Corrie Burn

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 55.9853, -4.1082

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Condition (NatureScot)

Favourable (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
F1 Lower Carboniferous [Dinantian - Namurian (part)] Favourable — 2013-01-18

Habitats

Fast flowing river and stream

Geology & landscape

Mining / Industrial: Quarry · Geological Period: Carboniferous · Rock Type: Limestone, Sandstone

Landscape processes: Glacial, Volcanic / Igneous

Description

CORRIE BURN Corrie Burn Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) consists of four separate parts each lying within different tributaries of the River Kelvin, 3km north west of Kilsyth. It comprises stream and quarry exposures which provide a complete Lower Carboniferous rock sequence, from the volcanic detritus of the Calciferous Sandstone Measures to the base of the Limestone Coal Group. The limestone beds of the Corrieburn, Blackhall and Hosie Limestones, and the White Coral Limestone below, yield marine faunas of special taxonomic and palaeoecological interest. Adjacent exposures afford valuable information on the detailed stratigraphy of the Limestone Coal Group and Upper Limestone Group. The site is a key fossil and stratigraphical locality for its Dinantian and Namurian rocks which formed around 330 million years ago.

Plant communities

A9 — Fast flowing river and stream, Marginal and inundation, Pond ditch and canal, Sluggish river and stream

Potamogeton natans community

Schoenoplectus lacustris, Juncus bulbosus, Sparganium angustifolium, Sparganium erectum, Sparganium minimum, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Lobelia dortmanna, Equisetum fluviatile, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Elodea canadensis, Lemna minor, Lemna trisulca, Nymphaea alba, Callitriche platycarpa, Callitriche stagnalis, Littorella uniflora, Potamogeton natans, Ranunculus trichophyllus, Glyceria fluitans, Chara subspinosa

A14 — Fast flowing river and stream

Myriophyllum alterniflorum community

Isolepis fluitans, Juncus bulbosus, Fontinalis antipyretica, Lobelia dortmanna, Equisetum fluviatile, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Lemna minor, Callitriche stagnalis, Littorella uniflora, Potamogeton filiformis, Potamogeton gramineus, Potamogeton natans, Ranunculus peltatus, Chara spp., Nitella hyalina

A17 — Chalk river and stream, Fast flowing river and stream

Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans community

Berula erecta, Nasturtium officinale, Elodea canadensis, Lemna minor, Callitriche stagnalis, Veronica beccabunga, Polygonum amphibium, Polygonum hydropiper, Potamogeton crispus, Potamogeton pectinatus, Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseudofluitans

A18 — Fast flowing river and stream

Ranunculus fluitans community

Fontinalis antipyretica, Fontinalis squamosa var. curnowii, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Myriophyllum spicatum, Elodea canadensis, Mentha aquatica, Lemna gibba, Lemna minor, Potamogeton perfoliatus, Ranunculus fluitans, Glyceria fluitans, Phalaris arundinacea