Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth

…rmeria maritima, buckshorn plantain Plantago coronopus, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The steep sided valleys support maritime grassland and maritime heath and their seaward margins grading into scrub and woodland further inland. The Mariti…

Cheddar Wood

…ted by ramsons Allium ursinum. Other plants present include columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, meadow saffron Colchicum autumnale, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus, toothwort Lathraea squamaria and four species of orchid, common spotted o…

Toyd Down and Quarry

… the 15 year old sword are basil thyme Acinos arvensis, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, both chalk and common milkworts Polygala calcarea and P. vulgaris, thyme Thymus praecox quaking grass Briza media, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria…

Coedydd Capel Dyddgen

… (‘lime-loving’) plants. Here, an admixture of marjoram Origanum vulgare, thyme Thymus vulgaris, salad burnet, fairy flax Linum catharticum, mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris grow on the thinner soils, with oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulg…

Carrickarade

… on the distribution of some communities, with heath comprising heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erka cinerea and limited crowberry Empetrum nigrum associated with the more acid volcanics. The chalk supports abundant kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. Associated with those …

Silverdale Golf Course

…Poterium sanguisorba, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, wild thyme Thymus vulgaris and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. The diversity of the site is further enhanced by species suited to the very shallow soils abutting the rock outcrops and within rock crevi…

East Polden Grasslands

…ntaurium erythraea, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, thyme Thymus polytrichus and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum being more abundant in very short swards. These swards have affinities to the sheep's Fescue / carline thistle and sheep…

Brockadale

… Plantago media, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, milk vetch A. glycyphyllos, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and thyme Thymus praecox. Alongside the river there are…

Peckriding Top Lot

…r, slope by the presence of dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, heather Calluna vulgaris, wild thyme Thymus praecox, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris. Common…

Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs

…ntianella amarella, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Additional habitats are provided by areas of sca…

Wharmley Riverside

…h Anthyllis vulneraria, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, bladder campion Silene vulgaris, wild thyme Thymus praecox, golden rod Solidago virgaurea and the hairy sedge Carex hirta. The grassy swards have false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, …

Graig Fawr

… soils there are areas of sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris grassland. The turf is short and open, dominated by the grass sheep's fescue. Other grasses including crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking grass Briza media commonly occur with c…

Raincliffe & Forge Valley Woods

…bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, heather Calluna vulgaris and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. In the Raincliffe sector chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea is recorded. Small areas of calcareous grassland are associated with limestone out…

Mynydd Marian

…t and most drought prone soils there are small areas of Festuca ovina - Carlina vulgaris grassland. The turf is short and open, dominated by the grass sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Other frequent grasses include crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking grass Briza media.…

Bushy Park and Home Park

…stone grassland such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, large thyme Thymus pulegioides and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, a highly unusual feature.

Black Ditches, Cavenham

…ide variety of characteristic herbs are present, including dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, large thyme Thymus pulegioides, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, burnet saxifrade Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Two locally rar…

Aston Upthorpe Downs

…nt tip orchid Neotinea ustulata, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. A small population of the nationally rare pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris occurs here at its only current Oxford…

Alderford Common

…saxifrade Pimpinella saxifraga, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Damp hollows, on low lying ground, have a characteristic flora which includes water mint Mentha aquati…

Harbottle Moors

…ed blanket bog and valley mire. Sandstone ridges are covered by heather Calluna vulgaris with, locally, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. In the north where Barrow Scar is being eroded by the River Coquet to produce a scree, …

West Lizard

…lso occurs and is dominated by sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina and heather Calluna vulgaris with wild thyme Thymus polytrichus subsp. arcticus, autumn squill Scilla autumnalis, spring sandwort Minuartia verna and thyme broomrape Orobanche alba. Thrift and common dog-violet Viola riv…

Farleton Knott

…sedge Carex flacca all widespread. The herb community often includes wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, the uncommon limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri and squinancywort Asperula cynanchica. On this predominant…

River Lemon Valley Woods

…es of the almost sheer rockface. Rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea are found along with the mosses Grimmia orbicularis, Gymnostomum viridulumand Homalothecium lutescens. The fa…

Papa Stour

…nfluence throughout. The vegetation is all prostrate, dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris, with some thyme Thymus praecox, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, spring squill Scilla verna, sea plantain Plantago maritima, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and woolly hair…

Shirburn Hill

…t Gentianella amarella, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Large areas of the slopes are grazed only lightly. These carry a taller sward which includes false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, tor grass Brachypodium pinna…

Arnside Knott

…grassland species such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, fairy flax Linum catharticum and the limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri. A number …

Ringstead Downs

…ing squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, burnet saxifrade Pimpinella saxifraga, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and eyebright Euphrasia officinalis. An old chalk pit contains small areas of …

Hembury Woods

…round flora which includes wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, primrose Primula vulgaris, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, ramsons Allium ursinum and an abundance of wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus. The royal fern Osmunda regalis occurs locally. The trunks and branches of …

Coverack to Porthoustock

…strata with occasional sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum and sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima. Further up where the beach is more stable a community of sparse red fescue Festuca rubra is found along with kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, sea bindweed Calystegia soldanella…

Bredon Hill

…ude salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella o…

Roughdown Common

…dia and common knapweed Centaurea nigra. Widespread on the site are large thyme Thymus pulegiodes, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris and the eyebright Euphrasia pseudokerneri, whilst the steep slopes of the pit contain glaucous sedge Carex flacca, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, ca…

Congrove Field and The Tumps

…o present. The sward is herb rich with dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, rest-harrow Ononis repens and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria occurring throug…

Arreton Down

…seshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. The rare bastard toadflax Thesium hum…

Lune Forest

…etation on the moorland plateau is blanket mire co dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, typically with cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and an abundance of mosses. On the highest ground to the west, other dwarf shrubs, includi…

Gwithian to Mexico Towans

… fern grass Catapodium rigidum with associated herb species, such as wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, cowslip Primula veris, and sedge, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare and ye…

Waterdale

…nd, also with a southerly aspect, which includes the herbs dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, rock rose and wild thyme Thymus praecox. A red fescue grassland with north and north west aspects, which includes pignut Conopodium majus and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, yellow rattle…

Blaiskey Bank Springs

…ss Triglochin palustris, which is locally abundant, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and the insectivorous common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. There is a rich sedge flora, species including dioecious sedge Carex dioica, common yellow sedge C. demissa, long stalked yellow s…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…m ssp. incanum, a nationally scarce species, and other herbs such as wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris. Where hoary rock-rose is less frequent in this short turf grassland, a more maritime influence is revealed by the occurrence of spring squill S…

Holywell Banks

…land include thyme leaved sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, purging flax Linum catharticum and wild thyme Thymus praecox. The species rich turf includes the uncommon pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum and purple mil…

Whitesike Mine and Flinty Fell

…grassland of the sheep's fescue, common bent Agrostis capillaris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus community and the heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus acidic heath community. Whitesike Mine and Flinty Fell lies just to the north east of Garrigill. It consis…

The Clouds

…bs, for example mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, fairy flax Linum catharticum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, spring sandwort, eyebright Euphrasia spp., heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and slender bedstraw G. pumilum. Areas of acid grassland, a…

Newmarket Heath

…um sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, wild thyme Thymus praecox, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus, sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia, kidney vetch Anthyll…

Strathy Coast

… variety of flowering plants. Birds-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, common self-heal Prunella vulgaris, frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis and cowslip Primula veris are all found within the machair habitat. Maritime cliff (vegetation) The cliff top m…

Lindisfarne

…acial sands. The older, leached, sands support dune heath, with heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea and acid dune grassland in a mosaic unique within North East England. Dune slacks, dominated by creeping willow Salix repens and cross leaved heath Erica tetra…

Poole's Cavern and Grin Low Wood

…cicolous plants such as spring sedge Carex caryophyllea carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, fairy flax Linum catharticum and thyme Thymus praecox; and particularly good and attractive populations of fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea. The complete species list for the spoil areas …

Taynton Quarries

…range of herbs including chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, large thyme Thymus pulegioides and green winged orchid Anacamptis morio. This sward also contains bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum, a nationally uncommon…

Bridgham & Brettenham Heaths

… heath is dominated by wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and heather Calluna vulgaris, over which there is substantial invasion by bracken Pteridium aquilinum. Other species associated with this heathland include sand sedge Carex arenaria, pill sedge Carex pilulifera, heath wo…

Far High House Meadows

…flacca. The wettest part of these 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…

Warham Camp

… Helianthemum nummularium, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, larger wild thyme Thymus pulegioides, cowslip Primula veris, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, felwort Gentianella amarella and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis. Butterfly species include common blue Polyommatus ic…

Burrington Combe

…ed Centaurea scabiosa, C. nigra, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, Thymus polytrichus, marjoram Origanum vulgare and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris. Insects are extremely abundant on the warm south facing slopes despite the paucity of vegetation. On…

Collyweston Quarries

…cally uncommon herbs present are Dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata. Parts of the site are remarkable for the abundance of knapweed broom…

Dale and South Marloes Coast

… grassland, scattered relict areas of maritime heath occur with heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The sheltered, south-facing cliffs above Marloes Sands support well developed coastal scrub with much privet Ligustrum vulgare a…

Wyedale

…ia, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris, selfheal Prunella vulgaris, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Grasses include sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media, cres…

Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs

… have bird-influenced vegetation of tree-mallow Malva arborea and sea beet Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima. Maritime grassland dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, with scattered thrift, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and spring squill Scilla verna is widespread, but the exten…

Cockthorpe Common, Stiffkey

…re abundant and include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, large thyme Thymus pulegioides, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, cowslip Primula veris, twayblade Neottia ovata, p…

Hope's Nose to Wall's Hill

…rseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, crow garlic Allium vineale, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor are locally abundant, with frequent cowslip Primula veris, wild carrot Daucus carota, a…

Ebbor Gorge

…-scripta are both locally abundant. sanicle Sanicula europaea, primrose Primula vulgaris, pignut Conopodium majus, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium are also present. The valley of the main…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…ensis and quaking grass Briza media with abundant herbs that include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and the nationally scarce hoary ro…

Littleton and Balhamie Hills

…escue Festuca spp. and bents Agrostis spp. occurs with common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, wild thyme Thymus praecox, common knapweed Centaurea nigra, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and northern bedstraw G. boreale. Flushed areas here suppor…

Scar Closes, Kisdon Side

…lude flea sedge Carex pulicaris, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, wild thyme Thymus praecox, early purple orchid Orchis mascula, primrose Primula vulgaris and cowslip P. veris, quaking grass Briza media, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and two uncommon alpine species…

Eastnor Park

…me loving species such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. The Park has a rich invertebrate fauna and is a stronghold for the nationally …

Upper Wharfedale

…wny birch and silver birch Betula pendula and a ground flora of heather Calluna vulgaris and numerous fern species. Small areas of yew Taxus baccata occur at Firth Wood which, whilst augmented by planting, probably originated as natural stands. Strans and Rais Woods are especiall…

Creuddyn

…a, sanicle Sanicula europaea, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum, primrose Primula vulgaris, herb-Robert Geranium robertianum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, wood avens Geum urbanum, woodruff Galium odoratum and early-purple orchid Orchis mascula. Ramsons Allium ursinum c…

Hastings Hill

…tch Anthyllis vulneraria, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, harebell Campanul…

Llanddulas Limestone and Gwrych Castle Wood

…terest. On the rockiest parts and thinnest soils is the Festuca ovina - Carlina vulgaris grassland. This is a short turf containing sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking-grass Briza media with abundant …

Woodnook Valley

…typical limestone herbs such as greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, wild thyme Thymus praecox, fairy flax Linum catharticum and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris are still abundant. hawthorn scrub Crataegus monogyna is confined to the north eastern corner of this field and a few…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

… exists, with abundant spear-leaved orache Atriplex prostrata and sea beet Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima. Further up the cliff slopes, maritime grassland occurs in a strip of varying width. The salt-tolerant red fescue Festuca rubra is dominant, often forming a mattress with abun…

Oddy Hill and Tring Park

…. In places the sward is particularly species rich with carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, large thyme Thymus pulegioides and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella adding to the diversity. Notable is the abundance …

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…thland at Crosby Ravensworth is a dry acidic heath dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris. The height, cover and structure of the heather varies quite markedly across the site depending on the incidence of burning, severity of grazing and degree of exposure. Bell heather Erica cin…

The Bottoms

…abious, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primula veris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus all prominent. Less common species include common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis,…

Foulden Common

…ustralis, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. On the margins of the southern fen area a fen grassland community has developed with purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, black bog rush Schoenus nigr…

Quarrington Hill Grasslands

…abious, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus all prominent. Less common species include common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, hairy violet Viola hirta, wild carrot Daucus carota and felwort Gentianella amarella. The nationally sc…

Shiplate Slait

…ck outcrops, support the sheep’s Fescue/ Carline thistle Festuca ovina/ Carlina vulgaris type, in which the most frequent plants are wild thyme Thymus praecox, common rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Th…

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