loch and the adjacent peatlands, and cliffs and scree are of …

Inchlonaig

…with the occasional herb such as whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, quillwort Isoetes lacustris and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. The shore of the island has a more diverse flora with colonies of remote sedge Carex remota, hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata, hay-sc…

Pettigoe Plateau

…ommunities. The main lake type is characterised by the association of quillwort Isoetes lacustris with water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. Other lake types, distinguished by associations of white water lily Nymphaea alba with either yellow water lily Nuphar lutea or the aquatic moss…

Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod

…ange of oligotrophic species such as water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, quillwort Isoetes lacustris, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and a few isolated plants of awlwort Subularia aquatica. The southern end is dominated by more mesotrophic species such as white water-lily Nymphaea al…

Eastern Mournes

…nian Lough and Blue Lough, which are characterised by the presence of quillwort Isoetes lacustris and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. The marginal vegetation associated with these water bodies tends to be sparse and restricted, and consists of a scattered swamp and poor acid fen…

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

…re abundant in the shallows, while aquatic bog moss Sphagnum spp. and quillwort Isoetes lacustris occur in the deeper water. Bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium are scattered throughout, w…

Ben Wyvis

…such as awlwort Subularia aquatica, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and quillwort Isoetes lacustris dominate in the clear, nutrient poor waters. Ben Wyvis has a diverse upland plant assemblage supporting approximately 50 nationally scarce species including flowering plants, lichens…

Lochan Lairig Cheile

…ng water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and quillwort Isoetes lacustris, as well as the nationally-scarce least yellow water-lily Nuphar pumila and intermediate bladderwort Utricularia intermedia. The site is a good example of an upland nutrient-poor loc…

Castlewellan Lake

… uniflora, which is abundant along the shore and in the shallows, and quillwort Isoetes lacustris, which occurs in deeper waters. Growing among these submerged lawns are stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Other aquatic plants such as Canadian waterweed El…

Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn

…on community being characteristic of the lake’s nutrient poor status. Quillwort Isoetes lacustris (occurring to a depth of 5.5m), water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, shoreweed Littorella uniflora are all present. The acidophilous moss Sphagnum auriculatum occurs occasionally and the…

Wast Water

…Myriophyllum alterniflorum, along with shorewood Littorella uniflora, quillwort Isoetes lacustris and the uncommon small water pepper Persicaria minor. Fringed by a stand of reed canary grass and purple moor grass, Boat House Pool lies by the outflow of Wast Water and supports tw…

Cam Loch

…quisetum palustre are locally abundant. Submerged species, including quill-wort Isoetes lacustris and shore-weed Littorella uniflora are widely distributed and the occurrence of the nationally scarce pillwort Pilularia globulifera is especially noteworthy. Several species of pond…

Mynydd Hiraethog

…t supports plant species characteristic of oligotrophic status, e.g. quillwort, Isoetes lacustris and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, rare elsewhere in the county. A diverse upland breeding bird community is supported. The second largest breeding population of golden plover in W…

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