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Sheepland Coast

…r hair grass Aira caryophyllea and early hair grass Aira praecox and stonecrops Sedum spp. English stonecrop Sedum anglicum and biting stonecrop Sedum acre throughout. Further inland on the cliffs and slopes, ungrazed grassland is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire …

Uphill Cliff

…port wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, wild clary Salvia verbenaca and wall pepper Sedum acre. Uphill Cliff is an outstanding locality for rare plants. A number of species listed in the British Red Data Book of Vascular Plants are associated with stony grassland along the cliff top …

Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary

…rn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea pearlwort Sagina maritima, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and spring vetch Vicia lathyroides. On the western side of the Hamble estuary mouth, the SSSI includes a mosaic of acidic grassland and wet heath found on Hamble Common, with cross leaved h…

Brada Hill

… perennials include common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. By contrast with similar sites closer to the sea the maritime elements in the flora are absent. The shallow soils closely associated with bedrock fav…

Risby Warren

…ith red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. Biting stonecrop Sedum acre, carline thistle viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare and ploughman’s spikenard Inula conyza are found here in areas disturbed by rabbits and on the trackways. Ragwort Senecio jacobaea, ungrazed …

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

Area, 999.4 hectares 2469.5 acres Description This site contains the largest part of the North Downs in Surrey which has remained relatively undisturbed by the pressures of modern farming and building. It stretches for 8 miles…

Elliscales Quarry

…nium lucidum, rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites and biting stonecrop Sedum acre thrive. A technical description of the geological interest can be obtained from the Nature Conservancy Council, the short statement given here should not be regarded as comprehensive.

How Hill Track

…foil Lotus corniculatus, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, yarrow Achillea millefolium, ragwort Senecio jacobaea, bindweed Convolvulus arvensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris, perennial rye grass Loli…

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

…rose Helianthemum nummularium, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, marjoram Origanum vulgare, musk thistle Carduus nutans, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Small areas of limestone grassland also occur on the top of som…

Bridgham & Brettenham Heaths

…s, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and the rare Drooping Brome Bromus tectorum. Scrub is scattered over parts of the site and is dense in places. hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, young silver birch Betula pendula and Scot's pine…

Lytham St Annes Dunes

…rabbit grazed areas where carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and biting stonecrop Sedum acre also occur. Of particular note is the presence of the rare dune helleborine Epipactis dunensis, green flowered helleborine Epipactis phyllanthes var. pendula and Isle of Man cabbage Coincy…

Pagham Harbour

Area, 615.9 hectares 1521.9 acres1971 Description This site comprises an extensive central area of saltmarsh and tidal mud flats with surrounding habitats including shingle, open water, reed swamp and wet permanent grassland. P…

North Norfolk Coast

… variety of specialised plants. Characteristic species include biting stonecrop Sedum acre, thrift Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, sea sandwort, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima and bird’s foot trefoil. At the saltmarsh shing…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…sociated Pleistocene vertebrate assemblages and the coastal geomorphology of Benacre Ness. The site is also nationally important for its vegetated shingle features, saline lagoons, flood plain fens, an assemblage of nationally rare and nationally scarce vascular plants, scarce br…

Spindlestone Heughs

…d flora including two rarities, chives Allium schoenoprasum and hairy stonecrop Sedum villosum with meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, changing forget-me-not Myosotis discolor, heath pearlwort Sagina subulata and field madder Sherardia arvensis. Other exposures bear shallow s…

Shirburn Hill

…zed areas have a sparse flora dominated by short herbs such as biting stonecrop Sedum acre, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca and an abundance of the nationally uncommon candytuft Iberis amara, a species which has its British distribution centred on …

Hook Norton Cutting & Banks

…n parietinae. Rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites and biting stonecrop Sedum acre also occur. Berms extending back from the walls in the southern section support the uncommon mosses Polytrichum piliferum, Racomitrium heterostichum and R. lanuginosum. Since the closure o…

Honeypot Wood, Wendling

…hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, water avens Geum rivale and biting stonecrop Sedum acre. In all, 208 plant species have been recorded from this wood.

Marble Quarry and Hale Fell

…tomed runnels and solution pans are predominantly colonised by biting stonecrop Sedum acre and rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites but occasionally support species such as jointed rush Juncus articulatus which are typically associated with wetter habitats. The grikes als…

Kilmond Scar

…ge of drought tolerant annual and perennial species, including biting stonecrop Sedum acre, hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, parsley piert Aphanes arvensis and lamb’s lettuce Valerianella locusta. Deeper limestone soils support grassl…

Piggledene

…orrel Rumex acetosella, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, common whitlow grass Erophila verna and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. Bounded by tall hedges the site has a scatter of hawthorns Crataegus monogyna and a few mature ash trees Fraxinus e…

Allolee to Walltown

…hin Sill. Other species associated with the thin soils include biting stonecrop Sedum acre, the uncommon hairy stonecrop S. villosum, wild thyme Thymus praecox and a variety of annuals including parsley piert Aphanes arvensis, common whitlow grass Erophila verna, early hair grass…

Cranwich Camp

…he vicinity of the demolished buildings is more disturbed with biting stonecrop Sedum acre growing over the old foundations. The disturbance has, however, provided a favourable habitat for glabrous rupturewort Herniaria glabra. The site is one of very high entomological interest…

Breedon Hill

…s Arabidopsis thaliana, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus and wall pepper Sedum acre. The grassland is being invaded by hawthorn Crataegus monogyna scrub.

Barrow Hills Sandpit

…tain Plantago coronopus, hoary cinquefoil Potentilla argentea, biting stonecrop Sedum acre common whitlow grass Erophila verna, lesser hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis, rest-harrow Ononis repens and viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare. Parts of the sandpit consist of areas of bare sand, wh…

Great Asby Scar

…eyebright Euphrasia officinalis, fairy flax Linum catharticum, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and wild thyme, together with abundant blue moor grass. In the largest solution holes, which may be over one metre in diameter and up to three metres deep, flourish shrubs of hazel, grey wi…

Alde-Ore Estuary

Area,2,554.3 hectares 6,311.7 acresDescription This site stretches along the coast from Bawdsey to Aldeburgh and inland to Snape. It includes Orfordness, Shingle Street, Havergate Island and the Butley, Ore and Alde Rivers. The s…

Broomhill Burrows

…rba, heath dog-violet Viola canina, wild thyme Thymus praecox, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris are abundant components of the short dune turf in the inland areas.Dune slack or wet dune hollows are a major feature…

Berner's Heath, Icklingham

… wood rush Luzula campestris, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, chalk comes to the surface over a relatively small part of this heath and some of the best developed patches are associated with past soil dist…

Old Bodney Camp

…ty of low growing herbs such as storksbill Erodium cicutarium, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, field wood rush Luzula campestris and thyme leaved sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia. In addition the grassland areas contain several herbs more characteristic of neutral or basic soils incl…

Beltingham River Shingle

…meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, wild thyme Thymus praecox, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and harebell Campanula rotundifolia with lichens including dog lichen Peltigera canina and reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiformis. Alder Alnus glutinosa and willow Salix spp. woodland with so…

Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens

…ha, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox and stonecrop Sedum acre, the last associated particularly with rabbit scrapes. Notable plants include squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, chalk eyebright Euphrasia pseudokerneri and, in its only Buckinghamshire loc…

Totamore Dunes and Loch Ballyhaugh

… clover Trifolium repens, common mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, eyebright Euphrasia sp., yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor, fairy flax Linum catharticum, selfheal Prunella vulgaris, red bartsia Odontites vernus, and cow parsnip Heracleum sphondylium. Unco…

Underlaid Wood

…tomed runnels and solution pans are predominantly colonised by biting stonecrop Sedum acre, parsley piert Aphanes arvensis or rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites but occasionally support species such as jointed rush Juncus articulatus which are typically associated with …

Gunnerton Nick

…rry an unusual community of drought resistant plants including biting stonecrop Sedum acre, early hair grass Aira praecox, dove’s foot crane’s bill Geranium molle, rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, changing and early forget-me-nots Myosotis discolor and M. ramosissima…

Eriswell Low Warren

…The most frequently occurring herbs include Rumex tenuifolius, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, Smooth Hawk's Beard Crepis capillaris, field wood rush Luzula campestris, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and Breckland thyme Thymus serpyllum. Hypnu…

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