Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Kings and Bakers Wood and Heaths

…osa. Species present that are rare in the county include great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. The acidic grassland has a characteristic flor…

Wellington Wood

…en recorded. These include herb paris Paris quadrifolia, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica with spurge laurel Daphne laureola, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium. The rides support a number of woodland e…

Leighfield Forest

…a cespitosa and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. The wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica is abundant and the presence of wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, nettleleaved bellflower Campanula trachelium and small teasel Dipsacus pilosus is of interest. meado…

Edford Woods & Meadows

…'s seal Polygonatum multiflorum, meadow saffron Colchicum autumnale, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. In Hurdlestone Wood the quartzite outcrop gives rise to more acidic, nutrient poor soils and here greater wood rus…

St Cyrus and Kinnaber Links

…, bloody crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum, cowslip Primula veris and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. Vascular plants The dunes, cliffs, grasslands and saltmarsh support a diverse flora. In total over 300 species of vascular plant have been recorded. Rare species at or near the northe…

Boulsbury Wood

…lity for two species, the meadow saffron Colchicum autumnale and the wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. In addition the invertebrate fauna is extremely rich although inadequately recorded. Records indicate that parts of the wood are extremely ancient, with reliable documentary evidence…

Newtown St Boswells Woods

…nt horsetail Equisetum telmateia, wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and alternate-leafed golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium.

Badby Wood

…aleriana dioica and near the wood edge blackcurrant Ribes nigrum and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. An overgrown hedge and a strip of unimproved neutral grassland on the banks add to the interest of the area. A good number of typical woodland bird species have been recorded from the…

Abbey Burn Foot to Balcary Point

…ta tinctoria, western gorse Ulex gallii, bell heather Erica cinerea, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, purple moor-grass and creeping willow Salix repens; hard cliff vegetation including thrift, sea campion and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum; swamps, flushes and cliff crevices includ…

Straidkilly Wood

…er community types are dominated by extensive carpets of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, interspersed with occasional mats of calcifugous bryophytes and a few scattered stands of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Base-rich community types include those dominated by stands of wood a…

River Lemon Valley Woods

…ees being ash Fraxinus excelsior, pedunculate oak Quercus robur and beech Fagus sylvatica with small-leaved lime Tilia cordata, field maple Acer campestre and sycamore A. pseudoplatanus also present. Alder Alnus glutinosa is common beside the river. Wych elm Ulmus glabra is prese…

Mournes Coast

… aquilinum and gorse Ulex europaeus scrub with occasional patches of wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. Saltmarsh communities are dominated by saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, sea plantain Plantago maritima, thrift Armeria maritima and the grasses red fescue Festuca rubra and creeping be…

Dancersend

…ood millet Milium effusum and wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides and yellow archangel La…

Mantles Heath

…acetosella. Several plants uncommon in the county are recorded, e.g. wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and slender St John’s wort Hypericum pulchrum.

Torboll Woods

…e. Notable species include wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, woodruff Galium odoratum and upland enchanter’s nightshade Circaea x intermedia. Flushes support golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, and wood fescue Festuca altissima and …

Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood

…, providing support for climbing plants such as the locally uncommon wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. Recently extracted spoil heaps support other locally uncommon species such as round leaved fluellen Kickxia spuria, viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare, deadly nightshade Atropa belladonn…

Lynsore Bottom

…d anemone Anemone nemorosa. Many uncommon plants also occur including woodvetch Vicia sylvatica, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, green hellebore Helleborus viridis, Solomon's seal Polygonatum multiflorum and goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus. Dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, blueb…

Whiting Ness - Ethie Haven

…learia officinalis subsp. scotica, long-bracted sedge Carex extensa, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, wild liquorice Astragalus glycyphyllos as well as rare and unusual species more generally restricted to base-rich grassland such as maiden pink Dianthus deltoides, clustered bellflowe…

Galboly

…yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, woodruff Galium odoratum, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood melick Melica uniflora and pignut Conopodium majus. At times, due to historical grazing management, a grassy ground flora dominates, consisting of grasses such as false brome Brachypod…

Allt nan Caorach

…l conditions. Notable species include wood fescue Festuca altissima, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media and serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda. In the upper, more open parts of the gorge, particularly on the drier boulder clay banks, a range of s…

Pass of Killiecrankie

… More unusual species occur chiefly on these richer soils, including wood vetch Vicia sylvatica and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. The bryophyte flora of the woodland and gorge is also rich with a variety of sub-oceanic and basicolous (growing on lime-rich habitats) moss…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

…ium myrtillus and ericoid species, with dense patches of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica amongst the heath. Crags present on the slopes have dry heath on the ledges, with abundant bell heather Erica cinerea. The heath grades into an area of cut-over blanket bog on the north-west…

Rhidorroch Woods

…reen Orthilia secunda, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica. Dry heath The woodlands are interspersed with a mosaic of other vegetation communities including subalpine dry heath. The subalpine dry heath habitat on this site is well-developed on…

Kippenrait Glen

…rcurialis perennis, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, as well as sanicle Sanicula europaea, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutentiana and ramsons Allium ursinum by the riversides. Elsewhere, on the less base-r…

Boscastle to Widemouth

…. Associated species include sheep’s-bit Jasione montana, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, tormentil Potentilla erecta and dodder Cuscuta epithymum. The following plants of county interest have also been recorded: madder Rubia peregrina, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, musk t…

Saltburn Gill

… locally abundant populations of early purple orchid Orchis mascula, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus and rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale. South of Darn Bottle a small bracken Pteridium aquilinum dominated clearing with scattered hawthorn and goat wil…

Puckham Woods

…plant communities. Such woodlands are scarce in the Cotswolds where beech Fagus sylvatica dominated woodland is more commonly encountered. Puckham Woods are also important as one of only a few woods of this type where past forestry practice has maintained a woodland composed of s…

White Park Bay

…ium lunaria two fern species, meadow crane's-bill Geranium pratense, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, fragrant agrimony Agrimonia procera, smooth cat's-ear Hypochaeris glabra and thyme broomrape Orobanche alba. The moss Rhodobryum roseum, which is rare in Ireland, is also of interest.…

Clout's Wood

…lebore Helleborus viridus occurs on the steep north facing slope and wood vetch Vicia sylvatica is recorded from scrub along the woodland margin. Bath asparagus Ornithagalum pyrenacium is locally abundant throughout the wood. The occurrence on chalk of Bath asparagus is of partic…

Stanton Pastures & Cuckoocliff Valley

…cula vulgaris, grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica all of which are rare or uncommon in the County. Heathland is best developed on the Triassic sandstone outcrops of Brown Edge and Blake Low. Here, heather and wavy hair grass dominate with l…

Ramsden Corner Plantation

…including wood millet Milium effusum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica which indicates that the site has ancient woodland affinities. Bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum and opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium o…

Everdon Stubbs

…are wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus, orpine Sedum telephium, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus. There is a good representative breeding bird list and the site is an important locality for fungi.

South Coast of Arran

…er’s-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, and narrow-leaved everlasting-pea Lathyrus sylvestris at the northern limit of its natural range in Britain. The site also includes a range of transitional habitats between the intert…

Monk Wood

…nce of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, ling Calluna vulgaris and wood rush Luzula sylvatica in the herb layer indicates the acid nature of the soil. Common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are frequent in places. A l…

North Woodburn Glen

…ky and rich in bryophytes and acidophilous plant species, e.g. wood rush Luzula sylvatica. On lower slopes where the soils are deeper, moister and more base-rich, the ground flora is diverse and includes communities dominated by such species as wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, rams…

Thwaite House Moss

…cinquefoil Comarum palustre, red campion Silene dioica, hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, herb robert Geranium robertianum and tufted vetch Vicia cracca. Greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, bugle Ajuga reptans and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas are also occasionally present.…

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