Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Robert Hall Moor

…mmunity of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with an abundance of small sedges Carex demissa, C. echinata, Carex flacca, Carex hirta, Carex hostiana, C. nigra, Carex leporina, C. panicea, Carex pilulifera and C. pulicaris, with creeping willow and numerous herbaceous species amo…

Stranacally

…tone drift material. The sward is rich in sedge species and has carnation sedge Carex panicea, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, common sedge Carex nigra and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Rushes are a common feature amongst …

Fletchwood Meadows

…ate 19th century and woodland species persist in the meadows, e.g. remote sedge Carex remota, primrose Primula vulgaris, pignut Conopodium majus, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis an…

Prolusk

…rush Juncus effusus. The sward is rich in sedge species and has carnation sedge Carex panicea, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, star sedge Carex echinata, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Herbs are frequent and widespread …

Pant Cae Haidd

…tation include a variety of small sedges, rushes and herbs. Common yellow-sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge Carex panicea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, and tawny sedge Carex hostiana are common, the latter two species indicating some degree of miner…

Cappas Lwyd

…e a variety of small sedges, rushes and broad-leaved herbs. Common yellow-sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge Carex panicea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, flea sedge Carex pulicaris and tawny sedge Carex hostiana are common, the latter two species reflecting some degree of minera…

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

…with the vegetation characterised by short sedges including common yellow sedge Carex demissa, dioecious sedge Carex dioica, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Herbs include Heath lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris a…

Abbotsbury Castle

… of soft rush Juncus effusus and flote-grass Glyceria fluitans where star sedge Carex echinata, low sedge Carex demissa, carnation-grass Carex panicea and cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium also occur. Abbotsbury Castle supports a lichen flora typical of acid substrates inclu…

Lambert's Castle

…rulea interspersed with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and sedges Carex spp.including star sedge Carex echinata, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and flea sedge Carex pulicaris; these areas contain abundant bog moss Sphagnum spp. Frequent among the many herbs prese…

Potteric Carr

…and bulrush but include also reed sweet grass, yellow iris and great pond sedge Carex riparia. Whereas these species may form near monocultures the emergent and marginal aquatic vegetation is in places more diverse and includes lesser water plantain Baldellia ranunculoides, water…

Lough Alaban

…peaty substrate that supports emergent swamp vegetation especially bottle sedge Carex rostrata, common reed Phragmites australis and branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum. The western and southern margins of the lough support an extensive floating raft of acid fen, comprised of su…

Llwyn y Celyn Wetland

…er constant species associated with this community type such as carnation sedge Carex panicea, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and tormentil Potentilla erecta are widespread. Lesser pond-sedge Carex acutiformis is unusually common. Eight…

Twenty Acre Piece

…tum, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, yellow sedge Carex demissa, pill sedge Carex pilulifera and tawny sedge Carex hostiana. The grassland areas have been invaded by scrub species, notably silver birch Betula pendula (formerly verrucosa), pedunculate…

Croagh Bog

…s running down these slopes are dominated by sedges such as common yellow sedge Carex demissa, star sedge Carex echinata and carnation sedge Carex panicea with locally frequent devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The broadly flushed lower slopes are characterised by a bog myrt…

Bingley South Bog

… fen supports large quantities of a number of sedges. These include brown sedge Carex disticha regionally uncommon hammer sedge Carex hirta, yellow sedge C. demissa, oval sedge Carex leporina, carnation sedge C. panicea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and common sedge C. nigra, toge…

Rathlin Island - Kebble

…plateaux, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea occurs. The sedges carnation sedge Carex panicea and pill sedge Carex pilulifera are frequent and characterise the slightly more acidic conditions present on the thin peat soils. Herbs present include tormentil Potentilla erecta, devi…

Black Park

…uzula multiflora, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and green veined sedge Carex binervis. In addition to these, species recorded include grasses such as sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agrostis capillaris, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, creeping soft gr…

Rathlin Island - Ballygill North

…flushed by mineral rich waters and are dominated by sedges e.g. carnation sedge Carex panicea, common sedge Carex nigra, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans. Troughs and valley bottoms contain a range of wetland communities with a large number …

Ribsons Meadows

…scabious Succisa pratensis. Sedges are abundant and include common yellow-sedge Carex demissa, flea sedge C. pulicaris, oval sedge Carex leporina, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, common sedge C. nigra and carnation sedge C. panicea. There is a strip of w…

Fens Pools

…ecies rich areas of marshy grassland and acidic flush contain a range of sedges Carex demissa, Carex flacca and C. otrubae, as well as common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum and an extensive population of southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza prae…

Long Mynd

…nd grades into a rush pasture characterised by soft rush Juncus effusus, sedges Carex demissa and C. nigra with marsh bedstraw Galium palustre and greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus. This plant community is typical of western uplands in Britain and occurs on the Long …

Hill of Warehouse

…tic of base-rich areas. Dominant plant species in the fen include: bottle sedge Carex rostrata, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. Parts of the fen also contain marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palust…

Kirkby Moor

…ustifolium over Sphagnum papillosum, with cross leaved heath and the star sedge Carex echinata and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Other species include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and marsh violet Viola palustris. Where there is a sligh…

Shap Fells

…air moss Polytrichum commune but other stands are characterised by bottle sedge Carex rostrata. There is localised development of bog myrtle purple moor grass Myrica gale Molinia caerulea mires which occur to this extent on few other upland areas in the Lake District. Basic flus…

Blindley Heath

…rrey do occur; these include chaffweed Centunculus minimus, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, carnation grass Carex panicea and grass vetchling Lathyrus nissolia. Mature trees of pedunculate oak Quercus robur and scrub of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, sallow Salix cinerea and bla…

Caeau Penglaneinon

…s rush Juncus bulbosus, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, common yellow-sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge Carex panicea, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria and marsh violet Viola palustris.

Tiptree Heath

…with pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, yellow sedge Carex demissa, ribbed sedge Carex binervis, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bristle scirpus Isolepis setacea in damper areas. Gorse and birch scrub grade into secondary woodland which forms a s…

Gale Clough and Shooterslee Wood

…refoil Lotus pedunculatus, globe flower Trollius europaeus, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and carnation sedge Carex panicea. In the drier neutral grassland common bent, Yorkshire fog and sheep's fescue become the main grasses. The herb flora is relatively rich with ribwort pl…

Friezeland Grassland

…e of habitat types. Neutral marshes, some sedge rich and including common sedge Carex nigra, yellow sedge C. demissa and oval sedge Carex leporina and others comprising a bryophyte lawn, have developed in the moist depressions. Characteristic plants of this community include mars…

Combe Scar

…num catharticum and thyme Thymus polytrichus with smaller amounts of flea sedge Carex pulicaris and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Springs and seepages arise in these areas and there are associated wet and dripping soil banks and rock surfaces. The springs are typically dominate…

Waen Rydd

…us, whorled caraway Carum verticillatum and, in one area, greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata. In the small north-western field, this type of rush pasture occasionally approaches a swamp community in the wettest areas, with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, water horsetail Equise…

Beechmill Wood and Pasture

… extensive flushed area is very rich with large areas dominated by common sedge Carex nigra and common yellow sedge Carex demissa, together with jointed rush Juncus articulatus, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and fen bedstraw Galium uliginos…

Gutch Common

…, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and sedges; greater and lesser pond sedge Carex riparia and Carex acutiformis become dominant in Britmore Bog. The locally uncommon species marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata are present. Open areas of t…

Tarn Moss

…inance of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and sedges, the latter including white sedge Carex canescens, star sedge C. echinata, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and the very local northern species, tall bog sedge Carex megallanica. Other species include marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, …

Thundersley Great Common

…dges are abundant, including four species uncommon in Essex, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, common yellow sedge C. demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea and pill sedge Carex pilulifera. On unmown patches, heather Calluna vulgaris and gorse Ulex europaeus are locally dominant, w…

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

…s being joined here by a diverse assemblage of associates, including star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, mat-grass Nardus stricta, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the …

Beinn Dearg

…heath. At higher altitudes, there is extensive stiff sedge – woolly fringe moss Carex bigelowii- Racomitrium lanuginosum alpine moss-heath. The characteristic north-western form of alpine moss-heath, with an abundance of the cushion herbs cyphel Minuartia sedoides and thrift Arme…

Whiston Eaves

…n these steeper slopes herbs such as betony, devil’s bit scabious, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga become more prominent. In some areas, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria becomes locally dominant, forming dense patches and greater butter…

Rhos Fullbrook

…ella anglica. The wet flushes are dominated by sedges – notably carnation sedge Carex panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris, common yellow-sedge C. demissa, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and star sedge C. echinata in association with bog mosses Sphagnum spp., cross-leaved heath Erica tet…

Blaiskey Bank Springs

…uicula vulgaris. There is a rich sedge flora, species including dioecious sedge Carex dioica, common yellow sedge C. demissa, long stalked yellow sedge C. lepidocarpa and tawny sedge Carex hostiana. The springs to the north of the site are more acidic in character and are dominat…

Colshaw Pastures

…usewort Pedicularis sylvatica, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, common yellow sedge C. demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea and bog mosses Sphagnum species occur. The presence of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus growing…

Ringdown

…a significant part of the sward, the most frequent of which are carnation sedge Carex panicea, common yellow sedge C. demissa, flea sedgeC. pulicaris, star sedge C. echinata, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and many stalked spike rush Eleo…

Tulach Hill

…(the largest in east Perth & Kinross) with a lesser development of bottle sedge Carex rostrata mires and stony flushes typified by common yellow-sedge Carex demissa and yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides mire. A number of rare plant species occur, including brown bog-rush Schoen…

Burns Beck Moss

…apillifolium subsp. rubellum and Sphagnum magellanicum and lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra. Through both the cut and uncut peat areas run occasional flushes with swards of yellow sedge Carex demissa, common sedge C. nigra and carnation grass C. panicea. The uncommon bog sedge …

Cae'r Meirch

…marsh orchids Dactylorhiza spp. Non-tussocky purple moor-grass and small sedges Carex spp. dominate along some flush lines, with common yellow-sedge C. demissa, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge C. pulicaris, star sedge C. echinata and carnation sedge C. panicea all frequent…

Scout and Cunswick Scars

…ome of these scree areas and also on the scarp slope the rare bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda can be found. The very local fingered sedge Carex digitata has also been recorded from the site in addition to the more common species such as pill, common, spring and glaucous sedge…

Stanley Bank Meadow

…le club rush Isolepis setacea, adder’s tongue, yellow wort, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, square stalked St John’s wort Hypericum tetrapterum and the particularly uncommon spiked sedge Carex spicata. The site is also notable for the large colonies of common spotted orchid Da…

Woodhall Loch

…obeflower and marsh pennywort and a range of sedge species, notably white sedge Carex canescens, pale sedge C. pallescens, common yellow sedge C. demissa, star sedge C. echinata, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and common sedge C. nigra. Further habitats of open water and floating and…

The Stiperstones & The Hollies

…allis tenella as well as a variety of sedges; in particular common yellow sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea, star sedge C. echinata, flea sedge C. pulicaris and tawny sedge Carex hostiana. Of particular noteis the presence of marsh hawk’s beard Crepis paludosa, at i…

Staddon Moor

…They also have a rich, short sedge component which includes common yellow-sedge Carex demissa, star sedge C. echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris and tawny sedge Carex hostiana. The main associates of the fen meadow community are meadow thistle Cirsium d…

Ron Ward's Meadow with Tadley Pastures

…is dominated by a sparse cover of rushes Juncus species over a short sedge rich Carex species sward. No less than fourteen species of sedge have been recorded including common yellow sedge Carex demissa, smooth stalked sedge Crataegus laevigata, common sedge C. nigra, pale sedge …

Bath Pasture

… bedstraw Galium saxatile, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and tormentil Potentilla erecta with, more locally, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, betony Betonica officinalis and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. A grass heath communit…

St. John's Point

… are characterised by saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus and long bracted sedge Carex extensa. The saltmarsh shows a smooth gradation into inundation grassland communities dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Red fescue Festuca rubra is also o…

Romsley Manor Farm

…ed hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, toad rush Juncus bufoniusa, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. Locally scarce plants are common yellow sedge Carex demissa, common sedge C. nigra, carnation sed…

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

… support a floating bog community characterised by an abundance of bottle sedge Carex rostrata, the bog-mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. palustre, S. recurvum and S. subnitens, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and marsh cinquefoil …

Ravensroost Wood

…is characterised by floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, brook lime Veronica beccabunga and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia; the woodland element is represented by common twayblade Neottia ovata, r…

Caeau Coed Mawr (Coedmawr Fields)

…such as quaking grass Briza media, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, carnation sedge C.panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris and common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Towards the foot of the slope purple moor-grass Molinia …

Frieth Meadows

…rtilisers. These include quaking grass Briza media, yellow and carnation sedges Carex demissa and C. panicea, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and lady's mantle Alc…

Crabtree Wood

…ush with base rich and acidic components. Over much of the flush glaucous sedge Carex flacca, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria are abundant but within this are pockets of acidic vegetation with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium a…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…, alpine and glaucous meadow grass Poa alpina and P. glauca, black alpine sedge Carex atrata, hoary whitlowgrass Draba incana, alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis and alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens. The Helvellyn range has been heavily sheep grazed for many years and the …

Low Gill Moor Wetlands

…reous streams. The vegetation is dominated by short sedges including dioecious Carex dioica, long stalked yellow C. lepidocarpa, carnation C. panicea, glaucous Carex flacca and tawny Carex hostiana sedges; in places with a dense understorey of mosses especially Palustriella comm…

Knockan Cliff

…verse range of plants including autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, blue sedge Carex flacca and flea sedge C. pulicaris. The calcareous screes support two different habitats. One has small, broken blocks of limestone on steep slopes with very sparse vegetation. Uncommon vascular…

Buchan Hill Ponds

…lacustris, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus, water mint Mentha aquatica, oval sedge Carex leporina and rushes Juncus species. Scattered sallow Salix cinerea and alder buckthorn Frangula alnus scrub occur in parts of the fen. The wet woodlands are dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa a…

Hen-allt Common

…w oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Other common associates include glaucous sedge Carex flacca, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus and tormentil Potentilla erecta. The s…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…wetland. In the wettest places, the vegetation is characterised by bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile. The driest areas have wet heath with western gorse Ulex gallii on slight humm…

Tilberthwaite Gill

…wort Pinguicula vulgaris, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, pale sedge C. pallescens, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, …

Cadair Idris

…losa occurs in some of these heaths. Patches of the regionally rare stiff sedge Carex bigelowii with woolly hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, sheep’s-fescue and bilberry occur on the summit plateau. This type of vegetation is rare this far south and indeed here the stands are sm…

Yr Eifl

…s Scorpidium revolvens, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and common yellow-sedge, Carex demissa occur. The higher slopes have extensive networks of block scree whilst the seaward face, which is over 300 metres in height, is a vast gullied precipitous slope with, in places, steep bl…

Purewell Meadows

…ssectum, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum, the sedges Carex demissa and C. panicea, tormentil Potentilla erecta and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Wetter areas along the lines of old drains are of great interest holding local marsh plants includi…

Bliss Gate Pastures

…. Several spring line seepages give rise to damp areas with common yellow sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea, bog stitchwort Stellaria alsine, bristle club rush Isolepis setacea, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi; such features have …

Whitchurch Down

… spp. together with devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, carnation sedge C. panicea, mat-grass Nardus stricta and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. Associated plants include round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong-leaved sundew Dro…

Loughrigg Fell Flushes

…een them. The characteristic plants of this base rich flush are dioecious sedge Carex dioica and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. The grass and sedge lawns are inpart covered by prolific mosses, particularly Scorpidium revolvens and Campylium stellatum, whilst large populat…

Cairnbaber

…are dominated by common butterwort, round leaved sundew and common yellow-sedge Carex demissa, whilst grass-of-parnassus, alpine meadow-rue and the uncommon, alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii, are found in the damp gullies. The lightly grazed slopes and broader ledges have a …

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…el Lysmachia tenella, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and occasionally common spike-rush Eleocharis palustris. At Pant yr Hyman, a series of rocky ridges support a mosaic of acidic grassland and coastal heathland where sheep’s fescue Festuc…

Emmett Hill Meadows

…rass Anthoxanthum odoratum, meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and carnation sedge C. panicea. Less frequent species are quaking grass Briza media, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, oval sedge Carex leporina and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Herbs …

Beinn an Lochain

… summit communities occur in the montane zone with good examples of stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, Racomitrium lanuginosum moss heath, and the arctic-alpine species three-leaved rush Juncus trifidus and spiked wood-rush Luzula spicata near their southern British geographical limit.…

Brothers Water

…east side. Near the lake outflow and along the southern lake shore bottle sedge Carex rostrata and common reed Phragmites australis form bands of marginal swamp behind which the vegetation comprises abundant sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, marsh violet Viola palustris, pu…

Crag Bank

… dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea accompanied by numerous sedges Carex demissa, hostiana, lepidocarpa, nigra, otrubae, panicea, pulicaris and spicata. Many other plants occur in the wet, low lying areas including species uncommon in Lancashire such as marsh hellebo…

Bourne Valley

…r, supporting for example, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, common yellow-sedge Carex demissa and southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa, indicative of slightly base-rich water. A mostly abrupt fall of the valley slopes to a flat valley bottom creates sharp transitions …

Wilwell Cutting

… swards are characterised also by an abundance of herbs such as false fox sedge Carex otrubae, hay rattle Rhinanthus minor, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, knapweed Centaurea nigra, adder’s tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum, Saxifraga granulataa and, locally, Anacamptis mor…

Ty Croes

…er of small flushes drain the area and here species such as common yellow sedge Carex demissa, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, brookweed Samolus valerandi and yellow iris Iris pseudacorus are found. Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, which nest…

Deadman

…irsium palustre, common lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and common yellow sedge Carex demissa being frequent associates. Water tends to move freely through the intersecting channels providing more nutrients to a community which is dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus. marsh mari…

Caeau Bryn Ifor

…a caerulea, velvet bent Agrostis canina, mat grass Nardus stricta, common sedge Carex nigra and carnation sedge C. panicea. Tormentil Potentilla erecta, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and whorled caraway Carum verticillatum …

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

… primrose Primula farinosa, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica. There are small areas of pavement, ledges and crags. One craggy gill is noted for alpine scurvy grass Cochlearia alpina, alpine cinquefoil Potentill…

Dyscarr Wood

…rt Ranunculus flammula, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and common yellow sedge Carex demissa. Additional interest here is provided by the occurrence of a large number of small pools. The diversity of habitats present provides ideal conditions for varied breeding bird, amphibian …

Stoke Common

…e local heath and mat grasses Danthonia decumbens and Nardus stricta, the sedge Carex demissa and the rush Juncus tenuis. Pre war cultivation of parts of the heath appears to have favoured the establishment of green winged and heath spotted orchids Anacamptis morio and Dactylorhi…

Causey Bank Mires

…iculatus with an abundance of herbs and sedges, including greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata, remote sedge Carex remota, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, square stalked St. John’s wort Hypericum tetrapterum, wild angelica Angelica sylvest…

Stockbridge Fen

… with eleven species recorded to date. Much of the sward comprises bottle sedge Carex rostrata and blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, with lesser tussock sedge C. diandra and marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris. The north cutting has common reed Phragmites australis with …

Far High House Meadows

…cum. Parts of the field have a sward dominated by sedges including common sedge Carex nigra, carnation sedge S. panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The wettest part of these meadows support common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, dioecious sedge Carex dioica, ragged-robin Si…

Birk Fell

…rface by Scalehow Beck. Additional species are usually present including sedges Carex panicea, C. demissa, marsh violet, butterwort, opposite leaved golden saxifrage and starry saxifrage. In some flushes, marsh valerian, yellow saxifrage and lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoid…

Outley Mosses

…have a diverse flora with a high cover of small sedges such as carnations sedge Carex panicea, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and common yellow sedge C. demissa and various combinations of other species including autumnal hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, marsh thistle Cirsium palus…

Pikes Farm Meadows

…lorantha and a variety of sedges which are locally uncommon, such as pale sedge Carex pallescens, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and common yellow sedge C. demissa.

Thornhill Moss & Meadows

…occurs along its eastern edge. Flushed acid areas are dominated by bottle sedge Carex rostrata or sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. Herbs include marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre. Various sedge…

Povington and Grange Heaths

…mmunities with high proportions of meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, the sedges Carex panicea and C. demissa, sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, marsh and heath-spotted orchids Dactylorhiza incarnata and D. maculata, and locally the rare marsh gentian Gentiana p…

Bryn-bwch

…ll purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea tussocks. Meadow thistle, carnation sedge Carex panicea, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, tormentil Potentilla erecta, marsh valerian valerian dioica, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, yellow sedge C. demissa and bog pimpernel Anagallis tene…

Okehampton Park Flush

…resent. Associated plants include cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, star sedge Carex echinata, heath-spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, and frequent lesser skull-cap Scutellaria minor and ivy-leaved bell-flower Wahlenbergia hederacea. Other plant communities present include …

Chilbolton Common

… a species rich river flood plain marsh, with distinctive dwarf sedge swards of Carex nigra, C. panicea, C. demissa, C. pulicaris, C. echinata and a host of short herbs such as bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, tormentil Potentilla erecta, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, c…

The Moors

… decumbens and quaking grass Briza media. Sedges are similarly varied including Carex panicea, C. nigra, C. demissa, C. echinata and herbs include marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, devil's-bit Succisa pratensi…

Bugden's Copse and Meadows

… are frequent in the sward, which also has a strong sedge component. Oval sedge Carex leporina, Common yellow sedge C. demissa, common sedge C. nigra and carnation sedge C. panicea are all common. There is a high diversity of herbs including abundant devil's bit scabious Succisa …

Birkwith Caves and Fell

…and High Pasture. These flushes are dominated by sedges such as carnation sedge Carex panicea, common yellow sedge C. demissa and flea sedge C. pulicaris and typically include heath grass Danthonia decumbens and quaking grass Briza media, as well as a variety of herbs such has se…

Brenscombe Heath

…ssland which, dominated by purple moor grass, contains frequent carnation sedge Carex panic and low sedge C. demissa with Dorset Heath and cross-leaved heath. Other herbs such as saw wort Serratula tinctoria, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, tormentil Potentilla erecta are presen…

Distillery Farm Meadows

…distinctive plant community, comprising extensive populations of glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carnation sedge C. panicea, common sedge C. nigra, oval sedge Carex leporina and common yellow sedge C. demissa, amongst prominent tussocks of hard rush Juncus inflexus, compact rush Jun…

Troutbeck

… by bog moss species such as Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum, with star sedge Carex echinata, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh violet Viola palustris, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and the moss Polytrichum commune. M…

Eryri

…snow-bed vegetation are found, which are dominated by mat-grass and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii but also contain such species as R. languinosum. They are the southernmost types of this vegetation in Britain. Both montane and sub-montane calcareous grassland is also found on the …

Rhos Cruglas

…on cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium; small sedge mires with carnation sedge Carex panicea, common yellow-sedge C demissa, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris; flushes containing bog-mosses and sedges, and others with bog-mosses, …

Gweunydd Dwfnant (Dwfnant Pasture)

…vulgatum occur. Sedges are locally abundant in the hollows, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common yellow-sedge C. demissa, common sedge C. nigra and pale sedge C. pallescens all well represented. Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor occur occas…

Carrick Heaths

… abundant bog moss Sphagnum species, frequent sedges such as green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis, common yellow-sedge C. demissa and carnation sedge C. panicea and rushes such as soft rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus. The rushes and the purple moor-grass …

Ashculm Turbary

…a serpyllifolia. Also characteristic of the low base status are carnation sedge Carex panicea and common yellow sedge C. demissa, together with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, pale bu…

Stanton Pastures & Cuckoocliff Valley

…ed by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and sedges, especially carnation sedge Carex panicea. Many county rarities occur in these situations such as meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, creeping willow Salix repens, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conops…

Hollin Hill

…ain and comprises of a diverse sward of short sedges such as the glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carnation sedge C. panicea, tawny sedge Carex hostiana, star sedge C. echinata, flea sedge C. pulicaris and yellow sedge C. demissa in addition to the local dioecious sedge Carex dioica.…

Comin Silian

… by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, in association with a variety of sedges Carex; including carnation sedge C. panicea, flea sedge C. pulicaris, common yellow-sedge C. demissa, star sedge C. echinata and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Other species include ivy-leaved bellflowe…

Glencoyne Wood

…ich sedge communities including, star, carnation, flea and common yellow sedges Carex echinata, C. panicea, C. pulicaris and C. demissa, respectively, together with bog asphodel and, along Stybarrow Pass, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. On the rocky crags rarities include …

Armboth Fells

…and S. auriculatum as well as transitional stands with mixtures of bottle sedge Carex rostrata and sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus. Bottle sedge is also present with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata in bog pools, which are particularly extensive at the head of Launchy Gill. H…

Frogmore Meadows

…arly rich in sedges Cares spp., with small areas dominated by lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis. A Hertfordshire rarity, common yellow sedge C. demissa is also found. Drier parts of the meadows are characterised by Agrostis / Festuca dominated acid grassland flora. Heath grass …

Afon Conwy Pastures

…nd red fescue Festuca rubra. The pastures are rich in sedges such as pale sedge Carex pallescens, carnation sedge C. panicea, yellow sedge C. demissa and flea sedge C. pulicaris. Other species of interest are globeflower Trollius europaeus, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, wood ho…

Eastern Peak District Moors

…ogether with calcicoles such as fairy flax Linum catharticum and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Small mires and flushes are the most botanically rich communities in the Eastern Peak District Moors. Several different types are found, including most of those characteristic of the Sou…

Caudbeck Flow

…s leaved heath are variously represented while in the wetter hollows star sedge Carex echinata, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are common. The second and most important bog type is that found on the plateau of Side Fell. Here, …

Cropple How Mire

…ed previously. A variety of sedges have also been recorded including star sedge Carex echinata smooth sedge Crataegus laevigata and yellow sedge C. demissa. Poor fen occurs in the wettest areas with bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, marsh pe…

Willow Burn Pasture

…areas within the grassland have an abundance of sedges including glaucous sedge Carex flacca, carnation sedge C. panicea and common yellow sedge C. demissa. Areas of tall herb vegetation are dominated by meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria with common valerian Valeriana officinalis, …

Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood

…og Holcus lanatus. Several species of sedge are found including the brown sedge Carex disticha, pale sedge C. pallescens and common yellow sedge C. demissa. These last two species are of very limited distribution in Buckinghamshire. A range of species characteristic of wet fens a…

Duddon Mosses

… the hollows between the tussocks. Flushed areas have swards of carnation sedge Carex panicea, star sedge C. echinata and common yellow sedge C. demissa. Black Moss and Latter Rigg Moss have good examples of these types of grassland. Some areas of moss such as at Arnaby Moss supp…

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