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Belmore Mountain

…h cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, with sprawling heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, barren strawberry …

Marlbank

… in the grykes. Where thin soils occur over limestone pavement, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, and fairy flax Linum catharticum occur with bryophytes such as comb moss Ctenidium moll…

Coldwell Farm Pasture

…ops support a calcareous grassland plant community dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, a nationally scarce species, with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Herbs are well represented within the sward including many characteristic specie…

Hawes Water

…a band of marshy grassland on peaty soil dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and accompanied in places by abundant carnation sedge Carex panicea and numerous other species including wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, meadowsweet, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis…

Scoska Wood

…d’s eye primrose Primula farinosa; the other contains purple moor grass 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 …

Far Arnside

…m. On the upper slopes of the cliffs taller grassland occurs, dominated by blue sesleria Sesleria caeruleae, with herbs including dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, milkwort Polygala vulgaris and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. Pockets of deeper …

Hawkswick Wood

…nymus europaeus, but also species characteristic of dry conditions notably blue sesleria Sesleria caeruleae, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and the ferns, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, hard shield Polystichum aculeatum, wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria and green splee…

Kilnsey Flush

…ush, the vegetation comprises a tussocky community of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, black bog rush Schoenus nigricans and various rushes Juncus spp. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is also present, as are a number of sedges including carnation sedge Carex panicea, long st…

Mill and Whiskershiel Burns

…n thin dry soils over the limestone are grasslands dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea which typically contain common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, and, unusually, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica a…

Town Kelloe Bank

…nities occur on steep northerly slopes and are characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea together with quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and fr…

Herrington Hill

… flanks of the hill supports a herb rich community dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis in which quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, red fescue Festuca rubra, glaucous sedge Carex flaccand spring sedge…

Orton Pastures

…ass, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and the abundant but local blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea are the major components but a whole range of other species are at least locally frequent, including salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, wild thyme Thymu…

Marble Quarry and Hale Fell

…t are more frequently grassy with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. Flat bottomed runnels and solution pans are predominantly colonised by biting stonecrop Sedum acre and rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites…

Pen y ghent Gill

…limestone is close to the surface, to acid on the upper slopes. Blue moor grass 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 gene…

Fulwell & Carley Hill Quarries

…olonised soils on Magnesian Limestone bedrock and quarry spoil. Blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, which dominates the community on unquarried land above Fulwell Quarry, is of particular note. Associated and more widespread species include crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, …

Scar Closes, Kisdon Side

…icularly rich in species and it is notable for the abundance of blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, a species of very restricted distribution in Richmondshire. Associated species include flea sedge Carex pulicaris, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, wild thyme Thymus praecox, ea…

Thrislington Plantation

…am Magnesian Limestone Natural Area, are those characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. Thrislington Plantation holds the largest example of this type in Britain, as well as other habitats and a range of uncommon species and this …

Pikedaw Calamine Caverns

…d throughout the rest of the site on thin soils over limestone. Blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, wild thyme Thymus praecox, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are the main components of this plant community. Other Information 1. Part of this site is …

Oxenber and Wharfe Woods

…ood sorrel Oxalis acetosella are accompanied by an abundance of blue moor grass 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 pubescen…

Tuthill Quarry

… lies in the north east section of the site and is dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae. Other characteristic species found in this area include small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, downy oat grass Avenula pubesce…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

…ps where soils are more calcareous, calcicolous species such as blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are constant in the sward with devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis also frequent. Additional species that reflect the calcareous conditions include …

Conistone Old Pasture

…lcareous grassland is extensive. The sward is characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and sheep's fescue Festuca rubra and is rich in herb species including rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri. In fl…

Knockninny Hill

…acterised by a short, grazed sward that includes such plants as blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, mouse_ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, eye…

Thrang End and Yealand Hall Allotment

… majalis, mountain melick Melica nutans and the notable species blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani and spring sandwort Minuartia verna. Ferns grow particularly well in the grikes, including three uncommon species, southern polypody Po…

Warton Crag

…at the limestone grassland is to be found, consisting mainly of blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea common on limestone but very restricted nationally, accompanied by sheep’s fescue and meadow oat grass with many characteristic herbaceous plants such as rock rose, thyme, lady’s bed…

Underlaid Wood

…are frequently grassy, containing sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, blue moor grass 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…

Arnside Knott

…f the vegetation community known as the blue moor grass limestone bedstraw type Sesleria caerulea – Galium sterneri which is almost wholly confined to the North of England on the shallow, free draining soils derived from the Carboniferous Limestone. Where these grasslands are un…

Salt Lake Quarry

…s mascula. Areas of drier calcareous grassland are dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, with quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, fragrant …

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…lata as well as the scarcer limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum. Small but species rich limestone flushes support plants like grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris and the rare bird's eye primrose Primula f…

Hastings Hill

…pes and spoil heaps supports herb rich communities dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, red fescue Festuca rubra and quaking grass Briza media, including many herbs characteristic of Magnesian …

Jack Scout

…f the site. The most extensive type found is blue moor grass–limestone bedstraw Sesleria caeruleae– Galium sterneri grassland which has developed on thin soils over limestone slopes and outcrops. Both blue moor grass and limestone bedstraw are nationally scarce plants as are two…

Pittington Hill

…tone grasslands are developed on the slopes of Pittington Hill. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea occurs here with a wide range of other limestone grassland plants, but unlike certain herbs, notably rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, it is not abundant. It is on the spoil heaps …

Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting

… Limestone grassland dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus, blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, red fescue Festuca rubra, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and herbs such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sang…

Whitbarrow

…tation. The dominant grass type known as the blue moor grass limestone bedstraw Sesleria caerulea Galium sterneri community is almost wholly confined in its distribution to the North of England on the shallow, free draining soils derived from Carboniferous Limestone. Although rec…

The Carrs

…ovata. There is, however a small area of primary grassland with blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and glaucous sedge as dominants. The woodland is mainly of ash Fraxinus excelsior, wych elm Ulmus glabra and sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus with an understorey of hawthorn Crataegus mo…

Upper Teesdale

…ry grasslands are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea with spring gentian Gentiana verna, Teesdale violet Viola rupestris, hoary rock rose Helianthemum oelandicum, mountain avens Dryas octopetala, hair sedge Carex capillaris, rare sprin…

Grass Wood

… situations, a limestone grassland flora has developed in which blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is accompanied by herbs such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, bloody crane'sbill Geranium sanguineum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and betony Betonica officinalis. …

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…s are a major constituent of the sward and include the northern blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking grass Briza media along with the spring, carnation and glaucous sedges. Typical herb species includ…

Shipley and Great Woods

…a plantain Plantago maritima, northern bedstraw Galium boreale, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and a small population of the nationally rare shrubby cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa.

Smardale Gill

…pecies rich and varied at Smardale. The predominant grasses are blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The form and relative abundance of species varies considerably across th…

Claxheugh Rock & Ford Limestone Quarry

…rt herb rich Magnesian Limestone plant communities dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, common quaking grass Briza media and red fescue Festuca rubra. A wide variety of herbs are present, inclu…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…and limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, while on steeper slopes blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea becomes dominant. Flushed situations support species such as bird's eye primrose Primula farinosa, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and marsh valeria…

Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors and Little Asby Scar

…a incarnate occurring in a sward dominated by sedges, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea or sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. Another interesting feature of this area is the occurrence of acidic mire adjacent to calcareous flushes or hollows. Here acid loving species such …

Argill Woods and Pastures

…assland grades into a calcareous community with species such as blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, quaking grass Briza media, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox and common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. opposite l…

Crosby Gill

… semi natural examples of this habitat in the north of England. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is abundant along with a range of other grasses. Common rock rose and salad burnet are two of the main herb species, but there is a plethora of other plants including the rarities, b…

Freeholders Wood

…d thyme Thymus praecox, grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and bird's eye primrose Primula farinosa. There is a small basic flush, below the emergence of several springs, which supports a mixture of sedges including common sedge Carex nigra,…

High Moorsley

…arry primary Magnesian Limestone grassland occurs, dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae. Associated grasses include quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and red fescue Festuca rubra. Other constituents of …

Pig Hill

…h grasslands are particularly characterised by the abundance of blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, but, especially where grazed, contain a rich assemblage of species including rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, lady’s be…

Deepdale Meadows, Langstrothdale

…arnation and glaucous sedge Carex panicea and Carex flacca with blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea also contain bird’s eye primrose Primula farinosa which is locally abundant, together with grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, marsh hawk’s beard …

Farleton Knott

…swick Scars and Whitbarrow. The sward is generally dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, with heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, quaking grass Briza media and glaucous sedge Carex flacca all widespre…

Lords Wood and Pasture

…ley Convallaria majalis occur on and above the scar and scree. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is abundant on the limestone outcrops with ferns such as the maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes. One of the best examples of herb rich pasture grassland which reflects a tra…

Upper Wharfedale

…e sides. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and the nationally scarce blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri are characteristic species of a community confined to the Carboniferous Limestone of Northern England, with frequent common rock rose Helianthe…

Oughtershaw and Beckermonds

…cur in herb rich calcareous grassland which is characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, wild thyme Thymus praecox and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, with notable species including fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, creeping willow Salix repens, kidney vetch Anth…

Raisby Hill Grassland

…that examples of primary Magnesian Limestone grassland survive. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is abundant in these grasslands, which contain a rich assemblage of species characteristic of calcareous soils, including quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensi…

Silverdale Golf Course

… a species rich calcareous grassland community characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring se…

Humphrey Head

…spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani. Above the cliffs, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and red fescue Festuca rubra become dominant, interspersed with small patches of bell heather Erica cinerea and ling Calluna vulgaris on deeper soils. The grassland supports a variet…

Bastow Wood

…n the clearings, thin limestone soils support a grazed sward of blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and red fescue Festuca rubra which is rich in herb species such as rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, bloody crane's bill Geranium sanguineum and fairy flax Linum catharticum. Bare …

Cassop Vale

…abandoned quarries, which are characterised by the abundance of blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea with a rich assemblage of other species including fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, cowslip Primula veris, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and quaking grass Briza media. Rare a…

Quarrington Hill Grasslands

…s which occur on the Magnesian Limestone those characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea with small scabious Scabiosa columbaria are the most notable and are confined nationally to restricted areas in County Durham and Tyne and Wear. The grasslands at Quarrington Hill ar…

Fishburn Grassland

…is composed of two distinct communities, the first dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and the second by upright brome Bromus erectus. Scrub communities form the remainder of the site. The major part of the site supports species r…

Castle Eden Dene

…stern end of the dene is a small stand of grassland, containing blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, quaking grass Briza media and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea. The insect fauna is exceptionally diverse and includes a large assemblage of …

Cleadon Hill

…d red fescue Festuca rubra, in which quaking grass Briza media, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and upright brome Bromus erectus also occur. The community is herb rich and includes eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatu…

High Haining Hill

…cue Festuca ovina and common quaking grass Briza media in which blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca also occur. Many herbs are present including harebell Campanula rotundifolia, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, hawkbit …

Nichols Moss

…c of limestone grow. These include wood melick Melica uniflora, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The uncommon mountain melick Melica nutans and herb paris Paris quadrifolia have also been recorded. Over 200 species of butterfly an…

Birkett Hill and High Out Wood

…Galium sterneri within a sward dominated by the equallyuncommon blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and more widely spread species such as crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep's fescue, wild thyme, harebell, fairy flax, common dog violet and common rock rose Helianthemum nu…

Barker Scar

…assland is less grazed and is dominated by the coarser grass of blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae. Several rare and locally uncommon plants have been recorded from this grassland. These include squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, limestone be…

Harton Down Hill

…grass Koeleria macrantha and red fescue Festuca rubra, in which blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, quaking grass Briza media and upright brome Bromus erectus also occur. The community is herb rich and includes glaucous sedge Carex flacca, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, yar…

The Clouds

…f pavement. Heavily grazed limestone grassland characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, sheep's and red fescue Festuca ovina and F. rubra, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, occurs immediately around the pavements and in other areas w…

Kilmond Scar

…anguisorba 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, while other species of a southerly distribution, including saw wort Serratula tinctoria, …

Birkwith Caves and Fell

…eature of the Yorkshire Dales. The pavement flora here includes blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and two uncommon ferns, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. The pavements are fringed with herb rich calcareous grassland supporting spec…

Appleby Fells

…local species such as crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae. Wild thyme Thymus praecox is often extremely abundant and associated with rarer species such as mountain pansy Viola lutea, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, moonwort Botrychium…

Sherburn Hill

…secondary woodland. Magnesian Limestone grasslands dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea are of key importance at this site as these grasslands are only to be found within Britain at a small number of sites in the counties of Durham and Tyne and Wear. A large range of pl…

Middlebarrow

…sland is species rich and is dominated by the nationally scarce blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea with limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and q…

Giggleswick Scar and Kinsey Cave

…and around the limestone outcrops is particularly species rich. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is dominant with limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, bloody crane's bill Geranium sanguineum and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. Other Information 1. During the 1990 revision th…

Seato Pastures

…s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and other fine leaved species like few flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris. Amongst the other herbs are grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustri…

The Bottoms

…s which occur on the Magnesian Limestone those characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea with small scabious Scabiosa columbaria are the most notable and are completely restricted to County Durham. The grasslands at The Bottoms are typical of this type. The steep slopes…

Wart Barrow

…d dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, quaking grass Briza media and blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae. 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 …

Malham-Arncliffe

…e. Large areas of lime rich soils support the nationally scarce blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea often with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and herbs such as limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, wild thyme Thymus praecox, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium san…

Scout and Cunswick Scars

…site. The vegetation community, known as the blue moor grass limestone bedstraw Sesleria caerulea Galium sterneri type is almost wholly confined to the North of England on the shallow, free draining soils derived from the Carboniferous Limestone. The open grassland areas on Cunsw…

New House Meadows, Malham

…parison with the nearby managed grasslands. Typical species are blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, slender St. John's wort Hypericum pulchrum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, common valerian Valeriana dioica and wild basil Clinopodium vulg…

Moorsley Banks

… grass Briza media, upright brome Bromus erectus and patches of blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea are dominant. The many species of herbs present include wild thyme Thymus praecox, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, fairy flax Linum catharticum, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, …

Hutton Roof Crags

…d Farleton Knott. The grassland sward is generally dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea or by a mixture of grasses including sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and bents Agrostis species. Although typically herb poor some uncomm…

Swindale Wood

… are mostly of a common bent/red fescue or sheep's fescue type. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is found in patches of limestone grassland. A good range of breeding birds are recorded from the site. These include common buzzard, sparrowhawk, woodcock, green and great spotted wo…

Trimdon Limestone Quarry

…ristic of calcareous soils including quaking grass Briza media, blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, meadow fescue Schedonorus pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common knapweed Centaurea nigra, blue fleabane Erigeron acris, field gentian Gentianella campestris, fairy flax Li…

Ingleborough

…rs at the surface, there is a calcareous grassland dominated by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, while elsewhere blanket bog is dominated by hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Where flushing occurs the blanket hog becomes floristically richer with sundew Drosera ro…

Great Asby Scar

…eed Calamagrostis epigejos, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea are also present. The pavements at great Asby Scar display two unusual and interesting floristic features. Firstly species such as wood anemone, dog's mercury, green spleenwort and …

Bishop Middleham Quarry

…pen grassland communities have developed. Of particular note is blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea which is locally abundant in the quarry and which dominates a remnant of the original land surface of the quarry rim. Other plants which have colonised the limestone soils include qu…

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