Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Eling and Bury Marshes

…bra sub dominant. The marsh margins have in places been colonised by cord grass Spartina anglica. That the present sward is derived by grazing from a more varied, mixed saltmarsh plant community is suggested by the occurrence, apparently in relict populations, of such characteris…

Portsmouth Harbour

…ectares 1,939 acres of mud flats and about 173 hectares 432 acres of cord grass Spartina marshes. The muds comprise fine silts and organic matter, though over extensive areas angular flint gravel occurs commonly at the surface and similar material forms a beach at high water mark…

Lune Estuary

…cal plants as sea aster, sea purslane and annual sea blite are found. Cordgrass Spartina anglica occurs in patches on the seaward edge of most of the saltmarshes and forms dense swards dominating the marshes near Sunderland Point and from Glasson to Cockersands Point. The transit…

North Solent

…aulieu and forms a long narrow meandering estuary fringed by extensive areas of Spartina anglica saltmarsh covering approximately 132 hectares. The Spartina saltmarsh forms part of a well defined saltmarsh zonation extending from a narrow band of brackish marsh near high waterma…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…ith associated species such as glasswort Salicornia europaea, common cord-grass Spartina anglica and English scurvy grass Cochlearia anglica. There are also substantial areas on the more elevated parts of the Gwendraeth with a very distinctive association dominated by sea-purslan…

Blackwater Estuary

…nationally scarce S. perennis and S. pusilla and the invasive common cord grass Spartina anglica. The scarce, native small cord grass Spartina maritima can still be found in places, despite the incursions of the more vigorous hybrid form. Further up the marsh, where tidal immersi…

The Swale

…der Limonium vulgare, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and common cord grass Spartina anglica while less common plants include small cord grass Spartina maritima* and golden samphire Inula crithmoides*. As well as providing feeding and roosting places for many birds, the salt…

Tamar - Tavy Estuary

…tripolium, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, english scurvy grass Cochlearia anglica and sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus. Small beds of common cord-grass Spartina anglica have become established locally. Two nationally scarce species of grass are known from the site: sti…

Hythe to Calshot Marshes

… within the SSSI comprise saltmarshes, which grade from monospecific cord grass Spartina anglica swards upshore to mixed marsh in which the dominant species are generally sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and Spartina. The marshes near Hyth…

Yar Estuary

…tmarshes rich in plant species and with only limited invasion by the cord grass Spartina anglica. The mixed saltmarsh forms an ill defined series of zones with sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides dominating the drier, better drained areas and cord grass Spartina species and saltm…

Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes

…r Aster tripolium associated with the sea purslane. Although common cord grass Spartina anglica has colonised much of the intertidal mud the open areas are used by feeding and roosting gulls, dunlin and other waders including redshank, curlew and snipe which also feed in the sal…

Otter Estuary

…developed, with successions of glassworts Salicornia spp. and common cord-grass Spartina anglica at the lower levels; common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides and sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum occurring on the middle marsh with annual…

Bracklesham Bay

…marsh thrift Armeria maritima, prickly saltwort Salsola kali, common cord grass Spartina anglica and sea aster form a small but distinct community. The areas of seasonally flooded grassland together with the rife and shingle banks are of considerable ornithological importance for…

Poole Harbour

…d Phragmites australis. Much of the saltmarsh is dominated by common cord grass Spartina anglica which arose as a hybrid and rapidly colonized several south coast estuaries earlier this century. Some retreat or ‘die-back’ is now occurring across its range in southern Britain. The…

Aber Mawddach / Mawddach Estuary

… to pioneer saltmarsh (including glasswort Salicornia sp. and common cord grass Spartina anglica vegetation on the seaward edge. Although pioneer vegetation is not uncommon in Wales in this case it supports the nationally rare dwarf spike rush Eleocharis parvula and the nationall…

Milford Haven Waterway

… most extensive being characterised by the pioneering species common cord-grass Spartina anglica on the lower shore. Other dominant species include sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and red fescue Festuca rubra. These grade into uppe…

Wyre Estuary

…eda maritima and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Common cord grass Spartina anglica is abundant on some of the marshes but appears to be declining. Higher up the marshes there are extensive areas of saltmarsh communities characterised by grazing sensitive species. Th…

Berrow Dunes

…of the dune system. Four communities occur, dominated by: i. common cord grass Spartina anglica; ii. red fescue Festuca rubra and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardi; iii. sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus; and iv. common reed Phragmites australis. Other species associated wit…

Christchurch Harbour

… The low level saltmarsh, whilst locally containing small amounts of cord grass Spartina anglica, is dominated by saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima with abundant sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantag…

King's Quay Shore

…a and sea lavender Limonium vulgare, while in slightly wetter areas, cord grass Spartina anglica dominates. Along the estuary edge at the junction between woodland and saltmarsh, a thin band of sea couch grass Elytrigia atherica is found, commonly with sea club rush Scripps mari…

Dee Estuary / Aber Afon Dyfrdwy

…Aber Afon Dyfrdwy supports a large area of marsh dominated by common cord grass Spartina anglica. Its current extent reflects the fact that the estuary continues to accrete following historical land claim. Species such as glasswort Salicornia sp. and annual seablite Suaeda mariti…

Morfa Dyffryn

… Puccinellia maritima, greater sea-spurrey Spergularia media, common cord-grass Spartina anglica, annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, annual glasswort Salicornia sp., saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, thrift Armeria maritima, sea-milkwort Glaux maritima, distant sedge Carex distans, …

Humber Estuary

… the tidal. The lower saltmarsh of the Humber is dominated by common cord grass Spartina anglica and annual glasswort Salicornia communities. Low to mid marsh communities are mostly represented by sea aster Aster tripolium, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea purs…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…minated by saltmarsh grasses such as Puccinellia maritima and common cord grass Spartina anglica. Other abundant species include sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare and the nationally scarce (4) golden samphire Inula crith…

Morecambe Bay

… Puccinellia maritima and occasionally glasswort Salicornia europaea. Cordgrass Spartina anglica has recently spread on to muddier substrates south of the River Keer and in the northaround Holme Island, Plumpton and Kents Bank. Above the pioneer zone low level saltings dominated …

Upper Hamble Estuary and Woods

…Triglochin maritimum, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and common cord grass Spartina anglica. The saltmarsh supports the rare marshland beetle Mecinus collaris and the moth Bactra robustana. Swamp and fen vegetation includes stands of reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima, reed …

Drigg Coast

…ima type and eelgrass Zostera sp. on the mid channel mudbanks. Common cordgrass Spartina anglica is also beginning to colonise the lower marshes of the Esk. The common mid marsh communities are the very variable red fescue Festuca rubra and sea rush Juncus maritimus community typ…

Erme Estuary

…ts predominate, which support areas of saltmarsh dominated by common cord-grass Spartina anglica, with sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium and glasswort Salicornia spp. At the head of the estuary, the saltmarsh grades into a succession of wet meadows ly…

Y Foryd

…esiculosus. The saltmarsh at the site is largely dominated by common cord-grass Spartina anglica, with the fringes of the upper saltmarsh community consisting of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and red fescue Festuca rubra. At the saltmarsh’s seaward edge, a pioneer s…

Medina Estuary

… marsh is dominated by sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides with some cord grass Spartina anglica. This grades to higher, mixed marsh community with a richer flora dominated by sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea blite Suaeda maritima, with glassw…

Bridgwater Bay

…sive area of saltmarsh within Somerset and one of the largest common cord grass Spartina anglica swards in the Severn Estuary. This is located on a spit at the mouth of the River Parrett, occupies a wide coastal band from Wall Common to Stert Island and fringes the mouth of the B…

Pagham Harbour

…e. The lower part of the saltmarsh is dominated by the hybrid common cord grass Spartina anglica with patches of the glassworts Salicornia spp. Above this zone sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides covers large areas with other species such as sea aster Aster tripolium in the perip…

Warkworth Dunes and Saltmarsh

…lower areas. The mud of the tidal creek is being colonised by common cord grass Spartina anglica. The locally rare saltmarsh flat sedge Blysmus rufus and sea rush Juncus maritimus occur both here and in the small brackish lagoon, north of Castles Dike where there is also a small …

Lincegrove and Hackett's Marshes

…ation is dominated by sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and common cord grass Spartina anglica, the latter species having invaded the marsh during the present century. saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, thrift Armeria maritima, sea aster Aster …

North Wirral Foreshore

…aritima and glasswort Salicornia europaea, together with some common cord grass Spartina anglica. Whilst North Wirral Foreshore is not comparable with either the Dee Estuary or the Mersey Estuary in terms of the numbers and diversity of passage and wintering birds, it is still o…

St John's Lake

…marsh habitats are not extensive and consist predominantly of common cord-grass Spartina anglica. There is however a strong population of sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, a species which is uncommon in Cornwall. In addition there is a small upper saltmarsh community supportin…

Lough Foyle

…wer saltmarsh communities are replaced by extensive stands of common cord grass Spartina anglica. Brackish dykes behind the shore support a maritime aquatic and swamp vegetation, including the rare reflexed saltmarsh grass Puccinellia distans and spiral tasselweed Ruppia cirrhosa…

Upper Severn Estuary

… high watermark the saltmarsh is dominated by species such as common cord grass Spartina anglica, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and glasswort Salicornia europaea. Further up the shore, species such as red fescue Festuca rubra and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera b…

Beddmanarch-Cymyran

…lavendar Limonium humile, sea rush Juncus maritimus and the invasive cord-grass Spartina anglica; the uncommon golden samphire Inula crithmoides occurs in both saltmarsh communities and on parts of the rocky shoreline. The coastal dune heath at both Traeth y Gribin and Cymyran ar…

New Ferry

…ern end of the site, an area of pioneer saltmarsh dominated by common cod grass Spartina anglica occurs. glasswort Salicornia sp and sea aster Aster tripolium are also present and on adjoining sandy shingle areas, sea milkwort Glaux maritime and sand couch Elytrigia juncea. New …

Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary

…mprises the estuaries of three substantial streams, intertidal muds, cord grass Spartina anglica marshes and high level mixed saltmarsh whilst behind the sea wall is a belt of fresh and brackish marsh including a series of fresh to saline lagoons. These lagoons support an assembl…

Dee Estuary

…. The Dee Estuary supports a large area of marsh dominated by common cord grass Spartina anglica. Its current extent reflects the fact that the estuary continues to accrete following historical land claim. Species such as glasswort Salicomia sp. and annual seablite Suaeda maritim…

North Norfolk Coast

…cterised by colonising species such as glasswort Salicornia spp. and cord grass Spartina anglica. Sea aster Aster tripolium is often dominant on the lower marsh which in turn grades into the extensive areas of midmarsh. Sea lavender Limonium vulgare is dominant with sea purslane …

Aber Taf / Taf Estuary

…dal inundation and also, in some cases, to grazing intensity. Common cord-grass Spartina anglica dominates much of the seaward fringe, alongside scattered patches of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, common glasswort Salicornia europaea, sea aster Aster tripolium and a…

Lodmoor

…mud rush Juncus gerardi are frequent. Taller saltmarsh vegetation of cord grass Spartina anglica and sea aster Aster tripolium occurs in pools along the southern margin. Stands of reed Phragmites australis occur to the west and east of this central grassland. Those in the west h…

Mucking Flats and Marshes

…ragments of lower saltmarsh include glasswort Salicornia spp., common cordgrass Spartina anglica and lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina, together with the nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides. The saltmarshes are truncated to their landward edge by sea walls, wh…

Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary

…da maritima together with substantial areas of the introduced common cord-grass Spartina anglica through to low-midmarsh communities dominated by the common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima with sea-purslane Halimione portulacoides frequent along the creeksides wherever grazi…

Langstone Harbour

…he largest areas of mixed saltmarsh on the south coast and extensive cord grass Spartina anglica marsh in an advanced state of degeneration. The Site of Special Scientific Interest including Farlington Marshes, a peninsula of grassland and marsh on reclaimed tidal silt protected …

Severn Estuary

…n the lower saltmarshes and disturbed areas at higher levels. Common cord grass Spartina anglica is abundant on the seaward fringes of marshes, where it occurs as dense monocultures, or with other species, such as sea aster Aster tripolium, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media a…

Lindisfarne

… common, arctic and, in some years, sandwich terns. Although common cord grass Spartina anglica has colonised large areas of intertidal mud and lower saltmarsh, the upper marsh remains dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and thrift Armeria maritima. Extensi…

Morfa Harlech

…arsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common cord grass Spartina anglica, locally dominant sea rush Juncus maritimus and the nationally scarce lax-flowered sea-lavender Limonium humile. The nationally scarce spiral tasselweed Ruppia cirrhosa is recorded fr…

Seaford to Beachy Head

…igher ground is a turf of sea couch grass Elytrigia atherica, common cord grass Spartina anglica and greater sea spurrey Spergularia media. The Cuckmere valley is also important for breeding birds and for the nationally significant number and diversity of birds recorded on passag…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…er tripolium, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and common cord grass Spartina anglica. At the eastern side of Roudsea Wood there is a transition from limestone woodland onto the peat of the mosses. Along this transition is the only remaining British station where pure …

Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes

… sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea aster Aster tripolium and common cord grass Spartina anglica fringes the southern shore of the estuary. Other saltmarsh species include glasswort Salicornia spp., sea rush Juncus maritimus, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea co…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…o the south are grazed to varying degrees and are dominated by common cordgrass Spartina anglica which has spread dramatically since the 1960s, colonising large areas of mud flat. Much of the Walney Channel has been dredged or has training banks, to maintain a navigation channel …

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…ts include sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, cord grass Spartina anglica and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, but among the many others are several scarce species such as golden samphire Inula crithmoides*, perennial glasswort Salicornia perennis* and…

Dyfi

…the saltmarsh has radically changed since the introduction of common cord-grass Spartina anglica in 1920, but a range of vegetation communities survive. Where there is periodic tidal inundation, transitions from saltmarsh to non-maritime communities, such as freshwater marsh and …

Sefton Coast

…t Salicornia europaea, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum and common cod grass Spartina anglica. Saltmarsh is also found on the beach at Birkdale, where it is dominated by common saltmarsh grass. The dune slacks provide suitable habitat for the nationally rare long leaved thread…

Deben Estuary

…ere steep cliffs abut the mud flats, virtually pure stands of common cord grass Spartina anglica occur. Where the old sea walls have been breached a saltmarsh community that is typical of formerly disturbed sites has established. This is characterised by a mosaic of sea poa, sea …

Duddon Estuary

…in places, particularly on the eastern side of the estuary, invasive cord grass Spartina anglica is becoming established. Above the pioneer zones lie extensive areas of low mid marsh, which are heavily grazed with the short turf dominated by uncommon saltmarsh grass Puccinellia m…

Chichester Harbour

…. The lower saltmarsh habitat fringing the mud flats is dominated by cord grass Spartina anglica and in most places the upper saltmarsh is rather restricted by the sea wall but there are some pure stands of sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides while in some areas there is also sea…

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