Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Round Lough and Lough Fadda

…lso occurring. The floating and submerged vegetation includes yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, white water lily Nymphaea alba, unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum, Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, common duckweed Lemna minor, ivyleaved duckweed Lemna trisulca and stonewort…

Knapdale Woods

…ort extensive colonies of white water-lily Nymphaea alba with yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea, the nationally-scarce least water-lily Nuphar pumila and both Potamogeton praelongus and x P. zizii. Loch nà Creige Mòire also has a large population of shoreweed Littorella uniflora, wa…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…esotrophic (more nutrient rich). Aquatic species here include yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea, floating bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium and broad-leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans with bottle sedge Carex rostrata on the channel margins. N. lutea in particular is primarily a low…

River Eye

… deeper parts of the river are dominated by extensive beds of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea with spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum and floating pondweed Potamogeton natans as other common components of the community. In the faster flowing, more shallow stretches other p…

Tealham and Tadham Moors

…es and deep arterial watercourses. Deep water species such as yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and shining pondweed Potamogeton lucensare restricted to the eutrophic arterial channels whilst the ditches and rhynes contain a good range of submerged species, water violet Hottonia pal…

Martnaham Loch and Wood

… small areas of Sphagnum lawn, poor-fen, willow and alder carr and water lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba. Amongst the more notable plants are nodding bur-marigold Bidens cernua, trifid bur-marigold Bidens tripartita, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, and the Nationally S…

Derrycloony Lough

…e of aquatic plants including white water lily Nymphaea alba, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius. The lake margin is fringed by a band of emergent swamp dominated by common reed Phragmites australis, water horsetail Equisetum fluviat…

St. Leonard's Forest

… there are rafts of broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and water crowfoot Ranunculus peltatus. The rare moss Micromitrium tenerum has been recorded on patches of drying mud, while the rare liverwort violet crystalwort Riccia huebeneriana als…

Wretham Park Meres

…ct large populations of wintering ducks. Water plants include yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, white water lily Nymphaea alband spiked water milfoil Mynophyllum spicatum. The fringing vegetation is well developed and is mainly dominated by reed Phragmites australis and lesser bulr…

Butterby Oxbow

…ch support a restricted range of aquatic plants, although the yellow water lily Nuphar lutea forms extensive floating rafts in two of them and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica occur in areas of shallow water. The water’s edge is fri…

Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea

…lining species in Essex. The floating vegetation includes the yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens and amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium. The site also includes an area of rough grassland which provides feeding and breeding grounds forboth inv…

Lough Gullion

…ilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum form mixed submerged beds, while yellow water lily Nuphar lutea forms floating rafts on the surface. The lough margin is fringed by a band of emergent swamp vegetation that has a high diversity of vegetation communities comprising stands of water hors…

Hawes Water

…ns and P. natans, bladderwort Utricularia sp. and yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba which are found in beds of the stonewort Chara aculeolata. The bottom living fauna is rich and seven species of snails are present including species such as Bithynia ten…

Ouse Washes

…ncludes the fan leaved water crow foot Ranunculus circinatus, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia, long stalked pondweed Potamogeton praelongus, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus and river water dropwort Oenanthe fluviatilis. The associated…

Pettypool Brook Valley

…ands are dominated by amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, lesser bulrush Typha angustifolia, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and common reed Phragmites australis. The fen vegetation throughout the valley is typified by the presence of greater tusso…

Over Water

…ncludes six species of pondweed Potamogeton spp., yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba and two rarer species, autumnal water starwort Callitriche hermaphroditica and six stammened waterwort Elatine hexandra. The latter, although generally uncommon, is abun…

Pettigoe Plateau

…by associations of white water lily Nymphaea alba with either yellow water lily Nuphar lutea or the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica, are also present. The plateau is the second most important breeding site for golden plover Pluvialis apricaria in Northern Ireland, as well a…

Quoisley Meres

…ere has a narrow border of both white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea. A continuous narrow reed swamp surrounds the mere and consists of a mixture of species including lesser reed mace Typha angustifolia, common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and greate…

Tattershall Old Gravel Pits

…ter violet Hottonia palustris, mare's tale Hippuris vulgaris, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans. A county rarity, blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius, also occurs in some quantity. Other aquatic plants which occur within the pi…

Montgomery Canal, Aston Locks - Keeper's Bridge

…floating aquatic plant communities occur, dominated mainly by yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, but containing also broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae great duckweed Lemna polyrhiza and unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum. There are extens…

Oak Mere

…ms'. Aquatic plants include water starwort Callitriche spp., yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and in the shallows, dense stands of shore weed Littorella uniflora, a plant which is rare in Cheshire. The shoreline flora consists of soft rush Juncus effusus, water horsetail Equisetum…

Balshando Bog

…er Alnus glutinosa) and a small area of open water containing yellow water lily Nuphar lutea.

Upper Lough Erne - Trannish

…ellite loughs contain a variety of aquatic species, including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, spiked water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum and a number of pondweeds, such as broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens. In addition, frogbit Hydro…

The Mere, Mere

…dweed Potamogeton perfoliatus. Of the floating leaved species yellow water lily Nuphar lutea forms dense stands and broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans occurs in a number of places. Small emergent stands of common reed Phragmites australis, great reed mace Typha latifolia an…

Chapel Mere

…Elodea canadensis and small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea occurs in small, stands at the southern end and there is a large bed at the northern end. Common reed Phragmites australis forms an almost continuous stand around the mere and, in places …

Lough Scolban

… pondweed Potamogeton natans, white water lily Nymphaea alba, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and to a lesser extent floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium form floating rafts on the surface. A narrow woodland fringe occurs along most of the shoreline. Along the south-west sho…

River Derwent and Tributaries

…r pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and white Nymphaea alba and yellow water lilies Nuphar lutea. Derwentwater is the only known Cumbrian locality for the nationally scarce floating water plantain Luronium natans. Between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite higher plant species become an …

River Frome

…tamogeton pectinatus, Canadian pondweed Elodea canadensis and yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea indicate a change to the lowland, mixed geology community. The composition of the community is again of above average species-richness and includes nearly all of the most commonly occurri…

River Derwent

…he presence of the unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea add to the floral interest. The exceptionally rich assemblage of invertebrates reflects their affinities with the communities of the southern slow flowing rivers. Species of particular i…

Upper Lough Erne - Galloon

…ellite loughs contain a variety of aquatic species, including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, and a number of pondweeds, such as broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens. The nationally rare frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, a scarce plant …

Kenninghall & Banham Fens with Quidenham Mere

… Water plants include a zone of white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea. The surrounding carr woodland is dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior with frequent pedunculate oak Quercus robur and alder Alnus glutinosa. There has been considerable planting but the s…

Rowardennan Woodlands

…beds dominated by the white water-lily Nymphaea alba, and the yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea, and transitional fen and reed swamp communities. The aquatic invertebrate communities include a large number of dragonfly species.

Comber Mere

…are in Cheshire. Several patches of white and yellow water lily Nymphaea alband Nuphar lutea and amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium occur. Around most of the eastern end of the mere is a band of common reed Phragmites australis, interspersed with common club rush Schoenoplect…

River Ribble (Long Preston Deeps)

…teristic of such fine sediment and slow flowing water include yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus, broad leaved pondweed P. natans, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, water plantain Alisma plantago-aq…

Armboth Fells

…rn is also one of only two known English locations for hybrid yellow water lily Nuphar lutea 3 pumila. South of Blea Tarn and, in small stands, on Castlerigg Fell heavy grazing pressure has produced grasslands typical of many Lakeland fells in which mat grass Nardus stricta and h…

Ant Broads and Marshes

…ads support only small amounts of aquatic macrophytes such as yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba. Active measures are now being taken to reduce phosphate levels and restore a more diverse flora in Barton Broad. At the turn of the century, Sutton Bro…

Burnham Beeches

…adderwort Utricularia vulgaris, white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea and some six species of bog moss Sphagnum spp. Invertebrate life is well represented at Burnham Beeches. The area has long been known for its wood ants Formica rufa and hornets Vespa cra…

Loch Watston

…is dominated by stands of white water-lilies Nymphaea alba, yellow water-lilies Nuphar lutea, and fine-leaved pondweeds such as Potamogeton pectinatus and Potamogeton pusillus. Although the nationally scarce eight-stamened waterwort Elatine hydropiper is not a notified feature of…

Cloghcor Lough

…c plants such as broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, which grade into swamp dominated by water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile. In places, the swamp is backed by richer tall-herb fen dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata and creeping ben…

Kilroosky Lough

… stonewort Nitella flexilis, and by large, floating stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water-lily Nymphaea alba. The emergent vegetation of the lough consists of a fringe of common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, backed by a tall swamp of common reed Phragmite…

Annachullion Lough

…nosa. Other species present include large, floating stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba, occasionally accompanied by shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens and broad leaved pondweed Potamogen natans. The emergent vegetation consists of a fragm…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…have an open water flora of white water lily Nyphaea alba and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and a marginal fen community which includes lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, lesser reed mace Typha angustifolia, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus and trifid bur marigold Bidens tripartit…

Burton Park

… bird community. The open water of Mill Pond is dominated by yellow water lily Nuphar lutea with abundant spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum and some uncommon species of pondweed including fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatu…

King's Sedgemoor

… a wide area and has a eutrophic deep water flora typified by yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. IDB rhynes are generally maintained on an annual cycle, giving a flora dominated by rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum; whereas many of the field ditches are less frequently cleaned a…

Kilby - Foxton Canal

…nunculus circinatus, Nuttall's waterweed Elodea nuttallii and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. The banks and shallower margins of the canal support well developed and diverse assemblages of plants, representing swamp, tall fen and emergent communities typically associated with slu…

Ashby Canal

…e found. The floating plant community is also well developed. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, broad leaved pondweed P. natans, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum are all locally abundant. The emergent fringe is variously dominated by grea…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

…traw Galium saxatile grassland is present and within which mountain pansy Viola lutea still maintains a tenuous foothold. Alongside ditches to the south east of Cernioge Mawr, south of Glasfryn and scattered along the river Nug south of Cefn-brith are numerous bushes of the point…

Tullybrick Lough

…ter species include the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretiea, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and ivyleaved duckweed Lemna trisulea. The lough is fringed by a band of swamp dominated by common club rush Sehoenoplectus lacustris and water h…

Lough Corry

…ndweed Potamogeton natans, white water lily Nymphaea alba and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea form floating rafts on the surface. Emergent vegetation includes water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile swamp, which dominates the open water in the western half of the lake, while bottle s…

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

…iverse assemblages of aquatic plants in Broadland, supporting yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, white water lily Nymphaea alba, whorled water milfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum, greater bladder wort Utricularia vulgaris and common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris. Mare's tail Hip…

Hanmer Mere

…led pondweed Potamogeton crispus and floating species include yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea. The emergent fringe comprises lesser reedmace Typha angustifolia, with greater reedmace Typha latifolia and branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum. Marginal fen vegetation succeeds the eme…

Bar Mere

…eaved water starwort Callitriche platycarpa. A largest and of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea is present at the southern end of the mere. Common reed Phragmites australis is dominant around the mere with areas of lesser reed mace Typha angustifolia, branched bur reed Sparganium er…

Heathfield Park

… the open water is dominated by white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea.

Llan Bwch-llyn Lake

…chtoldii also occurs. Both white water-lily Nymphaea alba and yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea occur. Other species include alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, ivy-leaved duckweed Lemna trisulca, shoreweed Littorella uniflora and amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibi…

Vann Lake and Ockley Woods

…low flag Iris pseudacorus. Both white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea occur. The freshwater habitats support a range of dragonfly species including the uncommon downy emerald Cordulia aenea and shiny emerald Somatochlora metallica. The nationally rare cran…

Montgomery Canal

…n mid Wales. Floating plants are prominent locally, including yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea and various species of duckweed Lemna spp. The locally rare greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza occurs in places and floating water plantain is found along the entire length of the canal…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…rominent is Kimmer Lough, a kettle lake with abundant beds of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and a fringing swamp of reed Phragmites australis, set alongside willow woodland with bog myrtle. The pools at Quarryhouse Moor Ponds support an outstanding assemblage of five amphibian …

Stanford End Mill and River Loddon

…undant along the river, although other aquatic plants such as yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia occur less frequently. Dense stands of common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and branched bur reed Sparganium erectum are presentin some shallowe…

Maer Pool

…ian waterweed Elodea canadensis, common duckweed Lemna minor, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium occur sparsely. Around much of the pool margin there is a narrow fringe of emergent vegetation mostly dominated by bulrush Typha latifolia, bran…

Leven Canal

…d Sagittaria sagittifolia, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, white water lily Nymphaea alba, shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens and broad leaved pondweed P. natans. References, Crackles, F. E. 1968. Some Plant Associates of the River Hull Valley…

River Lugg

…are typical of slow moving, soft bottomed rivers, for example yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea, unbranched bur-reed Sparganium emersum and common club-rush Schoenoplectus lacustris. The nutrient-rich nature of the lowermost reaches is shown by the appearance of fennel pondweed Pota…

Lough Alaban

…atic plants such as broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba. The northern and eastern shores of the lake are steep-sided with a peaty substrate that supports emergent swamp vegetation especially bottle sedge Care…

Cladagh (Swanlinbar) River

…otamogeton natans, unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. Emergent species such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum, lesser water parsnip Berula erecta, water mint Mentha …

Hatch Mere

…on which consists largely of acidic heath and bog communities. White water lily Nuphar lutea is the dominant floating macrophyte with star worts Callitriche obtusangula and Callitriche platycarpa. Emergent stands of common reed Phragmites australis almost encircle the mere. These…

Marton Pool, Chirbury

…ll pondweed P. berchtoldii. Water lilies, both white, Nymphaea alba and yellow, Nuphar lutea are present, but not abundant. There is a rich invertebrate fauna in which water bugs are particularly well represented. The site includes extensive reed beds, mainly of common reed Phrag…

Elterwater

…orum, floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium, yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea, Nymphaea alba and notably the uncommon six stamened waterwort Elatine hexandra. The swamp and fen vegetation on the lake margins is characterised by common reed Phragmites australis, ree…

Newport Canal

…s locally abundant. The floating plant communities consist of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, floating pondweed Potamogeton natans, amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium, ivy leaved duckweed Lemma trisulca and frog bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, which is an uncommon species, as w…

Hurcott and Podmore Pools

…ges Carex riparia and Carex acutiformis. Extensive patches of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea occur in Hurcott Pool. The woodlands are dominated by stands of alder Alnus glutinosa. A number of other associated tree and shrub species also occur including ash Fraxinus excelsior, sil…

Summerhill Lough

…tly stonewort Chara hispida, and by large, floating stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, white water lily Nymphaea alba and large-leaved pondweeds such as shining pondweed Potamoqeton lucens. The emergent vegetation consists of a fringe of common club rush Schoenoplectus lac…

Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod

…esotrophic species such as white water-lily Nymphaea alba and yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea. The catchment of the lake is included in the site, the majority of which consists of upland heath and grassland communities. Remarks: Parts are registered as common land.

Llyn Bedydd

…and. Submerged aguatic plant species are scarce. The floating yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea is abundant around the mere's margins. Llyn Bedydd is surrounded by alder-willow carr woodland, an uncommon habitat in Clwyd, which grades into drier broadleaved woodland on higher drier …

Quoile

…uckweed Lemna gibba, greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. Around the water's edge there is a band of swamp, often dominated by common reed Phragmites australis and bulrush Typha latifolia. Areas of tall fen are more species-rich with water hors…

Brothers Water

…nd intermediate bladderwort Utricularia intermedia. Yellow and white water lily Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba also occur in sheltered areas on the east side. Near the lake outflow and along the southern lake shore bottle sedge Carex rostrata and common reed Phragmites australis …

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…eed Sparganium angustifolium, white water lily Nymphaea alba, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and a range of pondweeds Potamogeton spp., most notably long stalked pondweed Potamogeton praelongus. The margins of the lakes support various swamp types including stands of common reed …

River Kennet

…ring here include spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and bur reed species i.e. Sparganium emersum. Below Newbury there is a larger volume of water and less chalk influence and river water crowfoot…

Stowe Pool and Walk Mill Clay Pit

…ctum and great bulrush Typha latifolia. Water plants include yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, spiked water milfoil, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens. The Pit is surrounded by areas of scrub and grassland.

Bishops Pond

…rganium erectum surround pools of standing water dominated by yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea. There is much water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile on the shallow margins of the pools. Because of the low summer water-table, the edges of the lake have more open vegetation with water-…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

… a rich and widespread growth of floating macrophytes such as yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, white water lily Nymphaea alba and shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens. The swamp zone is composed of common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, bulrush Typha latifolia and tall stands o…

Baston and Thurlby Fens

… a diverse community of aquatic and emergent plants including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia, frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus and spiked water milfoil Myr…

Sea Mere, Hingham

…d as a result water plants are restricted to a few patches of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. The marginal vegetation is dominated by reed Phragmites australis. Breeding birds include great crested grebe and kingfisher and there are large numbers of duck in winter. The grazing m…

Fymore Lough

…s several rare species. The open water has frequent stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba. A wide range of pondweeds Potamogeton spp. has also been recorded, including curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton nat…

Owenkillew River

…Sparganium emersum, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and intermediate water-starwort Callitriche hamulata are common in the channel, while the wet margins are dominated by creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and floating sweet grass Glyceria…

Corbally

…drains support an open water flora that is often dominated by yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, with occasional greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris and shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens, especially in smaller water bodies. Least b…

Lough Aleater

… pondweed Potamogeton natans, white water lily Nymphaea alba, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and occasional floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium and unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum form floating rafts on the surface. Emergent vegetation is restricted along the expose…

Groby Pool and Woods

…dweed Potamogeton pectinatus, broad leaved pondweed P natans, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, fringed water lily Nymphoides peltata and horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris. To the north and west of Groby Pool, on alluvial soils, the fringing marsh grades into wet woodland dom…

Upton Broad & Marshes

…ondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea and the nationally scarce grass wrack pondweed P. compressus. Little Broad, an arm of the main water body, supports an abundance of flat stalked pondweed Potamogeton friesii. The inverteb…

Pinbain Burn to Cairn Hill

…le of a natural water body on serpentinite. Both white Nymphaea alba and yellow Nuphar lutea water lilies are present, and the loch is surrounded by an excellent undisturbed transition fen with marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, greater and lesser tussock sedges Carex paniculata,…

Lough Cowey

… swamp there is a near vertical drop off in water depth where yellow water lily Nuphar lutea forms a wide and almost continuous floating stand, growing in depths of up to 4 metres. A number of characteristic submerged and floating species for this lake type also occur such as per…

Dillington Carr, Gressenhall

…lants are not well represented but there are small patches of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, water violet Hottonia palustris and mare’s tail Hippuris vulgaris. The freshwater habitats support a wide range of breeding birds including gadwall, pochard, teal, tufted duck, shoveler,…

River Blythe

…ush Butomus umbellatus, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. The marginal flora is rich with mats of aquatic vegetation encroaching from the banks into the water. Amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium, great yellow cress Rorippa amphibia and reed…

Upper Arun

…eed Sparganium erectum, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. The river banks are largely vegetated with grasses such as tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa together with nettle Urtica dioica and docks Rumex spp. In places the banks have been t…

The Moors

…hragmites australis and greater pond sedge Carex riparia with yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea, water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and opposite-leaved pondweed Groenlandia densa. In the north where the drains have a more saline ch…

Llyn Mawr

… lake and which appears to be colonising the lake-bed itself. Yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea occurs in discrete zones, most of which are close to the lake-shore. Quillwort Isoetes lacustris is also present in the lake. The site is of considerable ornithological importance and is …

Semerwater

…shore support stands of water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, bulrush Schoenoplectus lacustris and bottle sedge Carex rostrata on the accreting silt. Willow car has developed along the northwest shore with many hybrid trees present. There are areas…

Burdautien Lough

…lesser bearded stonewort Chara curta, with floating stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba. The emergent vegetation of the lough consists of a fringe of common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, backed by a swamp of common reed Phragmites aus…

Oss Mere

…grassland. Within the mere both white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea occur, but are scarce. Horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris is the dominant submerged aquatic plant. The alder carr is particularly rich and has a flora which includes cyperus sedge Car…

Aughnadarragh Lough

…uatic species including Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, various pondweeds Potamogeton spp. and common duckweed Lemna minor. A narrow band oftransitional swamp is dominated by bulrush Typha latifolia and bottle sedge Carex rostrata with freque…

Lymington River

…marigold Bidens cernua, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, pondweed Elodea species and branched bur reed Sparganium erectum. Lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and common water crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis occur widely and species such as flo…

Deeping Gravel Pits

…ypha angustifolia, common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and yellow iris Iris pseudacorus. Elsewhere, there is much willow scrub Salix spp., grading into pedunculate oak Quercus robur and ash Fraxinus excelsior woodland. The water is nutrient r…

Ashburnham Park

… restricted aquatic flora. White water lily Nymphaea alba and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea are present and also the rare red pondweed Potamogeton alpinus. Fringing vegetation is dominated by reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, common reed Phragmites australis and great reed mace …

Chwythlyn

…evelopment. Plant species of the open water and marsh include Yellow Water Lily Nuphar lutea, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and Lady's Smock Cardamine pratensis. The carr woodland has shrubs such as Wild Raspberry Rubus idaeus and herbs including Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris…

River Mease

…Potamogeton pectinatus, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea becoming increasingly frequent. Bankside tree cover is very variable but an important feature of the river channel as submerged root systems of larger trees provide important in-channel …

River Ise and Meadows

…arganium emersum, spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and on silt deposits swards of branched bur reed Sparganium erectum. Aquatic plant growth is more luxuriant and diverse in the western section where the…

Prees Branch Canal

…. Floating leaved communities also occur, dominated either by yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, floating pondweed Potamogeton natans or the uncommon frog bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, which is unusually abundant at this site. Submerged aquatic plants include small pondweed Potamoge…

Pipershill Common

…aracteristic wetland plants such as reed mace Typha latifolia, yellow waterlily Nuphar lutea and broadleaved pondweed Potamogeton natans. The area is one of the most notable in this part of the West Midlands for fungi with over 200 species recorded. These include less common spec…

Killymackan Lough

…wort Nitella flexilis and fragile stonewort Chara globularis. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and spiked water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum are also common in the open waters. The emergent vegetation of the lough consists of water horsetail Equisteum fluviatile and common club r…

Cullentra Lough

…foliata along the western shore, with large, fringing beds of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea to the north. Swamp vegetation along the northern shore consists of extensive stands of common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and bulrush Typha latifolia. This gradually gives way to …

Thompson Water, Carr and Common

…fluctuating Breckland meres. Aquatic macrophytes are few with yellow water lily Nuphar lutea being the most abundant, but the lake and its surrounding extensive reed swamp and sallow Salix spp. carr is important for breeding birds including great crested grebe, mallard, teal, gad…

Bomere, Shomere and Betton Pools

…es. It has an extensive area of white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea and is particularly notable for the presence of a large population of six stamened waterwort Elatine hexandra. Fringing vegetation is dominated mainly by lesser reed mace Typha angustifol…

Garron Plateau

…mon lake types are characterised either by the association of yellow water lily Nuphar 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 wa…

Aqualate Mere

…ltation. There is little aquatic vegetation other than sparse yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, but the reed swamp of common reed Phragmites australis and lesser bulrush Typha angustifolia is well developed, in places up to 40 metres wide. The fringing fen contains a wide variety o…

Castor Flood Meadows

… of value to wildlife generally. Thereare extensive stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and the local species arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia is also present. A number of dragonflies have been recorded including the rather local banded agrion Calopteryx splendens and red e…

River Beult

…worts. The river channel is dominated by floating plants like yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and duckweeds, particularly Spirodela polyrhiza which can form a continuous cover over the water surface. Other common plants include white water lily N…

Tabley Mere

… ornithologically. The smaller mere has an extensive cover of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea with white water lily Nymphaea alba scattered throughout. On the south side is an extensive area of lesser reed mace Typha angustifolia with some greater reed mace Typha latifolia also pr…

Tarn Hows

…on quillwort Isoetes lacustris. White and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea form occasionally floating mats and seven species of pondweed Potamogeton alpinus, P. natans, P. berchtoldii, Potamogeton obtusifolius, Potamogeton perfoliatus, Potamogeton praelongus and…

Westwick Lakes

…uccession from open water to birch Betula pubescens woodland. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea is dominant in the lake but the fringing vegetation of bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus and bog mosses is extending into the open water. The swampy, m…

Frisby Marsh

…ng north eastwards to the river. The pools themselves contain yellow water lily Nuphar lutea while the fringing reed swamp is dominated by the common reed Phragmites australis. Adjacent, on slightly higher ground and along the line of the drainage channel, the reed swamp is repla…

Crossbane Lough

…h hold a range of aquatic plants, for the most abundant being yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, alternate water-milfoil Myriophylum alterniflorum and submerged beds of broad leaf pondweed Potamogeton natans. Floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium is a common in deeper waters, w…

Black Lough (Tyrone)

…otrophic lake and contains a range ofaquatic plants including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans. The lake margin is fringed by a band of emergent swamp dominated by water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbea…

Papercourt

…ndweeds Potamogeton trichoides and Potamogeton acutifolius and yellow waterlily Nuphar lutea. The variety of habitats represented support large numbers of a great variety of birds. Over 70 species breed within the site. Woodland birds include great spotted woodpecker, woodcock an…

Barrow Gravel Pits

…e aquatic plant community is characterised by such species as yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus. The gravel pits are fringed with willow carr formed by va…

Heron and Carrigullian Loughs

…tamogelol1 natans and small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and duckweeds Lemna spp. are also common, often with an abundance of the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica. Notably, the rare rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum also occurs. The lak…

Peatlands Park

… by nutrients, and the aquatic vegetation is characterised by yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and Canadian pondweed Elodea canadensis. The outer swamp margin is dominated by common reed Phragmites australis, with an inner band of bulrush Typha latifolia. Behind this, there are loc…

Ruxley Gravel Pits

…rticularly the small northern pit, contain scattered rafts of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba. The water quality is generally high and supports a good diversity of fresh water invertebrates which have been studied on a number of occasions. Other…

Calthorpe Broad

…lius, spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum, yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba, floating scirpus Eleogiton fluitans and the nationally scarce water soldier Stratiotes aloides. The marginal and emergent vegetation is also diverse with sweet flag Aco…

Knipe Tarn

…dderwort Utricularia minor, lesser marshwort Apium inundatum, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, shore weed Littorella uniflora, water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna and the uncommon pillwort Pilularia globulifera.

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…ng plants include floating bur reed Sparganium angustifolium, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and a range of pondweeds Potamogeton spp. including long stalked pondweed Potamogeton praelongus. The margins of the lakes support various swamp types, including stands of common reed Phr…

River Wensum

…cterised by rich lowland plant communities. The dominants are yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia and unbranched bur reed Spargani…

Caldarvan Loch

…found here. There are extensive beds of submerged vegetation. Yellow water-lily Nuphar lutea and common duckweed Lemna minor are locally abundant macrophytes and their presence is indicative of eutrophic water. The nationally-scarce eight-stamened waterwort Elatine hydropiper is …

Moyrourkan Lough

…ting broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, with localised yellow water lily Nuphar lutea along the margins. In addition, there are submerged beds of Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, blunt-leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius and the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyreti…

Cashel Loughs

… aquatic plants, including white water lily Nymphaea alba and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and submerged beds of broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton nutans. Branched bur reed Sparganeum erectum and floating bur reed Sparganeum angustifolium are also common. More notably, the area…

Lurgan Lough

…n the site support a rich aquatic flora, with species such as yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, white water lily Nymphaea alba and branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum and unbranched bur-reed Sparganium emersum. Within Northern Ireland, Lurgan Lough Upper represents one of the best…

Lough Macrory

…nadensis, alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and water crowfoot Ranunculus spp. Fringing emergent vegetation such as common spike-rush Eleocharis palustris, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, wild Ang…

Westwood Great Pool

…ariety of plants. Amongst the aquatic species present are the yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and two national rarities, the eight stamened waterwort Elatine hydropiper and the ribbon leaved water plantain Alisma gramineum. The latter species was first discovered in Britain at Wes…

Old River Dove, Marston on Dove

…a large colony of flowering rush Butomus umbellatus. Abundant yellow water lily Nuphar lutea grows in the open water. This species has become less common in the county although small populations are still widespread. Also present are white water lily Nymphaea alba and unbranched …

Betley Mere

…egionally scarce blunt fruited water starwort C. obtusangula. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea is the most abundant floating leaved aquatic plant, forming a discrete zone around the western side. Broad beds of common reed Phragmites australis flank the mere, with locally frequent l…

Roscobie Hills

…r with amphibious bistort and the regionally rare yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba, through floating mats of bog mosses to fen communities with bottle sedge, water horsetail, common cotton-grass, marsh violet and heath spotted-orchid. Marsh stitchwort …

Esthwaite Water

…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 Phragmites australis. At North Fen the hydrosere is well developed. Greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua grows on…

Fenemere

…er. There are extensive beds of white and yellow water lilies Nymphaea alba and Nuphar lutea, but otherwise the aquatic vegetation is sparse, consisting of horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris, fennel leaved pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus and Canadian pondweed Elodea canadensi…

Knockballymore Lough

… vulgaris, and by stands of white water-lily Nyphaea alba and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, intermixed with shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens. The emergent vegetation of the lough consists of an outer fringe of common club rush Schoenoolectus lacustris, backed by a tall swamp…

Drumlougher Lough

…ter milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum and floating stands of yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans. shoreweed Littorella uniflora is found in shallow waters at the edge of the lake. Swamp vegetation with water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile,…

Mill Lough

… x nitens and slender leaved pondweed Potamogeton filiformis. Yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis are also common in the open waters. The marginal vegetation of the lough consists of extensive stands of swamp, dominated by common club rush Sch…

Black Loch (Abdie)

… site. The open water fringe is dominated by both yellow and white water-lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba with locally abundant mare’s-tail Hippuris vulgaris and luxuriant rafts of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. The fringing swamp vegetation consists of extensive stands of r…

Glemsford Pits

…ravel pits support a variety of aquatic vegetation, including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, mare's tail Hippuris vulgaris, common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris and Unbranched Bur reed Sparganium emersum. This vegetation provides cover and emergence sites for nymphs and per…

Bure Broads and Marshes

…the last 30 years. The waters now contain small populations of yellow waterlily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba with rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum and curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus appearing some years. Cockshoot Broad has been isolated from the rive…

Didlington Park Lakes

…er months. Aquatic plants are scarce in the lakes but include yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and stoneworts Chara spp. The marginal and swamp vegetation is extremely diverse however and includes Reed Phragmites australis, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, lesser reed mace Typha an…

Hornsea Mere

…geton pectinatus, spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum. The reedbeds support a diverse insect fauna with several local fenland species; the mayfly Caenis horaria has been recorded. The mere is however…

Moors River System

…ream plants persist, but additional aquatic species including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens gain dominance. These occur with other additional river plants, notably opposite leaved pondweed Groenlandia densa and river water dropwort Oenanth…

Charterhouse to Eashing

…rganium emersum, river water crowfoot Ranunculus fluitans and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea grow in the river itself. The site supports a diverse fly Diptera fauna, especially of craneflies including the rare species Gonomyia bifida. Other rare fly species include Lonchoptera …

Drumacrittin Lough

…da and the regionally rare rugged stonewort Chara subspinosa, yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, red pondweed Potamogeton alpinus and the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica are amongst several other aquatic species present. The emergent vegetation is dominated by stands of common …

Skelsmergh Tarn

…ris within which is a continuous ring of floating yellow and white water lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba and some bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. The aquatic invertebrate fauna is influenced by the calcareous conditions as shown by the abundance of water snails especially Pl…

Mointeach Scadabhaigh

…ean 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 within the site are in the Loch Scadabhaigh catchment, the largest expanses of peatland being concentrated in the w…

Upper Lough Erne - Crom

…ellite loughs contain a variety of aquatic species, including yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, a number of pondweeds, such as perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, and, more notably, occasional frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae. Dep…

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan

…area. The distinct aquatic flora of this upland lake includes yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and white water lily Nymphaea alba with other submerged and floating-leaved plants such as intermediate water starwort Callitriche hamulata and the translucent stonewort Nitella translusc…

Llyn Llywenan

…d stony shoreline. Floating-leaved aquatic species include the two water-lilies Nuphar lutea and Nymphaea alba and water bistort Polygonum amphibium. There is extensive development of reedswamp with stands of common reed Phragmites australis and lesser bullrush Typha angustifolia…

Wytham Ditches and Flushes

…mmularia. The open water retains a diverse flora, among which yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, whorled water milfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum, shining pondweed Potamogeton lucens, thread leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus and fat duckweed Lemnagibba are prominent. A …

Coedydd Nanmor

…pports a narrow marginal zone of floating/emergent vegetation with water-lilies Nuphar lutea, Nymphaea alba, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes. Nursery roosts of lesser horseshoe bats Rhinolophus hipposideros occur in an outbuilding at Hafod…

Attenborough Gravel Pits

… channels, also contains a rich aquatic plant community, with yellow water lily Nuphar lutea and water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica. The frequently submerged landward margins of these open water bodies have been colonised by a diverse and extensive range of emergent swamp an…

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