Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Cam Lough

… the development of extensive units of bracken Pteridium aquilinum, red campion Silene dioica and Indian balsam Impatiens glandulifera scrub, most notably on Lighthouse Island. The spray zone and transitional communities are interspersed with marshy hollows and rush Juncus spp. f…

Coed Gwempa

…sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood speedwell Veronica montana, common nettle Urtica dioica, red campion Silene dioica, bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. and ferns, in particular male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas and soft shield-fern Polystichum setiferum. In damper flushed areas there are g…

Wick Wood and Worldham Hangers

…s sparse. Where wych elms have fallen it is dominated by stinging nettle Urtica dioica and red campion Silene dioica. Elsewhere bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and pignut Conopodium majus are common with more unusual plants such as the gree…

Far High House Meadows

…se meadows support common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, dioecious sedge Carex dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris. The pasture is a mosaic of acidic upland grassla…

Duncansby Head

…scoticum, bell heather Erica cinerea, creeping willow Salix repens, sea campion Silene uniflora, angelica Angelica sylvestris, red campion Silene dioica, roseroot Sedum rosea and primrose Primula vulgaris. Seabird colony More than 10,000 pairs of seabirds use the cliffs to nest i…

Dunnet Head

…sea. These include plants such as Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum, sea campion Silene uniflora, angelica Angelica sylvestris, red campion Silene dioica, roseroot Sedum rosea and primrose Primula vulgaris. Seabird colony More than 10,000 pairs of seabirds nest in the crevices and…

Brada Hill

…uch as false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and tall herbs such as red campion Silene dioica, hogweed Heracleum sphondylium and common nettle Urtica dioica. On the hill top are bare rock slabs, shaped by ice, of subsidiary geomorphological interest. Plants growing in irregularit…

Inkpen and Walbury Hills

…ese is composed largely of dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and nettle Urtica dioica, with av ariety of typical woodland plants such as red campion Silene dioica, Solomon's seal Polygonatum multiflorum, primrose Primula vulgaris, early dog violet Viola reichenbachiana, yellow a…

Hetton Bogs

…ium palustre, square stemmed St John’s wort Hypericum tetrapterum, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, water mint Mentha aquatica, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and brown sedge Carex disticha. A small mossy spr…

Thwaite House Moss

…ilipendula ulmaria, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, common nettle Urtica dioica, bittersweet Solanum dulcamara, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, red campion Silene dioica, hedge woundwort Stach…

White Rocks

…h thrift Armeria maritima, birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and sea campion Silene uniflora typically present. Creeping cinquefoil Potentilla reptans is locally frequent in very open situations. Vegetation type on the cliff face appears to relate more to slope stability and s…

Thorndon Park

…g's mercury Mercurialis perennis, ground ivy Glechoma hederacea and red campion Silene dioica. Wet ash maple woodland, dominated by coppiced ash Fraxinus excelsior, hazel and field maple Acer campestre with pedunculate oak standards, is also present. The ground flora is varied w…

Ward Hill Cliffs

…ffs are covered by a rich variety of grasses and tall herbs such as red campion Silene dioica and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. Hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum is also present on the site and this is its only known Orkney location. Further inland the vegetation grades in…

Caerthillian to Kennack

…ith woodland species such as hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, red campion Silene dioica, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and common dog-violet Viola riviniana. In other areas stands dominated by bracken are extensive. A disused serpentinite quarry at Church Cove supports…

Risley Moss

…ow Salix spp. dominate the fringes of the moss. Bramble Rubus spp., red campion Silene dioica, foxglove Digitalis purpurea and broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata dominate much of the ground flora on these peaty soils. On higher ground oak Quercus robur, ash Fraxinus excelsior…

Crich Chase

…ll joined by ramsons Allium ursinum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, red campion Silene dioica, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and wood avens Geum urbanum. The uppermost slopes of the Chase are characterised by more open woodland stands…

Flood Brook Clough

…lopes the ground flora includes bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, red campion Silene dioica and wood avens Geum urbanum along with yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, opposite leaved golden saxifraga Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and wood melick Melica uniflora. On the lower, …

Spell Howe Plantation

…odland species; sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood avens Geum urbanum, red campion Silene dioica and twayblade Neottia ovata.

Williamston River Shingle

…elsior occur along the river bank with a field layer which includes red campion Silene dioica, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Other Information This site is managed as a nature reserve by the Northumberland Wildlife Trust.

Dirlot Gorge

…erbs such as sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood avens Geum urbanum and red campion Silene dioica.

Briddlesford Copses

…The ground flora in these areas is characterised by an abundance of red campion Silene dioica, greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea and pignut Conopodium majus. The woods include significant areas of pure sessile oak high forest on strongly acidic soils. This type of woodland o…

Seabrook Stream

…nd hazel Corylus avellana with bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, red campion Silene dioica and moschatel Adoxa moschatellina frequent amongst the ground flora. The scrub is principally of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, elder Sambucus nigra and blackthorn Prunus spinosa. Within t…

Hoar Park Wood

…osa, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. A second type of alder wood, more extensive in area, occurs further down the valley side on a spring line flush. Here the canopy contains alder, sessile oak with the occasional ash…

Inverpolly

…um, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, globeflower Trollius europaeus, red campion Silene dioica, sanicle Sanicula europaea and greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha can be found. A number of the birch woods are rich in mosses and liverworts that grow in relatively warm, w…

America Wood

…luebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood anemones Anemone nemorosa, red campion Silene dioica and greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica. There is no shrub layer. The oldest oaks probably date from the early 17th Century and a number of subsequent generations can be detected. Among t…

Papana Water

…dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora and red campion Silene dioica, whereas those of dry, acid areas comprise greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and ferns. Finally, those plant communities of damp areas consist primarily o…

Sheet Hedges Wood

…ugh meadow grass Poa trivialis, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, red campion Silene dioica and enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, together with a range of plants typical of ancient woodland, including yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood anemone Anemone nemoros…

Denham Lock Wood

…anum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, bramble Rubus fruticosus, red campion Silene dioica and shade tolerant plants of the open mire habitat. Derelict drains support other herbs such as marsh marigold Caltha palustris, an uncommon species in Greater London due to the decline …

Rowridge Valley

…s delineated by a lack of ramsons and an abundance of bluebells and red campion Silene dioica in the ground flora. Chalk grassland occurs in scattered patches along the valley. The best example occupying a steep westerly facing but sheltered slope, heavily grazed by rabbits. The …

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…ltered northeast. Hummocks of thrift Armeria maritima and areas of sea-campion Silene uniflora characterise the much-modified maritime grassland, which is heavily grazed by rabbits on Skomer, and further modified by the manuring and trampling effects of sea-birds. Heathland, bot…

Tetford Wood

…y abundant. Other typical plants include primrose Primula vulgaris, red campion Silene dioica, lesser celandine Ficaria verna, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, twayblade Neottia ovata and sanicle Sanicula europaea. The richness of the site combined with the presence of a number of …

Hog's Hole

…e include shade tolerant species more typical of woodlands, such as red campion Silene dioica, wood avens Geum urbanum, herb robert Geranium robertianum and enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana. The surrounding rough grassland is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and …

Barns Ness Coast

…k-vetch Astragalus danicus, restharrow Ononis repens and red and white campion (Silene dioica and S. latifolia). The site as a whole supports a number of locally rare plant species, including sea milkwort Glaux maritima, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, crested hair-grass Koeleria…

Ventnor Downs

…association with it a variety of woodland plants such as bluebells, red campion Silene dioica and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. The occurrence of heathland on deep gravel overlying chalk, the naturalised holm oak woodland and the juxtaposition of heath and chalkland vegetation a…

Samson (With Green, White, Puffin & Stony Islands)

…uckle Lonicera periclymenum, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and red campion Silene dioica. Here there is also a good population of the nationally rare balm leaved figwort Scrophularia scorodonia. The small spring on South Hill supports blunt fruited Water starwort Callitriche…

Colyers Hanger

…y Mercurialis perennis and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, with red campion Silene dioica, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and nettle leaved bell flower Campanula trachelium amongst the most commonly occurring species. The nationally uncommon copse bindweed Fallopia dumetorum a…

Beltingham River Shingle

…ft Armeria maritima, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and sea campion Silene uniflora. Other species include meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, wild thyme Thymus praecox, biting stonecrop Sedum acre and harebell Campanula rotundifolia with lichens including dog lichen …

Keal Carr

…tains a typical ground flora of bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, red campion Silene dioica and greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea. At the northern end of the site an area of open water provides additional interest as it is much used by duck. Keal Carr is a habitat for a nu…

Beinn Freiceadain and Ben Dorrery

…icinalis, water avens Geum rivale, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, red campion Silene dioica and hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta. Notable smaller plants include hoary whitlowgrass Draba incana and northern bedstraw Galium boreale.

Beechmill Wood and Pasture

… yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, woodruff Galium odoratum, red campion Silene dioica, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. The last three species have a restricted distribution in Cheshire. In…

Loch Beannach Islands

…paratively rich flora including bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, red campion Silene dioica, climbing corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata, herb robert Geranium robertianum, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and hay-scented buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula.

Hatton's Hey Wood, Whittle's Corner and Bank Rough

…the more diverse flora includes dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, red campion Silene dioica, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon. Giant bellflower Campanula latifolia and toothwort Lathraea squamaria are also present and both are…

North Woodburn Glen

…Filipendula ulmaria. In places Anemone nemorosa is co-dominant with red campion Silene dioica, an uncommon association in this type of woodland in Northern Ireland. Several local vascular plant species occur, including toothwort Lathraea squamaria and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. …

Bishop Monkton Ings

…ngelica Angelica sylvestris, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, tufted vetch Vicia cracca, meadow vetching Lathyrus pratensis, square stalked St John’s wort Hypericum tetrapterum and greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus. Base enrichme…

Mantles Heath

…inum, bramble Rubus fruticosus, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, red campion Silene dioica and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. Several plants uncommon in the county are recorded, e.g. wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and…

Maltby Low Common

…dant. For the most part the fen flora is diverse, with marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus; however, the enrich ing influence of t…

Aunt Mary's Bottom

…s Geum x intermedium, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus are representative. Marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris, which is uncommon in Dorset, also occurs here. Th…

Cop Mere

…ssocks of common sedge Carex nigra. The flora includes marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, marsh arrowgrass Trigochin palustris, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and bladder sedge Carex v…

Tidcombe Lane Fen

…mint Mentha aquatica, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Less base-rich conditions are indicated in places by the presence of bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and bo…

Annesley Woodhouse Quarries

… fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, devil’s bit scabious, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. The north of the site is dominated by a low lying bowl shaped valley known locally as Bentinck Void, a former opencast coal…

Fernham Meadows

…his community include marsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and devil's bit scabious. The woodland contains a wide range of tree species, including crack willow, ash, pedunculate oak and suckering English elm. The shrub…

Swarth Moor

…r Sphagnum sp. Herbs are more evident here and include marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh violet Viola palustris, water mint Mentha aquatica and cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis. On Studfold Moss to the north there is a small area of wet wood…

Pentrosfa Mire

… angustifolium, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi are all locally frequent. The uncommon broad-leaved cottongrass Eriophorum latifolium and many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis occur within this co…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

… sunnier aspects, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria is present with sea campion Silene uniflora. mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica has been recorded in a steep gully and creeping willow Salix repens is found along the cliff top at Knock Dhu. Notable higher plant species occu…

Skelsmergh Tarn

…ssia palustris, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi.

Whitewater Valley

…r grass Molinia caerulea, tormentil Potentilla erecta, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Other parts of the valley support willow carr of a type largely restricted to lowland Britain. The vegetation is dominated by a dense growth of grey w…

River Frome

…type of carr is grey willow Salix cinerea scrub, which may have a nettle Urtica dioica dominated understorey or, occasionally, greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata with remote sedge Carex remota, depending on the local soil water-table and nutrient conditions. Carr-woodland of …

Austwick and Lawkland Mosses

…arex disticha with an abundance of flowering plant species such as ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, but which in their western halves give way to rough grazing land which is more acidic with bog myrtle, co…

Tuckmill Meadows

…low loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. The drier calcareous grassland has a sward consisting of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina in shorte…

Flordon Common

…s occur including southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and twayblade Neottia ovata. Grazed unimproved chalky grassland surrounds the fen on higher ground and is dom…

Cliff Beck Meadow, Buttertubs

…nsis, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa, water avens Geum rivale, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus. The most southerly of the three fields is of greatest interest and here globe flower Trollius europaeus an…

Newton Burgoland Marshes

…nd contains such typical herbs as marsh marigold Caltha palustris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. The southern area of the s…

Hatfield Forest

…s Triglochin palustris, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica as well as at least six species of sedge Carex spp. The Lake itself provides an additional habitat for both resident and migrant wildfowl and con…

South Lee Meadows

…s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, along with smaller sedges such as carnation sedge C. paniceand glacuous sedge Carex flacca.

Cassop Vale

…ing fed mires support a varied wetland flora including marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella. Tall fen dominated by common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, soft rush Junc…

Lamonby Verges and Fields

…is, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica. On small areas of more acid soil may be found the heathland species, heather Calluna vulgaris and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix as well as h…

Attermire

…ants including devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, water mint Mentha aquatica, marsh violet Viola palustris and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Peripheral to these 'core' areas…

Cockleford Marsh

…ted orchids Dactylorhiza fuchsii, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica. The unimproved grassland consists of two main types, these being short grazed limestone grassland and taller neutral grassland. The limestone gr…

Coed Mawr - Blaen-Car

…de marsh-marigold, greater bird's-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh valerian valerian dioica. Small areas of drier grassland occur within this field. These support a wide variety of species, including common bent, fescues, sweet vernal-gra…

Penycastell, Cefn Cribwr

… On the wettest ground species such as water mint Mentha aquatica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica are also present. The rest of the marshy grassland is dominated by rushes. The rush-pasture around the spring-head in the west of the site has ab…

Whitwell Common

…marsh orchid D. praetermissa, twayblade Neottia ovata, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. The flushes grade into areas of fen grassland that are characterised by sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, York…

Occombe

… trivialis and floating sweet-grass Glyceria fluitans. Marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, a local plant species in Devon, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and marsh-marigold Caltha palustris are frequent here, and are also found together with yellow iris Iris pseudacorus in the wate…

Cae Gwernllertai

…etail Equisetum fluviatile, common marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and eight species of sedge. Remarks: The site lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Misson Training Area

…lora is less species rich and is characterised by an abundance of nettle Urtica dioica, cleavers Galium aparine, great hairy willowherb Epilobium hirsutum and bramble. The north eastern part of the site contains drier woodland on windblown sand deposits dominated by pedunculate o…

Neuadd and Tylelo Mires

…rocotyle vulgaris, greater bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and the locally rare northern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella. Other areas are dominated by purple moor-gras…

Lower Test Valley

…o modern intensive agricultural methods are common here, including ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, water avens Geum rivale, lesser valerian Valeriana dioica, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, water whorl grass Catabrose aquatica and large b…

Holton and Sandford Heaths

…n sedge C. nigra, star sedge C. echinata and many herbs, including ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum. Two plants which are local in Dorset occur here, bulbous foxtail Alopecu…

Wadenhoe Marsh and Achurch Meadow

…ing fed flushes and marshy grassland have a varied flora including ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. Slopes bordering the marsh have relic herbs of limestone soils, e.g. dwa…

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