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Ynys Enlli

… The mid-shore rocks are encrusted with barnacles, limpets and often the lichen Lichina pygmaea. A variety of bladder wrack that lacks the characteristic ‘bladders’, Fucus vesiculosus var. linearis, is also found on the mid-to low-shore. Thongweed Himanthalia elongata grows on ro…

Dale and South Marloes Coast

…nd Semibalanus balanoides, and limpets Patella (sp.) dominate. The pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea occurs above the barnacles and limpets, in particular where conditions are more exposed. The black tar lichen Verrucaria maura grows on the rocks and boulders at the upper end of the s…

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

…d alga Catenella caespitosa occurs and, in more exposed areas, the pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea. Within Deep Slade, extensive low-lying bedrock platforms occur, which are dominated by serrated wrack and a red seaweed Rhodothamniella floridula, with an occasional crust of honeycom…

Skokholm

…nearis occurs with S. balanoides and limpets Patella sp. A band of pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea occurs above this zone, but this band is absent from the less exposed shores. The lower shores on the less exposed side support thong-weed with an understorey of encrusting coralline a…

Grassholm / Ynys Gwales

…rnacle and limpet zone to the black tar lichen Verrucaria maura or pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea zones. Yellow and grey lichens occur on the upper shore around most of the island. Rockpools, mainly small and shallow, occur on the south-eastern side of the island. The two largest p…

Arfordir Abereiddi

…tations of barnacles and limpets Patella sp., with patchy bands of pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea above. Wider, more gently sloping areas of bedrock also support a sparse covering of bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus over the barnacles. The uppermost parts of the shore are dominated …

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…d Semibalanus balanoides, interspersed with limpets Patella sp and pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea. In areas of increased shelter there is an occurrence of the fucoids spiral wrack Fucus spiralis, bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus and channel wrack Pelvetia canaliculata. The lichen zo…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…culosus var. linearis occurring in places. An intermittent line of pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea occurs amongst the upper limits of the encrustation below a band of black tar lichen Verrucaria maura, which is interspersed with patches of laver bread Porphyra sp. in areas of increa…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…ies. In the splash zone, just above highwater, the lichens Verrucaria maura and Lichina pygmaea are abundant. Below high water distinct communities of brown algae occur with various dominant seaweeds such as bladderwrack Fucus vesiculosus, serrated wrack Fucus serratus and egg wr…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…re the bedrock becomes less steep, and a thin, broken cover of the pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea higher on the shores. There is also a distinct horizontal band of pepper dulse Osmundea pinnatifida on the north-western side of Skomer. Less exposed areas have a mid-shore characteri…

Glannau Aberdaron

…low this the black tar lichen Verrucaria maura dominates, with the black lichen Lichina pygmaea also occurring regularly in this zone. Below the lichens a mixture of barnacles Semibalanus balanoides and limpets Patella sp. dominates the upper shore. From mid to low shore the comm…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…o dominate the upper shore, above which is an intermittent band of pygmy lichen Lichina pygmaea, the black tar lichen Verrucaria maura and then yellow and grey lichens (such as Caloplaca spp. and sea ivory Ramalina sp.) in the splash zone. Caves at the back of the beaches at Fall…

Strangford Lough Part 3

…ock. Near the top of the shore in Ballywadden Bay there is a very large area of Lichina pygmaea a short, tufted, black lichen which is unusual both in terms of its extent and in its occurrence in such a sheltered site. The lower shore boulder areas have a rich flora, with often d…

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