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Allt Pontfaen - Coed Gelli-fawr

… of moist old woodland, occurs on the alders below Allt Pontfaen, together with Parmelia laevigata, Parmelia revoluta, the beard lichen Usnea articulata and the distintly western species Graphina ruiziana, which is found throughout the site. Cetrelia olivetorum is present in the …

Shaugh Prior Woods

… such as Arthonia didyma, Loxospora elatina, Pannaria conoplea, Sticta limbata, Parmelia reddenda and Thelotrema lepadinum. Locally rare species include Alectoria subcana, Porina coralloidea and Enterographa hutchinsiae. On higher ground a lichen flora occurs that is typical of e…

Graig Fawr

…sus, Lecanora atra, Lecanora polytropa, Lecidea sulphurea, Ochrolechia parella, Parmelia conspersa, Parmelia glabratula ssp. fuliginosa and Rhizocarpon viridiatrum. On the hilltop above the wood, a short grassland sward has developed on the thin rocky soils. Typical plants presen…

Stanley Ghyll

…lepadinum, Menegazziaterebrata, Cetrelia cetrariodes, Mycoblastus sanguinarius, Parmelia laevigata and P.taylorensis. These form a characteristic 'upland, leached bark' association of epiphytic lichens. The site is also the only locality in northern England for Menegazzia tenebra…

Carn Gafallt

…ichens characteristic of damp acidic bark include frequent Hypogymnia physodes, Parmelia saxatilis and Platismatia glauca, along with several other typical eu-oceanic species such as Mycoblastus sanguinarius, Ochrolechia tartarea, Sphaerophorus globosus and the nationally scarce …

Cadair Idris

…ecialists of oceanic woodland such as Micarea stipitata, Pannaria mediterranea, Parmelia endochlora, Parmelia horrescens and P. testacea. Small areas of oak woodland but with no shrub layer and a relatively sparse bryophyte cover occur on the lower slopes of Coed Cedris and a sma…

Oakhills Coppice

…nuity. Two of these species have restricted distributions in the British Isles, Parmelia reddenda and the rare Pannaria mediterranea. The lichen communities of the mature oaks are a particular feature of the site. Several species indicative of the very restricted Lobarion communi…

Nettlecombe Park

… this site including species such as Lobaria pulmonaria, Lobaria amplissima and Parmelia reddenda. The Physcietumadscendentis association, including such species as Anaptychia ciliaris and Parmelia quercina, is characteristic of ancient parkland. The latter named species has an e…

Scales Wood

…ns unknown elsewhere in England outside Borrowdale. Of the many lichen species, Parmelia saxatilis, Hypogymnia physodes, Sphaerophorus globosus and the very rare Toniniopsis subincompta known from only 3 other English localities are of particular note. Together these lichens form…

Dyffryn Gwaun

…imerella lutea, Pannaria conoplea, Peltigera collina, P. Melanops horizontalis, Parmelia reddenda, P. crinita and Biatorina atropurpurea. Menegazzia tenebrata, not known elsewhere in south and west Wales, grows on alder stems in Llannerch. Other notable lichens present are Ochrol…

Baron Hill Park

…e lichen floras of North Wales woods. Lichen species of particular note include Parmelia soredians, Arthonia impolita, Caloplaca luteoalba, Parmelia reticulata, Rinodina riboris and Schismatomma decolorans. Anaptychia fusca, which normally grow on maritime rocks, is found here on…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…er and the small trees support an interesting epiphytic lichen flora, including Parmelia pastillifera, Ramalina fraxinea, Normandina pulchella, Enterographa crassa and Pertusaria Sparlingia pertusa. The cliffs at Manorbier also boast a rich lichen assemblage on the Old Red Sandst…

Dunsland Park

… Lobarion community also contains the national rarities Heterodermia obscurata, Parmelia arnoldii and P. sinuosa. The older trees in the parkland support the Lecanactidetum premneae community, an assemblage of species which occurs when the trees are too old to support the Lobario…

Watersmeet

…bryophyte communities. Over 50 species of lichen are present, with Cladonia and Parmelia species being especially common in some parts. Several ancient woodland indicators occur, including Thelotrema lepadinum, Enterographa crassa, Peltigera Melanops horizontalis and Pyrenula nit…

Coed Ty-canol (Ty-canol Wood)

…ivetorum, Cladonia merochlorophaea, Caloplaca luteoalba, Lecidea fuliginosa and Parmelia britannica. Over 125 different mosses have been recorded, including Plagiochila killarniensis and Cryptothallus mirabilis. The two filmy-ferns, Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and H. Wilsonii, are …

Corsydd Llangloffan

…ecies. Other notable lichens found in the carr are Hydrotrachyna britannica and Parmelia reticulata. Notable invertebrates include a rare spider Glyphesis servulus and the flies Allodia angulata, Anatella dampfi, Mycomya britteni, and Pseudexechia aurivernica. Surveys in the catc…

The New Forest

…ies Diptera. The lichen flora includes two rare species, Megalaria laureri and Parmelia minarum Sch. 8**. The woods are also rich in fungi that are specific to pasture woodland such as Hericium erinaceus, Mycena picta, Hericium cirrhatum and Flammulaster limulatus. The woodland …

Cernydd Carmel

…e covered with an interesting and diverse calcifuge lichen flora which includes Parmelia saxatilis, P. glabratula ssp. fuliginosa, P. ? omphalodes, P. mougeotii and Umbilicaria polyphylla. Stands of dry heath occur extensively over the crest of the ridge where freely draining soi…

Draynes Wood

…hyllus. A total of 48 lichen species are recorded including the nationally rare Parmelia dissecta and several other ancient woodland indicator species. The course of the River Fowey is broken by a series of deep pools, waterfalls and rapids, known as Golitha Falls, providing hab…

Piggledene

…hich more usually occur in northern and western Britain are Lecidea cyathoides, Parmelia conspersa, P. loxodes, P. ? omphalodes and Pertusaria pseudocorallina. Maritime species such as Anaptychia runcinata and Rinodina atrocinerea, which are more usually found on rocky coasts, oc…

Coed Cwm Einion

…of Atlantic species, several of which are nationally scarce. The lichen species Parmelia robusta occurs here at its only known locality in great Britain. The geology is varied, with Silurian rocks underlying the western end of the valley and Ordovician at the eastern end. The Sil…

Coed Dyrysiog

…lora is well developed with a number of interesting species such as the lichens Parmelia revoluta and Thelotrema lepadinum and the liverwort Metzgeria fruticulosa. Remarks:Managed as a nature reserve by the Brecknock Wildlife Trust.

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…associated with the open slabs include Herteliana gagei, Ophioparma ventosa and Parmelia discordans. Big Dog Scarps and Lakes ASSI also contains a number of important water bodies. The small dystrophic ponds and lakes are steep-sided with a peaty substrate and are characterised b…

Whiddon Deer Park

…rainfall and oceanic conditions that prevail in Devon are also present, such as Parmelia laevigata, Nephroma laevigatum, Lobaria pulmonaria and Sphaerophorum globosus. Ramonia nigra, which is known from only one other site in Britain, is among the many rare lichen species record…

Holne Woodlands

…pecies, such as Heterodermia obscurata, Parmeliella jamesii, Peltigera collina, Parmelia sinuosa and Sticta canariensis (Dufourii). Saxicolous lichens are particularly well developed on Ausewell Rocks and Sharp Tor. On the higher valley slopes, the trees become stunted and scatt…

Gunnerton Nick

…onia, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and a number of saxicolous lichens mainly Parmelia species. The locally scarce small flowered and long stalked crane’s bills Geranium pusillum and Geranium columbinum occur here and on spoil and scree. Outcrops of limestone support a variety…

Rhosydd Llanddona

…ns are locally abundant including Cladonia portentosa, Cladonia chlorophaea and Parmelia ? omphalodes. Small areas along the eastern edge of Tyn y Mynydd are more species-rich and include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, tormentil Potentilla erecta and marsh lousewort Pedicularis …

Roundton Hill

…ns of the type Lecanoretum sordidae, with a strong representation of the genera Parmelia, Pertusaria, Rhizocarpon, Lecidea, Lecanora and Diploschistes. The nationally rare moss species which occur are Tortula canescens and Grimmia laevigata. Bryophyte-rich areas tend to be confin…

Coedydd De Dyffryn Maentwrog

…arce Rinodina isidioides together with Nevesia sampaiana, Thelopsis rubella and Parmelia horrescens. Three lichens regarded as being indicators of ancient woodland sites are also present, Thelotrema lepadinum, Loxospora elatina and Lecidea cinnabarinum. The rare lichen Parmentari…

Worth Forest

…rters of epiphytic communities which include the lichens Chaenotheca brunneola, Parmelia revoluta, Dimerella diluta, Pertusaria hemisphaerica, the 'beard lichen' Usnea subfloridana and the moss Zygodon rupestris.

West Lizard

… Riccia crozalsii. Many rare lichen species including Nephroma tangeriense* and Parmelia tinctina are also found here. The diverse topography and vegetation of this site also supports a rich invertebrate community. The weevils (Coleoptra) Cathormiocerus britannicus (4), which is…

Boconnoc Park & Woods

…h sites. Other nationally rare lichen species include Lithographa dendrographa, Parmelia borreri, Lecanora jamesii, Arthonia stellaris, Biatorella ochrophora, and Ochrolechia inversa. A further 31 species are ancient woodland indicators and are locally rare. Several of these rare…

Oakers Wood

…pegrapha. On unshaded oak bark the community Parmelion perlatae occurs in which Parmelia perlata and P. caperata are the most abundant species. Also on acid bark in more open sites the Usneion community is well developed with an abundance of Usnea subfloridana, U. ceratina and Us…

Lulworth Park & Lake

…cidic bark of mature oaks supports a typical and rich lichen community in which Parmelia perlata and P. caperata are abundant. A notable feature at Lulworth is the presence of a number of trees of the impressive Lobaria pulmonaria, a species now extinct over much of England due t…

Felbrigg Woods

…en, a large total for East Anglia including species such as Graphis elegans and Parmelia purlata that are more commonly found in western and southern Britain. Many of the species are also indicators of ancient undisturbed woodland and provide further evidence for the continuity o…

Caban Lakeside Woodlands

…an uplands favours the growth of moisture demanding species such as the lichens Parmelia laevigata, Haematomma elatinum and Buellia pulverea. These species, together with others such as Sphaerophorus globosus and Mycoblastus sanguinarius, form the community called the Pamelion la…

Ashdown Park

…lla coralliza and Rinodina atrocinerea, both of which are common at Ashdown and Parmelia loxodes which is at the eastern edge of its range. The lichen flora on this site may have taken many centuries to develop. Sarsen stones which have been moved elsewhere, as at Ashbury, Lambou…

Ugbrooke Park

…rina atropurpurea, Dimerella lutea, Enterographa crassa, Pachyphiale cornea and Parmelia reddenda. Some species such as Anaptychia ciliaris, Bacidia incompta and Sticta limbata appear to have been lost from the site in recent years, probably largely due to the death of elms, Ulm…

Highclere Park

…thonia vinosa, Bacidia biatorina, Biatorina atropurpurea, Pachyphiale carneola, Parmelia reddenda and Thelopsis rubella. Polypody Polypodium vulgare also grows in profusion as an epiphyte of many of the oaks. The ground flora includes broadleaved and green flowered helleborine E…

Coed y Rhygen

… There is an abundant epiphytic lichen flora including uncommon species such as Parmelia laevigata and Ochrolechia tartarea. The wood is of invertebrate interest; species of note include two cranefly, the nationally rare Triogma trisulcata and the nationally scarce Tricyphona uni…

Sampford Spiney

…a obscurata, Menegazzia tenebrata, Lobaria scrobiculata, Pannaria mediterranea, Parmelia arnoldii, P. endochlora, Graphina pauciloculata, G. ruiziana and Cetrelia olivetorum. Locally, water seeping down the hillsides gives rise to waterlogged conditions and the woodland gives wa…

Cosag Sallow Carr

…seudocyphellaria crocata, Pseudocyphellaria thouarsii, Parmeliella taylorensia, Parmelia sinuosa, Parmeliella jamesii, Bacidia absistens, Cetrelia cetrarioides, Nevesia sampaiana, fertile Lobaria scrobiculata, Leptogium spp and particularly Heterodermia obscurata, all of which ar…

Arlington

…coastal area. Rare species include Bombyliospora pachycarpa, Pannaria conoplea, Parmelia lacinatula, Sticta canariensis (Dufourii) and Lecidea carrollii. The Lobarion community is well represented and the site is also noteworthy for an abundance of Usnea articulata. Amongst the …

Lundy

…ich in lichens, e.g. Teloschistes flavicans and several species of Cladonia and Parmelia. Elsewhere there is either a dry heath/acidic grassland mosaic, characterised by heaths and western gorse Ulex gallii, or semi improved acidic grassland in which Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus …

Coedydd Aber

… scarce Arthonia anombrophila, Anisomeridium viridescens, Byssoloma marginatum, Parmelia horrescens, Eopyrenula grandicula, Zahmenhofia coralloidea, Gyalideopsis muscicola and Leptogium cyanescens. There is also the best colony in Wales of Degelia plumbicola, a species that is un…

Piles Copse

…ns characteristic of humid but somewhat exposed climatic conditions; the lichen Parmelia laevigata being representative. Although now known from other sites in southern and western Britain the lichen Ochrolechia inversa was first recorded in England from Piles Copse in 1969. The…

Knole Park

…rt a lichen flora of county importance. The first British record for the lichen Parmelia elegantula was made from asycamore at Knole. The site supports a range of nationally rare *1 and nationally scarce *2 invertebrate species which depend upon the parkland and woodland habitat…

Fyfield Down

… rare in the lowlands such as Rhizocarpon geographicum and species of Lecanora, Parmelia and Pertusaria. Others like Anaptychia runcinata, Ramalina siliquosa and Rinodina atrocinerea are characteristic of rocky sea coasts and occur here at one of their few inland locations. Espec…

Morven and Mullachdubh

…, the blaeberry and crowberry heath is also rich in lichens, with C. arbuscula, Parmelia physodes and Cornicularia aculeata. Further areas of lichen-rich heath occur on the ridge from Mullachdubh to Mona Gowan and dwarfed heath with bearberry occurs on the eastern slopes of Morve…

Alde-Ore Estuary

…a beach formations is the abundance on the ground of normally epiphytic lichens Parmelia caperat and Evernia prunastre. Higher saltmarsh blending to neutral grassland, dominated by sea couch grass, Elytrigia atherica, occurs on former grazing marsh on Havergate Island and Orfordn…

Llanelwedd Rocks

…rt a rich lichen and moss flora with a number of locally uncommon species, e.g. Parmelia brittanica, Fuscidea recensa and F. praeruptorum. The occurrence of deeper soils, spring flushes or mineral flushes all contributes to a diversity of grassland types, with probably the greate…

Grenofen Wood and West Down

…which is one of the very few sites in great Britain for the rare oceanic lichen Parmelia horescens, and one of two localities in southern England for Cetrelia cetrarioides. Other species of note include the rare Desmatina quercus with Cladonia ochrochlora and Dimerella diluta all…

North Dartmoor

…y include Massalongia carnosa, Ochrolechia tartarea, Pilophorus strumaticus and Parmelia discordans. Black Ridge Brook provides an important palynological record of the Flandrian vegetation history and environmental change on north Dartmoor. The pollen sequence covers the whole …

North Exmoor

…lly rare or scarce and these include: Graphina ruiziana, Pannaria mediterranea, Parmelia guercina, Usnea articulata, Thelopsis rubella, Schismatomma niveum, Strangospora ochrophora and Wadeana dendrographa. Other species worthy of note include Leptogium cyanescens, L. teretiuscul…

Coed Cae-Awr

…. The parmelion lichen community is also well represented, with such species as Parmelia laevigatum and the very uncommon P. taylorensis and P. cetrarioides. The presence of some waterlogged ground, mainly in the form of willow carr, around the base of this rocky knoll is importa…

Cwm Bach, Sychpant

…pecies of note include Usnea ceratina, Stenocybe septata, Thelotrema lepadinum, Parmelia reddenda, Haematomma elatinum and Peltigera Melanops horizontalis. Butterflies recorded include high brown fritillary Argynnis adippe, silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia, pearl-bordered…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…support a diverse lichen flora. The siliceous substrate favours species such as Parmelia multifida, P. mougeotti, P. incurva and several species of Lecidea. On both sides of the ridge there are areas of grassland most of which are the remains of abandoned small holdings. Some of …

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…um lanuginosum, Pohlia nutans and Diplophyllum albicans, whilst lichens include Parmelia alpicola, P. incurva and various Umbilicaria species. Open water occurs on the site in the form of several upland streams, which include the headwaters of the River Tees, Knock Ore Fill, Crow…

Speech House Oaks

… epiphytic bryophyte species recorded. Of particular interest are the Usnea and Parmelia species, especially P. caperata, which are more luxuriant here than in many English woodlands. Uncommon, relict lichens found at this site include Pertusaria hemisphaerica, P. flavida, Thelot…

Handcocks Bottom

…spheric pollution, is found in one part of the wood; other rare species include Parmelia reddenda which is found on the bark of maple and Cladonia parasitica, found on the woodland floor in one of its few Dorset locations. Extending southwards from Handcocks Bottom is a steep, w…

Snelsmore Common

… Lichens include a rich community of species growing on trunks of trees such as Parmelia caperarta, Pertusaria Sparlingia pertusa and Lecanactis abietina. Bryophytes include the liverwort Nowellia curvifolia which is rare in southern England and the moss Hookeria lucens for which…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…cheduled golden hair lichen Teloschistes flavicans, the nationally rare species Parmelia tinctina, Caloplaca britannica and Arthonia atlantica, together with Porina curnowii and Rinodina orculariopsis, all of which are associated with rock (saxicolous). Species associated with t…

Johnny Wood

…en assemblage, however there is an interesting lichen community co dominated by Parmelia laevigata and P. taylorensis. This type of community is typical of upland, high rainfall oak woods such as those found in the Scottish Highlands.

Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs

…tive beard lichen Usnea articulata, which grows on hawthorn at Porthsychan, and Parmelia britannica and P. crinita occurring on sheltered rock outcrops. Cliff nesting birds in 1987 included several pairs of chough, 8 small razorbill colonies with some 140 birds, and 2 small guill…

Crowhill Valley

…ancient woodland indicator species and there is a record of the nationally rare Parmelia endochlora.

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