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Sprat's Water and Marshes, Carlton Colville

… Other unusual species include cowbane Cicuta virosa, marsh sow thistle Sonchus palustris and marsh pea Lathyrus palustris. In drier parts of the fen, sweet reed grass Glyceria maxima becomes abundant. Wet grazing marshes link the two areas of fen. These show a gradation from neu…

Upper Lough Erne - Belleisle

…ies, with water horsetail Equisetum fluviatalis and common spikerush Eleocharis palustris prominent. Behind the swamp zone is an area of fen, where sedges are the main components of the vegetation, particularly tufted sedge Carex elata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. This zone …

Upper Lough Erne - Trannish

…ies, with water horsetail Equisteum fluviatile and common spike rush Eleocharis palustris prominent. Behind the swamp zone is an area of fen, where sedges are the main component of the vegetation, particularly tufted sedge Carex elata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. This zone is…

Yare Broads and Marshes

…bly fibrous tussock sedge Carex appropinquata, cowbane Cicuta virosa, marsh pea Lathyrus palustris, marsh sow thistle Sonchus palustris, milk parsley Thyselium palustre and marsh fern Thelypteris palustris. Further diversity results from the presence of small areas of fen dominat…

Corraslough Point

…r areas have a number of additional species such as marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. A number of scarce plant species occur, including greater water parsnip Sium latifolium, marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris and more notably, mars…

Burgh Common and Muckfleet Marshes

…gsley’s marsh orchid Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides and marsh fern Thelypteris palustris. Higher ground is present along the northern edge of the site and here there is a gradation to unimproved neutral grassland. A tall fen community has developed on wetter, low lying ground wh…

Shapwick Heath

…scular plants include marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh fern Thelypteris palustris and the national rarities marsh pea Lathyrus palustris and milk parsley Thyselium palustre. The remnant of active raised bog occurs on the eastern part of the site at Ashcott Heath. The bog …

Swangey Fen, Attleborough

…on. Some of the more noticeable are plants such as grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, milk parsley Thyselium palustre, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris, early marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata…

Catcott Edington and Chilton Moors

…hy grassland may, in addition, contain rushes Juncus spp, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia. A few meadows also contain devil's…

Melbourne and Thornton Ings

… and bladder sedge Carex vesicaria are typical, with marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris and tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa. Somewhat drier fields are rich in sedges such as brown sedge Carex disticha, carnation sedge C. panicea, greater and lesser pond sedge Carex ri…

Pulfin Bog

…rous tussock sedge Carex appropinquata, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus, marsh pea Lathyrus palustris, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, reedgrass Phalaris arundinacea, marsh woundwort Stachys palustris, meadow rue Thalictrum flavum and va…

Inishroosk

…common sedge Carex nigra and Carex rostrata, and of marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris. A number of scarce plant species occur, including greater water parsnip Sium latifolium, marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris, needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, buckthorn Rhamnus cat…

Bure Broads and Marshes

…tica dioica, royal fern Osmunda regalis and the uncommon marsh fern Thelypteris palustris. Fen The open fen communities are dominated by Reed Phragmites australis, saw sedge Cladium mariscus or purple small reed Calamagrostis canescens. Some areas are regularly mown or cut to co…

Upper Lough Erne - Crom

…ies, with water horsetail Equisteum fluviatile and common spike rush Eleocharis palustris prominent. Behind the swamp zone is an area of fen, where sedges are the main component of the vegetation, particularly tufted sedge Carex elata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. This zone is…

Lakenheath Poors Fen

…ericulata and cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis. The nationally rare, marsh pea Lathyrus palustris and the locally rare milk parsley Thyselium palustre are present and the site is also notable for the occurrence of the locally uncommon creeping willow Salix repens. The main dyke …

Stallode Wash, Lakenheath

… plants such as Water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris and marsh arrow Grass Triglochin palustris. The wet grassland gradually grades into tall fen. This is dominated by reed Phragmites australis with the greater and lesser pond sedges Carex rip…

Barnby Broad & Marshes

…ity of low growing plants is present which includes marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, marsh fern Thelypteris palustris, milk parsley Thyselium palustre and southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Mature carr woodland surrounds the broad. Alder Alnus glutinosa is the…

Morfa Uchaf, Dyffryn Conwy

…unities, and transitional vegetation supporting the nationally scarce marsh pea Lathyrus palustris, at its only known locality in North Wales. Morfa Uchaf is located 6 kilometres south of Conwy on alluvial deposits of the Afon Conwy floodplain which overlie boulder clay and Silur…

Gwernydd Penbre

…xtensive reedbed and associated communities, the presence of the rare marsh pea Lathyrus palustris, the fen land invertebrate community and the presence of a strong breeding population of Cetti's warbler Cettia cetti. All of the site lies on former grazing marshes which in turn w…

Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes

… needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, divided sedge Carex divisa, marsh pea Lathyrus palustris and greater water parsnip Sium latifolium are found in these habitats which are also the breeding grounds for natterjack toad Epidalea calamita and commoner amphibians. Ten species …

Milford Haven Waterway

…ecent years. These populations include dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii, marsh pea Lathyrus palustris, spurge-laurel Daphne laureola and wayfaring tree Viburnum lantana. Other nationally rare or scarce flowering plants include rock sea-lavender Limonium procerum spp. cambrense, musk…

Upper Lough Erne - Galloon

…ies, with water horsetail Equisteum fluviatile and common spike rush Eleocharis palustris prominent. Behind the swamp zone is an area of fen, where sedges are the main component of the vegetation, particularly tufted sedge Carex elata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. This zone is…

Kilberry Coast

…notable in being the only Scottish location for the nationally scarce marsh pea Lathyrus palustris and was also the first recorded Scottish mainland site for meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, which is still found in only a very few Scottish mainland sites. Dalradian Maritime cl…

Hunsdon Mead

…n knapweed Centaurea nigra, purging flax Linum catharticum and meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis. cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, Kingcup Caltha palustris, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and hairy sedge Carex hirta are found in the damper areas. The flora includes a number …

Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows

…igra lowland hay meadow pasture, Danthonia decumbens sub community NVC MG5c and Lathyrus pratensis subcommunity NVC MG5a and Cynosurus cristatus, Caltha palustris grassland NVC MG8. Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows support unimproved grassland and fen meadow communities. The…

Briggins Moor

…Pedicularis sylvatica, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, marsh violet Viola palustris, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and bitter-vetch Lathyrus montanus. There are a wide range of sedge species present including: star sedge Carex echinata, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, carnati…

Rectory Farm Meadows

…r pond sedge Carex acutiformis, common sedge C. nigra and spike rush Eleocharis palustris. Associated herbs are marsh marigold Caltha palustris, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre…

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