Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Epping Forest

…urple moor grass Molinia caerulea, creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, soft rush Juncus effusus, bracken Pteridium aquilinum, scattered ling Calluna vulgaris and bramble Rubus fruticosus are present. The second notable woodland type, pedunculate oak hornbeam, is largely confined …

Rainworth Heath

…moor grass Molinia caerulea, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, soft rush Juncus effusus and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Boggy pools occur which contain cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and patches of bog moss Sphagnum spp. The wet heath is…

Gentleshaw Common

…eather. A few other species occur locally in this community, such as heath rush Juncus squarrosus, compact rush Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and crowberry Empetrum nigrum the latter a plant found here towards the lowland extreme of it…

Wavendon Heath Ponds

…ushes support a carpet of bog moss Sphagnum spp. and rushes including soft rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus with other bryophytes such as Polytrichum commune. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grow on the drier mar…

Richmond Park

…h species predominate such as purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. As waterlogging within the soil increases rushes Juncus spp become dominant often in conjunction with tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and sedges Carex spp. Additional intere…

Sinks Valley, Kesgrave

…with Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and soft rush Juncus effusus more dominant. It supports heath rush Juncus squarrosus, which is rare in the Suffolk Coast and heaths. This type of grassland is unusual in lowland Britain, as it is much more typical …

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

…ted by Descampsia flexuosa, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and compact rush Juncus conglomeratus, which occur together with frequent heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Cademan Moor comprises an extensive area of acid grassland dominated by D.flexuosa, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina,…

Whitfield Moor, Plenmeller and Ashholme Commons

…saic, along with species poor flushes. These flushes are dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and the bog mosses S. recurvum and S. auriculatum. Occasional patches of heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina grassland can also be found on the moors. Where th…

Ben Nevis

…egetation types at higher levels are the widespread Carex bigelowii grasslands, Juncus trifidus heath, Racomitrium heath and dwarf shrub heaths with blaeberry and montane willow scrub, Nardus stricta and Juncus squarrosus grasslands, Pohlia wahlenbergii var. glacialis springs, ca…

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…x and heather Calluna vulgaris. Inflows from the margins encourage a few rushes Juncus spp. to grow with the mosses, and lines of rush indicate regular water tracks across the fen surfaces. Areas fed by these flows (topogenous) hold typical fen plants, such as bogbean Menyanthes …

Stoke Common

…and wavy hair grasses Molinia caerulea and Deschampsia flexuosa, and heath rush Juncus squarrosus, interspersed with the more local heath and mat grasses Danthonia decumbens and Nardus stricta, the sedge Carex demissa and the rush Juncus tenuis. Pre war cultivation of parts of th…

Cotherstone Moor

…er grass, hare’s tail cotton grass, wavy hair grass, sheep’s fescue, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and mat grass Nardus stricta with heath bedstraw, bilberry, tormentil, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, soft rush Juncus effusus, tufted …

Beinn an Lochain

…mitrium lanuginosum moss heath, and the arctic-alpine species three-leaved rush Juncus trifidus and spiked wood-rush Luzula spicata near their southern British geographical limit. In the sub-montane zone the site supports a wide range of grassland, heath, fen and fen meadow commu…

Wellington College Bog

… a typical wet heath community. Associated species include sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. Wet heath of a somewhat different nature has developed in the western part of the site. Here, trampling and other forms of disturbance have c…

Rhos Fiddle

…pillaris, mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. In damper areas ribbed sedge Carex binervis, a characteristic moorland species, occurs. The site also includes wet flushes which are dominated by bog moss Sphagnum spp. and soft ru…

West Bradieston and Craig of Garvock

…ed by mixtures of common heather, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heath-rush Juncus squarrosus, deer-grass Trichophorum cespitosum, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium. Fen-meadow The fen-meadows are generally dominated by sharp…

Green Croft and Langley Moor

…dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris with mat grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, common sedge Carex nigra, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum in places. Within the heath localised water logged areas support mire …

Caeau Blaen-bydernyn

… places the sward is quite heathy, with heather Calluna vulgaris and heath rush Juncus squarrosus becoming frequent; petty whin Genista anglica is scattered in these heathier stands. Other parts are more rank, being strongly dominated by large tussocks of purple moor-grass, with …

Allendale Moors

…ry Vaccinium myrtillus. The acid grassland is generally dominated by heath rush Juncus squarrosus with mat grass Nardus stricta, wavy hair grass, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Locally mat grass replaces heath rush as the dominant plant. Acidic f…

Holt Lowes

…inguicula vulgaris, Common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. There is a narrow zone of calcareous mire along the axis of the tributary stream but this community is better developed on flushed slopes above the River Glaven. A typically diverse…

Keasden Moor

…flexuosa, mat grass Nardus stricta, common bent Agrostis capillaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Rushes and sedges are locally abundant on the slopes where flushing occurs and gorse Ulex europaeus favours the steeper slopes. A small pond p…

Bowes Moor

…daea occurs sparsely within this vegetation. Vegetation dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus, hair moss Polytrichum commune and a bog moss Sphagnum fallax occurs in wet flushes throughout the moor and where grazing pressure is greater the blanket bog vegetation has been replace…

Lune Forest

… replaced by acid grassland dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta or heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Where steeper slopes have restricted peat formation, dry heath dominated by heather, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and bilberry Vaccinium myr…

Iping Common

…r grass becomes dominant with deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and heath rush Juncus squarrosus locally abundant. These areas of wet heath also support a rich moss flora which includes Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum tenellum and Dicranum spurium. Grassland is mainly confined to …

Cors Bryn-y-Gaer

…t between the drumlins. Here the vegetation is dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus over a carpet of bog moss. Associated species include purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, heath wood-rush Luzula multiflora and tormentil Potentilla erecta. More sedge-rich flushes,…

Blea Water

…which a number of less common plant species occur including three flowered rush Juncus triglumis, grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, alpine saw wort Saussurea alpina, purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia, alpine meadow rue Thalictrum alpinum and globe flower Trollius eur…

Longstone Moor

…d bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and tormentil Potentilla erecta. The calcareous grasslands, which merge into the heathland, are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, yellow oat grass Tristeum flavescens and gl…

Bryant's Heath, Felmingham

…es such as common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Many stemmed spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis and Pill headed Sedge Carex pilulifera. The acidic flushes are marked by an abundance of bog mosses Sphagnum s…

Castle Acre Common

…dissectum, southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus. There is a graduation to tall fen vegetation on the wettest soils adjacent to the river and these areas are dominated by reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, common reed Phragmites a…

Knockdaw Hill

…y and a base-poor one in which deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and heath rush Juncus squarrosus predominate. Base-rich soakways draining the west side of Knockdaw Hill support broad-leaved cottongrass Eriophorum latifolium and the nationally scarce lesser tussock-sedge Carex di…

Mynydd Ystyfflau-Carn

…crossleaved heath Erica tetralix, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and two species of bog-moss, Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum cuspidatum. Drier areas have tormentil Potentilla erecta and bilberry V…

Rhos Pant-tyle

…ca tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, hair moss Polytrichum commune and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. subnitens. Elsewhere purple moor-gra…

Wan Fell

…e fringing wet heath includes cross leaved heath, purple moor grass, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and heath orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum. A few more base rich, marshy areas, here and at the eastern edge of the site, contain a greater range of species, including …

Leek Moors

…here the soils retain moisture and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea or rushes Juncus spp. in the most ill drained situations. The highest plateau, centred upon Axe Edge, is covered by blanket peat, dominated by bog vegetation mostly of heather and hare's tail cotton grass Erio…

Malham-Arncliffe

…straw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta sometimes with heath rush Juncus squarrosus and occasionally a sparse covering of heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. The limestone is in places rich in metals lead, zinc which was mined by numerous smal…

Horsell Common

…, dominated by cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor grass, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and bog moss Sphagnum spp. Plants growing amongst these include white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. A…

Far High House Meadows

…f acidic upland grassland, dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta and heath rush Juncus squarrosus, small areas of dry species rich grassland and small soligenous flushes. Dry, base rich banks support red fescue, common bent, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, quaking grass Briza …

Blaen Nedd

…naturally less-diverse in species. Small areas of marshy grassland dominated by Juncus acutiflorus are also present. Wet heath mainly occurs in the larger enclosures, where it is often associated with marshy grassland and acidic grassland and it is sometimes present in hollows be…

Shap Fells

…r deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum become dominant with associated heath rush Juncus squarrosus and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. On some degraded peat haggs bilberry has replaced heather as the major ericaceous dwarf shrub. Heather moorland is most extensive n…

Bowland Fells

…ssland dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta or, to a lesser extent, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, or purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Despite such modifications, the site is of particular value for the extent of heather moorland still remaining and represents a good example o…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…c on the edge of the heath bog interface are areas of heath rush sheep's fescue Juncus squarrosus Festuca ovina grassland and mat grass Nardus stricta dominated swards occur on the lower and more heavily grazed areas. Other habitats of note on the site include those associated w…

Appleby Fells

…s. Higher plants include heath bedstraw, tormentil and bilberry. The heath rush Juncus squarrosus co-dominates in parts, especially on drying margins to the blanket bog. Woodland is found as small fragments throughout the site, mostly on the lower fells and along some stream sec…

Bodmin Moor, North

…margins of wet areas the frequency of Sphagnum mosses increases, and heath rush Juncus squarrosus may be locally dominant. Hollows and valleys on Bodmin Moor are typically colonized by a range of wetland communities, notably: Carex rostrata – Sphagnum fallax mire (bottle sedge –…

Moffat Hills

…Festuca vivipara, cover much of the site but in damper peatier areas heath rush Juncus squarrosus and mat-grass are widespread. Extensive areas of blanket bog occur, especially around Loch Skeen and are dominated by heather and hare’s-tail cottongrass. Cloudberry is abundant in t…

Upper Teesdale

…h this is the only British locality, alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, alpine rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus, three flowered rush Juncus triglumis, false sedge Kobresia simpliciuscula, variegated horsetail Equisetum variegatum, Scottish asphodel Tofieldia pusilla, yellow saxifrage Sa…

Longmoor Bog

…lex minor also occur. Several species of rushes are found, including heath rush Juncus squarrosus and bulbous rush J. kochii. Common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia also occur locally. The open heath and the car…

Buttermere Fells

…aded by bracken Pteridium aquilinum. This gives way to mat grass and heath rush Juncus squarrosus grasslands on damper soils higher up. Ombrogenous or blanket mires are rare because there is so little flat ground where peat can form, but there is a very fine example of deer grass…

Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells

…utberry Plain. Throughout the area species poor flushes dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and the bog mosses Sphagnum fallax and S. auriculatum occur. Locally, more species rich flushes are found which contain locally scarce species such as starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellar…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

… acidic grasslands. These areas are characterised by species such as heath rush Juncus squarrosus, mat grass Nardus stricta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Acidic grassland is also found on some of the highest tops, at High Seat 709 metres occurs stiff sedge Carex bigelowii,…

Mynydd Llangatwg (Mynydd Llangattock)

…ional interest, as do the less extensive matgrass Nardus stricta and heath rush Juncus squarrosus dominated grassland on better drained land. On drier soils areas of heathland vegetation are of more interest, in particular the stands where bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowber…

Waun Ton-y-spyddaden

…top end is a typical moorland community of mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina. This changes into grass heath communities of brown bent Agrostis canina, red fescue Festuca rubra, lousewort Pedi…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…eda polifolia. Throughout the area species poor flushes dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and bog moss Sphagnum fallax occur. Locally, species rich flushes and bog pools are found which contain bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, round leaved crowfoot Ranunculus omiophy…

Farndale

… is widespread is invariably dominated by rushes, including sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, jointed rush J. articulatus and soft rush Juncus effusus, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa with greater …

Elenydd

…on the site tend to have a high representation of purple moor-grass, heath rush Juncus squarrosus or mat-grass Nardus stricta. Some freely drained areas support bent/fescue Agrostis/Festuca grassland and others have dwarf-shrub heath dominated by heather or bilberry Vaccinium myr…

Rhos Cilcennin

…nd purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. Western gorse Ulex gallii and heath rush Juncus squarrosus are abundant throughout, whilst areas which have escaped burning for several years contain much reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa and patches of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. In the n…

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…locomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Hypnum cupressiforme, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Pseudoscleropodium purum. On the flatter, lower lying areas of the site, the dry heath grades into wet heath typified by cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer grass Trichophorum cespi…

Bourne Valley

…wo species gain dominance and bog mosses such as Sphagnum compactum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum can also occur. Other flushes have a different character, supporting for example, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, common yellow-sedge Carex de…

Llynoedd Ieuan

…ovina, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Three acidic upland lakes occur, containing such aquatic plants as water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, quillwort Isoetes lacustris and shoreweed Litt…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…of flushes. These are mainly acid, species-poor flushes, dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and the bog moss Sphagnum fallax. The nationally scarce tall bog-sedge is found occasionally as a component of very wet blanket bog and also on t…

Mynydd Preseli

…re dominated by acidic grassland with much mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris. Dry dwarf shrub heath is now largely confined to the eastern parts around Carnmeini and Foeldrygarn where there is …

Birk Fell

… fell comprises a complex mosaic of heath, mat grass, fescue bent or heath rush Juncus squarrosus grassland, rocky outcrops; seepage zones and blanket bogs. ling and bilberry are common with bell heather and crowberry Empetrum nigrum occasional. The small blanket bogs are charact…

Waun Cwm Calch

…. Patches of acidic grassland dominated by mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa occur on the more steeply sloping ground and around acidic shale rock outcrops along the plateau edge. The ground-water fed (soligenous) flus…

Caudbeck Flow

…southern Pennines, predominates with only occasional Sphagnum lawns. Heath rush Juncus squarrosus, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, heather and cross leaved heath are variously represented while in the wetter hollows star sedge Carex echinata, common cotton grass Eriophorum an…

Meall Ghaordie

…vulgaris and mat grass Nardus stricta. An unusual heather -heath rush Calluna - Juncus squarrosus grassland community occurs on the shallow blanket peat at high levels. In contrast, the steep north-facing slopes of Creag Loaghain and Creag an Tulabhain to the north of the site co…

The Clouds

…garis and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. On wetter, more peaty soils, heath rush Juncus squarrosus becomes co-dominant with the mat grass.

Patmore Heath

…porting a species rich wetland flora with abundant soft and conglomerate rushes Juncus effusus and Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus. Structural diversity in the vegetation is provided by scrub with hazel Corylus avellana and broom Cytisus scoparius, also by young peduncula…

Eryri

…ding wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, and the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum depending upon topographic location and the nature of the underlying soil. At the …

Bryn-bwch

… heath Erica tetralix, common cotton-grass, mat grass Nardus stricta heath rush Juncus squarrosus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common sedge, Carex nigra and the liverwort Ordontoschisma sphagni. The site has several well-defined flushes where bog mosses Sphagnum spp. are domina…

Bardon Hill

…una vulgaris and by the presence of heath grass Danthonia decumbens, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. This site possesses considerable invertebrate interest having an exceptional spider fauna numbering at least 133 species, including the rare spider …

Dark Peak

…y exposed mineral soils and shallow soils on heavily grazed slopes. Heath rush Juncus squarrosus is often present and is locally abundant or dominant, particularly on re distributed peat. Purple moor grass dominates on some wet slopes. The most botanically rich communities in th…

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

…In some areas, the fen meadows grade into rush-pasture with sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and whorled caraway Carum verticillatum. In other areas, they grade into purple moor-grass pastures, either wit…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…meda polifolia. Throughout the area species poor flushes dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and bog moss Sphagnum fallax occur. Locally, species rich flushes are found which contain scarcer species such as bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifo…

Coed Mynachlog-fawr

…sedge Carex echinata, with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus also occurring. Clearings in steeper parts…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

…, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, carnation sedge Carex panicea, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, tormentil Potentilla erecta and the liverwort Ordontoschisma sphagni which trails amongst the bog-mosses. Sphagnum magellanicum, a bog-moss that indicates some of the least disturbe…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

… asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus. Drier hummocks support heather Calluna vulgaris with tormentil Potentilla erecta and occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. In addition to the wet bog species listed above, many of …

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

… a star sedge bog moss soft rush type Carex echinata S. recurvum / Auriculatum, Juncus effusus sub community. This community is widespread in gill bottoms, wet hollows and flushes throughout the site. Small stands of bog asphodel bog moss cranberry N. ossifragum S. papillosum / S…

Whernside

…ail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum is widespread. The associates, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum become locally dominant. Other species include deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, stiff sedge C…

Ward of Culswick

…he short dry heath vegetation is dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and mat grass Nardus stricta. On lower ground short, dry heath with pockets of sheet woolly hair moss Racomitrium sp alternates with areas of bare ground to give a striped appearance…

Snelsmore Common

…liformis, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, mat grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, pill sedge Carex pilulifera and green ribbed sedge Carex binervis. Lichens which occur on acid soils are better represented at Snelsmore than at other sites in the county. Uncommon…

North York Moors

…ing dominant in wetter areas. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and heath rush Juncus squarrosus are also common within this community. In the wettest stands bog mosses Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum and Dicranum moss Dicranum scoparium occur. Blanket mire occurs in small a…

Fothering Holme

…The extensive damp areas support a different community with sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa and water avens Geum rivale. Globeflower Trollius europaeus, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica and northern marsh orc…

Tarn Moss

…m. The peripheral area of marshy grassland are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus mixed with soft rush Juncus effusus and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa or by tussocks of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Associated herbs are similar to those of the fe…

Armboth Fells

…nal stands with mixtures of bottle sedge Carex rostrata and sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. Bottle sedge is also present with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata in bog pools, which are particularly extensive at the head of Launchy Gill. Here bog rosemary is abundant on wet gro…

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

…t communities present at Rhôsydd Llanwrthwl are those in which either soft-rush Juncus effusus or sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus dominates, but amongst these, smaller species such as velvet bent Agrostis canina, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, greater bird's-foot-trefo…

Drigg Holme

…aria, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, water mint Mentha aquatica and jointed rush Juncus articulatus. There are also localised stands of dense reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and common reed Phragmites australis in wet depressions in the peripheral fields and along the minor…

Goyt Valley

…nt where soils retain moisture and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea or rushes Juncus spp. are generally dominant in the most ill drained situations. Part of the plateau, around Shining Tor to the south and to Pym Chair in the north, is covered by blanket mire dominated by hare’…

West End Meadow, Lunds

…f mat grass Nardus stricta, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Species associated with the more acidic conditions include bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bitter vetch La…

Rhos Pwllygawnen

…n sedge Carex panicea, with much bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. Drier banks su…

Woodhall Spa Golf Course

…ed by plants scarce in the county cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Sphagnum species of moss. Gorse scrub, reed beds and part of an ancien…

Bradworthy Common

…luna vulgaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, with occasional heath rush Juncus squarrosus and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum. The eastern side of the site predominantly consists of a waterlogged mire community which is unknown elsewhere in north Devon. It is characte…

South Cliffe Common

…s, purple moore grass Molinia caerulea, mat grass Nardus stricta and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. There are several areas of invasive birch Betula pendula woodland, with occasional oak Quercus sp. and self sown pine Pinus sylvestris from adjacent plantations. Bunny Hill, as its …

Scotton Common

…found in association with purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and the heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Both the adder Vipera berus and the common lizard Lacerta agilis are frequent in these areas. The creeping willow Salix repens is found in the wetter parts alongside species scarce …

Tiptree Heath

…are present, the latter locally with pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, yellow sedge Carex demissa, ribbed sedge Carex binervis, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bristle scirpus Isolepis setacea in damper areas. Gorse and birch scrub grade into se…

South Pennine Moors

…grass Molinia caerulea is dominant with the wettest areas supporting heath rush Juncus squarrosus. The most species rich and diverse habitats are the acidic flushes, mires and seepage lines. The more acidic flushes on the blanket peat are dominated by cotton grass Eriophorum vag…

Keston and Hayes Commons

… sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Other species present which are locally restricted in London include bird’s foot Ornithopus perpusillus, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and pill sedge Carex pilulifera. The pebble…

Gweunydd Blaencleddau

…es of this vegetation support species such as cross-leaved heath and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Tall-herb variants are characterised by species such as wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and marsh thistle Cirsium palustre. Other areas are influenced by lime-rich groundwater, wi…

Fachwen Isaf

…, including carnation sedge Carex panicea, and sharp-flowered and compact rush (Juncus acutiflorus and Juncus conglomeratus). Tawny sedge Carex hostiana and flea sedge Carex pulicaris are frequent in these areas, as are sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common sedge Carex nigra and t…

The Bog

…of the higher and steeper slopes comprises heather Calluna vulgaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa while on the lower slopes there is acid grassland with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capil…

Broxhead and Kingsley Commons

…Erica tetralix and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, commonly with heath rush Juncus squarrosus and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. Mosses are also common in these areas, including the bog moss Sphagnum compactum and the nationally scarce Hypnum imponen…

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…eswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers are areas of grassland dominated by heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina grassland with mat grass Nardus stricta dominating swards which occur on the lower more heavily grazed areas. However, the enclosed land around Blanc…

Hexhamshire Moors

…e moorland plateau. These are generally species poor and dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus with a bog moss, Sphagnum fallax and star moss Polytrichum commune. The more species rich flushes also support star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea, bog pondweed Potamo…

Hothfield Common

…otton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The relict bogs are now dominated rushes Juncus species, grasses especially purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and mosses and in the northern valley, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata. Some remnants of the former plant communities remai…

Dozmary Pool

… include lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, western gorse Ulex gallii, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, carnation sedge Carex panicea, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and bilberry V accinium myrtillus. To the south of Dozmary Pool on steeper drier slop…

Moorfoot Hills

…ood rush Luzula sylvatica patches, to moor mat grass Nardus stricta -heath rush Juncus squarrosus species-poor grass heath, and more herb-rich areas of bent-fescue grasslands on the better mineral soils. Soligenous flushing (water from rain and slope run-off) and seepage from the…

The New Forest

…omes less frequent and typically deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and the 'smaller' Sphagnum species Sphagnum compactum and S. tenellum become frequent. The heathlands have well developed lichen rich communities in which a number of Cladonia speci…

Kirkby Moor

… communities. The majority of the flushes are base poor and dominated by either Juncus effusus or sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus over lawns of the bog moss Sphagnum fallax and Polytrichum commune. More species rich acidic flushes occur on the margins of the valley mires domin…

Wimbledon Common

…ommon bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with soft rush Juncus effusus well represented where drainage is impeded. Also present are two locally uncommon grasses, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and in damper depressions, purple moor grass Molinia caer…

North Dartmoor

…ndant S. recurvum, S. auriculatum and Polytrichum commune, along with soft rush Juncus effusus, sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, star sedge C. echinata, white-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Large areas of both wet …

Skiddaw Group

… pressure and hare's tail cotton grass is now dominant with abundant heath rush Juncus squarrosus. Skiddaw Group supports possibly the largest extent of montane moss grass heath in West Cumbria and the best developed example occurs at about 700 metres on Broad End, the northern s…

Waen Rydd

…tail cottongrass. Other species include tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia. A wide range of mosses and liverworts occur in the wet heath including Sphagnum recurvum, S. subnitens, S. tenellum, Pleurozium schreberi, …

Blackslade Mire

…ter, together with open bog pools. The soligenous mires have abundant soft rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus and bog mosses principally Sphagnum fallax, S. auriculatum, S. papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum pulchrum, together with a wide variety of…

Black Park

…ntil Potentilla anglica, heath wood rush Luzula multiflora, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and green veined sedge Carex binervis. In addition to these, species recorded include grasses such as sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agrostis capillaris, York…

Borrow Beck Meadows

…ophytes which form a ground layer below the main meadow canopy. Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus is very abundant with lesser amounts of Pleurozium schreberi, Brachythecium rutabulum and Calliergonell cuspidatum. Generally, the wetter areas, where many of the mosses are found, includin…

The Leasowes

…endula ulmaria, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. Occasionally present throughout the sward are heath-grass Danthonia decumbens, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and springy turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, indicating a more a…

Broad Dales

…. Devil's bit scabious remains abundant throughout and the moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus also appears within the sward, while soft and jointed rushes Juncus effusus and J. articulatus are widespread in the furrows with a variety of sedges including common Carex nigra, carnation…

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