Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Simonside Hills

…ng slopes, Sphagnum capillifolium and Plagiothecium undulatum. Lesser twayblade Neottia cordata is present in some of the more luxuriant stands. On the high plateau there is blanket bog with heather and hares tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum in which cloudberry Rubus chama…

Low Gill Moor Wetlands

…ecies, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the scarce lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. The calcareous streams which feed many of the flushes are of interest in their own right supporting some of the moss species described above as well as the stonewort alga Chara spp. …

Arthog Hall Woods

…broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. The uncommon orchid, lesser tway blade Neottia cordata is present along with wood fescue Festuca altissima. The site has a subspecies of wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum subsp. glochidisperma, a very rare British endemic flowering plant. …

Berwyn

…uent here, at its southernmost point in Britain, together with lesser twayblade Neottia cordata a scarce species in Southern Britain. Dwarf shrub heath dominated by heather and with associated bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus is the other major vegetation type covering the steeper s…

Swindale Wood

…on dog violet. Less abundant species of note include the rare, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, herb paris, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, mountain melick Melica nutans, maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale and a species of polypody f…

South Exmoor

…nd habitats but which are uncommon in southern Britain such as lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and stag's-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum. A nationally scarce plant, Cornish moneywort Sibthorpia europaea also occurs, which is almost entirely confined to the extreme west. The …

Beck Hole

… and hazel Corylus avellana with wych elm Ulmus glabra, small leaved lime Tilia cordata, sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus and alder Alnus glutinosa occurring locally. hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, rowan Sorbus aucuparia and holly Ilex aquifolium are frequent associates. Bracken is loc…

Migdale Rock

…erry Vaccinium myrtillus, with cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and creeping lady’s-tresses Goodyera repens. Mosses are locally rich within the ground layer, along with localised patches of primrose Primula vulgaris, bugle Ajuga reptans and bluebel…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…ch between them support bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus occurs locally in the central and western parts of the site. On the slopes and particularly on the eastern portion of the site, the vegetation is predomin…

Kielderhead Moors: Carter Fell to Peel Fell

…es. The damper, shaded slopes have Sphagnum cover and frequent lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. Towards the east, anthropogenic acid grasslands of the Agrostis-Festuca complex occur with local herb-rich areas as well as poorer moor mat grass Nardus stricta and, on damper slopes,…

Loch Fleet

…d a number of scarce pinewood flowers have survived, including lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and common wintergreen Pyrola minor. A stand of what appears to be native pinewood survives within the plantation where the rare matt felt lichen Peltigera malacea and three species of…

Drumore Wood

…The locally rare chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata are also found here.

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…on the site, in one of only three known localities in Britain. Lesser twayblade Neottia cordata is another uncommon species found here which favours this type of heath as well as blanket bog. On the summit of Arenig Fach there is a small area of montane heath of a type that is ex…

Mynydd Hiraethog

…degraded and lost its heather. Notable species present include lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and the nationally uncommon bog rosemary, Andromeda polifolia. Large blocks of blanket bog are rare in the former county of Clwyd and Mynydd Hiraethog and the Berwyn Mountains are the …

Cadair Idris

…terfly orchid P. bifolia, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, common twayblade L. ovata, frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, early marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata and northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purperella. Some of these orchids are reg…

Crossbog Pinewood

…ies present include chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, stag’s-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Wetter areas have some Sphagnum mosses, abundant soft rush Juncus effusus and jointed rush Juncus articulatus …

Caldarvan Loch

…y for wet birch wood with bog moss Sphagnum spp. ground cover, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos.

Threepwood Moss

…ius europaeus, tea-leaved willow Salix phylicifolia and lesser twayblade orchid Neottia cordata. Several regionally rare lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are recorded including large heath Coenonympha tullia and small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene. The site is an im…

Coldingham Common, Long Moss

…en Trientalis europaea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. A relatively high number of bog-mosses (Sphagnum spp.) occur for a poor fen in the Borders. The locally rare large heath butterfly Coenonympha tullia occurs and there are four local s…

Ardgour Pinewoods

…nd blaeberry, with sparse cowberry and notable herbs including lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea. On wetter ground purple moor grass and hummocks or carpets of Sphagnum bog moss species are abundant. There is a rich flora of mosses and…

Glen Affric

…ive pinewoods such as creeping ladies tresses Goodyera repens, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, twinflower Linnaea borealis and four species of wintergreen. The bird assemblage includes several pinewood specialists such as crested tit Lophophanes cristatus and Scottish crossbill…

Rossie Moor

…fly orchid Platanthera bifolia, petty whin Genista anglica and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. A large number of water beetles species have been recorded, including nationally scarce species such as Agabus unguicularis and Enochrus affinis. The national rare snail-killing fly T…

Holystone North Wood

…s a small flush with bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and the uncommon lesser twayblade Neottia cordata.

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…er bushes in either heath type are occasionally a site for the lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. Throughout the site, but especially in the central parts of Bewick Moor and at Beanley Moss, depressions in the landform have allowed peat to accumulate, formed by true bog vegetatio…

Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors

…r, including the damp facies with bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and on the gentler slopes, to wet heath with heather, deer grass and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. There has been some replacement of the dwarf shrub dominated plant communities …

Skiddaw Group

… tetralix and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. where wet. The uncommon lesser twayblade Neottia cordata is locally frequent underneath this heather canopy. The most extensive sweep of good quality heather moor occurs along the north west side of the River Caldew, from great Calva to Coom…

North Exmoor

…lude cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Crowberry Empetrum nigrum, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, stag's-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum and fir clubmoss Huperzia selago. In the wettest areas of the higher moorland, usually in depressions, bog asphodel -bog moss Sphagnum papill…

Udford Low Moss

…oor grass, cross leaved heath, bilberry and the scarce species lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and common wintergreen Pyrola minor. Other woodland communities within the site include small areas of drier woodland developing towards ash or oak birch types and small areas planted …

Moorthwaite Moss

…eath occur but of particular note is the relative abundance of lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and common wintergreen Pyrola minor. The uncommon lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia has also been recorded. An area to the eastern end of the site has been affected by fire a…

Loch Arkaig Pinewood

…Sphagnum mosses, with tormentil, heath bedstraw and cow-wheat. Lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and the nationally scarce creeping lady’s-tresses Goodyera repens, both species typically associated with native pinewoods, are also present The birch dominated section at the western …

Armboth Fells

…he very local serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda as well as lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. Ledges are often luxuriant with a tall herb community of wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, water avens Geum rivale, lady's mantle Alchemilla gl…

Alladale Pinewood

…inium myrtillus and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea. The orchid lesser twayblade Neottia cordata grows in parts of the site. A moss that only grows in ancient woodlands, ostrich-plume feather-moss Ptilium crista-castrensis, can also be found here.

Bowland Fells

…e not common but provide a habitat for the Lancashire rarities lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium and pale forget me not Myosotis stolonifera a nationally scarce species. Tree cover in the form of oak Quercus petraea scrub is fragmen…

Pencreigiau'r Llan

…stands of heather Calluna vulgaris on bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. Lesser twayblade Neottia cordata occurs here at its only known site in Ceredigion. Elsewhere extensive areas of blanket mire are dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, deer…

Glen Strathfarrar

…ampyrum sylvaticum. One-flowered wintergreen Moneses uniflora, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and creeping lady’s tresses Goodyera repens occur in the pinewood habitats. Areas of blanket bog, pools and small lochans within the woodlands support a rich dragonfly fauna. Fourteen …

Liatrie Burn

…uch as the orchids creeping ladies tresses Goodyera repens and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. Also present is a characteristic pinewood moss the ostrich-plumed feather-moss Ptilium crista-castrensis. The more open parts of the wood are dominated by heather, with dwarf cornel C…

Carn Gafallt

…bilberry and crowberry are also prominent. The regionally rare lesser twayblade Neottia cordata is associated with the well-developed stands of heather within this community. In wetter areas, the vegetation is characterised by an abundance of bog moss Sphagnum species and corresp…

Kingside Loch

…d wet-heath and contains cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, lesser twayblade orchid Neottia cordata and tall bog sedge Carex magellanica at its only known Borders station. The open water of Kingside Loch is a nutrient-poor (oligotrophic) loch which supports a diverse range of aquatic…

Cliburn Moss

… Further uncommon plant species recorded from the site include lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, creeping lady's tresses Goodyera repens, the local bog bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum and the moss Hypnum imponens. The fauna of the Moss provides subsidiary interest with, for example…

Kielder Mires

…ncreases, bog rosemary becomes less common and species such as lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus which are not found on the lower sites increase in abundance. A small number of the sites support vegetation communities which are influenced by minera…

Cumwhitton Moss

…dy's tresses Goodyera repens, common wintergreen Pyrola minor, lesser twayblade Neottia cordata and cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, with the mosses Ptilium crista castrensis and Dicranum polysetum. Areas of marshy wet grassland occur on the southern and western edges of the moss …

Ash Fell

… A constituent of the flora which is of particular note is the lesser twayblade Neottia cordata, a local plant in England which is becoming increasingly scarce. There is also a localised occurrence of an interesting species rich form of limestone heath, developed presumably where…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…l notable species including cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. On some steeper parts of the scarp slopes the heathland has been replaced by young scrub comprised of acid woodland species such as rowan Sorbus aucuparia, downy birch Betula pubescen…

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