Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Garron Plateau

… lutea with white water lily Nymohaea alba, or by an association in which water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna is prominent. Loughnatrosk is a mid altitude lake, distinguished by an association of water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna growing with the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica an…

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…th 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 greater water moss Fontinalis antipyretica, small pondweed Pot…

Lough Anierin

…l species zonation for this lake type with 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 …

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

…in Northern Ireland. Typically, beds of shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water 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 pla…

Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn

… sloping shoreline. Cwellyn supports an abundance of isoetids, its Littorella – Lobelia vegetation 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 …

Llyn Goddionduon

…foliata and white water lily Nymphaea alba. There is a good population of water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and excellent swards of benthic species such as shore-weed Littorella uniflora. The lake is reasonably rich in phytoplankton and in aquatic invertebrate animals. Remarks: Wi…

Mynydd Hiraethog

…racteristic 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 Wales is present. Other breed…

Foinaven

…t Subularia aquatica, alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata and the nationally scarce six-stamened waterwort Elatine hexandra. Upland assemblage The varied geology on the s…

Buttermere

…lbosus var. fluitans, alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and, more notably, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata occur in water to about three metres depth. The fish fauna includes charr, a member of the tro…

Skiddaw Group

…oor 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 bottoms such as in Southerndale and Bannerdale. The mires are gen…

Loch Shiel

…ypical of oligotrophic waters including shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, and it is the only remaining natural site in Britain for pigmyweed Crassula aquatica. The marginal wetlands are an important component of the aquatic system. These include s…

Lough Scolban

…ella uniflora abundant along the shore and 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 …

Eastern Mournes

…hich 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 fringe. In addition to some…

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

…its edge formed by a peat bank. Beds of shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna are 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-mi…

Greenan Lough

…with Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis. shoreweed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum are typically found along the shoreline. The emergent vegetation consists of stands of bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bog…

Inverpolly

…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 such as translucent stonewort Nitella transluscens, intermediate water starwort Cal…

Armboth Fells

…ophorum angustifolium, bottle sedge and common reed Phragmites australis. Water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, which has it English stronghold in Cumbria, is abundant in both tarns where it occurs in conjunction with the nationally scarce awlwort Subularia aquatica. Blea Tarn is also…

Wast Water

…s by the outflow of Wast Water and supports two locally uncommon species; water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and awlwort Subularia aquatica. At the head of the lake in association with shingle spits is an area of wet marshy grassland, scattered ash and gorse scrub. The grassland is …

Esthwaite Water

…ajas flexilis, a national rarity, is at Esthwaite. Towards the lake shore water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna grows amongst carpets of shoreweed Littorella uniflora. Yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba are present along the lake edge, often adjacent to reeds …

Loch Stack and River Laxford

…ies 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 transluscens. Oligotrophic river (low nutrient river) The R…

Lough Melvin

…dstraw Galium boreale, slender leaved pondweed Potamogeton filiformis and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. Of particular note are blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bermudiana and globeflower Trollius europaeus, both of which are on Schedule 8 of the Wildlife Northern Ireland Order 198…

Geal and Dubh Lochs

…mogeton polygonifolius. Geal Loch also supports submerged species such as water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and the nationally-scarce pillwort Pilularia globulifera. The much smaller Dubh Lochan supports a few different p…

Loch Ussie

…stry land. The diverse shoreline supports pillwort Pilularia globulifera, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. In more sheltered bays extensive fen has developed providing a natural succession to woodland habitats. The fen is best developed at the sh…

Loch Morar

…ergent vegetation includes species such 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 repres…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…nts) with marginal vegetation including shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, while Llyn Tryweryn is a dystrophic (containing much dissolved organic matter) lake with brown peaty water. Scientific studies of some of the lakes' diatom (microscopic alga…

Little Langdale Tarn

…tarwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, 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 tar…

Eryri

…he lakes support a number of submerged and floating plant species such as water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, bog pondweed, shore-weed Littorella uniflora, intermediate water-starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, spring quillwort Isoetes echinospora and bulbous rush Juncus bulb…

Elterwater

…o more nutrient poor conditions. The aquatic flora is varied and includes water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium, yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea, Nymphaea alba and notably the unc…

Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod

…ll contains, at its northern end, a range 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…

Llyn Eiddwen

…The unpolluted oligotrophic-mesotrophic waters support abundant stands of water lobelia Lobelia 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, w…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…neworts Charophyte spp. as well as beds of shoreweed 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 l…

Loch Maree

…worts, Nitella sp. Around the islands, where more sandy substrates occur, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, quillwort and the nationally scarce awlwort Subularia aquatica can be found. The small lochans on Eilean Subhainn, the largest island, contain …

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…ast stonewort Nitella confervacea. Beds of shoreweed 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…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…cies typical of low nutrient conditions. 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 th…

Achanalt Marshes

… such as water awlwort Subularia aquatica, shoreweed 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 th…

Mointeach Scadabhaigh

…hin the site, have a flora typical of nutrient-poor acid lochs, including water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and white water-lily Nymphaea alba. Yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea and various pondweeds Potamogeton sp are also present. Most of the bogs with…

Lough Corry

…eeper water in the northern half, while shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna occur locally along the southern shore. Floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, the stoneworts Chara spp. and the moss greater water moss Fontina…

Llyn Bychan

…r horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, club-rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna. Good populations of Shore-weed Littorella uniflora and Alternate-flowered Water Milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum occur. The lake has a moderately high range of phytoplankt…

Llynoedd Ieuan

…atile. Three acidic upland lakes occur, 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 commun…

Tarn Hows

… three species of bur reed Sparganium erectum, S. emersum and S. minimum. Water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and floating Scirpus Eleogiton fluitans also occur in the shallow waters around the edges of the Tarn. The deeper waters are occupied by dense …

Brother and Little Lochs

…her with characteristic graduated zones 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 stra…

Pettigoe Plateau

…e 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 Fontinalis antipyretica, are…

Knapdale Woods

…reige Mòire also has a large population 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 woo…

Brothers Water

…upports a flora characteristic of shallow 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…

River Derwent and Tributaries

…igotrophic / mesotrophic lake. Species typical of such conditions include water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, alternate water milfoil, the uncommon awlwort Subularia aquatica and quillwort Isoetes lacustris. Spiny spored …

Knipe Tarn

…nundatum, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, shore weed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and the uncommon pillwort Pilularia globulifera.

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…ticular 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 dragonflies such as the four spotte…

Lochan Lairig Cheile

…racteristic plant communities of submerged and emergent species including 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 Utriculari…

Lough Aleater

…f its type in Northern Ireland. Beds of shoreweed Littorella uniflora and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna are abundant in the shallows where they are sheltered by emergent vegetation. Floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus the stoneworts Chara spp. an…

Lough Macrory

…ore of the lough drops off at an acute angle giving rise to dense beds of water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna below the Littorella uniflora zone. curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus is associated with both of these species zones while lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus is associate…

Lough Formal

…d species zonation for this lake type with 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 …

Lurg & Dow Lochs

…nt 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 unusual species in the poor-fen i…

Obain Loch Euphoirt

…shwater such as reed Phragmites australis, pondweeds Potamogeton spp. and water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna.

Ennerdale

…c flora found here is typical of shallow, 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 sta…

Elenydd

…ountain lakes within the site support a number of rare species, including water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna, and water-courses, together with their riparian vegetation, are of botanical interest. An additional feature of scientific interest is the occurrence of plant species tolera…

Allt Bholagair

…c 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

Craig-y-Llyn

…the moss Andreaea rupestris on flat boulders on the plateau. In Llyn Fach occur Lobelia dortmanna, Isoetes lacustrisis and Sparganium angustifolium in its southernmost locality. Analysis of the pollen preserved in Ffos Cenglau has yielded data on the post-glacial sequence of wood…

Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay

…g-rush Schoenus nigricans, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, water lobelia L. dortmanna, sea rush Juncus maritimus and all three of the British species of eelgrass, dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii, narrow-leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifolia and eelgrass Zostera marina…

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