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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Saxifraga nivalis""

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…lies of the site. A number of rare species grow here including alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis, Highland saxifrage Saxifraga rivularis, hare’s-foot sedge Carex lachenalii and curved wood-rush Luzula arcuata.

Drumochter Hills

…-alpine plants, such as alpine mouse-ear Cerastium alpinum and alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis, all remnants from the end of the last glaciation, survive today as they are well suited to the cold snowy conditions of these mountains. Drumochter Hills is also important for its o…

Cuillins

… whitlowgrass Draba norvegica, Alpine meadow-grass Poa alpina, Alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis and Alpine rock-cress Arabis alpina in its only known British locality. The assemblage also includes other rarities such as bog-hair grass Deschampsia setacea and bog orchid Hammarby…

Ben Hope

…ain avens Dryas octopetala, rock whitlowgrass Draba norvegica, alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis and downy willow Salix lapponum.

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…one bramble Rubus saxatilis, alpine saw wort Saussurea alpina, purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia and moss campion Silene acaulis. A number of rare arctic alpine species occur very locally, representing the last remnants of populations which have declined since the last gla…

Foinaven

…h as the nationally scarce rock whitlow grass Draba norvegica, Alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis and glaucous meadow-grass Poa glauca are found on the calcareous rock faces while nationally rare curved woodrush Luzula arcuata is found on the siliceous scree. The cliffs support s…

Moel Hebog

…pine species such as alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii and alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis. A number of uncommon upland and western bryophytes have also been recorded including Frullania microphylla, Radula aquilegia, Plagiothecium curvifolium and Rhytidium rugosum. Elsewh…

Ben Wyvis

…inus, chestnut rush Juncus castaneus and the nationally scarce alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis. The extensive high altitude plateau supports a breeding population of dotterel.

Ben Lui

… simpliciuscula. There are banks of different types of saxifrage which includes Saxifraga nivalis, and some steep drier ledges support fragmentary examples of a moss-rich Dryas heath. The schists become progressively less calcareous above 760 m so that the strongly calcicolous ve…

Eryri

… lily Gagea serotina, floating water-plantain Luronium natans, tufted saxifrage Saxifraga cespitosa, Killarney fern Trichomanes speciosum, oblong woodsia Woodsia ilvensis and alpine woodsia Woodsia alpina, along with assemblages of rock, cliff ledge and crevice plants, montane gr…

Ben Lawers

…w Salix arbuscula), alpine forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris, drooping saxifrage Saxifraga cernua, alpine gentian Gentiana nivalis and alpine woodsia Woodsia alpina. In the flushes important species include bristle sedge Carex microglochin, scorched alpine-sedge C. atrofusca, russ…

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