Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Chapel Common

…rme and lichens Cladonia spp. which is found on the central plateau, whilst the Teucrium scorodonia sub community, containing wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, mouse ear chickweed Cerastium fontanum, common bent Agrost…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

… of the basalt cliffs, plants such as sheep’s bit Jasione montana and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia become more common. Early purple orchid Orchis mascula also occurs within the calcareous grassland on the south-eastern facing slopes of the site. In open, light conditions, bryoph…

Broughton Far Wood

…aved bellflower Campanula trachelium. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia occur where the soil is sandier. Areas of open grassland in the quarry are dominated by tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and upright brome Bromus erectus, but there is also herb ric…

Holystone Burn Woods

…rnal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, with hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and hummocks of the mosses Leucobryum glaucum and Polytrichum commune. On dry ridges, birch Betula pendula forms an open …

Rew Down

…nt association including abundant sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia.

Middlebarrow

…dant on the pavements and grasslands whilst bramble Rubus fruticosus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, mountain melick Melica nutans and golden rod Solidago virgaurea occur frequently. The grikes also support abundant ash Fraxinus excelsior, yew and hazel with frequent sycamore Ac…

Coed Tŷ-Mawr

… barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis, sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The uncommon wood melick Melica uniflora is also well represented. However, a more acid flora is also present in places, with such species as common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense …

Black Park

…centaury Centaurium erythraea, common cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis, heath speedwell Veronica officinalis and corn mint Mentha arvensis. Damper areas support ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, gipsywort Lycopus …

Black Hill Down

…s Anthoxanthum odoratum with frequent tormentil Potentilla erecta and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Scrub of common gorse Ulex europaeus, blackthorn Prunus spinosa and wayfaring tree Viburnum lantana is also an important feature in parts of this site. The variety in habitat str…

Abbotsbury Castle

…rea, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are scattered. Substantial areas of the slopes are covered by scrub, mainly western gorse Ulex gallii with common gorse Ulex europaeus, bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. and broom Cyti…

Clowes Wood & New Fallings Coppice

…s fruticosus agg. with abundant wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis which are also found here, are rare elsewhere in Warwickshir…

Morcombelake

… The sward supports many species typical of such grasslands including wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, tormentil Potentilla erecta, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and small amounts of devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The plateau slopes suppor…

Totley Wood

… species commonly found include common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, with bilberry also occasionally found. The birch oak wood grades into ash wych elm woodland on the alluvial soi…

Westernhope Burn Wood

…ffs support discontinuous ledge vegetation containing species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and foxglove Digitalis purpurea, whilst at the base of the cliffs tufa deposits are carpeted by the bryophytes Palustriella commutatum, Conocephalum conicum and Pellia sp. On the e…

Wart Barrow

…Parts which border grassland are more open and support plants such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, hairy violet Viola hirta, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, cowslip Primula veris and agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria. The denser areas of scrub an…

Freston and Cutler's Woods With Holbrook Park

…ding species including climbing white fumitory Corydalis claviculata, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and butchers broom Ruscus aculeatus. In the wet valleys a different vegetation is found containing species such as golden leaved saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium, opposite l…

Hoad's Wood

…oodland rides are more varied with hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. The remainder of the wood is more calcareous, hornbeam and ash are common and there are many shrubs associated with calcareous soils such …

Castlehead Wood

… include pignut Conopodium majus, greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa. On the north side of the wood the soils are more base rich and the woodland is of an ash wych elm type, with some yew. Part of the wood has been …

Oxleas Woodlands

…s and carry a ground flora of predominantly bramble and bracken, with wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Pedunculate oak hazel ash and pedunculate oak hornbeam woodland over bramble occurs mainly on the heavier richer soils, often on the lower slopes. In places the drainage is impede…

Hallsenna Moor

…dy fern Athyrium filix-femina, scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The range of habitats found on the site complement those found on the peat land SSSIs in West Cumbria. Black Moss SSSI has a large area of basin mire but no equivalent heath and p…

Northaw Great Wood

… the diversity of the wood's herb layer. Foxglove Digitalis purpurea, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and common bent Agrostis capillaris, characterise the drier areas. Where wetter, the less common marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and skullcap S…

Craig-y-don

…ulgare scrub dominate much of the area. Other plants recorded include wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wall pennywort Umbilicus rupestris and red valerian Centranthus ruber. There are old records for bloody cranesbill Geranium sanguineum, a plant of base-rich grassland. Remarks Spi…

Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Woods North

…eping soft grass Holcus mollis and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana characterise path edges while damper areas support sedges such as pendulous sedge Carex pendula, remote sedge Carex remota and wood sed…

Derwent Gorge & Horsleyhope Ravine

… valerian Valeriana officinalis, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and woodsage Teucrium scorodonia. Ivy Hedera helix and common polypody fern Polypodium vulgare also occur, the latter growing epiphytically. Damper base rich soils along the bottom of the Derwent Gorge and in poor…

Monk Wood

… cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are frequent in places. A large part of the woodland is invaded by rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum which shades out other species and needs to be controlled to maintain the biol…

Cawston and Marsham Heaths

…racken Pteridium aquilinum and creeping soft grass Holcus mollis with wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Self sown stands of Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris with birch have developed near mature conifer plantations. A wide variety of heathland birds…

Brignall Banks

…vy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. In recent decades parts of the woodland have been felled resulting in the development of immature woodland containing in addition to the above tree species abundant birch Betula s…

King's Copse

… ranging from communities with abundant wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, woodsage Teucrium scorodonia, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and tormentil Potentilla erecta on drier acid soil under oak, birch and hazel to flushed areas with sanicle S…

Merthen Wood

…e tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and the locally notable slender eyebright Euphrasia micrantha. Species associated with areas of wet heath include cross-leaved heath, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, heather, …

Sauchie Craig Wood

… wood-rush Luzula sylvatica, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia on the steeper crags. The woodland flora includes several locally uncommon plant species, including early-purple orchid Orchis mascula and twayblade Neottia ovata.

Manton and Twigmoor

… by bell heather Erica cinerea, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, are abundant with early forget-me-not M…

Thetford Golf Course & Marsh

…e the areas of acidic grassland with sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and a small population of the uncommon maiden pink Dianthus deltoides. In places there are alternating stripes of heather and acidic grassland whic…

Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill

…rkshire fog Holcus lanatus, red fescue and gorse Ulex europaeus, with wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, betony Betonica officinalis and bramble Rubus fruticosus. Scrub is scattered throughout the grassland and forms dense belts in some areas. It is composed of gorse, hawthorn Cratae…

Coed Dinorwig

…ption Coed Dinorwig is a large representative example of a wood sage -oak/birch Teucrium scorodonia - Quercus/Betula type woodland. It is situated on a dry, south-west facing hillslope on an ancient woodland site and has been little grazed by sheep in recent times. The canopy is …

Cissbury Ring

…cue Festuca ovina and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera grasses with wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and bramble Rubus fruticosus. Among the butterflies occurring here are the Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus, the chalkhill blue L. coridon and the brown argus Aricia agestis. Th…

Dundonnell Woods

…suckle Lonicera periclymenum, ivy Hedera helix, dog rose Rosa canina, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa are typical species in the ground flora. Downstream of the gorge, the strath opens out and woodland grows on the west facing slopes, extending up o…

Calbourne Down

…etosella, bell heather Erica cinerea, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. In places where the superficial deposits are thin and the chalk is nearer the surface, a remarkable vegetation type known as chalk heath occurs. Here plants of acidic soils, such …

Longhorsley Moor

…layer is composed of purple moor grass, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. A small stream runs along the edge of the site and here the woodland includes goat willow Salix caprea and ald…

Bixley Heath

…cally abundant. The presence of wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, field wood rush Luzula campestris, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella and bird's foot Ornithopus perpusillus also typify this vegetation community. Br…

Tuetoes Hills

…he coarse swards of Carex arenaria are a range of herbs which include wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heath groundsel Senecio sylvaticus, sheeps fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, pill sedge Carex pilulifera and cat'sear Hypochae…

Spindlestone Heughs

…lgaris and bell heather. South facing crags support ivy Hedera helix, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and blackthorn Prunus spinosa with deciduous woodland below. A North facing crag has sea plantain Plantago maritima, black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, maidenhair spleenwo…

Black Down and Sampford Commons

…recently planted with conifers or damaged by fire. The flora includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, centaury Centaurium erythraea and wavy hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa with abundant bristle bent Agrostis curtisii along tracks and burned areas. The heathland supports a typica…

Llwyn y Coed

Description A small grazed sessile oakwood of the Teucrium scorodonia – Quercus/Betula (wood sage-oak/birch) type situated on a steep rocky north-east facing slope. The principle interest of the wood is its Atlantic flora which includes both British …

Hedgecourt

…udes bramble Rubus fruticosus, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The more mature stands also contain hazel Corylus avellana and holly Ilex aquifolium and also have a richer ground flora. Close to the north west shore of the lake is an area of o…

Skokholm

… has an understorey with abundant sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Only very limited relict patches of maritime heath remain on the eastern side of the island. Springs and seasonally inundated depressions in the boulder clay that caps the centre …

Hembury Woods

… bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, great woodrush Luzula sylvatica, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and also by the presence of climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata. Adjacent to the River Dart a strip of v…

Hook Common and Bartley Heath

…e, tormentil Potentilla erecta, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and, rarely, heather. Where soils become poorly drained, marshy grassland occurs with species such as purple moor grass, tussock grass Deschampsia cespitosa, soft rush Juncus effus…

Showground Meadow, Callow Hill

… as squirrel tail fescue Vulpia bromoides, wild thyme Thymus praecox, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and heath speedwell Veronica officinalis. The abundance in this open site of bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, more usually associated with woodlands, suggests an ancient association…

Blackdown (Hardy Monument)

…ith broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, bramble Rubus fruticosus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii and in damper areas, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. Western gorse Ulex gallii is the dominant scrub speci…

Dallington Forest

…it consists of oak, hazel, birch and hornbeam above a ground flora of wood sage Teucrium scorodonia.

Scotton and Laughton Forest Ponds

…ir grass Deschampsia flexuosa with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The peripheral woodland is dominated by the birches Betula pubescens and B. pendula, over, respectively, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bracken Pteridium aquilinum.

Edgefield Little Wood

…ch occur are heather Calluna vulgaris, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, creeping soft grass Holcus mollis and mosses. Ancient boundary banks surround the wood and the woodland is of ancient, probably primary, origin.

Linbrigg

…grow extensively on the steep slopes and the rich herb flora includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, valerian Valeriana officinalis, ivy Hedera helix and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. Jacob’s ladder Polemonium caeruleum, a nationally rare native species, which is otherwise conf…

Bach Howey Gorge

…ra includes species such as wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood melick Melica uniflora and a variety of ferns, including hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum. On the shaded side of the gorge, be…

Longsleddale Woods

…yrtillus, hard fern Blechnum spicant, foxglove Digitalis purpurea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma is also present. The steep gill sides and rock outcrops throughout the wood provide shelter for a variety of other plants. These include …

Marble Quarry and Hale Fell

… are all locally abundant in grikes, whilst bramble Rubus fruticosus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and golden rod Solidago virgaurea occur frequently. The gutter like runnels which drain the clint tops occasionally contain species such as ash Fraxin…

Giant Hill

…ntain tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Scrub largely composed of common and western gorses Ulex europaeus and Ulex gallii, is confined to the upper slopes but in parts of the site an attractive and valuable feature is …

Bullock Wood

…a is typical of acid woodland soils and includes bugle Ajuga reptans, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, foxglove Digitalis purpurea, three nerved sandwort Moehringia trinervia, wood speedwell Veronica montana, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Wat…

Burrington Combe

… more acidic in character and supports golden rod Solidago virgaurea, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and common bent Agrostis capillaris. At the top of the gorge there are narrow bands of limestone heath dominated by western gorse Ulex gallii, with bell heather Erica cinerea and o…

Littleworth Common

…purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, golden rod Solidago virgaurea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. In the wet flushes there are extensive patches of the bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum which are typical of such habitats, but are now also rare in Buckinghamshire. Am…

Purbeck Ridge (West)

…e most conspicuous being heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, bluebell and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. adders tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum also occurs locally, and in places the grassland has a high proportion of mosses and lichens. Of particular interest in, the fauna is the …

Hurst Hill

… mollis and brown bent Agrostis canina. Other species present include wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, the mosses Dicranum scoparium and Polytrichum juniperinum and the lichens Cladonia gracilis, Trapeliohsis uliginos…

Riddles Wood

…llaria holostea. In an area of poor, gravelly soil in the north west, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia is co-dominant with bracken, creeping soft grass Holcus mollis and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Other herb species include moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, yellow archangel Lam…

Gallt y Bwlch

…ecies found occasionally in the field layer include ivy Hedera helix, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa and common bent Agrostis capillaris. The boulder-strewn floor is covered …

Cooper's Hill

… Other characteristic species include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Succession from heath to woodland is taking place, demonstrated by the spread of bracken Pteridium aquilinum and scrub species such as…

Marsland to Clovelly Coast

…der Rubia peregrina, and in the herb layer primrose Primula vulgaris, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, and gorse Ulex europaeus. The nationally scarce wavy St John’s-wort Hypericum undulatum and bastard balm Melittis melissophyllum are present…

Bursdon Moor

… dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus and bramble Rubus fruticosus, with wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heather, cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata, tomentil Potentilla erecta and betony Betonica officinalis. A rich invertebrate fauna has been recorded here including the local marsh fr…

Weeleyhall Wood

… Pteridium aquilinum covering large areas, with smaller quantities of wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and creeping soft grass Holcus mollis. The alder valleys support a rich ground flor…

Cockrah Wood

…ycopodium clavatum. The ground flora comprises acidic species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bracken Pteridium aquilinum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and abundant ferns including soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. The …

Airhouse Wood

…g great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica, herb robert Geranium robertianum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and fern species. The majority of this open woodland consists of scattered birch trees with a few hazel interspersed. The steeper slopes down towards…

Galboly

… fescue Festuca rubra with herbs such as tormentil Potentilla erecta, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, slender St John's wort Hypericum pulchrum and common dog violet Viola riviniana. Bryophytes include glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, heath plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum,…

Howe Park Wood

…ation of bramble Rubus fruticosus with hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and extensive patches of bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa. A wider range of plants of base rich soils may…

Windmill Naps Wood

…eysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and creeping soft grass Holcus mollis. Wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and two plants rare in Warwickshire, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, are also present. In wetter parts …

Underlaid Wood

…Melica nutans are all locally abundant in the grikes, whilst bramble, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and golden rod Solidago virgaurea occur frequently. The grikes also support abundant ash Fraxinus excelsior, yew Taxus baccata and hazel Corylus avellana with frequent sycamore Ace…

Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common

…avy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Two uncommon moths, the silver barred Deltote bankiana and the rosy marbled Elaphria venustula have been recorded recently from Lingwood Common.

Stawardpeel Woods

…eather Calluna vulgaris. Vascular plants associated with this include wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, foxglove Digitalis purpurea and grasses such as tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Further down slope in the deeper, wetter soils, bu…

Carlingnose

…gst the grasses grow species such as common knapweed Centaurea nigra, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata with occasional occurrences of calcicolous species such as meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga.

Polruan to Polperro

…ock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. There is limited development of red fescue dominated maritime grassland below the cliff-land scrub communities. Rocky outcrops support cliff ledge species and grassland with rock…

Bradiford Valley

…helix are abundant, with frequent great woodrush Luzula sylvatica and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Alder Alnus glutinosa occurs as individual trees along the watercourses, and as a stand with sallow Salix cinerea where a tributary stream enters the site to the north. The hills…

Greenscoombe Wood , Luckett

…d balm Melittis melissophyllum, yellow bartsia Parentucellia viscosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, foxglove Digitalis purpurea, golden rod Solidago virgaurea, broom Cytisus scoparius and herb robert Geranium robertianum. The woodland understorey includes hazel Corylus avellana…

Hay Wood and Tinkers' Coppice

…ruticosus with a diverse range of calcifuge lime hating herbs such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, betony Betonica officinalis and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. On the lower slopes where the soil is less acid the ground flora is dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis …

Redwell Wood

…er’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, foxglove Digitalis purpurea and species indicative of the woods ancient origins such as wood sedge Carex sylvatica, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, yellow pimpernel Lysim…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…ed by other species such as sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and common sorrel Rumex acetosa and a rich lichen sward and ‘thin heath’ develops, with natural variation occurring where the shingle grades into grazing marsh and on the eroding s…

Crowhill Valley

…ra as well as woodland herbs including wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Of particular note is the presence of the local grass wood millett Milium effusum. The woody understorey is t…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…ak woodland on brown earth soils and has a distinctive field layer of wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and bluebell Hyacinthoides nonscripta. In several areas where drainage is very poor swamps of alder Alnus glutinosa have developed above a field…

Burton Park

…lnus form the shrub layer over a dense ground flora which consists of wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. In the east of the Warren the wood has colonised a former bog and the origi…

Mid Cornwall Moors

…e tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and the locally notable slender eyebright Euphrasia micrantha. Species associated with areas of wet heath include cross leaved heath, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, heather, b…

Loosehanger Copse and Meadows

…ic ground flora is comprised of wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and bramble Rubus fruticosus, with heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea. The ancient woodland species bilberry Vaccinium myrt…

Combe Scar

…ypody Polypodium vulgare, rosebay willowherb Chamerion angustifolium, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and golden rod Solidago virgaurea with occasional plants of mountain melick Melica nutans, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris and roseroot Sedum ro…

Corndon Hill

…rees on the south-western side of the hill support fescues, bilberry, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wild thyme Thymus praecox, hair-mosses Racomitrium spp., oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris and the locally uncommon parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa, an arctic/alpine fern found he…

Easter Ness Forest

…rneath reflects this variation in conditions with juniper, holly and wood sage, Teucrium scorodonia, alongside dog’s mercury, woodruff Galium odoratum and wild strawberry Fragaria vesca.

Craig Adwy-wynt a Choed Eyarth House a Chîl-y-groeslwyd

…’s-tongue Cynoglossum officinale, common ragwort Senecio jacobaea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Lower plants are a conspicuous component of this grassland community. They include robust mat-forming mosses such as cypress-leaved plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme and springy tur…

Hawkswick Wood

…erb paris Paris quadrifolia. Additional species on the screes include wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, ramsons Allium ursinum and herb robert Geranium robertianum. Many species are only present on the scar including not only trees and shrubs such as yew Taxus baccata, rock whitebea…

Landford Bog

…fern Blechnum spicant, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are all components of the ground flora. Fungi, for example fly agaric Amanita muscaria, a characteristic associate of birch, are plentiful. Where the eastern edge of the wood has …

Stack Woods

…ii is frequently seen on boulders. The woodland ground flora includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Bryophyte assemblage (mosses and liverworts) The site supports three oceanic bryophyte communities and six nationally…

Sydling Valley Downs

…is and other acid loving plants such as western gorse Ulex gallii and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are found in the very unusual situation of growing next to plants typical of chalky soils. The woodland is dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior or oak Quercus robur with frequent ma…

Tyrella and Minerstown

…pens, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Eyebright Euphrasia officinalis agg., kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis and bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus occur less frequently. A num…

Crich Chase

…traw Galium saxatile, climbing corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are particularly associated with these stands. Additional structural diversity is provided by young stands of naturally regenerating woodland colonising abandoned fields, consisti…

Waulkmill

…-top heathland of high-floristic interest. Localised species such as wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia), hay-scented buckler fern (Dryopteris aemula), and stone bramble (Rubus saxatilis) can be found here. This site is one of only two sites in Orkney where pyramidal bugle (Ajuga pyr…

Leith Hill

…ium aquilinum but species such as bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella add to the interest. The stream valley between these two areas supports a woodland type more typical of moist mineral soils in the wetter parts of…

Swannington Upgate Common

…land now covers much of the high ground and the ground flora includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and the moss Leucobryum glaucum. There is an abrupt transition from dry heath to a wet heath and grassland mosaic dominated by cross leaved heath…

Belah Woods and Pastures

…chypodium sylvaticum. The ground flora in acidic conditions includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, hard fern Blechnum spicant and scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis. great wood rush Luzula sylvatica…

Erwood Dingle

…de rocks and crags support a similar canopy, but here species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum and woodruff Galium odoratum become more prominent in the field layer. The…

Dole Wood

…ere the soil is wetter and more acidic the herbs are characterised by wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. In the east there is a stand of coppiced small leaved lime Tilia cordata. The wood is an important site for birds and includes breeding great spo…

Bryant's Heath, Felmingham

…Agrostis capillaris, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Atlantic coastal heath, which occurs as isolated fragments in East Anglia, is also present. Heather Calluna vulgaris is dominan…

Buchan Hill Ponds

…lus avellana, rowan Sorbus aucuparia and ash Fraxinus excelsior above wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and ling Calluna vulgaris. Two of the dragonflies which breed at the site are nationally uncommon and have their county stronghold here, hairy …

Berriedale Water

…berry Vaccinium myrtillus, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella.

Osebury Rock

…supports a dense growth of the greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The shaded rocks and cliff faces support abundant polypody Polypodium vulgare and navelwort Umbilicus rupestris. On the lower slopes the flora is dominated by ramsons Allium ursin…

Coed Blaen-y-cwm (Blaen-y-cwm Wood)

…tetiana. The upper slopes are more acidic, supporting species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Lime-rich rock outcrops support a number of calcicolous plant species such as hairy St John's-wort Hypericum hirsutum and the mosses Anomo…

Murlough

…include lady's bedstraw Galium verum, cat's ear Hypochaeris radicata, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, common vetch Vicia sativa, and mouse_ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. A number of orchid species are present, including bee orchid Ophrys apifera and pyramidal orchid Anacampti…

Graig Fawr

…ood melick Melica uniflora, wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum, violets Viola spp. and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. More open areas of rock outcrop in this area support scarce plants, including narrow-le…

Gribun Shore and Crags

…me Thymus praecox ssp arcticus, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia on dry slopes, with globe flower Trollius europaeus and water avens Geum rivale in flushes. Cenomanian - Maastrichtian Permian Triassic (red beds) Maritime cliff Upland habitats …

Coombs Dale

…stuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris. In these grasslands, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia is abundant with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and violets Viola riviniana and Viola hirta. On some of the brown earths, gorse Ulex europaeus has developed and there are patches o…

Sefton Coast

…aracterised by the presence of common polypody Polypodium vulgare and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. On the older dunes, this community is frequently replaced by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with common bent, cat’s ear and common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, although …

Plains & Great Bay (St. Martin's)

…port dense bracken Pteridium aquilinum with bramble Rubus fruticosus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. The site also supports a breeding colony of ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula.

Hoar Park Wood

…bell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Two plants which are rare in Warwickshire are found at Hoar Park, these are lily of the valley Convallaria majalis and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Along the stream that …

Hockering Wood

…ken on the most acid soils with honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Lily of the valley Convallaria majalis is locally abundant. Elsewhere bracken occurs with bramble, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, bluebell…

Coed y Gofer

…occurring include dense areas of bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. Narrow leaved helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia, a very uncommon plant, is present along with other notable species such as the shrub spindle …

Gunnerton Nick

…instone crags are sparsely vegetated with bell heather Erica cinerea, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and a number of saxicolous lichens mainly Parmelia species. The locally scarce small flowered and long stalked crane’s bills Geranium pusillum and …

Close House Riverside

…anula rotundifolia, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The dominant species are however grasses, including common bent Agrostis capillaris and red fescue Festuca rubra in areas of metal contamination and false oat grass Arrhenatherum …

Messingham Sand Quarry

…species such as heather Calluna vulgaris, petty whin Genista anglica, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and heath dog violet Viola canina characteristic of the covers and heathlands once widespread in this area. Thirteen species of dragonfly have been confirmed breeding which constit…

Thundersley Great Common

…ratense, tormentil Potentilla erecta, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Two locally uncommon species of wet heath are cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, rare in Essex outside Epping Forest and alder buckthorn Frangula alnus. On the plateau, an additio…

Norsey Wood

… and bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. are the dominant ground flora with wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, foxglove Digitalis purpurea, slender and trailing St John’s wort Hypericum pulchrum and H. humifusum, heath wood rush Luzula multiflora and the ver…

Nut Wood

…on dog-violet Viola riviniana, barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, primrose Primula vulgaris and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas.

Moel y Golfa

…ncludes common species such as false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella and bramble Rubus fruticosus. Wetter flushed areas support dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea, whilst drier grassy …

Yewbarrow Woods

… grass Holcus mollis but species such as foxglove Digitalis purpurea, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, herb Robert Geranium robertianum and bracken Pteridium aquilinum are not uncommon. How…

Strathfleet

…mmon cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The oak woodland also supports a good range of lichens growing on tree branches and high stems. Vascular plant assemblage Due to the varied underlying rock types and associated so…

Darwell Wood

…weet chestnut Castanea sativa coppice. The ground flora here includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and sanicle Sanicula europaea. In the west of the site calcareous soils support an ash Fraxinus excelsior hazel wood with a ground flora comprised of p…

Allt Wen a Traeth Tanybwlch

…d throughout, with other characteristic coastal heath species such as wood sage Teucrium Scorodonia, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia. On patches of damp gravelly scree there are colonies of sea stork's-bill Erodium maritimum (in its only…

Barmouth Hillside

…irch Betula pubescens and hazel Corylus avellana with species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta in the ground flora. Localised nutrient enrichment due to the presence of manganese shales results in a more lush flora including ramsons All…

Milkingstead Wood

…locally bracken with creeping soft grass Holcus mollis become common. wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, violet, bramble and honeysuckle also occur. A small grove of hazel coppice with pedunculate oak is present on the richer soils at the foot of the slope. Pedunculate oak is also fo…

Haile Great Wood

…rasses and herbs. These include wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Hard fern Blechnum spicant is common and a variety of other ferns such as male fern Dryopteris filix-ma…

Coed Llys-Aled

…many-headed woodrush Luzula multiflora, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Adjacent to the river and also further south the soils are more base-rich and as well as sessile oak Quercus petraea, the tree canopy includ…

Scawt Hill

…ts more base-poor and disturbed nature with heather Calluna vulgaris, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and sheep's bit Jasione montana, while seepage along some ledges has given rise to a substantial cover of mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. The cushion mosses Bryum capillare an…

Worth Forest

…num, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, bramble Rubus fruticosus and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are abundant. Mature oak Quercus robur and beech Fagus sylvatica are present as standards in the woodland and also occasionally as pollards, marking old banks and walls. Old yew tr…

The Wye Valley

… as wood melick Melica uniflora, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis. Much of the rock and scree covered ground of the north facing moist woodlands is dominated by mosses, particularly Eurynchium praelongum. A …

Reisgill Burn

…ts and ferns, with species such as greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea, bloody crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum, and stone bramble Rubus saxatilis.

Killard

…ficinarum, cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata, primrose Primula vulgaris, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, white clover Trifolium repens, bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and sand sedge Carex arenaria. Maritime grassland communities are confined to the coastal edge of the peninsul…

Carn Ingli

…yrtillus, foxglove Digitalis purpurea, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and other species suggesting former woodland cover.The nationally scarce bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa is found amongst the flushes and small rills. These wet flushes have other sc…

Hareshaw Dene

…have grown from former coppice. There is a rich herb flora, including wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and wild raspberry Rubus idaeus with tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium …

Dolebury Warren

…pport acid tolerant plants such as heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Near the summit there are areas of limestone heathland dominated by bell heather Erica cinerea and western gorse Ulex gallii, with heather Calluna vulgaris occurring locally. Bilb…

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