Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo

…ow amongst the grasses, including thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and grass of parnassus Parnassia palustris. There are patches of maritime heath throughout the site, with a larger area …

Gwithian to Mexico Towans

… dune-slacks are dominated by red fescue and herbs such as buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, and grasses, including dune fescue Vulpia fasciculata, upright brome Bromus e…

Morte Point

…ytrichus, common sorrel Rumex acetosa and the ribwort and buck’s-horn plantains Plantago lanceolata and Plantago coronopus. Other common species near the cliff tops are common bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, tormentil Potentilla erecta and sheep’s-bit Jasione montana. Sea…

Bolt Head to Bolt Tail

…rift Armeria maritima, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sea and buckshorn plantain Plantago maritima and Plantago coronopus, wild carrot Daucus carota and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Bloody cranesbill Geranium sanguineum also occurs. The grassland often fades out on to bare …

Bude Coast

…assland has abundant low-growing herbs such as ribwort and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago lanceolata and Plantago coronopus and knapweed Centaurea nigra and include several species which are very uncommon in the county such as adder’s-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, dwarf thistle Ci…

Stroma

…ritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sea plantain Plantago maritima, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, spring squill Scilla verna and Scottish primrose Primula scotica. Cliff-nesting seabirds (seabird colo…

Berriedale Cliffs

…cies such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, sorrel Rumex acetosa, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and primrose Primula vulgaris. The maritime heat…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…ck samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and the occasional patch of rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and sea aster Aster tripolium. A sea-bird cliff community occurs occasional…

Foula

…. The spray-influenced cliff top vegetation is composed largely of sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and thrift Armeria maritima. Foula SSSI supports a wide range of nationally and internationally important breeding seabirds. The site support…

Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles

…e coastline support salt tolerant grasses and herb species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. Towards the shore fringing saltmarsh communities occur along the edges of the sea l…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…ies present typical of maritime grassland. Species present include sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. The site also has examples of maritime therophyte communities, characterised by thrift Armeria maritima and…

Cape Wrath

…. The maritime grassland is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, sea plantain Plantago maritima and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. Two unusual species of eyebright Euphrasia marshalii (found only in Scotland) and the nationally scarce E. foulaensis also grow in the ma…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…ritimum and rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, with occasional sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and much golden samphire Inula crithmoides. Sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum is frequent and there are also populations of sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoi…

Bamburgh Coast and Hills

…me influences in the abundance of thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus and the presence of common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium and sea plantain Plantago maritima. Areas of maritime heath support a dense cover of heather Calluna vulgaris and bell hea…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

…assland along their tops. Species include thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, red fescue Festuca rubra, sea beet Beta vulgaris, sea campion Silene uniflora and common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis. Shorter turf supports buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coro…

Dunbeath to Sgaps Geo

…tis stolonifera, together with thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus in more exposed places. The vegetation here is typically very short as a result of exposure to wind and salt spray. Red fescue, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sea plantain Plantago m…

Warblington Meadow

…tmarsh flora. Species include sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea milkwort Glauxmaritima, both common and reflexed saltmarsh grasses Puccinellia maritima and P. distans and glasswort Salicornia species in the wetter areas and red fescue Festuc…

Aire Point to Carrick Du

… species include English stonecrop Sedum anglicum, thrift, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. The grassland communities of the cliff slopes are dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra which often forms a matressy sward, and Yorkshire fo…

Waterwynch Bay to Saundersfoot Harbour

… the vegetated coastal slopes, thrift Armeria maritima and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus have colonised the accumulated debris from shales and sandstones that occur scattered throughout the length of the site. On south-easterly slopes, these are replaced by a mixture of…

Stackpole Quay - Trewent Point

…e communities, typified by plants such as thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and the noteworthy rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum and golden-samphire Inula crithmoides. Above this crevice zone, species-rich maritime …

Breedon Hill

…asil Clinopodium vulgare, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, hoary plantain Plantago media and hairy violet Viola hirta. Where the soils are thin, often in association with rocky outcrops, the sward is suppressed and the vegetation is characterised by herb species such as rue…

Wortham Ling

…ulatus together with common storksbill Erodium cicutarium, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus and wild thyme Thymus praecox in some areas. The moss lichen flora is also a significant element here, especially where intense rabbit grazing maintains a very short, open vegetatio…

Gower Coast: Rhossili to Porteynon

… it is typically accompanied in para-maritime locations by buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and thrift Armeria maritima, and on limestone soils by cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and crested hair-grass Koeleria macran…

White Rocks

…e grass sward is rank and include tormentil Potentilla erecta, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, bush vetch Vicia sepium, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, and red clover Trifolium pratense. Areas where the grass cover is reduced support a more diverse range of species wit…

Coverack to Porthoustock

…ter Aster tripolium, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. The nationally scarce lanceolate spleenwort Asplenium obovatum is found in open crevices. Where the cliff is overlain by loess, cliff flush communities have developed, characterise…

Southerndown Coast

…ubsp. juncea, sea carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. Some of the maritime grassland also includes species such as common rockrose, lady's bedstraw and salad burnet which are characteristic of calcareous substrates. Cwm Mawr provides …

Sheepland Coast

…ps of red fescue Festuca rubra and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii. Sea plantain Plantago maritima and common couch Elytrigia repens occur less frequently. Small areas of strandline occur behind the saltmarsh and shingle beaches and are generally dominated by sea beet Beta vulgari…

Ellenborough Park West

…n the site and include sea stork's bill Erodium maritimum, buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and rough clover Trifolium scabrum. Other plants with a wider distribution present in the sward are wild clary Salvia verbenaca, smooth hawk's beard Crepis capillaris and pink sorre…

Grassholm / Ynys Gwales

…in Fratercula arctica. The large, fleshy-leaved variety of buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus var. maritimus is abundant in the more sheltered nooks between red fescue hummocks and tree-mallow Malva arborea can be found scattered on the more sheltered eastern side of the isl…

Chapel Down (St. Martin's)

…a beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sorrel Rumex acetosa and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus. The granite cliffs around St Martin’s Head exhibit a variety of rare maritime lichen species including Roccella fuciformis. These exposed cliffs also support the largest Scillonian…

Bracklesham Bay

…s bugloss Echium vulgare, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus. In the extreme west and east of the pasture and on the banks of the rifes rough grassland is dominated by sea couch, with small amounts of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and creeping…

Prawle Point and Start Point

…time grassland are found, such as thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, with red fescue Festuca rubra as the dominant grass. Rare species include autumn squill Scilla autumnalis, hairy bird’s foot trefoil Lotus sub…

West Exmoor Coast and Woods

…t Armeria maritima, rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis on the ledges and turf slopes. Poorly vegetated scree occurs on the steepest slopes, particularly in Heddon’s Mouth Cleave, but where …

White Island (off St. Martin's)

…tuca rubra, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus are common. In addition the isolated habitats on White Island support five species of breeding sea birds including lesser black backed gull Larus fuscus, herring gull Larus argentat…

Eglarooze Cliff

…pion Silene uniflora, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus being common. Maritime grassland occurs in small areas along the cliff edge, thrift Armeria maritima, red fescue Festuca rubra, wild carrot Daucus carota and sea campion Silene uni…

Barrow Hills Sandpit

…sandland plants as common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, hoary cinquefoil Potentilla argentea, biting stonecrop Sedum acre common whitlow grass Erophila verna, lesser hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis, rest-harrow Ononis repens and viper’s bug…

Glannau Tonfanau i Friog

…llowing frequent species, common bent Agrostis capillaris, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus (abundant), bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus, common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and the lichen Cladon…

Malvern Common

…tricted fenugreek Trifolium ornithopodioides together with buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus and common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium. Vegetated spoil heaps support the nationally restricted white horehound Marrubium vulgare and several locally uncommon species such as ca…

Flat Holm

…tork’s-bill Erodium maritimum, thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. The central part of the island is dominated by coarse grassland with extensive areas of coastal scrub and bracken which have arisen since the cessation of agricultural management. …

Eilean nan Ron

…e maritime heath is species-rich, with spring squill Scilla verna, sea plantain Plantago maritima, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and several sedges, including carnation sedge Carex panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The higher ground shows the physical effects of e…

Steep Holm

…entury Priory and have long been naturalised. A variety of buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus which occurs in cracks on the vertical cliffs is unique to Steep Holm. The island has colonies of breeding herring, lesser black backed and greater black backed gull and supports sm…

Newport Cliffs

…ish stonecrop Sedum anglicum, sheep’s-bit Jasione montana, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and several annual grasses. Bracken clothes many of the upper cliff slopes. Woodland plants such as bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta are frequent associates of the bracken, whils…

Devil's Spittleful

…h dog violet Viola canina, sheep’s bit Jasione montana and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus which is more common near the sea. Also present are annual knotted clover Trifolium striatum, small cudweed Logfia minima, early forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima, bird’s foot Orni…

Brean Down

…Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene vulgaris spp. maritima, stagshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, scurvy grass Cochlearia danica and the brome Bromus ferronii. Areas of invasive scrub include abundant hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and wild privet Ligustrum vulgare. The steep, cra…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…abitats contain largely short, species poor grassland with buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and the moss Ceratodon purpureus. Disturbed open shingle occasionally includes plants of yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum. Disturbance of the shingle…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…me grassland with thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s-horn and the sea plantains Plantago coronopus and Pinus pinaster. The precipitous north facing cliffs support some maritime cliff ledge community where sea cabbage Brassica oleracea and sea campion Silene vulgaris ssp. maritime…

Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary

…tima subspecies maritima, sea wormwood Artemisia maritima, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea pearlwort Sagina maritima, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and spring vetch Vicia lathyroides. On the western side of the Hamble estuary mouth, the SSSI includes a mosaic of acidic…

West Lizard

…t soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus subsp. ferronii, thrift and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus with sea carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. Maritime grassland communities occur on the cliff tops where soils are deeper but maritime infl…

Shipman Head & Shipman Down (Bryher)

…es rich maritime grassland occur. thrift Armeria maritima, buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and sorrel Rumex acetosa are common together with a small population of spring squill Scilla verna. Two plants of particular importance on this site ar…

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

… as spring squill Scilla verna, sea pink Armeria maritima and buckhorn plantain Plantago coronopus. These plants grow within a windswept mosaic of gorse Ulex species and heather species. Within deep cliff crevices, yellow whitlow-grass Draba aizoides, a species restricted in the …

Ynys Enlli

…, spring squill Scilla verna, sea campion Silene uniflora, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and red fescue Festuca rubra. On drier thin soils, annual species such as early hair-grass Aira praecox and silvery hair-grass Aira caryophyllea are characteristic, along with Engli…

Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth

… such as red fescue Festuca rubra, Tthrift Armeria maritima, buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The steep sided valleys support maritime grassland and maritime heath and their seaward margins grading into sc…

Skyreburn Grasslands

…en to the Fleet estuary has led to maritime plants such as buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus being recorded.

Porth Ceiriad, Porth Neigwl ac Ynysoedd Sant Tudwal

…a rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima in the eastern and central parts of the bay through to scrub in the west. The eastern section also supports a landward transition from strandline vegetation dominated by sea sandwor…

Risby Warren

…ssociated with the dunes include sand sedge Carex arenaria buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus and common cudweed Filago vulgaris. The dunes grade into a complex association of lichen bryophyte and ling Calluna vulgaris heathlands with acidic grassland communities supporting …

Pool of Bryher & Popplestone Bank (Bryher)

… with sand sedge Carex arenaria, red fescue Festuca rubra, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium, thrift Armeria maritima and wild carrot Daucus carota common. This short turf sward is also of particular importance for the occurrence of t…

St. Helen's (With Northwethel & Men-A-Vaur)

… Erica cinerea are colonising more open areas dominated by buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. Maritime grassland covers much of the north west side of St Helen's as well as forming a narrow zone behind the southern shore. Thrift Armeria …

Marsland to Clovelly Coast

… red fescue Festuca rubra, with sea campion Silene uniflora, buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria here showing an unusual range of colour forms, and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The richest and most extensive grassland is sheltered by St Cath…

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…ty whin Genista anglica, bird's foot Ornithopus perpusillus, buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus and several which are rare or local in Surrey such as yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, slender trefoil Trifolium micranthum and silver hair grass Aira caryophyllea. In many places p…

The Lagoons

…Bolboschoenus maritimus, glasswort Salicornia europaea and buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus. Small stands of common reed Phragmites australis also occur in this vegetation mosaic. Sand dunes at the southern end of the site are dominated by marram grass Ammophila arenaria a…

Rushy Bay & Heathy Hill (Bryher)

…and sedge Carex arenaria, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea stork's bill Erodium maritimum, red fescue Festuca rubra and thrift Armeria maritima. The nationally scarce sea spurge Euphorbia paralias, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

… Erodium maritimum and the large, fleshy-leaved variety of buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus var. maritimus. Skomer Island and Middleholm together support the largest concentrations of breeding seabirds in England and Wales. Razorbill nest on the cliffs in their thousands,…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…ridges and a variety of grassland species occur, including buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium, sand spurrey Spergularia rubra, the vulnerable smooth cat’s ear Hypochaeris glabra and some fifteen species of vetch and clover. Around Camb…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…n-winged orchid Anacamptis morio, thrift Armeria maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, birds-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, and sea campion Silene uniflora. Western gorse Ulex gallii, European gorse Ulex europaeus and blackthorn Prunus spinosa dominate in areas, al…

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

…rubra, containing species such as thrift Armeria maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, cowslip Primula veris and sea campion Silene uniflora. Western gorse Ulex gallii and European gorse Ulex europaeus, and blackthorn Prunus spinosa dominate in areas, along with spec…

Coates Castle

…aecox with herbs such as sheep sorrel Rumex acetosella and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, areas of stony disturbed soil favour invasion by bracken and birch seedlings. Note + 'endangered' is the category of threat under which field cricket is noted in the British Red …

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

…meria maritima, sea carrot Daucus carota ssp. gummifer and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus. On calcareous soils associated with marls, chalk and Upper Greensand talus associated grassland species include yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, k…

Castle Down (Tresco)

…rop Sedum anglicum also occur. Thrift Armeria maritima and buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus are more common along the coastal edge. The more sheltered depressions with deeper soils on the margins of the plateau have bracken Pteridium aquilinum, bramble Rubus fruticosus and…

The Malvern Hills

…tricted fenugreek Trifolium ornithopodioides together with buck’s born plantain Plantago coronopus and common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium. Vegetated spoil heaps support the nationally restricted white horehound Marrubium vulgare and several locally uncommon species such as ca…

Peninnis Head (St. Mary's)

…itima, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sorrel Rumex acetosa, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and red fescue Festuca rubra are common. This short turf sward is also of importance for the occurren…

Skokholm

…Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, common bent Agrostis tenuis, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum dominates sections of the more sheltered eastern coast, but is much more sparse elsewhere and has an understorey wi…

Wilsford & Rauceby Warrens

…se, T. scabrum and Trifolium striatum. Associated plants and buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, sheeps sorrel Rumex acetosella and fine leaved sandwort Minuartia hybrida. Wilsford Warren is one of the few inland county localities for sand sedge Carex arenaria. Bee orchid Ophr…

Castle Point to Cullernose Point

…ange of coastal species including thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea plantain Pinus pinaster and spring squill Scilla verna, an unusual species on the English east coast. There are small areas of sea cliff heath with heather Calluna vulgaris, be…

Snape Warren

…e influence can be seen in the presence of species such as buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. The heathland shows some invasion by bracken Pteridium aquilinum, gorse Ulex europaeus and secondary birch Betula sp. and pedunculat…

Clumber Park

…il Potentilla argentea, field mouse ear Cerastium arvense, buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and viper's bugloss Echium vulgare. Clumber Park is notable for a diverse invertebrate fauna, but particularly a rich saproxylic beetle fauna characteristic of a long continuity of …

Handa Island

…grasslands dominated by Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima. In less exposed areas, there are herb-rich grasslands which include species such as Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and Scots lovage Ligusticum scot…

Exmoor Coastal Heaths

…a type is found. It is dominated by red fescue, thrift and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus with associated species including English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. Cliff top grassland of the red fescue – bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta type also occurs including species suc…

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