Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Horningtoft Wood

…d other interesting species include primrose Primula vulgaris, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. Four locally rare or scarce species have been recorded in the wood, c…

Back Wood

…pp, are conspicuous in the wet flushes of the central section. Common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa are abundant in the steep rocky gorge that forms the southern half of the site. Ferns Dryopteris spp, ar…

Coed Nant Menascin

…and Thuidium tamariscinum. Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and bracken Pteridium aquilinum are all locally abundant within this community. The more base-rich dry slopes support a canopy of ash Fraxinus excelsior over an understorey of haze…

Coedydd Nanmor

…, tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. The site also supports an area of alluvial wet woodland and is a good example of birch Betula pubescens purple …

Hembury Woods

…ood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and also by the presence of climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata. Adjacent to the River Dart a strip of valley alder wood occurs and here oak again dominates but alder Alnus gl…

Coed Afon Crewi

…ent. Locally the ground is particularly herb-rich and includes common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and marsh hawk's-beard Crepis paludosa. The site also has a variety of ferns, including lady-fern Athyrium fi…

Ellenden Wood

…und flora is dominated by great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Hornbeam, ash and field maple coppice with pedunculate and sessile oak standards occurs in the western valley. Here, bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood anemone Anemone nemo…

Coedydd Nantgwynant

…illaris, tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. The fern element is again distinctive here and includes: hard fern Blechnum spicant and Dryopteris spp. The two uncommon species, Wilson’s f…

Briarwood Banks

…od rush Luzula sylvatica with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense occur on the most acid soils under oak. In flushed areas giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, bugle Ajuga reptans, yellow pimpernel Lysimach…

Cabilla Manor Wood

…od anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Ferns are abundant and include scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis, broad buckler fern D.dilatata, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Of particular not…

Beacon Hill, Hangingstone and Out Woods

…f ancient semi natural woodland on dry acidic soils, including common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. A large stand of coppice grown alder Alnus glutinosa and ash Fraxinus excelsior occupies the wet ground in the north of the wood. The shrub layer here contains redcurrant Ribes sy…

Rake Hanger

…ir grass Deschampsia flexuosa, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. To the north west bracken becomes increasingly abundant. The woodland supports several species of lichen associated with ancient woodland, including Thelotrema lepadinum and Loxos…

Riddles Wood

…oxa moschatellina, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Species of special note are wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, Butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus and broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, soft Shield fern Polystich…

Coed Blaen-y-cwm (Blaen-y-cwm Wood)

…, supporting species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Lime-rich rock outcrops support a number of calcicolous plant species such as hairy St John's-wort Hypericum hirsutum and the mosses Anomodon viticulosus and Neckera crispa. The w…

Clowes Wood & New Fallings Coppice

…ge Teucrium scorodonia and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis which are also found here, are rare elsewhere in Warwickshire. Along the streams are small wet areas of alder Alnus glutinosa wood. Oak a…

Totley Wood

…the most abundant plants. Other species commonly found include common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, with bilberry also occasionally found. The birch oak wood grades into ash wych e…

The Quantocks

…dominants. Other species include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and the mosses Pseudoscleropodium purum and Dicranum scoparium. An outstanding feature of the Quantock heathlands is that the dwarf shrub communities are represented by a wide ran…

Swineholes Wood and Black Heath

…dilatata, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and the county rarity common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The presence of holly Ilex aquifolium thickets, a stream and small pools adds to the floristic diversity. The site supports several species of uncommon moths of moorland affinity …

Clunton Coppice

…rtillus, heather Calluna vulgaris, hard fern Blechnum spicant, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. A notable species, the oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris, which is scarce in Shropshire also occurs. The western mosses Dicranum majus and Rhytidiad…

High Woods

…cotyle vulgaris, together with several notable species such as common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, southern wood rush Luzula forsteri and the mosses Sphagnum squarrosum and Hookeria lucens. The other distinct woodland types present are mature alder carr woodland and hornbeam Ca…

Scotney Castle

…ora which includes yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The damper parts of Broadham and Kilndown Woods are covered by alder Alnus glutinosa with ramsons Allium ursinum, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium an…

Bishop's Wood

…ubus fruticosus and bracken Pteridium aquilinum with locally frequent cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Remarks: Together with four other sites in the area Bishop’s Wood is part of Gower Ash Woods cSAC which supports woodland vegetation assigna…

Stoke Woods

…num, and there are patches of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Other areas support species indicative of more mineral-rich conditions, such as enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood avens Geum urban…

Thundersley Great Common

…h wood rush Luzula multiflora, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, tormentil Potentilla erecta, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Two locally uncommon species of wet heath are cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, rare i…

Burnham Beeches

… sage Teucriumscorodonia, wood avens Geum urbanum, the semi parasitic cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and the exceptionally rare bladder seed Physospermum cornubiense, long known here but otherwise found only in Devon and Cornwall. The wetter parts of the woods contain such species…

Farndale

…ides support a ground flora with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood club rush Luzula sylvatica and ferns, including hard fern Blechnum spicant, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and broad buckler fern Dryopteris di…

Merthen Wood

…ainly confined to coastal locations in south and west Britain, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and moss species. Parts of the woodland, mainly along stream valleys have a high forest structure. These are dominated by sessile oak Quercus petraea, sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus…

Great Wood & Dodd's Grove

…uckle Lonicera periclymenum are the dominant ground flora with common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense found locally. ling Calluna vulgaris and bracken Pteridium aquilinum grow in small heathy areas, with devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, the uncommon Slender St. John's wort H…

Dibbinsdale

… on the more base rich soils. More local species include common field cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. The ash wych elm woodland grades into alder woodland along the valley floor. Alder, grey willow, crack willow and osier are the main species…

Baysbrown Wood

…lium saxatile with occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense are also present. Ash, often associated with oak and dense stands of hazel is found on the shallower slopes in the east of the wood. Here bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta are f…

Areley Wood

…ken Pteridium aquilinum, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Damper soils dominate most of the woodland with ramsons Allium ursinum, frequent wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, bugle Ajuga reptans, meadow…

Whiteparish Common

…e wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, sanicle Sanicula europaea, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and the ferns scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana…

Milkingstead Wood

…. The ground flora of these well drained shallow soils include common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, white climbing fumitory Corydalis claviculata, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa with common heather, bell heather, heath bedstraw and tormenti…

Coedydd Beddgelert a Cheunant Aberglaslyn

…, tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. The moss and liverwort flora often exceeds the vascular plant flora in its diversity and abundance, forming a carpet, which extends up over …

Easter Ness Forest

…y hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa with bell heather Erica cinerea and cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Some of the smaller birchwoods on Moine rocks display a richer herb layer with abundant bracken. Whilst oak occurs occasionally in these birchwoods, there are areas overlying Moin…

Capler Wood

…h wood melick Melica uniflora, greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica and cow wheat Melampyrum pratense as characteristic species. Other notable plants are nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium and fingered sedge Carex digitata, a nationally rare species. The ash woodland gr…

Marlbank

…tributed species such as field gentian Gentianella campestris, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. Kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica occur on steep south facing slopes and on exposed rocky knolls…

Darenth Wood

…ield layer although species such as bittersweet Solanum dulcamara and cow wheat Melampyrum pratense also occur. Many of the invertebrate species that have been recorded here are associated with dead wood and include the nationally rare beetles Agrilis pannonicus and Platypus cyli…

Garn Wood, Kilkiffeth Wood & Dan-Deri-Cwm Felin-Ban

…atum, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and bearded couch Elymus caninus. The rich epiphytic lichen flora features 21 species that are indicators of woodland sites with a long history of continuity. The paucity of lichen…

Stoke Common

…lly and rowan occur and the ground flora includes brambles and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. There is a rich and interesting invertebrate fauna, particularly moths, among which notable species include the beautiful brocade Lacanobia contigua, chevron Eulithis testata and …

Dymock Woods

… as heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The ground flora along the streams is dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis with species such as woodruff Galium odoratum and sanicle Sanicula europaea. Wild daffodil Na…

Kellas Oakwood

…eberry Vaccinium myrtillus, climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata, cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and Dicranum mosses. At the foot of the slope local soil enrichment and flushing gives rise to a slightly richer community with primrose Primula vulgaris and bugle Ajuga reptans. O…

Hedgecourt

…s and the field layer includes bracken Pteridium aquilinum and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. On the marshy ground close to the lake and below the dam, the woodland is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa together with birch and grey sallow Salix cinerea. White and crack wil…

Shipley and Great Woods

…rry Vaccinium myrtillus, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and the local stag’s horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum. Downslope and on cliff ledges, the vegetation is dominated by great wood rush Luzula sylvatica. Along streams and in other f…

Halsdon

…drush Luzula sylvatica with some bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, broad buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata and hard-fern Blechnum spicant. Areas of more nutrient-rich soil support a greater proportion of ash Fraxinus excelsior, pedunculate oak Qu…

Danbury Common

…oom Ruscus aculeatus, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, sanicle Sanicula europaea and moshcatel Adoxa moschatellina. The grasslands vary from species rich plant …

Boscastle to Widemouth

… vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus predominates with frequent cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The occurrence of hay-scented fern Dryopteris aemula is of particular interest. This woodland is of international importance for its rich lichen communities in particular the “Lo…

Roman River

…xa moschatellina, climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Small areas of mixed and coniferous plantation are included within the broad leaved woodland and contribute to the diversity of bird and insect habitats. Nearly 70 species of bird…

Erwood Dingle

… as heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. The Cletwr is a good example of a small oceanic river with mesotrophic water chemistry. It is characterised by an abundance of mosses and liverworts including Hygroamblystegium fl…

Littleworth Common

…include heather Calluna vulgaris, pill sedge Carex pilulifera, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, golden rod Solidago virgaurea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. In the wet flushes there are extensive patches of the bog mosses Sphagnum palu…

Mandinam a Coed Deri

… bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, associated with species such as common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. The more level, lower slopes are poorly drained, with alder and ash replacing the oak, and a rich herb-layer present which includes marsh-marigold Caltha palustris and alternate l…

Peckforton Woods

…uch as bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heather Calluna vulgaris, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata are widespread. Along the ridge top, Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris, yew Taxus baccata, beech Fagus sylvatica and silver birch Betula pe…

Low Pasture

…s Danthonia decumbens, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, timothy Phleum pratense and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera with pignut Conopodium majus, betony Betonica officinalis, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, lady's mantle Alchemilla vulga…

Coed Dyrysiog

…oor communities dominated by bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus with common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense to species-rich communities including sanicle Sanicula europaea and wild strawberry Fragaria vesca. Uncommon plant species of the ground layer include the globe flower Trollius eur…

Coed Tŷ-Mawr

…ore acid flora is also present in places, with such species as common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense occurring. great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica is locally abundant on the banks of the river and the nationally uncommon thin-spiked wood-sedge Carex strigosa has also been recorded f…

Redhill Wood

… in the country. Some species, such as golden rod Solidago virgaurea, cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, thin spiked sedge Carex strigosa and scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis are notably uncommon in Berkshire. Lower plants are well represented and the moss and liverwort flora is th…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…eath bedstraw Galiums axatile, tormentil Potentilla erecta and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Heather Calluna vulgaris is abundant or dominant in all these communities. The tors and boulders of the upper slopes provide important habitat for several species of moss and also…

Dark Peak

…ly uncommon plants present in the Dark Peak heathlands include common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, which grows on the Langsett Moors and dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, on the Broomhead Moors. Wet heaths are of limited extent in the Dark Peak. Small stands of co-dominant he…

Hoad's Wood

…woundwort Stachys sylvatica, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The remainder of the wood is more calcareous, hornbeam and ash are common and there are many shrubs associated with calcareous soils such as dogwood Cornus sanguinea and purging b…

Flat Coppice

…ass Deschampsia flexuosa, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Less common species include betony Stachys officials and bitter vetch Lathyrus latifolius. Wild service tree Sorbus officinalis is locally abundant. The damp woodland on the plat…

Barle Valley

…de Circaea lutetiana, creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Beech Fagus sylvatica has invaded this woodland type to varying degrees. Ash Fraxinus excelsior and hazel become much more abundant over the base-rich shales. The well developed s…

Windmill Naps Wood

…fern Dryopteris filix-mas and two plants rare in Warwickshire, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, are also present. In wetter parts of the wood a third woodland type can be distinguished by the presence of alder Alnus glutinosa with occas…

North York Moors

… ground flora of bilberry and wavy hair grass and occasionally common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Along streams, narrow bands of alder Alnus glutinosa woodland occur with ash Fraxinus excelsior and herbs such as yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum. The margins of lower moors s…

Hockley Woods

… mollis with substantial areas of bracken Pteridium aquilinum. Common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, slender St. John's wort Hypericum pulchrum, wood melick Melica uniflora and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon are locally plentiful. Butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus is foun…

Yarner Wood & Trendlebere Down

… of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and by the wide occurrence of common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, hard fern Blechnum spicant, broad buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata and by a well-developed bryophyte mat. On the richer soils hazel Corylus avellana becomes significant in the und…

Coshogle Wood

…lley sides and is one of the best examples in upper Nithsdale. Common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica and blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus are frequent in more acidic areas of the woodland. Ferns, such as lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina and male-fern …

Harpsden Wood

…opaeus and, on the leached clay soil at the foot of the slope, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, a species of restricted distribution in the Chilterns. Other locally uncommon plants occur in deep beech litter on the northern slope. Broad leaved helleborine Epipactis hellebori…

West Exmoor Coast and Woods

…inner, more acidic soils wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and bilberry are frequent, whereas the deeper and more fertile areas support a wider variety of species, including ramsons Allium ursinum, primrose Primula vulgaris and sanicle San…

Sutton Park

… saxatile, bramble Rubus spp. and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. Common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, a rare plant in the county, is often present, particularly in Streetly Wood. Substantial areas of heath and acidic grassland occupy the well drained land on the higher ground. Go…

Coedydd De Dyffryn Maentwrog

…tosella, tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. In ungrazed areas, bramble Rubus fruticosus can be locally dominant, often at the expense of less competitive species. Bracken Pteridium aq…

Sleightholme Dale

… Aquilegia vulgaris. On more acid soils bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and golden rod Solidago virgaurea are present. In wetter areas alder Alnus glutinosa becomes dominant. The fields in the flood plain of the Hodge Beck support a neutral grassland f…

Catmore and Winterly Copses

… pallescens, water avens Geum rivale, bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha. The wetter rides also contain creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia, greater skullcap Scutellar…

Rushford Wood

…grass Holcus mollis, greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata also occurs. A number of fast-flowing streams cross the site and these have given rise to wetter hollows dominated by alder Alnus glutino…

Hook Wood

… of heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, slender St John’s-wort Hypericum pulchrum and goldenrod Solidago virgaurea are frequent associates of the heather. A feature of the estuarine cliffs is the sporadic occurrence of …

Coed Elernion

…Anthoxanthum odoratum, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, creeping cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, ivy Hedera helix and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. The wetter woodland occurs both along the valley bottoms and on flatter slopes where suitable conditions prevail. A typical…

Drumore Wood

…h heather Calluna vulgaris, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. A number of habitats occur within the woodland complex including wet and dry heathland, groundwater flushes dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and small mires support…

West Blean and Thornden Woods

…ood rush Luzula pilosa, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Permanently wet areas are common over the impervious London Clay. Associated with these are crack willow Salix fragilis, alder Alnus glutinosa, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and t…

East Blean Woods

…nd common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii are also common. Common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense occurs in the more recently coppiced areas. This species is important as the food plant for the caterpillars of the rare heath fritillary which is now found only in the Blean Woods…

Gallt Llanerch - Coed Gelli-deg

…r-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Non-native beech Fagus sylvatica and sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus become frequent in Coed Gelli-deg. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum dominates the more open areas of woodland and area…

Bovey Valley Woodlands

…linum and bramble Rubus fruticosus with a few calcifuge herbs such as cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella to a herb rich flora including sanicle Sanicula europaea, primrose Primula vulgaris and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis. There is an area of ma…

Llandegla Moor

…itis-idaea, wavy-hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and, locally, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. In the drier heath are interspersed lower lying wetter hollows supporting wet heath or "bog" vegetation with bog-mosses Sphagnum species including Sphagnum magellanicum, heather, …

Eastern Peak District Moors

…t some sites buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata or the locally uncommon cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Deeper slightly damper soils on the lower slopes extending into valley bottoms, support wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and even bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Many stands ha…

Feckenham Forest

…rongly acidic conditions such as bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Downy birch and rowan are also the main associated species where pedunculate oak is dominant. In these areas the shrub layer is denser and i…

Teign Valley Woods

…accinium myrtillus and creeping soft-grass Holcus mollis, with common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense also abundant on the lower slopes. Open heathy areas, characterised by heather Calluna vulgaris and common gorse Ulex europaeus, occur within the woods, and in Meadhaydown Woods t…

Mochdre Dingles

… oak wood type, with a limited ground flora in which typically common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense is a constituent. However, base-rich areas do occur and locally the woods demonstrate intermediate characteristics. A variable quantity of birch may be present in such areas. The v…

Halstock Wood

… nemorosa, pignut Conopodium majus, sanicle Sanicula europaea, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and ramsons Allium ursinum and with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus in more acidic parts. Occasional wet flushes occur on the lower slopes, and these are characterised by meadowsweet …

Coedydd y Beili, Malgwyn a Cribin

…air-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, hard fern Blechnum spicant and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Damp shady areas have a greater variety of mosses, liverworts and ferns, including Isothecium myosuroides, Diplophyllum albicans, Leucobryum glaucum, Bazzania trilobata, bog mosse…

Leith Hill

…places over a ground flora of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow wheat Melampyrum 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 t…

Parkhurst Forest

…d grazing woods and includes butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, slender 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…

Park Wood

…m myrtillus, together with bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, Circaea lutetiana Circaea lutentiana, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, ivy Hedera helix, hard fern Blechnum spicant, polypody Polypodium vulgare and broad buckler fern Dryopteri…

Broadhead Clough

…ilberry and bracken. Locally, the common sedge Carex nigra and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense occur. One section of grassland where the soil is less acid contains small populations of quaking grass, carnation sedge Carex flacca, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, pill headed …

Churnet Valley

…t scabious Succisa pratensis, occasional bilberry and the rare common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. On Kingsley Banks, heather Calluna vulgaris becomes locally dominant on the steeper slopes where grassland grades towards heathland. Jointed and sharp-flowered rush Juncus articul…

East Coppice

…on violet Viola riviniana, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and betony Betonica officinalis are some of the more abundant species. These areas also contain fine stands of the nationally rare narrow-leaved lungw…

Bodkin Hazel Wood

…e nemorosa, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and ramsons Allium ursinum. Cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and bracken Pteridium aquilinum occur locally on more acid soils. Species of particular interest are the ancient woodland indicators herb paris Paris quadrifolia and toothwort Lath…

Burnt Wood

… and bracken Pteridium aquilinum and locally, a county rarity, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The soils which have developed from marls and sandstones of the Keele Beds Upper Coal Measures are silty or loamy clays, subject to seasonal waterlogging. These give rise to a sec…

Sandall Beat

… wood anemone and enchanter's nightshade are widespread, while common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata also occur. Relics of the former heath upon which the wood developed are indicated in the continued presence of heather, mat grass and …

Coed Aber Artro

…with bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood avens Geum urbanum and cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Remarks: Within the Snowdonia National Park.

Piddles Wood

…l Hyacinthoides non-scripta, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and creeping soft grass Holcus mollis are very frequent and typical mosses are Dicranum scoparium and Polytrichum juniperinum. In open areas, bracken Pteridium aquilinum is often d…

Langley Wood and Homan's Copse

… areas, particularly on banks, support golden rod Solidago virgaurea, cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, southern wood rush Luzula forsteri and pale sedge Carex pallescens. The epiphyte lichen flora is particularly rich w…

Strother Hills

…Pteridium aquilinum, greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense with wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus colonising damper areas. Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, bluebell Hyacintho…

Thornley Wood

…lberry Vaccinium myrtillus with some heather Calluna vulgaris, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Where soils are damper and base rich, ash Fraxinus excelsior and wych elm Ulmus glabra or alder Alnus glutinosa are t…

Bugden's Copse and Meadows

… flora is dominated by purple moor grass with locally abundant common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Low lying areas have carpets of bog mosses, Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum. The main area of Bugdens Copse is of ancient origin and is characteristic of the oak bracken bramble…

Swithland Wood and The Brand

…d rush Luzula pilosa, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, and, beside the streams, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Within the northern part of the wood lies an area of unimproved neutral grassland which su…

Hesley Moss

…s Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense are frequent beneath the tree cover. Above the woodland to the west and along the eastern edge of the mire are areas of heath with mature heather, bilberry and cowberry Vaccinium v…

Hoar Park Wood

…oar Park, these are lily of the valley Convallaria majalis and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Along the stream that dissects the site is a strip of alder Alnus glutinosa wood, with sessile oak and occasional rowan in the canopy. The understorey here is dominated by hazel a…

Hunshaw Wood

…nium myrtillus and heather Calluna vulgaris are abundant, with common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, golden rod Solidago virgaurea and tutsan Hypericum androsaemum among the herbs present.

Ruislip Woods

…pactis helleborine, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Areas of wetland vegetation occur in some of the main valleys, such as at Ruislip Local Nature Reserve which supports a species rich association of willow carr, tall fen and swamp…

Buinach and Glenlatterach

…sa, ling heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. The dwarf-shrub heath at Buinach is moderately species-rich with locally abundant bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ur…

Coed y Gofer

…luebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Narrow leaved helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia, a very uncommon plant, is present along with other notable species such as the shrub spindle Euonymus europaeus. There is light…

Hodgemoor Wood

… Luzula pilosa and L. forsteri and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, trailing St John's wort Hypericum humifusum and heather Calluna vulgaris are present in areas recently coppiced. The wetter flushes and muddy rides contain wood sedge, remote sedg…

Coedydd Dyffryn Ffestiniog (Gogleddol)

…tosella, tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, goldenrod Solidago virgaurea and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. In areas that are not grazed and with deeper soils, bramble Rubus fruticosus is locally dominant, often at the…

Sheephouse Wood

…fog Holcus lanatus and locally pale sedge Carex pallescens and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The rides are mostly very wet, supporting species that include wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, greater pond sedge Carex riparia, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, floating swee…

Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods

…chanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, together with the less common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, broad and purple helleborines Epipactis helleborine and Epipactis purpurata and narrow leaved everlasting pea Lathyrus sylvestris. Dead wood and old stumps abound, especially of e…

Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Woods North

…nt, with primrose Primula vulgaris more local in occurrence and common cowwheat Melampyrum pratense patchily distributed. Small ponds and streams are important habitats for bryophyte species dependent on shady, wet and acidic conditions. An epiphytic moss community of Dicranum m…

Quarry Wood

…laeberry Vaccinium myrtillus are dominant with species such as common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea and a variety of bryophytes. Elsewhere, on the less-acidic brown earths, the field layer is dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum and …

Derwent Gorge & Horsleyhope Ravine

…n Dryopteris filix-mas, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense are frequent. Sweet woodruff Galium odoratum and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella are abundant in association with hazel Corylus avellana coppice and the rich ground flora also includ…

Monk Wood

…atica in the herb layer indicates the acid nature of the soil. Common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are frequent in places. A large part of the woodland is invaded by rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum which sha…

Holne Woodlands

…Primula vulgaris growing on the more base-rich soils, and with common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heather Calluna vulgaris and bramble Rubus fruticosus more common on the poorer soils of the slopes. In the darker, damper conditions of some north-f…

Lenaghan Wood

…s tend to be sparse here, with greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica and cow wheat Melampyrum pratense the most frequent. Calcifugous acid-tolerant mosses such as little shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, red-stemmed feather-moss Pleuroziu…

Strathfleet

…rnal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, and woodland herbs, such as; common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The oak woodland also supports a good range of lichens growing on tree branches and high stems. Vascular plant ass…

Watersmeet

… where heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa are common; to more base-rich areas with dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, sanicle Sanicula europaea, primrose Primula vulgaris and sweet…

Bigsweir Woods

…ta, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica. Local plant species present at the site include Forester's wood rush Luzula forsteri, bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, alder buckthorn Frangu…

Loosehanger Copse and Meadows

… The ancient woodland species bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense are frequent. Dense patches of bracken Pteridium aquilinum occur under breaks in the canopy. As Bagshot Sands grade into more neutral London Clay hazel becomes apparent in the unde…

Botley Wood and Everett's and Mushes Copses

…ine Epipactis purpurata, smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and Forster’s wood rush Luzula forsteri. The woodland stand types represented are among the best examples of their kind in central southern England and the range of vegetation pres…

Coed Mynachlog-fawr

…eris limbosperma, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. In the woodland along the stream guelder-rose Viburnum opulus and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna occur, and alder and sallow are locally abundant by the stream. Clearings in the lowe…

Coedydd a Cheunant Rheidol (Rheidol Woods & Gorge)

… Characteristic species here are bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa. In the shaded and humid parts of the gorges there is a rich moss and liverwort flora. The richer soils…

Dodgson Wood

…raw Galium saxatile, hard fern Blechnum spicant, bluebells and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Small fast flowing streams are found throughout the site, several of which have deep, rocky gills which support a notably rich woodland flora. This is characterised by large, old …

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