Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…ylocomium splendens, heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum and little shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Characteristic herbs within the wet heath community include tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia and where there is localised flushing, devils-bit…

Slieve Gullion

…lopes, reflecting the milder micro-climate. Hypnum cupressiforme and occasional Rhytidiadelphus loreus form a dense moss layer beneath the dwarf-shrub canopy. Other associated species include scattered wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, velvet bent Agrostis canina and tormenti…

North Dartmoor

…berry alone is the dominant shrub and here mosses such as Pleurozium schreberi, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Hylocomium splendens, Thuidium tamariscinum and Hypnum jutlandicum are abundant, while lichen-rich patches with Cladonia arbuscula, C. uncialis and C. …

Morven and Scaraben

…summit ridge of Scaraben. This habitat has an abundance of other mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens, as well as a scattering of lichens such as Cetraria islandica and Cladonia arbuscula. Subalpine dry heath Subalpine dry heaths do…

Coed Aberedw

…ly on the shady northern slopes. Characteristic species here include the mosses Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Plagiothecium undulatum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Leucobryum glaucum and …

Ballycastle Coalfield

…tormentil Potentilla erecta and white clover Trifolium repens, while the mosses Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Pseudoscleropodium purum form an extensive ground carpet in places. Meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria is locally extensive and Scot's lovage Ligusticum scoticum is a notable …

Coedydd Dyffryn Wnion

… most abundant and typical species include: Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic species, including Lejeunea lamaceri…

Gwynfynydd

… variable but often includes a luxuriant moss layer with common species such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Isothecium myosuroides and Thuidium tamariscinum. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, grasses and ferns are also frequent. Wavy-hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa is common throughout, …

Llwyn y Coed

… scoparium, Mnium hornum, Plagiochila asplenioides, Plagiothecium undulatum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Herb species are rare, however, except along the streamlines. The climbers, ivy Hedera helix and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, are locally abundant on the trees.

Carn Gafallt

…yer and a well developed ground layer comprising mosses such as Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Pleurozium schreberi and Plagiothecium undulatum. The field layer is variously dominated by grasses, bracken or ericoid sub-shrubs such as bilberry Vaccin…

Foinaven

…ss Deschampsia cespitosa, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland and the moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Foinaven SSSI hosts the largest extent of Alpine moss heath in the north of Scotland. Rocky slopes (calcareous) and siliceous scree are found on the exposed upper slopes. Speci…

Coedydd Beddgelert a Cheunant Aberglaslyn

…t microhabitats. The most abundant and typical species include: Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium shreberii and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic species, inclu…

Bach Howey Gorge

…casting dense shade, there are well developed moss carpets with species such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Plagiothecium undulatum and Dicranum scoparium. Common associates include wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa…

Eryri

…e mosses Sphagnum capillifolium, Hylocomium splendens, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and various lichens of the Cladonia family. In the various types of montane heath, mosses such as R. lanuginosum or Cladonia spp. may become more dominant with the heather and …

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

… S. capillifolium and Sphagnum cuspidatum predominate with other mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Hypnum jutlandicum and Pleurozium schreberi, either in lawns or with a mixture of common cotton grass, deer grass, cross leaved heath and round leaved sundew. Some areas also h…

Langley Wood and Homan's Copse

…The stream banks support a rich bryophyte flora, e.g. Loeskeobryum brevirostre, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus and Scapania undulata. Beside one stream there are a number of plants of hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula in its only known locality in central souther…

Clunton Coppice

…hich is scarce in Shropshire also occurs. The western mosses Dicranum majus and Rhytidiadelphus loreus are present in some abundance.

Coedydd Aber

… with a richer complement of mosses and liverworts, such as Leucobryum glaucum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Diplophyllum albicans. The western slopes of Maes y Gaer support a species-poor variant of oak woodland on thin, rocky soils, with a dominance of heather Calluna vulgaris as…

Lenaghan Wood

… the most frequent. Calcifugous acid-tolerant mosses such as little shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, red-stemmed feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi and fork moss Dicranum spp. form an extensive ground cover. Where the slopes are less s…

Coedydd De Dyffryn Maentwrog

…ndens, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium schreberi, Polytrichastrum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Thuidium tamariscinum, Isothecium myosuroides and Hypnum andoi. The wooded gorges provide the dark, humid conditions required to support a magnificent bryophyte flora. The gorg…

Coed Dinorwig

… majus, Hypnum cupressiforme, Plagiothecium undulatum, Polytrichum formosum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus. A few Atlantic species have been recorded, including Wilson's filmy fern, Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Other herb species, particularly bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, are local…

Coed Maes-mawr, Coed Esgairneiriau a Cheunant Caecenau

…nd a diverse assemblage of bryophytes is present. The commonest species include Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Hypnum jutlandicum and Polytrichum formosum. In the humid ravines a notable western Atlantic flora is present, including the moss Dicranodontium denudatum and the liverworts My…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…Anthoxanthum odoratum and creeping soft grass Holcus mollis. Bryophytes such as Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, Mnium hornum and Thuidium tamariscinum are always present. Fine examples of small leaved lime Tilia cordata are also found in this woodland community, particularly on dampe…

Worth Forest

…linia caerulea. Two locally uncommon 'Atlantic' mosses, Hyocomium armoricum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus occur in the ghyll; species which are associated with ancient woodland in the Weald. small leaved lime Tilia cordata is also present, an uncommon tree in West Sussex on which th…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…ntermixed with a number of pleurocarpous mosses including Hypnum cupressiforme, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Pleurozium schreberi. These slopes frequently give way to flushed grassland dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus over a dense moss carpet of Sphagnum mosses. …

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…ht, quite abundant. The ground layer has a very high cover of mosses, including Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Plagiothecium undulatum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Mnium hornum and Sphagnum quinquefarium. Elsewhere, large stands of similar canopy and shru…

Coedydd Nantgwynant

…branches. Some of the most abundant and typical species include Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Eurynchium praelongum, Brachythecium rutabulum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium shreberii and Hylocomium s…

Binglett's Wood

…ea and three uncommon bryophytes, Hyocomium armoricum, Saccogyna viticulosa and Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Bingletts Wood has the only recent record in lowland Britain for the fir clubmoss Huperzia selago. The remaining semi natural woodland on the plateau consists of hazel and horn…

Coed Cwm Einion

…hing tree bases and rocky outcrops and Dicranum majus, Polytrichum formosum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus common on the ground. To the north-east, sessile oak is the dominant canopy species, with birch only occasional. hazel and rowan Sorbus aucuparia are frequent in the understorey…

Murrins

…apillifolium associated with pleurocarpous mosses such as Pleurozium schreberi, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and particularly Hypnum jutlandicum. Part of the area is dominated by high glacial moraines, or eskers, where heath has developed on sands and gravels. The heathland communities…

Kirlish

…oss flora with the presence of acid tolerant species such as little shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus and greater fork moss Dicranum majus. Other frequently recorded species in the most mature areas of the woodland include wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, sanicle Sanicula europaea…

Barle Valley

…is locally dominated by cushions of Dicranum majus, Plagiothecium undulatum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus. The site contains an outstanding assemblage of woodland breeding birds including particularly high densities of wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix, redstart Phoenicurus phoe…

Glen Lochay Woods

…et vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Bryophytes such as Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and R. triquetrus are also common. Wetter parts of the woodland are dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa which occurs alongside burns and flushes. In these regions the field layer…

Baysbrown Wood

…per. Much of the field layer on the poorer soils is dominated by mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum and Dicranum majus. However, the characteristic flowering plants of such woodland, for example wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sweet vernal grass Ant…

Calf Hill and Cragg Woods

… non-scripta, with broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. In places the mosses Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus and Sphagnum spp are frequent with variable amounts of different grasses and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, especially on the more sheltered east facing slopes of…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…racteristic mosses and liverworts include Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Plagiochila spinulosa. Rotting timber within the wood supports liverworts such as Nowellia curvifolia. The largest numbers of rare and scarce lichen species are found growin…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

… jutlandicum, red-stemmed feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi, little shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus, western earwort Scapania gracilis and common tamarisk moss Thuidium tamariscinum. There are a number of noteworthy bryophyte species on the boulder scree, including scorched r…

Ben More - Scarisdale

…hazel. Hypnoid mosses including Hylocomium splendens, Thuidium tamariscinum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus are abundant. The native woodland relics support rich assemblages of oceanic lichens and bryophytes along with ferns such as the hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula and t…

Ganllwyd

…e most abundant and typical species include Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic species, including Lejeunea lamacer…

Mullaghcarn

…carpus mosses including heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum, little shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus and red-stemmed feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi. On the shallowest peats, most often on the upper slopes of the sand and gravel deposits, there is a further transition to dry …

Parc Nannau

…as of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heather Calluna vulgaris and mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum is frequent on deeper soils with bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. Bramble Rubu…

Coedydd Nanmor

…essiforme, Isothecium myosuroides, Pleurozium schreberii, Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Thuidium tamariscinum. A good range of oceanic liverworts, including Bazzania trilobata, Plagiochila spinulosa and Saccogyna viticulosa, occur frequently in the woodland. Wo…

Coedydd y Beili, Malgwyn a Cribin

…y Vaccinium myrtillus, over a carpet of mosses, including Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium schreberi and Thuidium tamariscinum. Heather Calluna vulgaris is locally prominent and other characteristic plants found her…

Cadair Idris

…vy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. In amongst a deep cushion of mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, R. squarrosus, Hylocomium splendens and Sphagnum capillifolium; wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, hard fern Blechnum spicant, and foxgloves…

Stonethwaite Woods

…t often well developed communities of common bryophytes such as Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Polytrichum formosum. However, the southerly aspect tends to be too exposed and dry for the rarer 'Atlantic' species of moss and liverwort. At its lower edge, where the wood…

Chiddingfold Forest

… therefore, are found in the gills. Species typical of ancient woodland such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus are also found. NOTE* Nationally rare species are listed in the relevant Red Data Book RDB, two of which have been published, ‘British Red Data Book 1, Vascular Plants’ and ‘Br…

Savernake Forest

…ly by bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heather or the mosses Leucobryum glaucum or Rhytidiadelphus loreus. Woodland mosses and liverworts are well represented and include Dicranum montanum, Frullania tamariscii and the nationally scarce liverwort F. fragilifolia. The site also suppo…

Ben Lomond

…mpsia cespitosa and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland alongside the moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus is found. This feature is of national importance, being the most southerly occurrence of this vegetation type in the UK. Botanically, the most interesting rock outcrops occur hi…

Coedydd Dyffryn Ffestiniog (Gogleddol)

…splendens, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium shreberii, Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Thuidium tamariscinum, Isothecium myosuroides and Hypnum cupressiforme. A good range of ‘strictly atlantic’ oceanic species, including Lejeunea lamacerina, Plagiochila killarni…

Heyshott Down

…tricted to north and northwest Britain. These include Loeskeobryum brevirostre, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and of particular interest Antitricha curtipendula, Racomitrium lanuginosum and Jungermannia atrovirens, a species known from only one other site in southeast England. Ash Fraxi…

South Dartmoor

…erry alone is the dominant shrub, and here mosses such as Pleurozium schreberi, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Hylocomium splendens, Thuidium tamariscinum and Hypnum jutlandicum are abundant. The granite boulders strewn across much of the site have rich upland l…

Glaslyn

…des non-scripta. Bryophytes are usually moderate in cover and typically include Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, R. loreus, Polytrichum formosum and Thuidium tamariscinum. The sessile oak woodland of southern Snowdonia form one of the most important areas for woodland conservation in …

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