Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Old Buckenham Fen

…read, whilst in the wettest hollows water mint Mentha aquatica, great spearwort Ranunculus lingua, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, celery leaved crowfoot Ranunculus sceleratus and fool’s watercress Apium nodiflorum are amongst the species found. In a few places a spring flu…

Brookheys Covert

…purple loosestrife and nodding bur marigold Bidens cernua, with great spearwort Ranunculus lingua also occasionally found. Canadian water weed Elodea canadensis, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, common duckweed Lemna minor, ivy leaved crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus and w…

Cole Mere

…es, including small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii, fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus and autumnal water starwort Callitriche hermaphroditica. Lesser yellow water lily Nuphar pumila occurs here at what is probably its only English locality – the main centre of dis…

Railway Stell West

…ch where there has been recent clearance. These are dominated by water crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and flote grass Glyceria fluitans. Mare’s tail Hippuris vulgaris, water starwort Callitriche stag…

Halvergate Marshes

…eton friesii, blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, the floating club rush Isolepis fluitans and the least bur reed Sparganium natans. The area close to the Breydon estuary possesses the best brackish ditch communities anywhere in Br…

Tattershall Old Gravel Pits

… Other aquatic plants which occur within the pits are fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus, rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum, unbranched bur reed Sparganium emersum, needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and the floating thallose liverwort Riccia fluitans. Assoc…

Trinity Broads

…onally scarce cowbane Cicuta virosa, the regionally important greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and localised stands of a nationally rare fen meadow community characterised by blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus and marsh thistle Cirsium palustre. Between the reed swamp an…

Hornsea Mere

…n addition, there are floristically rich fen communities with greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, early marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata, slender tufted sedge Carex acuta, tufted sedge Carex elata, greater pond sedge Carex riparia and round fruited rush Juncus compressus. As …

Pike Whin Bog

…es which occur are now very local, but of particular note are greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, slender tufted sedge Carex acuta, marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris and a small population of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata.

Llyn Llywenan

…noplectus lacustris, branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. A variety of overwintering wildfowl species frequent Llyn Llywehan, including mallard, teal, wigeon, shoveler, tufted duck and pochard; it also supports an interesting breeding bird…

Wytham Ditches and Flushes

…able populations of greater water parsnip Sium latifolium and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua in the county, together with a number of other uncommon wetland species, notably brookweed Samolus valerandi, water violet Hottonia palustris, narrow leaved water plantain Alisma lan…

Holywell Pond

…ifolia form a dense stand at the western end and the uncommon greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and trifid bur marigold Bidens tripartita are present. The surrounding unimproved neutral grassland is dominated by tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and cock's foot Dactylis g…

Shirley Pool

… mare's tail Hippuris vulgaris, water dock Rumex hydrolapathum, great spearwort Ranunculus lingua and bladder sedge Carex vesicaria. This tall fen vegetation grades into reed swamp, in which common reed remains dominant, except in the northern sector of the site where great fen s…

Upper Lough Erne - Trannish

…y Lysimachia nummularia, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens. Where flushing by more base-rich waters occurs, a sward dominated by sedges such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca and carnation sedge Carex …

Llyn Bodgylched

…ally dominant. Lesser water-plantain Baldeliia ranunculoides, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and lesser tussock-sedge Carex diandra, locally uncommon species, occur within the fen. Areas dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea are species rich including petty whin Ge…

Y Werthyr

…spp. are abundant. Among the less common species present, the greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua is widely distributed within the site.

Newton Reigny Moss

…obium palustre and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi as well as greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, creeping willow Salix repens, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and two species that are generally rare in north west England, black bog rush Sch…

Sprat's Water and Marshes, Carlton Colville

…acteristic plants include lesser reedmace Typha angustifolia, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and the uncommon milk parsley Thyselium palustre. Other unusual species include cowbane Cicuta virosa, marsh sow…

Calthorpe Broad

… side of the Broad includes marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. Mixed carr woodland surrounds the Broad and is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, common sallow Salix cinerea and birch Betula pubescens.…

Carbeth Loch

…fen community. Several species are locally rare including the greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, water sedge Carex aquatilis and greater sedge Carex paniculata. These fens are dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, meadowsweet F…

Inishroosk

…uding cowbane Cicuta virosa, flowing rush Butomus umbellatus, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and water Dock Rumex hydrolapathum. The tradition of low-intensity grazing and hay-making in this area has resulted in the retention of species-rich marsh and fen meadow grassland ov…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…ld Caltha palustris and marsh pennywort. The locally uncommon greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and bladderwort Utricularia australis also occur within the bottle sedge swamp. The other major swamp zone community is dominated by soft rush accompanied by common marsh-bedstraw Ga…

Esthwaite Water

…ites australis. At North Fen the hydrosere is well developed. Greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua grows on the outer edge of a wide reed bed. This progressively gives way to a bottle sedge Carex rostrata and reed community and then carr woodland dominated by common sallow Salix c…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…ima. Other notable plants found in these swampy areas include greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, water dock Rumex hydrolapathum and cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus. These freshwater areas are rich in dragonflies, including the hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense. In many slac…

Llyn Maelog

…llow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris and the locally uncommon greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua occur here. Lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus are other uncommon plants which occur within the mergent fringe. Reed canary-grass Pha…

Prestwick Carr

…ge Carex acuta, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. The associated carr woodland is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa with downy birch Betula pubescens and some planted Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris on drier margins. Its ground flora…

Cors Crymlyn / Crymlyn Bog

…e Carex dioica, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, saw sedge, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, least bur-reed Sparganium natans, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, slender spike-rush Eleocharis uniglumis and black bog rush Schoenus nigricans are close to the limit…

Upton Broad & Marshes

…omposition of the vegetation. In depressions, species such as greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, the nationally scarce milk parsley Thyselium palustre, cowbane Cicuta virosa and marsh fern Thelypteris palustris occur with the sedges Carex appropinquata, Carex lasiocarpa and Car…

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

…ny Agrimonia eupatoria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and a number of localised species such as milk parsley Thyselium palustre, cowbane Cicuta virosa, marsh sow thistle Sonchus palustris and greater water parsnip Sium latifolium. Bene…

Aqualate Mere

…icus, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum – a county rarity – and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula as well as various rushes Juncus spp. Though parts of these pastures have been subject to agricultural treatments and are less botanically rich as a whole they are an important low…

Brent Reservoir

…otable include common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. Toward the head of the northern and eastern areas where, respectively, the Silk Stream and Dollis Brook enter the reservoir, wetland plant communities are more extensive, in places …

River Usk (Upper Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Uchaf)

…sh marigold Caltha palustris, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, rushes Juncus spp. and a range of characteristic mosses and liverworts, such as Racomitrium aciculare, Hygrohypnum ochraceum, Rhyncostegium riparioides, Pellia epiphylla and Scapa…

Moccas Park

…s, bulrush Typha latifolia, bladder sedge Carex vesicaria and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. The open water supports one of only two known populations of greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris in the county. The ancient parkland trees are host to a wealth of plants and an…

Whitmuirhall Loch

…e fen together with a good range of typical species including greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus, skullcap Scutellaria galericulata, water-plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, common club-rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, mare’s-tail Hippuris vulgaris…

Thompson Water, Carr and Common

…alis, saw sedge Cladium mariscus and uncommon species such as greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, milk parsley Thyselium palustre, narrow small reed Calamagrostis stricta and cowbane Cicuta virosa are present. Broad ramparts of dry grassland, mainly calcareous in nature, occur a…

Yetholm Loch

…wort Lycopus europaeus, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and the nationally rare cowbane Cicuta virosa. The wet fen woodland (or carr) lies mostly in the southern section of the site. It is dominated by willow and is patchy in nature with …

Loch Eye

… ranunculoides, whilst edge species include the locally rare greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua. In winter the loch is also an important roosting site for greylag goose and whooper swan, which move between the loch and the Cromarty and Dornoch Firths. Numbers of these species r…

Craigs of Lundie and Ardgarth Loch

…extensive area of rich-fen, including notable species such as greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa, and lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis. An adjacent small area of flushed mineral grassland drains into the loch. In an adjoining basin, poor-fen ha…

Coldingham Loch

…ic plant horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris and fen plant greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. Two locally rare species of dragonfly have been recorded at the loch, and in the water there are land-locked distinct morphotypes of stickleback. Although not notified features, the…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…robin Silene flos-cuculi, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua occur here, most of these are now scarce in Kent. In addition the dykes contain a number of scarce aquatic plants including whorled water milfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum4, fen po…

Cors Hirdre

…dge Carex disticha, marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. The latter species is very local on the Lleyn. The rare narrow leaved marsh orchid Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides and the nationally uncommon slender cotton grass Eriophorum gracil…

Llyn Padrig

… there is a host of associated species including the uncommon greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. Patches of woody vegetation, composed largely of alder Alnus glutinosa and grey willow Salix cinerea, occur in places, and there are damp meadow communities on the drier margins of …

Torrs Moss

…ow Salix myrsinifolia. Bog stitchwort Stellaria palustris and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, both locally scarce plants, are also present. This particular species assemblage, in which the brown moss Calliergonell cuspidatum forms an important component, is representative of…

Meikleour Area

…, to more species-rich fens with water sedge Carex aquatilis, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and cowbane Cicuta virosa. The Bloody Inches and Dowie’s Hole are extensive wetland areas with wet woodland and fen. Lily Loch is a small kettle hole mire adjoining the River Tay whi…

Brackagh Bog

…nce is more pronounced. more notable species recorded include greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, fine-leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica, floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, cowbane Cicuta virosa and lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra.…

Baston and Thurlby Fens

…ding yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, horsetails Equisetum spp., greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, greater water parsnip Sium latifolium and several species of orchid. The open water of the borrow pits supports good populations of the water…

Kings Myre

…th & Kinross (e.g. coralroot orchid Corallorhiza trifida, and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua). Behind this band of emergent vegetation there are scattered areas of wet grassland, mainly on the north side of the loch. The loch itself is very nutrient rich with abundant growth…

Sweat Mere and Crose Mere

…gated sedge Carex elongata, marsh fern Thelypteris palustris, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and alder buckthorn Frangula alnus. The fen and carr zones at Sweat Mere are also of importance for the diverse snail fauna which they support which includes the uncommon snail Verti…

Keston and Hayes Commons

…betony Betonica officinalis, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and a particular abundance of marsh marigold Caltha palustris. Of additional interest for their flora and invertebrate fauna, are the wet alder Alnus glutinosa woods and shallow pond…

Temple Sowerby Moss

…ild angelica Angelica sylvestris and the less common species, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa and marsh stichwort Stellaria palustris, as well as a number of sedges including the uncommon lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra. A fringe …

Freshwater Marshes

…a. Several rare and uncommon species also occur including the greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, lesser water parsnip Berula erecta and the flowering rush Butomus umbellatus. At the northern extremity of the site, the fen vegetation merges into neutral grassland dominated by tu…

Martnaham Loch and Wood

…arigold Bidens cernua, trifid bur-marigold Bidens tripartita, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, and the Nationally Scarce eight-stamened waterwort Elatine hydropiper. Another unusual plant, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, is considered to be non-native in Scotland but is na…

Gleads Moss

…olanum dulcamara. Among the more uncommon species present are greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, saw sedge Cladium mariscus and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. The bog vegetation is dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, marsh cinquefoil, …

Bagmere

…es great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis and the carr supports greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, both of which are rare in Cheshire. The site supports an important breeding colony of small pearl bordered fritillary butterfly Boloria selene; Bagmere is the last known location in…

Heron and Carrigullian Loughs

…er mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris. Other, more localised communities are characterised by floating mats of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, common se…

Hencott Pool

…cens, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, cowbane Cicuta virosa, great spearwort Ranunculus lingua and fine leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica. There are locally extensive moss carpets of Calliergon cordifolium, C. cuspidatum and Sphagnum squarrosum. The site includes areas o…

Norbury Meres

…ain notable species such as water violet Hottonia palustris and great spearwort Ranunculus lingua.

Cors Penally (Penally Marsh)

…reas. Lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and celery-leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus also occur amongst the 140 or so different plants found in the marsh. Botanical records for the site extend back for 130 years and are particularly detailed during the mid-ninete…

Llyn Garreg-lwyd

…bur-reed Sparganium erectum and yellow flag Iris pseudacorus. Greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, a locally uncommon species, is abundant in the south of the site. Fen meadow communities with abundant sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, great…

Llyn Hafodol and Cors Clegyrog

…ith a wide range of associated species including the uncommon greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. There is also a small area of open water where the nationally rare waterwort Elatine hydropiper grows in the muddy shallows.

Jeffry Bog

…Church Farm marsh and, of particular note in the latter area, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. Jeffry Bog Plantation is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, ash Fraxinus excelsior and elm Ulmus procera, with sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus. Whilst the riverside area is very wet u…

Stockbridge Fen

…d in the common reed and sedge dominated ditches, such as the greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, in one of its few Hampshire localities. The diversity of the flora and the high quality of the fen community present is attributable to the continued maintenance of a high water tab…

Duddingston Loch

…ottish context, including nodding bur marigold Bidens cernua, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, fennel Foeniculum vulgare, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, and fool's water-cress Apium nodiflorum. Several of the aquatic and marsh plants are uncommon in the area d…

Loch Spynie

…ral southern species which are rare in northern Scotland e.g. greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata, lesser water-parsnip Berula erecta and great reedmace Typha latifolia. Birds In the winter Loch Spynie regularly supports internationally im…

Loch of Kinnordy

…ur such as mudwort Limosella aquatica, cowbane Cicuta virosa, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, nodding bur-marigold Bidens cernua, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra and water sedge Carex aquatilis. Loch of Kinnordy is a roost for inter…

Banagher

…restricted distribution in Ireland are cowbane Cicuta virosa, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and fen pondweed Potamogeton coloratus. Banagher is very botanically rich. Over 175 vascular plants have been recorded from the site and the unique range of plant communities in such…

Yare Broads and Marshes

…marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, angelica Angelica sylvestris, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. Several rare species occur in these areas, notably fibrous tussock sedge Carex appropinquata, cowbane Cicuta virosa, marsh pea Lathyrus palustris…

Stodmarsh

…ds. Species include greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. These dykes also contain some rare aquatic plants, for example sharp leaved pondweed Potamogeton acutifolius and rootless duckweed Wolffia arrhiza.…

Catshawhill

…dominate, together with water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, and floating mats of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata.

Ant Broads and Marshes

…water, as at Sutton Broad. Cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and slender sedge Carex lasiocarpa, are all markedly more frequent here than in other fen areas and particularly notable species include greater water parsnipSium latifolium, cowbane…

Aber Mawddach / Mawddach Estuary

…omeda polifolia, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. At the southern end there is some carr development with tall bog myrtle, alder Alnus glutinosa, sallow Salix cinerea and birch Betula spp. In addition, eight nationally scarce or ra…

Sound Heath

…ennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, marsh violet Viola palustris, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, water violet Hottonia palustris and the rare bog St John's wort Hypericum elo…

Cors Bodwrog

…contortum. A number of uncommon plants are recorded including greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and lesser bulrush Typha angustifolia. Common reed Phragmites australis and reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea are scattered through the site and form single species stands. Area…

Gosforth Park

…t Achillea ptarmica and marsh fleawort Tephroseris palustris. greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua is also present. The reed beds support breeding reed bunting, sedge warbler and reed warbler, whilst areas of open water are frequented by moorhen, coot, mallard, teal and little gr…

Upper Lough Erne - Belleisle

…ny Lysimachia numularia, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flamulla and creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens. Where flushing by more base rich waters occurs, a sword dominated by sedges such as glaucus sedge Carex flacca, carnation sedge Carex pani…

Llan Bwch-llyn Lake

…pond-sedge Carex acutiformis, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua. The latter species is known to occur at only one other site in Radnor. Although modified by an artificial water regime, the presence of all these communities is of particular ecolog…

High Leys

…on the eastern side of the railway embankment support the local great spearwort Ranunculus lingua among other wetland plants including meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh and comm…

Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers

…s. The aquatic flora around the pond includes both Lesser and greater spearwort Ranunculus flammula and R. lingua. A raised Sphagnum bog, with S. palustre, S. squarrosum, S. recurvum and other mosses, in the centre of the pond, is of considerable importance in a local context. Ad…

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