Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Mottistone Down

…s have been recorded including rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. The local bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and rare early gentian Gentianella anglica also occur commonly. The…

Little Catworth Meadow

…ecies which are characteristic of calcareous loam pastures such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis also occurs. Of special interest is the presence of green winged orchid Anacamptis morio and adder’s tongue…

Aubert Ings

…d Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. The herb flora includes abundant greater burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, knapweed Centaurea nigra, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, field scabious Knautia arvensis and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Of particular interest is the presence of clus…

Whitton Bridge Pasture

…ca, selfheal Prunella vulgaris, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus and great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis. The site also includes areas of the Lathyrus pratensis, meadow vetchling, MG5a sub community with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, quaking grass Briza media, pignut Conopodi…

Cwm Cadlan

…oot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common knapweed Centaurea nigra, greater burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, Lady’s mantle Alchemilla spp. and red clover Trifolium pratense. Devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and tormentil are present in most stands, with salad burnet Poterium sa…

Wollaston Meadows

…h and forms the largest known example in the county of the Alopecurus pratensis Sanguisorba officinalis flood meadow community. Although once widespread in southern river valleys, this neutral grassland type is declining rapidly as a result of agricultural changes and is now very…

Bishop's Hill Wood

…t in Britain. Other neutral grassland species occurring include Greater Burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, saw wort Serratula tinctoria, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. Local pockets of base rich soils support calcium loving species…

Askrigg Bottoms

…cens and red fescue Festuca rubra. It is rich in herb species with great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis notable for its abundance. Other flowering plants present include wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, pignut Conopodium majus, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, ribwort plan…

Thowker Corner

… grass Briza media, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, hoary plantain Plantago media, smooth lady's mantle Alchemilla glabra and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. Between the ridges are deeper soils supporti…

Meadow Croft, Skythorns

…ecies include pignut Conopodium majus, selfheal Prunella vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common knapweed Centaurea nigra and, of particular note, adder's tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum. Where the grassland is damper, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum become…

Scoska Wood

…s Molinia caerulea with tawny sedge Carex hostiana and, typically, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis. A third grassland type occurs on the thin limestone soils above the crags or on the steeper upper slopes and is characterised by the presence of blue sesleria Sesleria caerule…

Attenborough Gravel Pits

…characterised by a diverse range of characteristic herbs including great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, ladies bedstraw Galium verum, common sorrel Rumex acetosa, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common knapweed Centaurea nigra, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, pepper…

Little Asby Inrakes and Outrakes

…herbs in the sward include devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, betony Betonica officinalis, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Locally the grassland grades to the acidic with heather Calluna vulgaris, bitter v…

Blaen Nedd

…on knapweed Centaurea nigra, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor and the grasses crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus, sweet vernal-grass and common bent. Greater butterf…

Starveall and Stony Down

…he sward is very rich in herbs common knapweed Centaurea nigra and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba are abundant and many other species are widespread and frequent for example dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, self heal Prunella vulgaris and bird's foo…

Wyedale

…net saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, selfheal Prunella vulgaris, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Grasses include sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, dow…

Honington Camp

…ated on the banks where common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, cowslip Primula veris and harebell Campanula rotundifolia occur. Members of the pea family, some of which are food plants for common blue b…

Selsley Common

…themum nummularium, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus praecox. The disused quarries also support a rich flora including autumn lady’s tresses Spiranthes spiralis. Among other orchids on the common are green wing…

Swallow Wold

…s containing scarce herbs including dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and betony Betonica officinalis. These provide food for the abundance of butterflies and at least two species of grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus and Pseudochorthippus parallelus.…

Fayland Chalk Bank

…us, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, marjoram Origanum vulgare and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Many plants which occur are strongly associated with calcareous soils in southern England and are rarely found in other…

Sidmouth to Beer Coast

…e Helianthemum nummularium, ploughman’s spikenard Inula conyza and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Several species of orchid occur including pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and autumn lady’s-tresses Spiranthes spiralis. The site also supports the nationally rare purple…

Malham-Arncliffe ( Cool Pasture )

…ry flax Linum catharticum, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, eyebright Euphrasia spp. and the nationally scarce limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri. The tiny fern, moonwo…

Spindlestone Heughs

…op with atypical vegetation has kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and bell heather. South facing crags support ivy Hedera helix, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and blackthorn Prunus spinosa with deciduous woodland b…

Thompson Water, Carr and Common

…as dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, hoary plantain Plantago media and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. To the west several fields of unimproved neutral grassland are present, dominated by creeping bent Agrostis stolo…

Mynydd Marian

…g grass Briza media. with characteristic calcicolous herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and the Nationally Scarce hoary rockrose Helianthemum oelandicum. The less rocky areas with deeper soils which are…

Redden Bank Lime Works

…oving plants, many of which are locally rare or uncommon including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba (very rare in the Borders), small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, hoary plantain Plantago media, hairy violet Viola hirta, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and meadow oat grass …

Lathkill Dale

…and glaucous sedge with common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox and a wide range of annual species. In less well grazed areas, tall grasses and herbs such as false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and common knapweed …

Orston Plaster Pits

… by a rich herb flora which includes fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, twayblade Neottia ovata, Lotus corniculatus, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa and bee orchid Ophrys apifera. To the north west lie a number of water fi…

Yellow House Meadow

…tum, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus. The whole meadow is surrounded by tall, well structured hedgerows with thick scrubby bases. Shrubs and trees found in these hedgerows include E…

Larks Meadows

… many of the plants that grow there. Lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens all occur, together with quaking-grass Briza media and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Larks Meadows is ho…

Llanddulas Limestone and Gwrych Castle Wood

… herbs that include wild thyme, Thymus polytrichus ( = T.praecox), salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, and the Nationally Scarce hoary rock-rose Helianthemum oelandicum. Bryophytes such as Weissia controv…

Chanctonbury Hill

…nnatum is dominant in places. Herbs found in the grassland include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, marjoram Origanum vulgare, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, toadflax Linaria vulgaris and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. Chalk scrub is scattered…

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

…h gorse, bell heather Erica cinerea, and calcicolous herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata are scattered along the cliff slopes while the deeper, more acidic soils of the cliff top plateaux are dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum,…

Tick Wood and Benthall Edge

… tinctoria and a number of lime loving plants calcicoles including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, marjoram Origanum vulgare and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis.

Ivinghoe Hills

…improved areas, for example burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and lesser knapweed Centaurea nigra. These areas, mainly on south facing slopes, provide valuable nectar sources for insects. Much of the p…

Honeybrook Farm

…s nature of the meadows is reflected by the occurrence of frequent salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba with upright brome Bromus erectus, hoary plantain Plantago media and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus. Along the wet margins of the meadows southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza prae…

Ripon Parks

… supports a species rich calcareous flora. Typical species include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, frequent cowslip Primula veris and of particular interest yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and felwort Gentianella amarella. Several areas of mixed …

Puckham Woods

…larium, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecoxand salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Several orchid species are found here, namely pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, bee orchid Ophrys apifera and green winged orchid Anacamptis morio. The site also supports …

Levin Down

…n Gentianella amarella, autumn lady’s tresses Spiranthes spiralis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, the rare round headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis and quaking grass Briza media. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca is frequent and spring sedge Carex c…

Little Grubbins Meadow

…ye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and lady's bedstraw Galium verum widespread. Grassland overlies ridge and furrow on the flatter areas, presumably on deeper soils. The ridge and furr…

Wormsley Chalk Banks

…eatest variety of plants. These include quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, thyme and large thyme Thymus polytrichus and Thymus polytrichus, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and early purple, common spotted and pyramidal orchids Orchis mascula, Dactylo…

Burcombe Down

…ake up a high proportion of the turf. The commoner species include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and common rock rose Helianthemum nummulari…

New Scroggs

…foil Lotus corniculatus, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, hoary plantain Plantago media, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and several species of lady’s mantle including hairy lady’s mantle Alchemilla filicaulis ssp. vestita and the na…

Claxheugh Rock & Ford Limestone Quarry

…Other species of herbs such as small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, pignut Conopodium majus and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata are scattered throughout the sward. A feature of particular interest on the northern …

Cinquefoil Brow and Wood Dale

…foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum being especially abundant. O…

Croker's Hole

…arvensis, cowslip Primula veris, common rest-harrow Ononis repens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga are herb species more typical of areas of longer sward. The moisture retentive soils of the north facing slopes of Croker's Hole support…

Oakland Pasture

…hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata and cowslip Primula veris. Over fifty spikes of the common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii have been recorded on the lower slopes. The he…

High Dyke

…all scabious Scabiosa columbaria, field scabious Knautia arvensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and the locally uncommon saw wort Serratula tinctoria and purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus. On the roadside verges to the south, saw wort is much more frequent and, in additio…

Little Blakenham Pit

…ing flax Linum catharticum, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. There are populations of pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and bee orchid Ophrys apifera and other unusual species include man orchid Orchis anthorpophora and southern mar…

Baverstock Juniper Bank

…upright brome Bromus erectus growing with tall chalk herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Marjoram Origanum vulgare and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor are frequent while less common species include h…

Brampton Racecourse

…ansition in places towards the meadow foxtail great burnet Alopecurus pratensis Sanguisorba officinalis flood meadow community particularly associated with the lower lying furrows. Unimproved grasslands of this type are restricted to the lowlands of southern England and are now n…

Bishop Wilton Deep Dale

…cum, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and thyme Thymus praecox. In general the south and east facing slopes are richer than the north or west facing ones; north facing slopes are characterised by pignut Conopodium maj…

Brantingham Dale

…na with a notable abundance of rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Other species of frequent occurrence include quaking grass Briza media, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, felw…

Pen y ghent Gill

…rass Sesleria caerulea dominates much of the calcareous area, with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and purging flax Linum catharticum particularly on south facing slopes. The north facing slopes are generally more acidic in character and support mainly neutral grassland dominat…

Lewes Downs

…turf with an abundance of characteristic herbs of chalk grassland. Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and sqinancywort Asperula cynanchica are widespread and in Caburn Bottom an exceptional quantity of marjora…

Congrove Field and The Tumps

…aule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, rest-harrow Ononis repens and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria occurring throughout. Autumn lady’s tresses Spiranthes spiralis and clustered b…

Berins Hill Bank

…acca, quaking grass Briza media, hoary plantain Plantago media and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba are all locally dominant. Closely grazed turf supports cowslip Primula veris and autumn felwort Gentianella amarella. Several species of orchid are present including common spotte…

Kilmond Scar

…um nummularium, thyme Thymus praecox, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and purging flax Linum catharticum are also present. Blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, which has a northerly distribution in Britain, is a frequent component of such grasslands,…

Pig Hill

…ssemblage of species including rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Of particular note is the presence of an inland populatio…

Hawes Water

…um flavescens and cock's foot Dactylis glomerata and herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, knapweed, cowslip, rock rose and oxeye daisy. Together these grassland communit…

East Harling Common

…h species of oat grass Avenula pubescens and A. pratense frequent. Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris are particularly abundant and there is a large population of common twayblade Neottia ovata. Other species include dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, …

Bowerchalke Downs

…a pratensis are major components whilst quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and cowslip Primula veris are widespread and frequent. Several species considered indicative of continuous management in the absence of fertili…

Great Doward

…This includes such characteristic calcicole lime loving species as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare and hairy violet Viola hirta as well as wild madder Rubia peregrina and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera both of which are …

Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs

…rass and herb species. These include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. A number of nationally rare plants occur. These include early spider orchid Ophrys sphegodes and ox tongue broom…

Noddle End

…eet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and marjoram Origanum vulgare. This grassland is progressively shaded out to the north by hawthorn Crataegus monogyna scrub and by diffuse mixed woodland wi…

Pincombe Down

…hyllis vulneraria are locally frequent while the more common herbs salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga are well distributed. The sward occurring on the north east facing slope is of a slightly different composition. It is likely that the no…

Purple Hill

…ccurring. Among the many chalk downland herbs to be found here are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. In addition to the nationally rare Kentish milkwort Polygala austr…

Tideslow Rake

…s, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common bent Agrostis capillaris and the nationally restricted limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri. Locally uncommon plants such as hairy rockcress Arabis hirsuta, meadow saxifrag…

Odstock Down

… species typical of unimproved chalk soils are plentiful including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, fairy flax Linum catharticum and hoary plantain Plantago media. Several more uncommon species characteristic of high quality chalk grassland are fre…

Ringstead Downs

…stuca ovina with abundant common rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The most diverse grassland occurs on warm, sunny, south facing slopes and a wide variety of characteristic herbs is present including squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, dwarf thi…

Rievaulx Woods

… saxifraga, thyme Thymus praecox, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Other Information 1. The boundary has been amended both by extension and deletion. 2. The wo…

River Ure Grasslands

…acca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Associated herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, common knapweed Centaurea nigra, Autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, hoary plantain Plantago media, fairy flax …

Thrislington Plantation

…iry flax Linum catharticum, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lesser scabious, black and greater knapweeds Centaurea nigra and C. sabiosa and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. Less common but still characteristic are Slender St John’s wort H…

Greetham Meadows

…, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, purging flax Linum catharticum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Floral diversity is further enhanced by the presence of acidic flushes containing tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp., ericetorum and sed…

Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs

…ort Asperula cynanchica, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Also present are glaucous sedge Carex flacca, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, common milkwort Polygala…

Black Hill Down

… sward is very rich with abundant stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus. Other frequent herbs of this grassland include harebell Campanula rotundifolia, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, rock rose Helianthemum num…

Barnsley Warren

…edia. Herbs typical of these plant communities are present such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. The site also holds many locally restricted lime loving plants, su…

Swaby Valley

… tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum are typical chalk herbs including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga. The shorter finer turf of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina has abundant mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, purging flax Linum cathart…

Nine Holes Meadows

…rimonia eupatoria, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, hoary plantain and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The large eastern meadow conforms to the lady’s bedstraw sub community with Yorkshire fog, red fescue and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and the herbs agrimony, common …

Sudborough Green Lodge Meadows

…ime content also show marked botanical differences. Upright brome, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and sedge Carex flacca are locally abundant. Among the more notable species are fairy flax Linum catharticum, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, ad…

Burledge Sidelands and Meadows

…arf thistle Cirsium acaule, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Heath grass Danthonia decumbens also occurs in these more strongly calcareous swards, along with spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous se…

Clints Crags, Blindcrake

…scue and meadow oat grass together with a range of herbs including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox and hairy lady's mantle Alchemilla filicaulis. The outcrops support an interesting range of herbs and grasses…

Swinstead Valley

…Leontodon hispidus, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Additional fine grasses present in the sward include sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, quaking grass Briza media, sheep's fescue Festuca ovi…

Bredon Hill

…ss Avenula pratensis. Herbs associated with this grassland include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, small …

Roman Road

…us. The many herbs recorded include characteristic species such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and wild carrot Daucus carota, together with harebell Campanula rotundifolia, purple milk vetch Austragalus danicus and greater knapweed Centaurea s…

Snailwell Meadows

…by the presence of such plants as the red fescue Festuca rubra and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba together with such herbs as devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and tormentil Potentilla erecta. The wet neutral grassland communities are domi…

Upton Coombe

…ry rich and diverse, with the following species present throughout salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, horse vetch Hippocrepis comosa, sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, common rose Helianthemum nummularium, lady’s bedstraw Ga…

Upton Cow Down

…stic of lime rich areas such as squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea. This type of community is found over chalk throughout southern England and is particularly associated wit…

Walton Common

…community include sheep’s fescue, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox and abundant common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Lichens and mosses also form a significant component of the turf of this community, with species…

Maltby Low Common

…ous. Common herbs include the greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and cowslip Primula veris, while the grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris is not found elsewhere in South Yorkshire. Where the soils are more acidic, grassland dominated by mat …

Stock Wood Meadows

…s, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus. Wetter areas also support ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. Locally uncommon species found are green wing…

Ham Hill

…ical downland herbs such as burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. The less common horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and squinancywort Asperula cynanchica also occur, while bot…

Ballidon Dale

…sedge Carex caryophyllea. Herbs are abundant and typically include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Although present throughout the site, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, fairy flax Linum c…

Blandford Camp

…ground. The most constantly encountered plants of the downland are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca is a regular com…

East Walton and Adcock's Common

…flacca is frequent. Many herbs are present in the sward including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule. cowslip Primula veris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, horseshoe ve…

Kingston Escarpment & Iford Hill

…ellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba growing within a short sward dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus grasses. As the site levels out at the top of the scarp and on the valley f…

Bray Meadows

…he calcareous nature of the soil is indicated by the occurrence of salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, hoary plantain Plantago media, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, quaking g…

Gallows Hill

…west Wiltshire and north east Dorset. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa are other commonc onstituents of the well grazed sward. Also present a…

Raisby Hill Grassland

…, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, felwort Gentianella amarella, primrose Primula vulgaris, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. On the skeletal soils in the abandoned quarry at th…

Silverdale Golf Course

…k rose Helianthemum nummularium, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, wild thyme Thymus vulgaris and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. The diversity of the site is further enhanced by species s…

Stinchcombe Hill

… components of the sward. The numerous broad leaved plants include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. A number of orchids are present including bee…

Moorsley Banks

…e many species of herbs present include wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, hoary plantain Plantago media, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, common twayblade Neottia ovata, lady’s bedst…

Wanlass Grasslands

…ca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, with species like salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and hoary plantain Plantago media. The second, more neutral grassland community has a high frequency of the grasse…

Browndown

…nd pale toadflax Linaria repens, vipers bugloss Echium vulgare and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Browndown’s invertebrate fauna is also know to include a range of species specialised to this habitat and thus rare in south east England. Ninety species of Diptera and 60 Acula…

Dallow Downs and Winsdon Hill

… as glaucous sedge Carex flacca, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, fairy flax Linum catharticum, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa and field scabious Knautia arvensis. The diversity of calcareous …

Skendleby Psalter Banks

…or and red bartsia Odontites verna. Typical herbs present include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga. Four spec…

Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill

…r grass Brachypodium pinnatum with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Less base rich soils support a community characterised by sheep's fescue, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and wild thyme Thymus praecox with the notable Potentilla taber…

Frieth Meadows

…e occasional presence of burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba suggests patches in which alkaline conditions prevail. The tall hedge contains a mixture of species including hawthorn, blackthorn, wild rose, field maple, hazel, ash, oak, aspen …

Clearbury Down

…s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba are frequent. Abundant cowslips Primula veris and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa give the down a yellow hue at varying times of the year. Noteworthy species which occur are fi…

Long Knoll

…e Helianthemum nummularium, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Some of the less common chalk grassland herbs include clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, early purple orchid Orchis mascula, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, kidney vet…

Ashdon Meadows

…ting the transition from dry calcareous to marshy ground includes, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, downy oat Avenula pubescens, fen rush Juncus subnodulosus, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi with marsh marigold Caltha palustris, greater bird's fo…

Via Gellia Woodlands

…ted with woodland and abundant rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, marjoram Origanum vulgare, and other elements usually associated with open calcareous grassland. Also present and more typical of this habitat are stone bramble Rubus saxatilis, …

Middle Hope

… around the numerous limestone outcrops. The sward is dominated by salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common rose Helianthemum nummularium with frequent common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, fairy flax Linum catharticum and squinancywort …

Steeple Langford Down

…herb species, particularly devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common knapweed Centaurea nigra and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are both common and dwarf sedge Carex humi…

Draycott Sleights

…lso occur. Herbs of interest include dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, purging flax Linum catharticum, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and burnet saxifrade Pimpinella saxifraga. green winged orchid Anacamptis morio is a notable component of this …

Hastings Hill

…ox, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, common rest-harrow Ononis repens and roughhawk bit Leontodon hispidus, as we…

Graig, Llanarmon-yn-Ial

…ll scabious Scabiosa columbaria, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Bryophytes form an important component of the turf and include such species as Ditrichum flexicaule, Ctenidium molluscum, Tortella tortuosa and Hypnum cupressiforme. The less roc…

Hunsdon Mead

…The flora includes a number of plants uncommon in the area such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor. Common and carnation sedges Carex n…

Bowber Head and Piper Hole Meadows

…ent, with lesser amounts of meadow crane's bill Geranium pratense. great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, pignut Conopodium majus, smooth lady's mantle Alchemilla glabra and intermediate lady's mantle Alchemilla xanthochlora are also abundant and can comprise a significant proport…

Birchend

…mon rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, hoary plantain Plantago media, fairy flax Linum catharticum and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata. In addition several locally uncommon species are present including dyer’s gree…

Thixen Dale and Long Dale

… bank supports several chalk species at the western end, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and purging flax Linum catharticum, but further east it soon becomes more acid with an unusual mixture of calcicole and calcifuge species, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, heather …

Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting

…lacca and herbs such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, pignut Conopodium majus, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and sea plantain Plantago maritima. Of particular note is a s…

Coombe Hill

…s Briza media. Herbs typical of this community are present such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Other more locally restricted lime lovi…

Whitbarrow

…pically composed of common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, hairy violet Viola hirta and fairy flax Linum catharticum. The steep limestone…

Y Bonc, Marianglas

…mularium, (especially on the sides of small, well-drained mounds), salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The uncommon plants mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, hedge bedstraw Galium album, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and field gentian G…

Glyme Valley

…a, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, common rest-harrow Ononis repens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Grassland of a more neutral to acid character is found on the lower slope of the valley sides associated with the Lias clays. Dominant grasses are Y…

Blorenge

…sser wild thyme Thymus praecox, purging flax Linum catharticum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Additional habitats include acidic and basic scree and oligotrophic and dystrophic open water bodies. Remarks: Most of the site lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Grass Wood

…the rides favour a meadow flora characterised by the occurrence of great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum and lady's mantle Alchemilla glabra. Associated with limestone outcrops are several locally uncommon species including rock whitebeam …

Dancersend

…are, marjoram Origanum vulgare, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, valerian Valeriana officinalis, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, Ch…

Nine Spring Dale

…of tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Herbs present include frequent salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, hoary plantain Plantagomedia and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, together with less common species such as basil Origanum vulgare, saw wort Ser…

Birch Spinney and Mawsley Marsh

… harebell Campanula rotundifolia, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. There are several damp flushes on the slopes which enhance the botanical interest and numerous ant hills. Along the waterlogged valley floor there is an almost continuous linear …

Newmarket Heath

…de variety of characteristic chalkland herbs are present including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, wild thyme Thymus praecox, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, purp…

Quarrington Hill Grasslands

…frage Pimpinella saxifraga, small scabious, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus all prominent. Less common species include common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, hairy violet Viola hirta, wild carrot Daucus carota and felwort Gen…

Portway Farm Meadows

…ng agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria, hoary plantain Plantago media and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Both meadows contain a rich assemblage of associated plants. Frequent species on the ridges include cowslip Primula veris, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, yellow r…

Bishop Middleham Quarry

… glaucous sedge Carex flacca, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, blue fleabane Erigeron acris and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris. An important feature of the grass…

Leyburn Glebe

…grass occur and there is a rich herb flora which includes abundant salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and thyme Thymus praecox as well as a range of other species such as cowslip Primula veris and fairy flax Linum catharticum. Seven species of orchid are present, notably the green…

Craig Adwy-wynt a Choed Eyarth House a Chîl-y-groeslwyd

…lacca and herbs such as common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme and the mosses yellow feather-moss Homalothecium lutescens and comb-moss Ctenidium molluscum. Below the summit of Craig Adwy-wynt on the gentle east-facing slopes an a…

Creuddyn

…ia with abundant herbs that include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and the nationally scarce hoary rock-rose Helianthemum oelandicum s…

Calbourne Down

…ell heather, grow together with those of calcareous soils, such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, common dog violet Viola riviniana and hairy violet Viola hirta. Calbourne Down supports a particularly species rich example of this nationally rare hab…

Rodney Stoke

…, tormentil Potentilla erecta, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Dwarf shrub species also occur. Thereis a large area dominated by western gorse Ulex gallii and elsewhere heather Ca…

Devil's Dyke

…s erectus and a range of typical chalk herbs are present including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Some uncommon plants such as purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and th…

Haugh and Gundale Slacks

…ymus praecox and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, hoary plantain Plantago media and cowslip Primula veris are common throughout and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, woolly thistle Cirsium eriophoru…

Wansford Pasture

… limestone grassland supports typical herbs and grasses, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. The rich flora on the site has been maintained through management by grazing, with an absence of fertiliser and h…

Hardwick Lodge Meadow

…dditional species including crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, hoary plantain Plantago media and cowslip Primula veris. Over much of the site these communities are modified by the presence of abundant tufted hai…

Vessey Pasture Dale and Back Dale

…red rank growth of upright brome Bromus erectus although the herbs salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris are still abundant. The north facing slopes in Back Dale and those at the western end of Vessey Pasture D…

White Shute

…and traditionally managed sites. The most abundant species include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa. Also present are common rock rose Heliant…

Fordon Chalk Grasslands

…ummularium, purging flax Linum catharticum, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and thyme Thymus praecox. Additionally many less common species occur, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, kidney vetch Anthyllis vuln…

Sydling Valley Downs

…a columbaria, devil's bit Succisa pratensis locally very abundant, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga…

The Wye Valley

…h all the characteristic species of this grassland type, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, thyme Thymus praecox and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Variations in the species compositi…

Bryn Alyn

…lcicolous herbs such as common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, carline thistle, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and mouse-ear hawkweed Picris officinarum. Vario…

Monkswood Valley

…early purple orchid Orchis mascula, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, fairy flax Linum catharticum, betony Betonica officinalis, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and horse…

Wouldham to Detling Escarpment

…lbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus, wild thyme Thymus praecox and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Most of the grassland is taller, dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus with broadleaved plants including hairy violet Viola hirta, marjorum Origanum vulgare and cowslip Prim…

Dumsey Meadow

…me places calcium rich soil supports lady's bedstraw Galium verum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, black medick Medicago lupulina, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, hoary plantain Plantago media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, upright brome grass Bromus erectus and downy oat g…

Banstead Downs

… yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and marjoram Origanum vulgare. Rough chalk grassland east of the railway line is not grazed or managed. This accounts for the poor diversity of the sward which typically consists…

Hog's Hole

…rum, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris and hoary plantain Plantago media. Other species, of less frequent occurrence, include horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, common rock rose Hel…

The Perch

…ndant herb species are, common rock rose Helianthemumnum mularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. Three species of orchid occur in these grassland areas, gre…

Annesley Woodhouse Quarries

…t, as are herbs such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and fairy flax Linum catharticum partic…

Hollingbourne Downs

…rbs are present. These include horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. Less common plants which occur include chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea and, in an old chalk pit, musk orchid and man orchid. In a chalk quarry,…

Hope's Nose to Wall's Hill

…y oat Helicotrichon pubescens. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, crow garlic Allium vineale, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor are locally abundant, with frequent cowslip Primula ve…

Horse Dale and Holm Dale

…harticum, hoary plantain Plantago media, cowslip Primula veris and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The vegetation on the south west facing slope of Holm Dale is a mosaic of coarse tor grass interspersed with short turf areas, maintained by cattle and rabbit grazing. The closel…

Willingdon Down

…umn gentian Gentianella amarella, fairy flax Linum catharticum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Rarer plants include field fleawort Senecio integrifolius, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio and a plant that is res…

Gotham Hill Pasture

…ium pinnatum becoming dominant in a plant community which includes salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and thyme Thymus polytrichus. A similar sward occurs in the south east of the site on an area of gypsum spoil …

Babcary Meadows

…de abundant cowslip Primula veris, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and betony Betonica officinalis. Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare and hoary plantain Plantago media are also abundant. In the wetter hollows sedges such as carnation sedge Carex p…

Beacon Hill, Warnford

… in grazing pressure and soil depth. Sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium are typical dominants, with such characteristic herbs as horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, fragrant or…

Fairmile Bottom

…upright brome grasses Bromus erectus, amongst which grow the herbs salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris. To the south, the main area of grassland is composed of coarser grasses including tor grass Brachypodium pin…

Bracknell Croft

… scattered over the slope. The downland turf is very rich in herbs salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris are particularly abundant. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and glaucous sedge Carex flaccare also widespread. Pa…

Shirburn Hill

…ium, purging flax Linum catharticum, felwort Gentianella amarella, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Large areas of the slopes are grazed only lightly. These carry a taller sward which includes false oat grass Arrhenat…

Linton Common

…g widely in the sward. The herb flora is more diverse and includes salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rest-harrow Ononis repens, common St. John's wort Hypericum perforatum, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and cowslip. Plant species of very local distribution in the cou…

Holly Court Bank

…re. There is a broad range of calcicolous herbs present, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, wild thyme Thymus praecox, cowslip Primula veris, purging flax Linum catharticum, bee orchid Ophrys apifera and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis py…

Holies Down

…m, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris. Species which are locally abundant or generally common over the site include common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, autumn gentian Gentianella…

High Moorsley

…ine thistle Carlina vulgaris, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, purging flax Linum catharticum, wild thyme Thymus praecox and felwort Gentianella amarella. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis are asso…

Southorpe Meadow

…inged orchid Anacamptis morio. On the damper areas species such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lady’s smock Cardamine pratensis are characteristic. The diversity of the species rich sward is further enhanced by an underlying calcareous influence.

Harton Down Hill

…media and sea plantain Pinus pinaster, as well as large patches of salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and the occasional patches of cowslip Primula veris, wild thyme Thymus praecox and devil’s bits cabious Succisa pratensis. Of particular note is the large population of perennial …

West Woodhay Down

…a columbaria, cowslip Primula veris, wild mignonette Reseda lutea, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba sp. minor, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis. There is a small area of scrub, dominated by hawthorn Crataegus monogyna with whitebeam…

Bavington Crags

…ime soil with red fescue Festuca rubra, wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum.

Knocking Hoe

…mon bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta are abundant. Yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata occurs in quantity as does the native trailing form of sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia. In contrast to…

King Lud's Entrenchment & The Drift

…ristatus and red fescue Festuca rubra, while typical herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, field scabious Knautia arvensis, germander speedwell Veronica chamaedrys, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and perforate St. John'swo…

Holywell Banks

…ca rubra, upright brome and white clover Trifolium repens although salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, field wood rush Luzula campestris and cowslip Primula veris are present. The slopes have a northerly aspect and support several species of moss. Typical limestone plants such as …

Little Scrubbs Meadow

…tony Betonica officinalis, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis and green winged orchid Anacamptis morio. The wet soils support several sedges such as lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, distant sedge Carex distans, pale sedge C. pallescen…

Ancaster Valley

…orseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and wild thyme Thymus praecox. The pedunculate oak ash beech woodland on the eastern slope also has mature cherry Prunus avium. Associated with these…

Broomhill Burrows

…ii and a little bell heather Erica cinerea occurs on these cliffs. Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, heath dog-violet Viola canina, wild thyme Thymus praecox, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris are abundant compone…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…ass Koeleria macrantha, crested dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba ssp. minor, with occasional common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, quaking-grass Briza media, cowslip Primula veris, greater knapw…

Woldingham & Oxted Downs

…lvaticum and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Other plants include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, which grows in one of its largest Surrey colonie…

Tilwick Meadow

…s, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, spiny rest-harrow Ononis spinosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, field wood rush Luzula campestris, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spiked sedge Carex spicata. Adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, an uncommon species within the county, is als…

Glaswelltiroedd Eryrys (Eryrys Grasslands)

…ovina and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha and herbs, such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Some of the calcareous grassland is found on thin, drought-prone soils. Here, the turf is short and o…

Wingate Quarry

…es such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca, quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa. Fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea and frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis…

Caldon Dales

…efoil Lotus corniculatus, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba are most characteristic of this community at Caldon. Slopes influenced by down wash of less calcareous material and/or subject to heavy cattle grazing have a coarser, often tussoc…

Combe Bottom

… basil Clinopodium vulgare, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Although the invertebrates at this site have been poorly studied it is known that the rare beetle Prionocyphon serricornis occurs here, as well as the uncommon slug Malacolimax t…

Birkwith Caves and Fell

…grassland supporting species such as fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and wild thyme Thymus praecox. A small limestone gill below High Barn is sparsely wooded with indigenous species such as ash Fraxinus…

Lullington Heath

… burnet rose Rosa spinosissima. These contrast with the calcicoles salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and milkwort Polygala vulgaris. The chalk grassland is dominated by sheep's fescue and upright brome Bromus erectus. Abundant species include salad …

Tuckmill Meadows

…nk areas, in association with herbs such as cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, field scabious Knautia arvensis and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. A derelict woodland, known as Ratcoombe Copse, is situated on a slope above the fen and contains aspen, sycamore…

Yockenthwaite Meadows

…alis, bugle Ajuga reptans, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, hoary plantain Plantago media, fairy flax Linum catharticum and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris. Of particular note is the occurrence of three species of orchid, frog orchid Da…

Purbeck Ridge (West)

…lgaris, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and bee orchid Ophrys apifera all…

Pitcombe Down

…he association: sheep’s fescue/red fescue Festuca ovina/F. rubra – salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. It is rich in attractive downland plants including horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, small scabious S…

Plaster's Green Meadows

…us sedge Carex flacca, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and occasional salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The meadows are bounded by hedges supporting numerous species including hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, wych elm Ulmus glabra, English elm Ulmus procera, hazel Corylus avellana and…

Caldecote Meadows

…f plant species typical to the calcareous loam community including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, quaking grass Briza media, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and cowslip Primula veris. This variety of plants has been retained as a result of traditional management by grazing and …

Normanton Pastures

… such calcicolous plant species as upright brome Bromopsis erecta, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta.

Rushcliffe Golf Course

…ria, knapweed Centaurea nigra, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, fairy flax Linum catharticum, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. Additional int…

Sotby Meadows

…s rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and great burnet S. officinalis which are dependent on lime rich soils. Other plants typical of unimproved grasslands are adder's tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum, yellow rattle …

Broadway Hill

…razed sward. Typical of these are stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, thyme Thymus praecox, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. Of particular interest is the presence of clustered bellflower Campanula glome…

Seive Dale Fen

…istatus and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. Herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, betony Betonica officinalis and knapweed Centaurea nigra. At the northern end of the valley a woodland strip of oak Quercus sp., ash Fraxinus excelsior, hazel Corylus avellana an…

Twinhills Woods and Meadows

…mmon milkwort Polygala vulgaris, common rest-harrow Ononis repens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, hoary plantain Plantago media, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, hairy violet Viola hirta and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis all common throu…

Oughtershaw and Beckermonds

… as globe flower Trollius europaeus, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, zigzag clover Trifolium medium, alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum and melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum with sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. The small white or…

Eithinog

…h as yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, field scabious Knautia arvensis, quaking grass Briza media and black knapweed Centaurea nigra. Well developed hedges separate the fields and are often on banks/cloddiau with matu…

Mariandyrys

…f heather Calluna vulgaris -western gorse Ulex gallii heath of the salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba sub-community. This unusual vegetation comprises a mixture of both acid and lime tolerant plants in close association, often as a complex mosaic with tussocks of low ericaceous sh…

Parc Bodlondeb and Gwenallt-parc, Lixwm

…tha. Associates include common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common knapweed Centaurea nigra. Grasses such as common bent Agrostis capillaris, brown bent Agrostis vinealis and heath-grass Danthonia decumbens characterise the areas of ac…

Mapperton and Poorton Vales

…hyme Thymus polytrichus, mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, together with lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. Fuller’s Earth clay mantles the gentler slopes to t…

Stanton Pastures & Cuckoocliff Valley

…ncommon in the County such as autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. The ancient woodland in the valley of Ellishill Brook is of mixed composition due to the complex soi…

Chrome and Parkhouse Hills

…ld thyme Thymus praecox, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, musk thistle Carduus nutans and common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. The rock ledges which are not accessible to grazing animals, support a different community, including s…

Stevington Marsh

…ith a variety of herbs such as small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaulen, fairy flax Linum catharticum, common rest-harrow Ononis repens, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and large thyme Thymus pulegioides.

Parsonage Down

… and now holds small quantities of typical downland plants such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata. Adjacent to high quality downland, this area is of value for the study of recolonisation of chalk grassland. The regularity of grazin…

Seato Pastures

…ue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, sheep's fescue and herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and small quantities of mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica. In contrast, the acidic grassland supports species like mat grass Nardus str…

Draycote Meadows

…ly known locality in the county with dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus. Seventeen species of butterfly have been recorded including small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris, large skipper Ochlodes venata and hedge brow…

Streatley Warren

…stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, wild thyme Thymus praecox and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. Other species include squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and fairy flax Linu…

Sutton Combe

…rt Asperula cynanchica, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and common rose Helianthemum nummularium are locally frequent here. Orchids are well represented on this site and include fragrant orchid Gymna…

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

…r false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum. Typical herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and field scabious Knautia arvensis. Also found are knapweed broomrape Orobanche elatior and a particularly wide variety of orchids including f…

Boldon Pastures

…, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common knapweed Centaurea nigra and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba together with pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, saw wort Serratula tinctoria, dyers greenweed Genista tinctoria and adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum which are locally rare. The …

Wart Barrow

…leae. Interspersed with these are typical herbs and sedges such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, fairy flax Linum catharticum, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, …

Gog Magog Golf Course

… harebell Campanula rotundifolia, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Of additional note is the occurrence of the nationally rare moon carrot Seseli libanotis and the locally rare perennial flax Linum perenne. Such sites also hold a good invertebra…

Malham-Arncliffe

…ri, wild thyme Thymus praecox, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Where grazing is less intense, bloody crane's bill Geranium sanguineum and the nationally rare Jacob's ladder Polemonium caeruleum m…

Winklebury Hill

…cing slope. 67 herb and sedge species have recently been recorded; salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and fairy flax Linum catharticum are examples of those occurring consistently throughout the turf. There is an exception…

Baulk Head to Mullion

… on the Lizard and supports a number of calcicole species, such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba subsp. minor, which are rare in the Lizard area. Species poor red fescue dominated grasslands occupy some areas of the dune, gradually merging into wet grassland on the edge of t…

Whitesheet Hill

…jor components of the turf, together with abundant herbs including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Growing with these is a wide range of species considered indicative of a long period of uninterrupted manageme…

Cliff House

…net saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and stemless thistle Cirsium acaule. The turf is short in the hummocky areas of the old workings and includes a range of grasses such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, upright brom…

Hamps and Manifold Valleys

…s; with quaking grass Briza media, purging flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and many other herbs. On deeper soils, especially on north and east facing slopes, sheep’s fescue and common bent Agrostis capillaris are the m…

Bryn Euryn

…aking grass Briza media, common rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus. Uncommon species include dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, white horehound Marrubium vulgare and green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio. On the …

Firle Escarpment

…nt species. Abundant species include fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, milkwort Polygala calcarea and the grasses, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus. Taller grasslands are dominated by upright brome, tor grass Brachypodiu…

Scout and Cunswick Scars

…t Filipendula vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, wild thyme Thymus praecox, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, fairy flax Linum catharticum, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and the l…

Parkgate Down

… trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. columbine Aquilegia vulgaris also occurs here and the scarce slender bedstraw Galium pumilum is found at the north end of the site. The site is well known for its orchids with at…

St. Dunstan's Well Catchment

…tle Alchemilla filicaulis, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, fairy flax Linum catharticum, common rose Helianthemum nummularium and wild thyme Thymus praecox. early purple orchid Orchis mascula and common spotted orc…

St. Catherine's Hill

…hyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, felwort Gentianella amarella, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, fairy flax Linum catharticum, clustered bel…

Knettishall Heath

…dia, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris. Wet areas, on low lying ground and in hollows support a type of tall fen vegetation with common re…

Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common

…oratum and quaking grass Briza media. Herb species present include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. On old quarry floor areas and former workings a shorter herb rich sward occurs with w…

Red Hill

…chypodium pinnatum in association with lime, requiring plants like salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, marjoram Origanum vulgare and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga. Plants scarce and diminishing in the county which are found here in abundance are eyebright Euphrasia officin…

Purn Hill

… Cliff to the west. Over 200 species occur in the sward, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, fairy flax Linum catharticum, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. The rare plants are mainly associated with the sm…

Burnmouth Coast

…tle Alchemilla glaucescens, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Associated with the coastal grassland habitat are several invertebrate species of restricted distribution nationally. Of national interes…

Underlaid Wood

… Sesleria caerulea and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris together with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta. The runnels are occasionally deeper and contain species such as ash or the nationally scarce fingered sedge. Flat bottomed runnels and solution pans …

Arnside Knott

…ularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, fairy flax Linum catharticum and the limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri. A number of nationally rare and more local species also occur within …

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

…li, lady's mantle Alchemilla sp, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and common spotted orchid. Pastures to the west of West Applegarth contain the characteristic species of another community inclu…

Debden Water

…crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, with abundant cowslip Primula veris and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Other species include downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, greater …

Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods

…roved chalk grassland occur such as dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and several orchids including burnt orchid.

Lorton

…luence is evident in places, with lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba locally frequent and bee orchid Ophrys apifera also occurs. Hoary ragwort Senecio erucifolius and strawberry clover Trifolium fragiferum, which are present, in contrast are typica…

Lyscombe and Highdon

…, is also present. The sedges Carex flacca and Carex caryophyllea, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, hoary plantain Plantago media and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium are all frequent components of the turf and cowslip Primula veris and devil's bit Succisa pratensis are local…

Thorpe Hay Meadow

…a glomerata, cowslip Primula veris, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. The meadow is surrounded by old hedgerows with a variety of species such as ash Fraxinus excelsior, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, field maple Acer…

Prescombe Down

… harebell Campanula rotundifolia, fairy flax Linum catharticum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba are common throughout, whereas others, including horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and the scarce en…

Aller Hill

…ally intensive grazing has kept open small, tightly grazed glades. Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba forms a major component of the sward with rough marsh mallow Malva setigera and nit grass Gastridium ventricosum, two nationally rare species, also present. Several plants with a …

Hod and Hambledon Hills

…ed by red and sheep's fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and locally, upright brome Bromus erectus and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. On some slopes, mainly with southern aspects dwarf sedge Carex humilis, a plant of very res…

Black Ditches, Cavenham

…arf thistle Cirsium acaule, burnet saxifrade Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Two locally rare plants, heath sedge Carex ericetorum and bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and one nationally rare species, are found on …

Hog Cliff

… predominates. These swards tend to have fewer herbs but generally salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rough hawkbit are frequent. In places where more acid soils have developed above the slopes on Clay with Flints, tormentil Potentilla erecta is common. The fungi of the site …

Arundel Park

…w wild thyme Thymus praecox, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Plants uncommon in Sussex include round headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare and field fleawort Senecio integrifolius. There is a variety of woodland at Arundel Park. Mature beech …

Woodnook Valley

…minant grass along with common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and stemless thistle Cirsium acaule. In the areas where the grazing has been less heavy, more coarse grasses such as upright brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnat…

Coedydd ac Ogofau Elwy a Meirchion

…lants to be found in the cliff-top grassland, among the more usual salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, include the nationally scarce spiked speedwell Veronica spicata subsp. hybrida, spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani, bloody …

Caydale

…ex panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Typical herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Associated with some of the small quarries in the western section of Caydale is a simi…

Hollinhill and Markland Grips

…ea are dominant with common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and a wide range of other species. In this area another notable species the rare spring sedge Carex ericetorum is present. The woodland and scrub on the crags and on the scree bel…

Pentridge Down

…ica, hairy violet Viola hirta, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. Less frequent are frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea and kidney vetch…

Down Bank

… marjoram Origanum vulgare, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The combination of tor grass and herbs such as these form the habitat which supports the black veined moth. The grassland also contains plants which are of particular interest s…

Pittington Hill

…acteristic of calcareous soils, such as quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. On the slopes of Pittington Hill and on the quarry margins scrub, containing hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, gorse Ulex europaeus and a numbe…

Poor's Allotment

…larium, thyme Thymus polytrichus, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. The semi natural woodland habitat in the eastern part of the site is unusual in having oak Quercus robur and holly Ilex aquifolium co-d…

Tunnel Hill Meadow

…nclude tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare and common knapweed Centaurea nigra. Also present are several calcicole lime loving species which are local…

Dabble Bank

…all scabious Scabiosa columbaria, field scabious Knautia arvensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, hoary plantain Plantago media, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purperella. …

Fishburn Grassland

…media, carnation sedge Carex panicea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. This grassland type is nationally scarce and is only known to occur in East Durham. A small section o…

Great Wilbraham Common

…dia, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. A number of locally uncommon species are also present. They include purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, felwort Gentianella amarella, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, gre…

The Coombs, Hinton Parva

…sociated with agriculturally unimproved chalk grassland, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and yellow wort Blackstonia per…

Otford to Shoreham Downs

… red fescue Festuca rubra, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, quaking grass Briza media and devil'…

Sheep's Banks

…urging flax Linum catharticum, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, occurring together with autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifrag…

Wylye and Church Dean Downs

…rex flacca. The rich assemblage of herbs present includes frequent salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. There is an exceptional abundance of species indicative of long continuity…

Chew Valley Lake

…bit scabious Succisa pratensis, with fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule in more calcareous areas. There is a colony of several thousand green winged orchid Anacamptis morio and abundant cowslip Primula veris, spiny res…

Berrow Dunes

…ther species include yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, marram, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, soapwort Saponaria officinalis, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, hare's foot clover Trifolium arvense, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and be…

Friar's Oven

…oot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus. The meadows also support large colonies of Orchid species including common spotted orchid Dactylorhiz…

Horton, Eastern and Western Slade

…rass Koeleria macrantha, common rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Where the sward is open, rocky species such as mouse-ear hawkweed, Pilosella officinarum, carline thistle Carli…

Nabgate

…bit Leontodon hispidus, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox and saw wort Serratula tinctoria with the uncommon woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum. A large population of fly orchid Ophrys insectifera is a feature o…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba with occasional hairy violet Viola hirta, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and lesser centaury Centaurium pulchellum. The calcicolous mosses Ctenidium molluscum and Homalotheciu…

Brean Down

…ue Grasses Festuca spp. and includes calcium loving plants such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, scabious Scabiosa columbaria, fairy flax Linum catharticum and wild carrot Daucus carota. The maritime element is represented by sea pink (thr…

Bratton Downs

…acca spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifrag and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis. A number of species that occur at Bratton are typically associated with unimproved chalk grassla…

Win Green Down

… with a high proportion of herb species. Typical amongst these are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Glaucous and spring sedge Carex flacca and Carex caryophyllea occur…

Rotherley Downs

…tus. There are several herbs typical of chalk grassland, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and fairy flax Linum catharticum. Plants which are indicative of a long period of uninterrupted management without ploughing, fertilisers or her…

Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs

…d with agriculturally unimproved chalk grassland are found such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, fairy flax Linum catharticum and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. In areas of taller sward field scabious…

Uphill Cliff

…eper banks and knolls in the grassland have a flora which includes salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and scabious Scabiosa columbaria. There are small colonies of green winged orc…

Dormston Church Meadow

…meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. The flora near the edges of the meadows has an unusual woodland element which includes bugle Ajuga reptans, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, …

Great Blaythorn Meadow

… soft brome Bromus hordeaceus, while the central area has frequent salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. The flora of the northern area includes lady’s mantle Alchemilla vulgaris agg., bugle Ajuga reptans, betony Betonica officinalis, devil’s bit …

Town Kelloe Bank

…, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea. In flushed areas purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is locally dominant. Of particular note is the occ…

Botley Down

…all scabious Scabiosa columbaria, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba notably abundant. There are areas of short turf on the mid slope where chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa occur in quantity, with less frequen…

Pilch Fields

…as well as, among the many herbs, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, spiny rest harrow Ononis spinosa, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus and green winged and common spotted orchids Anacamptis mori…

High Haining Hill

…’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, black medick Medica golupulina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga. Taller plants such as knapweed Centaurea nigra, greater knapweed C. scabiosa and nodding thistle Carduus nutans, …

Treyford to Bepton Down

…Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus grows with it. However, herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor still persist. hawthorn Crataegus monogyna scrub is now invading much of the ungrazed grassland, while a mor…

Gower Coast: Rhossili to Porteynon

…one soils by cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. The vernal squill Scilla verna occurs in the grasslands and also in the limestone heath together with gorse Ulex europaeus and a wide ra…

Cleadon Hill

…us, black medick Medicago lupulina, hoary plantain Plantago media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, field scabious Scabiosa columbaria, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Of particular note is sea plantain Plantago maritima, a herb which also …

Bushy Park and Home Park

… support plants more characteristic of limestone grassland such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, large thyme Thymus pulegioides and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, a highly unusual feature.

Welford Field

… flood meadow community of meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis and great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, where traditional hay meadow management has been applied to seasonally flooded land with alluvial soils. There is evidence that in the nineteenth century this grassland type …

Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors and Little Asby Scar

… northern Britain, such as bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and the lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Extensive areas of limestone pavement occur on Grange Scar, Little Asby Scar and Crosby Garrett Fell. Floristically these pavements are quite…

Middle Barton Fen

…e woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and spiny rest-harrow Ononis spinosa. Additional habitat is provided by a hedge which runs alongside the Cockley Brook. This is dominated by hawthorn and bl…

Moel Hiraddug a Bryn Gop

…lcicolous herbs such as common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, fairy flax Linum catharticum, mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. The less rocky areas with deeper…

The Parish Field, Cae'r Rhedyn

…these grassland plants are joined by lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, quaking grass Briza media, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens. In other areas, where the ground is steepest, the soil has become leached, …

Argill Woods and Pastures

…napweed. Locally the sward is particularly herb rich with notably, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, cowslip, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, common spotte…

Galley and Warden Hills

…c of the base rich conditions include glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common cat’s ear Hypochaeris radicata. Areas of species rich short turf on the lower slopes of Warden Hill are characterised by an abundance of common milkwort Polygala vulgar…

Helmdon Disused Railway

…ng a wide variety of herbs including dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, bee orchid Ophrys apifera and green winged orchid Anacamptis morio. Along the old railway trac…

Castor Flood Meadows

…nd meadow fescue Schedonorus pratensis together with herbs such as great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus and common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum. Other species of interest which have been recorded include slender tuf…

Oxhouse Farm

…ne with their shallow soils are species rich with locally abundant salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslips Primula veris and wild basil Clinopodium vulgare. Noteworthy species are yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, spiny rest-harrow Ononis spinosa, small scabious Scabiosa co…

Barker Scar

…xifraga, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, rest-harrow Ononis repens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Nearer to the cliff edge the grassland is l…

Wilmington Downs

…rickets. The chalk grassland is rich in flowering plants including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, Autumn lady's tresses Spiranthes spiralis and a plant which is restricted to …

Barton Bushes

…oeleria macrantha. Associated with these grassland communities are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Other more locally restricted lime loving plants include chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, early purple …

Camp Down

…bious Succisa pratensis, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba widespread. Both common and chalk milkworts Polygala vulgaris and P. calcarea are present. The site supports good numbers of orchids, with fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea part…

Coedydd Capel Dyddgen

…us, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, betony Betonica officinalis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. The sedge Carex flacca is also abundant. Between the woodland blocks, areas affected by past quarrying have been recolonized by …

High Barn, Oxcombe

…t saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. The site is also notable for its abundance of butterflies.

Gingerfields

…lous, lime loving, sward typified by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and mouse eared hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. The majority of the field supports a more neutral sward of…

Bellerby Fields

…taa, which is locally abundant, hairy oat grass Avenula pubescens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and early purple orchid Orchis mascula all occur. In the flatter parts of the site conditions become damper and characteristic species include meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, cuc…

Ladyhills

…ld thyme Thymus praecox, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus being noticeably frequent. The occurrence of lichens Cladonia spp. is a particularly interesting feature of this…

Moulsford Downs

…ght Euphrasia pseudokerneri. The flora of the lower slope includes salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, thyme leaved sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia and cut leaved crane's bill Geranium dissectum. The plantation contains saplings of beech, ash and shrubs including dogwood and white…

Orton Pastures

…le range of other species are at least locally frequent, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, wild thyme Thymus praecox and more locally the rare hair sedge Carex capillaris. Amongst other uncommon species are fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conop…

Wilsford Heath Quarry

…t trefoil Lotus corniculatus, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, silverweed Potentilla anserina and perforate St. John's wort Hypericum perforatum as well as a number of species now uncommon in the East Midlands…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…ia with abundant herbs that include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and the nationally scarce hoary rock-rose Helianthemum oelandicum. …

Newton-le-Willows Meadows

…s, hoary plantain Plantago media, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba; while the fields to the west support lady's mantle Alchemilla sp. and occasional meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and Meadow Cranesbill Geranium pratense. cowslip Primula veris, e…

Cockthorpe Common, Stiffkey

…d quaking grass Briza media. Herb species are abundant and include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, large thyme Thymus pulegioides, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, cowsli…

Cottam Well Dale

… ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and thyme Thymus praecox. Although coarser grasses such as tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and upright brome Brom…

Burrington Combe

…grasslands on thin stony soils have a diverse flora which includes salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, greater and lesser knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, C. nigra, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, Thymus polytrichus, marjoram Origanum vulgare and carline…

Little Tew Meadows

… are strongly calcareous. The range of calcicoles present includes salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, hoary plantain Plantago media, downy oat Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus. Other locally uncommon …

Quarry Farm Meadow

…iry flax Linum catharticum, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata. Locally uncommon species found within the meadow are bee orchid Ophrys apifera, pyramidal orchi…

Perry Woods

… of grassland which holds plants such as cowslip Primula veris and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Such adjacent grassland strips enhance the value of the woodland edges as habitats for invertebrates in particular.

Ryhall Pasture and Little Warren Verges

… scabiosa, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, cowslip Primula veris and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The adjoining roadside verge also exhibits a rich calcareous flora characterised by the abundance of knapweed Centaurea nigra and C. scabiosa and by the occurrence of such plant…

Portsmouth Harbour

…mless thistle Cirsium acaule, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and the nationally scarce species yellow vetch Vicia lutea, tuberous pea Lathyrus tuberosus and yellow vetchling Lathyrus aphaca.

Swain's Wood

…us typical chalkland species such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. In shorter turf Chiltern gentian Gentianella germanica, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, bee orchi…

Lords Wood and Pasture

…lavescens, quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Such a close association of well structured old grassland and woodland is also valuable for invertebrates.

Salisbury Plain

…f red fescue Festuca rubra, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. The high constancy of this last speci…

Middlebarrow

…s dominated community together with dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta. The grasslands and other limestone habitats are of importance for their butterfly populations. Northern brown argus and pearl bordered fritillary bo…

Taynton Quarries

…g chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, large thyme Thymus pulegioides and green winged orchid Anacamptis morio. This sward also contains bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum, a nationally uncommon plant and early gentia…

Far Arnside

…ts an interesting low growing community with typical herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and…

Parc Linden, Lixwm

… sedge Carex flacca, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Other prominent species include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common knapweed Centaurea nigra and betony Betonica officinalis. Areas of a…

Pike Corner

….g. stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and upright brome Bromus erectus. The site is exceptionally rich in sedges, with spring, glaucous and hairy sedge Carex caryophyllea, flacca and h…

Williamston River Shingle

…meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, purging flax Linum catharticum salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Scrub, comprising gorse Ulex europaeus, downy birch Betula pubescens, goat willow Salix caprea and alder Alnus glutinosa is present along…

West Harting Down

…sedge Carex flacca, perforate St John's wort Hypericum perforatum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and the dominant grasses red fescue Festuca rubra, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and common bent Agrostis capillaris. Scattered scrub occurs throughout the grassland but there a…

Kinoulton Marsh and Canal

…nge of grasses and forbs present, including cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, spiny rest-harrow Ononis spinosa and, in damp areas, adder’s tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia. In the centre of the site the grassland g…

Oxenber and Wharfe Woods

… Sesleria caerulea with for example, wild thyme Thymus praecox and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. On the more acidic soils restricted to the northern extremity of Wharfe Wood, birch Betula pubescens, hazel, rowan and holly Ilex aquifolium form the canopy, beneath which is a g…

The Bottoms

…rniculatus, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, small scabious, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus all prominent. Less common species include common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, carline thistl…

Micklefield Meadow

…flax Linum catharticum, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. This community is most unusual in the county. Only one other known site, Salt Meadow, has a comparable flora. A particular feature of this meadow is the abundance of saw wort Se…

Tuthill Quarry

…ris, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, fairy flax Linum catharticum and slender St. John’s wort Hypericum pulchrum. Common rock rose Helianthemum…

Westfield Farm Chalk Bank

…erum, quaking grass Briza media, common rest-harrow Ononis repens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hoary plantain Plantago media. Of particular interest is the locally distributed clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Zigzag clo…

Baynhall Meadow

…grimonia eupatoria, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare. A particular feature of this meadow is the number of locally uncommon plants which occur frequently within the sward. Of particular note are …

Trefonen Marshes

…ady’s tresses Spiranthes spiralis, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii.

Naunton Court Meadows

…ora typical of the lady’s bedstraw Galium verum subcommunity, with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, scattered populations of cowslip Primula veris and the locally uncommon adder’s tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum. The meadows are bounded by hedges with field maple Acer campes…

Fulbourn Fen

…articularly common along with herbs such as cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and purging flax Linum catharticum. The wetter areas support tall fen vegetation including species such as marsh orchids Dactylorhiza spp., fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, meadows…

Aldbury Nowers

…g lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata. Two rare species, pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris and field fleawort Senecio integrifolius have been noted recently. In the vicinit…

Dank's Down and Truckle Hill

…lly associated with agriculturally unimproved grassland, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, fair flax Linum catharticum, cowslip Primula veris and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. Common rock ros…

Upper Hall Farm Quarry and Grassland

… wild thyme Thymus praecox, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria. The last species is recognised as a particular feature of Silurian limestone grasslands. The hay meadow overlies deeper and richer soils an…

Dean Brook Valley Pastures

…traw Galium verum sub community, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. The western field nearer the stream has a herb rich flora, which includes cat’s ear Hypochaeris radicata, meadow…

Cleaves Wood

…ass Danthonia decumbens, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus while autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata are common. Orchids are abundant and include py…

Great Casterton Road Banks

…d thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and quaking grass Briza media occur. Areas of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and wild privet Ligustrum vulgare provide shelter, together with scatt…

Humphrey Head

…on deeper soils. The grassland supports a variety of herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and bloody crane's bill Geranium sanguineum. The many ant hills and small outcrops of limestone pavement are a…

Blow's Down

…histle Cirsium acaule, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The grassland of the north west escarpment has a strong mesotrophic element associated with deeper soils. Do…

Arfordir Marros-Pentywyn / Marros-Pendine Coast

…ssp. gummifer. The open areas of broken rocky slopes have abundant salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba ssp. minor and Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica, whilst associated scrubby vegetation of wild privet Ligustrum vulgare and bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. hold tangles of wild …

Highclere Park

…thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba subsp. minor and large thyme Thymus pulegioides. The slope supports a large populations of field gentian Gentianella campestris in its only north Hampshire location. The marshy …

Watlington and Pyrton Hills

…s a species composition dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, together with common centaury Centaurium erythraea, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and ground ivy Glechoma hederacea. In the barer areas candytuft i…

Midger

…Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum is dominant. Other species include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and lady’s bedstraw Galium verum. Neutral grassland of the crested dog’s tail Cyno…

Penhale Dunes

…ubra. Other species encouraged by the base-rich conditions include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, cowslip Primula veris, the rare Cornish gentian Gentianella anglica s…

Long Dale, Hartington

…acteristic species of this grassland type being present, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, thyme Thymus praecox and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, …

Oddy Hill and Tring Park

…iza media with abundant fescues Festuca sp. Frequent herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, cowslip Primula veris, glaucous sedge C…

Gunnerton Nick

…mon rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum and meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa. Other grasslands are dominated by sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus c…

Kingley Vale

… by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Among the species which are abundant in the sward are chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, wild thyme Thymus praecox and squinancywort Asperula cynanchica. Several uncommon plants …

Stow-cum-Quy Fen

…rbs such as purging flax Linum catharticum, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and the quaking grass Briza media. The pools have a good range of emergent and aquatic living plants including reed Phragmites australis, unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum, m…

Lielowan Meadow

…bescens occur in these areas, together with a strong population of salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba growing here near its northern limit in Britain. The majority of the site is composed of a mosaic of fen-meadow communities. Characteristic species include sharp-flowered rush Jun…

Houghton Meadows

…erum, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, cowslip Primula veris and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The rich variety of broadleaved herbs also includes common knapweed Centaurea nigra, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and meadow crane’s bill Geranium pratense.

Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs

…a herb flora which includes bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, purging flax Linum catharticum and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. The western half is grassland dominated by meadow grass Poa sp. It also …

Shiplate Slait

…e wild thyme Thymus praecox, common rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. The open nature of the community, with much bare and loose soil, is a result of heavy grazing and scorching in summer. Somerset hair …

Valley of Stones

…e variety of herbs. Species which are frequent or abundant include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, betony Betonica officinalis, hoary plantain Plantago media and wild …

Polruan to Polperro

… such as wild privet Ligustrum vulgare, madder Rubia peregrina and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lichens including Solenopsora candicans and Toninia caeruleo nigricans. These reflect the presence of calcareous strata in the underlying geology. Associated therophyte vegeta…

Trimdon Limestone Quarry

…num catharticum, wild carrot Daucus carota, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, bee orchid Ophrys apifera and common twayblade Neottia ovata. Scattered scrub occurs amongst the grassland…

Bozeat Meadow

…lse oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common birds foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Other plants of interest occur such as crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, quaking grass B…

Stonesfield Common, Bottoms & Banks

…of unimproved grassland, including sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor and green winged orchid Anacamptis morio. The beech wych elm woodland on the east facing slope contains old wych elm…

Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill

…mon rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and many others including squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, purging flax Linum catharticum, autumn lady’s tresses Spiranthes spiralis, carline thist…

East Polden Grasslands

… hair grass Koeleria macrantha, rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. A number of species of orchid also occur including, autumn ladies tresses Spiranthes spiralis, green wi…

Haydon and Askerswell Downs

…rf with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba the most important constituents and containing many attractive chalk plants. These include squinancy-wort Asperula cynanchica, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata and a numbe…

Mill and Whiskershiel Burns

…rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, and, unusually, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. This habitat is most extensive along the Whiskershiel Burn where one area also supports me…

Pulloxhill Marsh

…et saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria. The marsh is dominated by a variety of sedges Carex spp. and rushes Juncus spp. including sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and blunt flower…

Coldwell Farm Pasture

…d’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yarrow Achillea millefolium and common knapweed Centaurea nigra are abundant. This association of plant species is considered to be representative of the Galium verum sub communi…

Leziate, Sugar and Derby Fens

…, hoary plantain Plantago media, spiny rest-harrow Ononis spinosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii.

Coed y Gopa

…one soils, for example, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus, fairy flax Linum catharticum and early-purple orchid Orchis mascula. The combination of predominantly broad-leaved woodland, herb-rich gr…

Kettlewell Meadows

…such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca are abundant and herbs include great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum, water avens Geum rivale, r…

Wells Chalk Pit

…lude stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, musk thistle Carduus nutans, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, purging flax Linum catharticum, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and a large colony of pyramidal orch…

Shacklewell Hollow

… such characteristic plants as rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. Additional interest is provided by the inclusion within the site of an area of alder wood.

Bloody Oaks Quarry

…characteristic flora including rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. A number of plant species which are uncommon or rare in Leicestershire occur on the site.

Wakerley Spinney

…odium pinnatum and other grasses and includes the following herbs, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild liquorice Astragalus glycyphyllos, rest-harrow Ononis repens and marjoram Origanum vulgare. These grassland areas are also attractive to …

Lobbington Hall Farm Meadow

…s bedstraw and locally abundant, spiny rest-harrow Ononis spinosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus. Cowslips Primula veris are frequent and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, is occasional. County rarities present in the meadow include dropwort Fi…

King's Cliffe Banks

…elianthemum nummularium, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus praecox are particularly frequent. There is a good range of other calcicoles including meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hairgrass Koeleria macrant…

Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment

… grassland are present such as horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. There is a thin scattering of shrubs, mainly hawthorn, along most of the escarpment. Extensive areas of …

Ebbor Gorge

…hus, large thyme T. pulegoides, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and quaking grass Briza media. Leaching on the upper slopes gives rise to more acid tolerant flora such as European gorse Ulex europaeus and bell…

Great Asby Scar

…rseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa at its northern limit in Britain, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba ssp. minor, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis as well as many of the species found on the limeston…

Purbeck Ridge (East)

…wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and hoary plantain Plantago media. The endemic spring gentian Gentianella anglica1 is present on Ballard Down whilst saw wort Serratula tinctori…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

… of herbs that includes common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba ssp. minor, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. On less severe slopes and the sides of small shallow valleys between limestone crags on the su…

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