Milton-Lockhart Wood

Site of Special Scientific Interest · 55.7222, -3.8869

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Lanarkshire County

Condition (NatureScot)

Favourable (1)
UnitFeatureConditionArea (ha)Assessed
F1 Beetle assemblage Favourable — 2011-02-14

Habitats

Fast flowing river and stream

Description

Milton-Lockhart Wood Milton-Lockhart Wood lies on the bank of the River Clyde approximately 3km west of Carluke and is an area of steep, south-facing policy woodland. This is one of the most important sites for woodland beetles (Coleoptera) in south central Scotland, especially for saproxylic species living in dead wood and in fungi growing on dead wood. The beetle fauna includes a number of nationally rare and nationally scarce species in great Britain and species scarce or rare in Scotland. These include the Red Data Book listed beetles Atomaria longicornis and Melolontha hippocastani; the nationally scarce saproxylic beetles Abdera flexuosa, Cerylon fagi and Orchesia micans; and the regionally scare saproxylic beetles Cis fagi, Dacne bipustulata and Mycetophagus quadripustulatus. The entomological (insect) value of the site is related to topography and the occurrence of a range of ecological niches including over-mature and decaying beech and oak suitable for the larvae of dead wood beetles. Milton-Lockhart Wood complements and forms a significant link between other entomologically important sites in the upper and lower Clyde Valley.

Species mentioned

English name
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search with Google		 IUCN / Red List Type Family
beetle Abdera flexuosa LC beetle melandryidae
beetle Atomaria longicornis Not listed in GB list beetle cryptophagidae
no common name Cerylon fagi Not listed in GB list beetle cerylonidae
no common name Dacne bipustulata Not listed in GB list beetle erotylidae
no common name Mycetophagus quadripustulatus LC beetle mycetophagidae
northern cockchafer Melolontha hippocastani LC beetle chafers scarabaeidae

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