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Bear, Oveys & Great Bottom Woods

…ruff Galium odoratum and goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus and the moss Leucobryum glaucum. The varied fungal flora includes the club fungus Ramaria stricta and the ink cap Coprinopsis picacea; both are usually associated with beech woodland in southern England.

Parkhurst Forest

…er St. Johns' wort Hypericum pulchrum and a rich moss flora including fork moss Leucobryum glaucum. In the east of the Site of Special Scientific Interest the woodland covers less acid soils. This is reflected by the absence of beech, the greater abundance of pedunculate oak and …

Holystone Burn Woods

…rry Vaccinium myrtillus, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and hummocks of the mosses Leucobryum glaucum and Polytrichum commune. On dry ridges, birch Betula pendula forms an open canopy above tufted hair grass D. cespitosa and bracken. Lower down in the valley the woodland is dominate…

Black Moss

…e's tail cotton grasses, bogbean, Sphagnum and a typical moss of acid woodlands Leucobryum glaucum. Beyond the overgrown ditch lying on the southern boundary of the mire, acid marshy grassland is dominated by well developed tussocks of purple moor grass and tufted hair grass with…

Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse

…um majus, D. fuscescens and D. flaggellare are rare in the south east. The moss Leucobryum glaucum forms carpets between the stools. On Bexleyhill the Atlantic liverworts Bazzania trilobata, Marsupella emarginata and Kurzia sylvatica are present together with the uncommon moss Pl…

Blackmill Woodlands

…layer include the mosses Polytrichum formosum, Mnium hornum, Dicranum majus and Leucobryum glaucum. Remarks: The site supports woodland vegetation assignable to the habitat type ‘Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles’, listed on Annex I of the EC Habi…

Greenham and Crookham Commons

…en, Pteridium aquilinum. This secondary woodland ground flora includes the moss Leucobryum glaucum, pale sedge Carex pallescens, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. The ancient woodland is dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior, alder Alnus glutinosa …

Earl's Hill & Habberley Valley

…ch includes heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and the moss Leucobryum glaucum. On base rich soils, mainly over Ordovician shales, the woodland is dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior, wych elm Ulmus glabra and the rare large leaved lime Tilia platyphyllos, wi…

Milkingstead Wood

…sociation of mosses locally form an extensive cover on the woodland floor, with Leucobryum glaucum forming large rounded hummocks. The fern community is also good with, apart from the Tunbridge filmyfern, abundant clumps of lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, male fern, bu…

Out and Plunder Woods

…the county and supports less common flora including a variety of mosses such as Leucobryum glaucum and Pleuridium subulatum. The grassy rides provide additional habitat diversity and further enhance the value of this well structured woodland for bird, invertebrate and other anima…

Lambridge Wood

… oak and silver birch and has a sparse understorey of scattered holly. The moss Leucobryum glaucum in places forms part of a characteristic ground flora which includes pill sedge Carex pilulifera, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, southern wood rush Luzula forsteri, slender S…

Coedydd y Beili, Malgwyn a Cribin

… liverworts and ferns, including Isothecium myosuroides, Diplophyllum albicans, Leucobryum glaucum, Bazzania trilobata, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris and beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. Parts of Coed Cribin have a grass dominated ground flora but …

Leith Hill

…ampyrum pratense. Calcifugous lime hating bryophytes such as Dicranum majus and Leucobryum glaucum are present in this woodland which displays the “ Oceanic” characteristics more usually found in the Atlantic areas of Britain. The ancient and semi natural Severells Copse is domin…

Woolmer Forest

…azing tolerant species such as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and mosses such as Leucobryum glaucum and Pleurozium schreberi. The woodland canopy is discontinuous and, particularly within Holly Hills, is broken into a series of glades dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum, aci…

Burnt Wood

…dlands are botanically impoverished with numerous cushions of the uncommon moss Leucobryum glaucum which are a characteristic feature. Where springs emerge on gentle slopes small pockets of alder wood add variety. Here the canopy consists of alder Alnus glutinosa, downy birch, oa…

Rusland Valley Mosses

…ilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, purple moor grass and a carpet of mosses including Leucobryum glaucum under pine while under oak tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa dominates. A number of ferns are also found within the woodland including the local royal fern Osmunda regalis, th…

Drone Moss

…as well as a variety of bog moss species. Of particular interest are the mosses Leucobryum glaucum and Sphagnum recurvum. The locally rare chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea is also present at the eastern edge of the site.

Brendonmoor

…lix repens. Bryophytes are also well represented including Campylium stellatum, Leucobryum glaucum, Breutelia chrysocoma, Sphagnum auriculatum and Sphagnum subnitens. The discomycete eye-lash fungus Scutellinia scutellata is present. Drier localities support heather Calluna vulga…

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…lberry Vaccinium myrtillus dominate the ground flora. In others mosses such as Leucobryum glaucum or herbs such as bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta provide striking displays. Rocky outcrops provide habitat diversity and support species such as foliose lichens, wood melick Mel…

Swanton Novers Woods

…stands over a ground flora dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum or the moss Leucobryum glaucum. The natural occurrence of both oak species and the presence of extensive stands of oak coppice under oak stands are both features unique in East Anglia. A large area of sessile oak…

Ballynahone Bog

…hospora alba, with occasional patches of bog myrtle Myrica gale also occurring. Leucobryum glaucum and Sphagnum mosses generally form scattered hummocks throughout the area. The lagg surrounding the lowland raised bog has been extensively cut for turf, creating a mosaic of habita…

Burnham Beeches

…es of wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and cushions of the distinctive moss Leucobryum glaucum. Other woodland plants include broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, the sedges Carex sylvatica and Carex remota, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, woodruff Galium odoratum, enc…

Sound Heath

…everal areas of bog moss Sphagnum spp. occur together with cushions of the moss Leucobryum glaucum which is also rare in Cheshire. Drier areas contain less cross leaved heath and are locally more grassy with mat grass Nardus stricta, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and anoth…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…ajus, Hypnum cupressiforme, Plagiothecium undulatum, Isothecium myosuroides and Leucobryum glaucum. Of particular note is the presence of two nationally scarce species, the moss Grimmia lisae and the liverwort Jamesoniella autumnalis. In addition there are several 'Atlantic' spec…

Heathfield Park

…willow Salix spp. and alder Alnus glutinosa. Where beech is dense only the moss Leucobryum glaucum gives ground cover, but where the canopyis more open bracken Pteridium aquilinum and bramble Rubus fruticosus are found with rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum invading in places. C…

Swannington Upgate Common

…s wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and the moss Leucobryum glaucum. There is an abrupt transition from dry heath to a wet heath and grassland mosaic dominated by cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea on s…

Cavenham - Icklingham Heaths

…ome oak Quercus robur and a sparse ground flora which includes the cushion moss Leucobryum glaucum; b Damp to wet woodland which is dominated by downy birch Betula pubescens, alder Alnus glutinosa and willow Salix spp. This type of woodland has a richer ground flora; including se…

Oakers Wood

…ens of oak and holly and mosses typical of acid woodland are abundant including Leucobryum glaucum, Mnium hornum, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum scoparium and the local D. majus. Elsewhere bramble Rubus fruticosus and hazel Corylus avellana are the most important scrub species an…

Quoile

…ude Hypnum cupressiforme, Eurhynchium praelongum, Mnium hornum and more notably Leucobryum glaucum. Wet woodland and scrub are widespread. Grey willow Salix cinerea and alder Alnus glutinosa are the main canopy species. Ground cover is variable, with tall stands of common reed Ph…

Savernake Forest

…axatile and occasionally by bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heather or the mosses Leucobryum glaucum or Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Woodland mosses and liverworts are well represented and include Dicranum montanum, Frullania tamariscii and the nationally scarce liverwort F. fragilifoli…

Bursdon Moor

…Agrostis curtisii. Mosses and lichens are well represented, with mosses such as Leucobryum glaucum, Sphagnum tenellum and Lophocia ventricosa present and lichens such as Cladonia impexa and C. pyxidata. On wetter peaty soils the plant communities grade towards those characterist…

Talhenbont

…vatica and broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and woodland bryophytes, e.g. Leucobryum glaucum and Dicranum majus, are abundant on the steeper slopes; in more base-rich conditions at the base of the slopes species such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and enchanter’s nig…

Coed Afon Pumryd

…nd sheeps fescue Festuca ovina. Carpets of moss include Isothecium myosuroides, Leucobryum glaucum and species of Polytrichum. Ivy Hedera helix and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum are abundant on trees and rocks. Remarks:Within the Snowdonia National Park.

Coed Aberedw

…hreberi, Plagiothecium undulatum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Leucobryum glaucum and Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus and the liverworts Bazzania trilobata, Saccogyna viticulosa and Plagiochila asplenioides. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus is locally prominent where graz…

Coedydd Aber

…lowering plants, but with a richer complement of mosses and liverworts, such as Leucobryum glaucum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Diplophyllum albicans. The western slopes of Maes y Gaer support a species-poor variant of oak woodland on thin, rocky soils, with a dominance of heather…

Holystone North Wood

…um, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, soft grass Holcus mollis and the moss Leucobryum glaucum, the hummocks of which area special feature in the wood, are dominant. In addition, plants such as wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and the northern herb, chickweed wintergreen Trienta…

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