Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Merthen Wood

…rchid Platanthera bifolia, chaffweed Centunculus minimus, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and allseed Radiola linoides; • marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia; • assemblage of invertebrates chiefly associated with scrub heath and moorland; • populatio…

Mid Cornwall Moors

…rchid Platanthera bifolia, chaffweed Centunculus minimus, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and allseed Radiola linoides; marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia; assemblage of invertebrates chiefly associated with scrub heath and moorland; populations of the wa…

Skokholm

…nally scarce three-lobed crowfoot Ranunculus tripartitus, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, chaffweed Centunculus minimus, lesser marshwort Apium inundatum and divided sedge Carex divisa at one of only two sites in Pembrokeshire. An assemblage of lichen species assoc…

Catcott Edington and Chilton Moors

…Hippuris vulgaris, greater water parsnip Sium latifolium, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and fine leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica. A diverse invertebrate fauna is associated with these botanically rich water channels. The water beetle fauna is of exception…

North Moor

…ntly cleaned ditches and rhynes. Uncommon species include lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, water violet Hottonia palustris and lesser bulrush Typha angustifolia, the latter occurring only on No…

Loch Eye

…es. Other open water species include the near threatened lesser water plantain, Baldellia ranunculoides, whilst edge species include the locally rare greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua. In winter the loch is also an important roosting site for greylag goose and whooper swan, wh…

Misson Line Bank

…sotis laxa, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa and lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides. In deeper water the marsh is replaced, locally, by reed swamp dominated by common reed Phragmites australis, lesser bulrush Typha angustifolia or bulrush Typha latifolia. The …

Misson Training Area

…uncommon plants are associated with these ditches such as lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, which is found here at its only current Nottinghamshire locality. The diversity of habitats found on the site supports a rich invert…

Cors Penally (Penally Marsh)

…lis. Tufted-sedge Carex elata is frequent in other areas. Lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and celery-leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus also occur amongst the 140 or so different plants found in the marsh. Botanical records for the site extend back for 130 years…

River Frome

…n the county, including red pondweed Potamogeton alpinus, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and flowering rush Butomus umbellatus. Of particular interest on the sloping and poached ditch margins is the frequency of bottle sedge Carex rostrata and bladder sedge C. vesi…

Potteric Carr

…aquatic vegetation is in places more diverse and includes lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, water dock Rumex hydrolapathum, tufted sedge Carex acuta, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula…

Moorlinch

…e often species rich and diverse. Notable species include lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, tubular water dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa, stoneworts Chara spp., fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus and hairlike pondweed Potamogeton trichoides. The larger IDB …

Sleibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh

…e Baltic rush Juncus balticus and the threatened species, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides. Within the surrounding wetland areas the rich invertebrate life supports diverse assemblages of breeding birds, namely: internationally-important breeding populations of dunli…

Ant Broads and Marshes

… diversity of aquatic plants including the local species, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, fen pondweed Potamogeton coloratus, marsh St John’s wort Hypericum elodes and three species of bladderwort Utricularia spp. These pools, together with associated wetter areas …

Shapwick Heath

…quatic and bank side floras. Emergent species of note are lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, water violet Hottonia palustris and greater water parsnip Sium latifolium. Floating species include the nationally rare rootless duckweed Wolffia arrhiza and in the submerged …

Dee Cliffs

…rganium erectum. Water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, fool's water cress Apium nodiflorum and lesser water parsnip Berula erecta. Marshy grassland has developed behind the emergent vegetation. This community is dominated by hard …

Basingstoke Canal

…he remainder of the Basingstoke Canal system, for example lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and water purslane Lythrum portula. The lake also has strong populations of needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and fan leaved water crowfoot…

Gordano Valley

… Potamogeton coloratus. Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia also occur. A small wood dominated by hazel Corylus avellana exists along the southern boundary and the ground flora includes, bluebell Hy…

Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay

… rush Juncus balticus, black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, water lobelia L. dortmanna, sea rush Juncus maritimus and all three of the British species of eelgrass, dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii, narrow-leaved eelgrass Zostera angustifo…

Lough Melvin

…um fluviatile, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris and lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides. Locally, stands of reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris have developed. The generally sparse swamp communities are often backed…

Halvergate Marshes

…ater parsnip Sium latifolium and the regionally important lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, river water dropwort Oenanthe fluviatilis, flat stalked pondweed Potamogeton friesii, blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua, the …

Winfrith Heath

…sedge Carex rostrata, marsh cinqfoil Comarum palustre and lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, all local in Dorset. The site is important for nationally scarce plants associated with the heath and mire communities. Wet heath holds marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe and…

Margam Moors

… disticha on the edge of their range, with others such as Lesser Water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, Tubular Water-dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa and Marsh Helleborine Epipactis palustris of local interest. The nationally rare beetle Haliplus mucronatus, the dragonfly Sympetrum …

Trefeiddan Moor

…rare plant, grows on the margins of the swamp, along with lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and nodding bur-marigold Bidens cernua. Lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor and alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum are found in the wettest parts. The scarce p…

Brown Moss

…h communities include orange foxtail Alopecurus aequalis, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, floating water plantain Luronium natans, floating scirpus Eleogiton fluitans, small bur reed Sparganium minimum, marsh St. John’s wort Hypericum elodes and the rare liverwort …

West Lizard

…ra. Hayle Kimbro Pool supports the largest population of lesser water-plaintain Baldellia ranunculoides in Cornwall where the species has a restricted distribution. North of the pool at Ponson Joppa the only population of bog myrtle Myrica gale on the Lizard can be found. Three-l…

Cantley Marshes

… present; blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, flat stalked pondweed Potamogeton friesii, soft hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum and floating club rush Isolepis fluitans. Tall herb fen found on the river frontage supports a…

Cross Drain

…of relict fenland, including locally rare species such as lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and various leaved pondweed Potamogeton gramineus, also nationally scarce species such as fen pondweed Potamogeton coloratus and needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis. Other …

Broomhill Burrows

…ow-sedge Carex serotina, knotted pearlwort Sagina nodosa, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans and slender spike-rush Eleocharis uniglumis. Hollows dug to water cattle and past quarry workings have …

Bassenhally Pit

…. uniglumis. A great variety of herbs are present such as lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, early marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata and water violet Hottonia palustris. Of particular interest are stands of sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus. The other grassland …

Goonhilly Downs

… tripartitus along with chaffweed Centunculus minimus and lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides. The orchid flora is of particular note. Several species occur including the heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, southern marsh-orchid D. praetermiss…

Horsell Common

… flag iris Iris pseudacorus, the largest Surrey colony of lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and bog hair grass Deschampsia setacea, which is scarce in Britain and rare in Europe as a whole. The only remaining Surrey colony of three lobed water crowfoot Ranunculus trip…

Duddingston Loch

…r spearwort Ranunculus lingua, fennel Foeniculum vulgare, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, and fool's water-cress Apium nodiflorum. Several of the aquatic and marsh plants are uncommon in the area due to the shortage of suitable habitat. Although not qualifying as …

Siddick Pond

…Polygonum amphibium, Canadian pondweed Elodea canadensis, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and four species of pondweed Potamogeton spp. Around the pond margin are large beds of common red Phragmites australis and smaller areas of common spike rush Eleocharis palustr…

Mattishall Moor

…borine Epipactis palustris, flat sedge Blysmus compressus lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Along the southern boundary of the site, the fen grades into wet marshy grassland. Th…

Leathemstown

…adder sedge Carex vesicaria, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and shoreweed Littorella uniflora. Swamp vegetation merges into a narrow band of reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea with scattered branched bur-reed Sparganium ereetum, wat…

Llyn Maelog

… uncommon greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua occur here. Lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus are other uncommon plants which occur within the mergent fringe. Reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea and red fescue Festuca rubra are l…

Cors Crymlyn / Crymlyn Bog

…wort Ranunculus lingua, least bur-reed Sparganium natans, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, slender spike-rush Eleocharis uniglumis and black bog rush Schoenus nigricans are close to the limit of their British geographical range and/or of limited distribution locally…

Fairwood, Pengwern and Welshmoor Commons

…lodes, whorled caraway, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and adder's-tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. Welsh Moor supports the largest breeding population of the marsh fritilla…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…otamogeton polygonifolius, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and submerged floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, all of which are rare in west Dorset. The particular combination and juxtaposition of aquatic and terrestrial habitats prov…

Pocklington Canal

… species narrow leaved water plantain Alisma lanceolatum, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, blunt fruited water starwort Callitriche obtusangula, fat duckweed Lemna gibba and fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus. The cana…

Ockham and Wisley Commons

…rella uniflora, marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes and lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides. Locally distributed plants include needle spike rush Eleocharis acicularis and pillwort Pilularia globulifera. Open water surrounded by heathland presents an ideal habitat for…

St. David's Airfield Heaths

…propinquata, greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris and lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides are abundant in the swamp of Waun Llechell. The only other known Welsh site for fibrous tussock-sedge is the nearby Dowrog Common. Meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum occurs on th…

Lakenheath Poors Fen

…but they support a range of plants including the uncommon Lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, brookweed Samolus valerandi and water mint Mentha aquatica.

Rhyllech Uchaf

…rioides, broad-leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium, lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora and lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides and petty whin Genista anglica. Several other orchid species are found at the site…

Curry and Hay Moors

…Butomus umbellatus, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides. Over 100 species of aquatic invertebrates inhabit the ditches including one nationally rare soldier fly, Odontomyia ornata and 13 nationally scarce species including the water…

Wicken Fen

… Many, such as greater spearwort Ranunculus flammula and lesser water plaintain Baldellia ranunculoides are now uncommon elsewhere.

The Moors

…ly Nuphar lutea, water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and opposite-leaved pondweed Groenlandia densa. In the north where the drains have a more saline character, sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus and bulrush Schoenoplectus tab…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…y Isle of Wight locations, mare’s tail Hippuris vulgaris, lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides and fat duckweed Lemna gibba. The marsh complex is of importance for its populations of overwintering waterfowl and supports a number of species of breeding wildfowl and wading…

Ramsey / Ynys Dewi

… of interest are the lesser marshwort Apium inundatum and lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides. The nationally scarce wavy St John’s-wort Hypericum undulatum occurs in a wet flush, yellow centaury Cicendia filiformis is associated with damp, open places and chamomile Cha…

Dowrog Common

…he Dowrog Pool. Interesting plants in these pools include lesser water-plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor, unbranched bur-reed Sparganium emersum and numerous stoneworts Charophyte spp. The flood-plain of …

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