Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…alcareous grasslands are characteristically dominated by the grasses red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with abundant sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, downy oat grass Avenula pubesce…

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

…aritima Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum maritime therophyte community NVC MC5; Festuca rubra Armeria maritima maritime grassland NVC MC8; Festuca rubra Holcus lanatus maritime grassland NVC MC9 and Festuca rubra Daucus carota ssp. gummifer maritime grassland NVC MC11. The commun…

New Scroggs

…s mainly of the National Vegetation Classification NVC type CG2c sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus – white clover Trifolium repens sub community, which occurs in a mosaic with small areas typified by more aci…

Llanddulas Limestone and Gwrych Castle Wood

…cicolous grassland of interest. On the rockiest parts and thinnest soils is the Festuca ovina - Carlina vulgaris grassland. This is a short turf containing sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking-grass Br…

Galboly

… the slopes. The driest grassland areas are dominated by the grasses red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris with abundant sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, heath grass Danthonia decum…

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

…ng grassland, fen meadow and rush pasture NVC communities have been identified: Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (U4); Centaurea nigra-Cynosurus cristatus meadow (MG5); Festuca ovina -Avenula pratensis grassland (CG2), Bromus erectus grassland (CG3), Ju…

Mynydd Marian

…On the rockiest, thinnest and most drought prone soils there are small areas of Festuca ovina - Carlina vulgaris grassland. The turf is short and open, dominated by the grass sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Other frequent grasses include crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and qu…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…er as at Summer Lodge Tarn where heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and wavy hair grass also characterise the heath community. Adding to the mosaic on the edge of the heath bog interface are areas of heath rush sheep's fescue Juncus squarrosus Festuca ov…

Shiplate Slait

…dzina soils and bare rock outcrops, support the sheep’s Fescue/ Carline thistle Festuca ovina/ Carlina vulgaris type, in which the most frequent plants are wild thyme Thymus praecox, common rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and mouse ear hawkweed Pi…

Whitesike Mine and Flinty Fell

… heavymetal tolerant plants metallophytes. This community is the sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, spring sandwort Minuartia verna type and is known as Calaminarian grassland. The site is also notified for its important transitions from this metal tolerant community to both species r…

Rampisham Down

…y examples of the National Vegetation Classification NVC type U4 sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland, occurring in a mosaic with small areas of lowland heathland of the NVC types H4 western gorse Ulex gallii – bristle bent Agrostis curtisii hea…

Bushy Park and Home Park

… present include National Vegetation Classification NVC types U1 sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina common bent Agrostis capillaris sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella grassland and U4 sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina common bent Agrostis capillaris heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland com…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…t false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius grassland with high cover of red fescue Festuca rubra. Damper areas often have meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria present, with wild Angelica Angelica sylvatica. A high proportion of these slopes are dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum a…

Mariandyrys

… also played a role. The heath is accompanied by a small area of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina -meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis grassland of the Dicranum scoparium subcommunity and patches of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina -carline thistle Carlina vulgaris grassland of the creste…

Y Bonc, Marianglas

…f this area is an area of hazel Corylus avellana copse. The grassland is of the Festuca ovina- Avenula pratensis type and is characterised by abundant fine-leaved grasses, such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. A…

Chapel Common

…en Pteridium aquilinum and gorse Ulex europaeus scrub. The Calluna vulgaris and Festuca ovina heath is characterised by two sub communities; the Hypnum cupressiforme sub community, containing heather Calluna vulgaris either over mature or rabbit grazed, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovi…

Porton Down

…proved calcicolous grassland communities of the following types. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis grassland, Cirsium acaule Asperula cynanchica typical sub community and the Pseudoscleropodium purum Prunella vulgaris and Holcus lanatus Trifolium repens sub communiti…

Cors Bryn-y-Gaer

… is dominated by purple moor-grass together with species such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and tormentil. In places, this grassland is slightly heathy with frequent heath rush Juncus squarrosus and occasional cross-leaved heath. Elsewhere grasses are more prominent, including …

Berner's Heath, Icklingham

…bedstraw Galium verum, common speedwell Veronica officinalis and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. This older heather is also the most important for the many species of specialised insects that live in association with heather. Towards the edges of the site, particularly in the south…

Jack Scout

…ities have developed. The first is a species rich sheep’s fescue–moat oat grass Festuca ovina– Avenula pratensis grassland in which the moss Dicranum scoparium is prominent. Other plants present are primrose Primula vulgaris, Autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, field gentian Ge…

Scratchbury & Cotley Hills

…s of the Iron Age Scratchbury Hillfort. The turf is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra and upright brome Bromus erectus. Characteristic herbs of the Wiltshire downland include devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and cha…

Llwyn-iarth

…us, black knapweed Centaurea nigra, common bent Agrostis capillaris, red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, and red clover Trifolium pratense, with locally frequent common-bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. The grassland has a rich flora with meadow buttercu…

Mapperton and Poorton Vales

…e geology of the area support unimproved acidic grassland of the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – common bent Agrostis capillaris – heath bedstraw Galium saxatile community type. The short grazed turf, while naturally species-poor, includes the herbs tormentil Potentilla erecta, he…

The Bury Farm

… dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus common knapweed Centaurea nigra, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The crested dog’s tail common knapweed neutral grassland occurs as pasture and hay meadow, with two plant communities. The meadow vetchling Lathyr…

Tuetoes Hills

…ood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heath groundsel Senecio sylvaticus, sheeps fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, pill sedge Carex pilulifera and cat'sear Hypochaeris radicata. Where rabbit activity is less vigorous, this community b…

Dabble Bank

…Dabble Bank is notified for the nationally scarce grassland communities NVC CG2 Festuca ovina – Avenula pratensis and CG6 Avenula pubescens established on magnesian limestone. Dabble Bank faces west in a small valley cut into the magnesian limestone plateau and retains unimprov…

Crich Chase

…urus cristatus– common knapweed Centaurea nigra grassland and U4 sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – common bent Agrostis capillaris – heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland; and a rich assemblage of grassland fungi, in particular its waxcaps Hygrocybe, fairy clubs Clavariaceae and …

Glaswelltiroedd Eryrys (Eryrys Grasslands)

…us grassland is dominated by a combination of grasses, including sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha and herbs, such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Some of the c…

Rathlin Island - Kebble

…ongst the wet heath and include heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragium and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum. Towards the sea cliffs with the increased influence of saltspray from the Atlantic Ocean, coastal heath has de…

Underlaid Wood

…els which drain the clint tops are frequently grassy, containing sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris together with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta. The runnels are occasionally deeper and…

Glanfedw

… occupies the bulk of each enclosure. The principal species here are red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus and common bent Agrostis capillaris, accompanied by common bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and common knapweed Centaurea nigra. In the larg…

Marble Quarry and Hale Fell

…lsior or the fingered sedge, but are more frequently grassy with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris. Flat bottomed runnels and solution pans are predominantly colonised by biting stonecrop Sedum acre and rue leaved sa…

Eppleton Grassland

…il Potentilla erectamire; and acid grassland of the NVC types U4 sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – common bent Agrostis capillaris – heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland and U5 mat grass Nardus stricta –heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland. General description Eppleton Gras…

Walton Common

…to the south and west support a variant of the sheep’s fescue – carline thistle Festuca ovina – Carlina vulgaris grassland type. Characteristic species of this community include sheep’s fescue, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus …

Caeau Pen-y-coed

…oughout the lowlands of Britain. The grasses most commonly found are red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog’s tail, and common bent Agrostis capillaris along with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus. Herbs prese…

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…ard and include the northern blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking grass Briza media along with the spring, carnation and glaucous sedges. Typical herb species include wild thyme Thymus praecox, common…

Foxhole Heath, Eriswell

…Polytrichum piliferum and Dicranum scoparium. Scattered tufts of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina occur together with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Annual species are able to establish themselves in the sparsely vegetated ground and notabl…

Grangelands & Pulpit Hill

…t brome Bromus erectus, tall oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. The Bromus grassland occurs mainly to the north of the main bridleway, Arrhenatherum to the south where it is largely confined to the deeper soils of the gullies. Both form dense swards…

Killydonnelly

…at Killydonnelly are characteristically dominated by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal grass Athoxa11tlwm odorarum, with frequent heath grass Danthonia decumbens and downy oat grass Avenula pubesce…

Swinstead Valley

…t vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, quaking grass Briza media, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Where the sward is more open and patches of bare ground are present, herbs such as fairy flax Linum catharticum, hareb…

Ballygalley Head

…assland. The driest grassland areas are dominated by the grasses sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, common bent Agrostis capillaris and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus with abundant sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumb…

Borrow Beck Meadows

…es occur within the sward including velvet bent Agrostis canina, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis and smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis. A variety of more …

Little Deer Park

… is dominated by spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus. Herbs are common and quite diverse, i…

Haydon and Askerswell Downs

…f the chalk. Most of the site has a short well-grazed turf with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba the most important constituents and containing many attractive chalk plants. These include squinancy-wort Asperula cynanch…

Otford to Shoreham Downs

…a hundred plant species. Other plants in the sward include sheep's fescue grass Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, fragrant orc…

Mottistone Down

…chalk grassland flora with 28–30 species/m 2. It is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Twenty seven species of downland herbs have been recorded including rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium s…

Scout and Cunswick Scars

…between limestone strata have a more acidic, grass dominated flora with fescues Festuca rubra, Festuca ovina, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum with mat grass Nardus stricta in the more acidic soils. Al…

Arnside Knott

…stone turf where blue moor grass is frequent with other grasses such as fescues Festuca rubra, Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and the carnation sedge Carex flacca. The herb component of these grasslands is diverse containing many c…

Newhall Reservoir Meadow

…ard on the well drained slopes and reservoir top is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. This community is characterised by the abundance o…

Wouldham to Detling Escarpment

…most open areas are dominated by fine grasses including red and sheep's fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, with low growing broadleaved plants such as stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, fairy flax Linum catharticum, bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus, wild thyme Thymus pra…

Woldingham & Oxted Downs

…zed short by stockor rabbits, the sward is dominated by red and sheep's fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina together with quaking grass Briza media, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, purging flax Linum catharticum, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, thyme Thymus praecox, common c…

Patmore Heath

…hampsia flexuosa dominates the short fine turf in which red and sheep’s fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum also occur. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and mat grass Nardus stricta tend to form d…

Southrepps Common

…opes, mainly to the north, damp grassland replaces the fen communities. Fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus dominate and herbs include yellow rattle Rhinanthus minoragg, southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa and ragged-robin Silene f…

Streatley Warren

…cted to southern chalk. Characteristic grasses comprise red and sheep's fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, hairy oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. These are fine leaved species forming a close knit turf, partic…

Wytham Woods

… Hill End Camp. The composition of the grassland is dominated by fescue grasses Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, upright brome Bromus erectus and false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, but there are a large number of herbs characteristic of calcar…

Inkpen and Walbury Hills

…e variety of herbs. Most frequent grass species include red and sheep's fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, hairy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and yellow oat grass Tris…

Hod and Hambledon Hills

…slopes which provide all aspects have turf dominated by red and sheep's fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and locally, upright brome Bromus erectus and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. On some slopes, mainly with southern aspe…

Quarry Hangers

…d by sheep or horses, the turf is short and dominated by red and sheep's fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, with plants such as horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Where grazing is less intense, a taller s…

White Horse Hill

… also significant areas characterised by an abundance of red and sheep’s-fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Here the swards are particularly diverse. In a few areas, the grazing pressure has been relaxed and the dominance of tor-grass h…

Lyscombe and Highdon

…which are botanically varied containing several grasses, notably sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat Avenula pratensis, tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Heath grass Dantho…

Burcombe Down

…e supports a large number of chalk grassland plant species. Both sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and red fescue Festuca rubra are common in the sward and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, upright brome Bromus erectus and quaking grass Briza m…

Haggburn Gate

…anthum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, red and sheep’s fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina being widespread. When ungrazed in summer frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea flow…

Old Bodney Camp

…a. Between the stripes are wider bands of acidic grassland dominated by fescues Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, but the separation of grass and lichen heath is indistinct and both have a variety of low growing herbs such as storksbill Erodium cicutarium, biting stonecrop Sedum a…

Holies Down

…e, forming a short turf with fine leaved grasses such as red and sheep's fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Coarser grasses include upright brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, two speci…

Wyedale

…ass Briza media, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, red and sheep's fescue Festuca rubra and Festuca ovina and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. The valley bottom grasslands in Wyedale, whilst not of intrinsic nature conservation interest in themselves, are included in t…

Isle of Portland

… maintained by grazing and exposure to the wind are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina or red fescue Festuca rubra. Longer swards are dominated by tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata and loca…

Cavenham - Icklingham Heaths

…reas of acid grassland. The acid grassland is generally dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, sheeps fescue Festuca ovina or sand sedge Carex arenaria. Sand sedge areas can be very uniform but elsewhere there are good numbers of associated plant species. These include heath beds…

Bracket's Coppice and Ryewater Farm

…in West Dorset. Fine grasses are characteristic and abundant such as red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatusus and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Abundant herbs are bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common kn…

Binevenagh

…eveloped on thin skeletal soils and is rich in sedges and herbs. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and pill sedge Carex pilulifera generally dominate the sward. Herbs include frequent wild th…

Carn Ingli

…ades into patches of grassland with common bent Agrostis capillaris, red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum occurs on the deeper-…

Coquet Island

…ying. The plateau is covered by a peaty soil supporting fescue grassland mainly Festuca rubra but with some Festuca ovina, with docks Rumex spp. and ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris. Maritime species such as sea campion Silene uniflora and thrift Armeria maritima are scarce. A variable …

Stocking Meadows, Oreton

…grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. Locally, sedges, mainly carnation sedge Carex panicea and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are abundant. The flora is excep…

East Walton and Adcock's Common

…pecies with as many as 32 species per metre. Dominant gasses include red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha with smaller amounts of quaking grass Briza media, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens…

Portsdown

…esponds rapidly to lack of grazing. Areas of finer turf dominated by red rescue Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and a wide range of small herbs, remains widespread, however, whilst the site supports a number of species of limited distribution, including hairy rock cre…

Newlands

…Cynosurus cristatus, is a constant component of the sward along with red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sedges are also constant in the sward and include glaucous sedge Carex flacca…

Castle River Valley

… Cynosurus cristatus is a constant component of the sward along with red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Sedges are abundant in the sward and include glaucous sedge Carex flacca and …

Levallymore

…bent Agrostis capillaris, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and red fescue Festuca rubra all common with heath grass Danthonia decumbens also notably constant in the sward. However, there is a much richer herb component including many meadow indicators such as yellow-rattle …

Strawberry Banks

…n addition to upright brome and tor grass the characteristic grasses red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and quaking grass Briza media are abundant. Herbs typical of this plant community are present, including stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose H…

Belmore Mountain

…a, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, red fescue Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum prevalent, with a wide range of low-growing light-demanding sedges and herbs. Sedges reflect the calcareous con…

Wintringham Marsh

…sland to damp grassland and marsh. The dry grassland is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, bent Agrostis capillaris, quaking grass Briza media and a varied herb flora including betony Betonica officinalis, fairy flax Linum catharticum, heath …

Caydale

…nd. Characteristic grass species include quaking grass Briza media, red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. The sward supports abundant sedges, including carnation sedge Carex panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Typical herbs include salad burnet Poteriu…

Aldbury Nowers

…ertebrate species. In the more open areas the sward is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with upright brome Bromus erectus, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens…

Parsonage Down

…rs most of the site is broadly referable to the sheep’s fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis type. However red fescue Festuca rubra and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens also occur in areas of herb rich turf. This unusual feature may be related to local soils a…

Ringstead Downs

…n Norfolk. The short, rabbit grazed chalk grassland is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with abundant common rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. The most diverse grassland occurs on warm, sunny, south facing …

Arreton Down

…ll grazed by cattle and horses and dominated by fine grasses such as red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina in association with a great variety of plant species adapted to the chalk grassland environment. These include horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, rock r…

Winklebury Hill

… with up to 40 species in one square metre. Of the 19 grasses noted, red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina are abundant, while quaking grass Briza media and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are frequent. Upright brome Bromus erectus occurs occasionally and t…

Cley Hill

…and sward is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus with abundant red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Much of this grassland is rich in chalk herbs with fairy flax Linum catharticum, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, wild thyme Thymus praecox, pyramida…

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

…lk slopes. On this site the species rich sward is dominated by red fescue grass Festuca rubra, sheep's fescue grass Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and, in taller areas, upright brome grass Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and slender false brome grass Bra…

Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens

…ulgaris, but this has mainly been replaced by grassland dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, in which species such as common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and stemless thistle Cirsium acaule occur in the lime rich areas. The open sward cont…

Bracknell Croft

…site has been heavily grazed and has a very short sward dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with a range of other grasses, for example meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and quaking grass Briza media. Eyeb…

White Park Bay

…the main species, but there is a range of associated species such as red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sand sedge Carex arenaria, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and field wood rush Luzula campestris, growing through a carpet of the pleuroc…

Roecliffe Manor Lawns

…oist, acidic turf characterised by fine leaved grasses including sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, red fescue Festuca rubrand sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, together with mat grass Nardus stricta, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and Yorkshi…

Annesley Woodhouse Quarries

… generally dominated by heath false brome Brachypodium pinnatum with red fescue Festuca rubra, upright brome Bromopsis erecta, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza mediand meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. cowslip Primula veris and common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus …

Starveall and Stony Down

…d cock's foot Dactylis glomerata growing among the fine sward of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, smaller cat's tail Phleum pratense spp. bertolonii, red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. More than twenty grass specie…

Northam Burrows

…r with other areas of dry grassland, support many species of plants. Red fescue Festuca rubra is abundant, with other grasses including sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus, common whitlow-grass Erophila verna and the nationally scarce dune fescue …

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…f grassland types. At the highest levels, such as on Cross Fell, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina is common and grades into both species rich and species poor Festuca Agrostis grassland; both of which occur widely throughout the site. The species rich facies generally occurs where th…

Waun Ton-y-spyddaden

…th rush Juncus squarrosus, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina. This changes into grass heath communities of brown bent Agrostis canina, red fescue Festuca rubra, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. er…

Bliss Gate Pastures

…rophic neutral grassland type in a transition towards the acidic sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina–common bent Agrostis capillaris–heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland community. The sward is dominated by common bent, red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. The …

Lullington Heath

…wn rides and grazed paddocks. The bell heather Erica cinerea and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina mosaic which prevailed prior to the rabbits decline has now been largely replaced by a ling Calluna vulgaris/red fescue Festuca rubra community; previously the latter was preferentially …

Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm

…k slopes carry a sward dominated by the taller grasses, particularly red fescue Festuca rubra, upright brome Bromus erectus and locally, tall oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius. Other areas, dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are rich in herbs.…

Hog's Hole

…flowers are to be found. The sward is of a type characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule and squinancywort Asperula cynanchica. The other principal grasses comprise red fescue Festuca rubra, quaking grass B…

Caeau Bryn-du

…pying a gentle south-east facing slope. The dominant species are sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris, with frequent sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath-grass Danthonia decumbens and red fescue Festuca rubra. Associated species typical of t…

Racecourse Farm Fields

…ering plant species in a square metre. Upright brome Bromus erectus, red fescue Festuca rubra, or tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum are the dominant grasses. Quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and glaucous sedge Carex flac…

Winterton - Horsey Dunes

…rt a more diverse flora with frequent sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common polypody Polypodium vulgare and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Three rare grasses are present in abundance, grey hair grass Corynephorus canescens, rush leaved fescu…

Cranwich Camp

…main plant community is a more mesotropic disturbed and ungrazed example of the Festuca ovina – Pilosella officinarum – Thymus grassland. The community is dominated by bent grasses Agrostis species, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum a…

Kennack to Coverack

…ds develop further up the cliff, the grasslands usually dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, or cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus. Within the maritime heathland plants such as heath, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata a…

Prescombe Down

…of the turf. South and south west facing slopes are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and the nationally scarce dwarf sedge Carex humilis. In contrast, on north and north east facing slopes sheep's fescue is co-dominant with glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Red fescue Festuca…

Oxlow Rake

…chium lunaria. These species are found in a community comprising sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common sorrel Rumex acetosa, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Other undisturbed areas support acid grassland communities comprising wavy hair grass D…

Bentley Priory

…In general, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris is ubiquitous with red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus all common. The more acidic, freely draining pastures in the north are characterised by the occurrence of sheep’…

East Heslerton Brow

…lipping. The slopes support a chalk grassland community dominated by red rescue Festuca rubra with abundant hairy oat grass Avenula pubescens and meadow oat grass Alopecurus pratensis. Other components of the sward include yellow oat Trisetum flavescens, crested hair grass Koeler…

Pentridge Down

…quaking grass Briza media, smaller cat’s tail Phleum bertolonii, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. A tall grassy sward is present where grazing levels are low and this is characterised by the prominence of upright br…

Coleburn Pasture

…e slopes of Brown Muir. It mainly comprises acidic grasslands of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris or mat-grass Nardus stricta. A base-rich influence is evident in the grasslands, with species such as fairy flax Linum catharticum and field gentian G…

Holly Rock Fields

… bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. The less abundant species include downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, cock’s foot Dact…

Aberbargoed Grasslands

…nt Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and red fescue Festuca rubra. Typical herb species in this community include black knapweed Centaurea nigra, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus. Small stands of acid g…

Morfa a Chraig Cwm Ivy / Cwm Ivy Marsh and Tor

…andy soils vegetated by fixed dune grassland. Typical species include red fesue Festuca rubra, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum and common restharrow Ononis repens, with dewberry Rubus caesius and burnet rose Rosa spinosissima. Where the limestone is closest to the surface, small are…

Buckley Claypits and Commons

…nt Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and red fescue Festuca rubra, with yarrow Achillea millefolium, black knapweed Centaurea nigra, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris, …

Benty Grange

…there are transitions to more calcareous neutral grassland, with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, hoary plantain Plantago media and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The most extensive areas of neutral grassland are characterised by grasses, such as crested …

Cockleford Marsh

…imestone grassland is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Herbs present include devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum agg. a…

Wanlass Grasslands

…mmunities. One is of a calcareous nature and is characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, with species like salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and hoary plantain Plantago m…

Thompson Water, Carr and Common

…round the depressions towards the northern end of the site. Here sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum dominate a herb rich turf with species such as dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguiso…

Cockey Down

…land in the south and taller turf in the north. In the southern half red fescue Festuca rubra and glaucous sedge Carex flacca dominate the sward, with smaller cat's tail Phleum bertolonii, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and many herbs. Devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis…

Castle of Old Wick to Craig Hammel

…and habitat are found on the cliff top. This habitat is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra. Other typical species include thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora, grass of parnassus Parnassia palustris and sea plantain Plantago maritima. This site has well-dev…

Long Dale, Hartington

…bs. They are dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea common throughout. The herbs are abundant with most of the characteristic species of this…

Higher Houghton

… and above Bully Wood have swards largely dominated by sheep's and red fescues, Festuca ovina and F. rubra. A range of other grasses are present including meadow oat Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, heath grass Da…

Clearbury Down

…halk. The turf is an intimate mixture of grasses and herbs and is an example of Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis sheep's fescue meadow oat grass grassland on gentle slopes of mostly south to south west aspect. The presence of this large area of botanically rich grassland on shallo…

Sheepleas

… are botanically very rich. Characteristic species include sheep's fescue grass Festuca ovina, purging flax Linum catharticum, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and less commonly bee orchid Ophrys apifera, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and bastard t…

Long Knoll

…31 species in a square metre. Here, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza mediare common, together with cowslip Primula veris, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria an…

Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs

…ariety of aspect and gradient. Most of the grassland is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, but this is replaced by upright brome Bromus erectus on some middle and lower slopes. The herb flora includes horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, common rock rose Helianthemum nummulari…

Ardmeanach

…ach SSSI, low cliffs towards the shore support maritime communities. Red fescue Festuca rubra and sea thrift Armeria maritima dominated grasslands occur alongside maritime heath and roseroot Sedum rosea, sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum and sea plantain Plantago maritima can also…

Burnfoot River Shingle and Wydon Nabb

…tated shingle has been covered by a short grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Other areas support a tall grassland which includes false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and common knapweed Centaurea nigra. The grassland has lower levels of heavy metals and a rich …

Blackmill Woodlands

…s Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum is also present and forms dense stands in more open areas. Typical bryophytes of the ground layer include the mosses Polytr…

Coyles of Muick

…ntine are also found, including Grimmia species. Grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha and smooth oat grass Avenula pratensis also occur widely amongst the debris, and particularly in adjacent areas of moderately species-rich grasslan…

Sinah Common

…ich grasslands, dominated by common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, have a high lichen cover and support species such as sheep's bit Jasione montana, upright chickweed Moenchia erecta, heath pearlwort Sagina subulata and occasional sea campion Silene un…

Greendale Mires

…ation with acid grassland dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum.

Valley of Stones

…ent. Grasses and sedges present in the calcareous sward include sheep’ s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. A variety of mosse…

Polruan to Polperro

…eed Phragmites australis with common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, red fescue Festuca rubra and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and, on wet dripping rocks, in vegetation filled crevices with sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum and creeping bent. The cliffs and slopes sup…

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…and and acid grassland dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina; stands of bracken and the upland, nutrient poor streams, Black Beck and Linbeck Gill. Devoke Water, a small island, unaffected by grazing, supports a low woodland of willow and alder.

Gwaun Bryn (Bryn Pasture)

…pillaris with frequent sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Characteristic associates include quaking-grass Briza media, spring-sedge Ca…

Calgary Dunes

…ominated by a wide range of locally scarce grasses, most notably sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, perennial rye-grass Lolium perenne. Herbaceous flowers are also abundant, the most conspicuous of which are wild …

Draycott Sleights

…uaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens occurring frequently. glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are abundant. Herbs typical of this type of grassland include …

Llanymynech and Llynclys Hills

…, coarse vegetation dominated by cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum; ii. enclosed fields dominated by a range of grasses and supporting a flora which includes cowslip Primula veris, lady’s mantle Alchemilla vestit…

Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill

…shallowest calcareous soils support a community characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, with the nationally rare Somerset grass Koeleria vallesiana and honewort Trinia glauca. Communities on deeper calcareous soils are characterised by …

Thetford Heaths

…grazed by sheep, others are ungrazed, or grazed only by rabbits. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are the most abundant grasses. In the shortest, most open areas, however, there may be very little grass and…

St. Catherine's Valley

…romus erectus with a wide range of other grass species including sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus. The herb component is especially diverse with wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corni…

Whitehorse Hill

…Hill. There is a light cover of upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina together with rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, yel…

Upper Teesdale

…ly or locally rare species. The dry grasslands are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea with spring gentian Gentiana verna, Teesdale violet Viola rupestris, hoary rock rose Helianthemum oelandicum, mountain avens Dryas octopetala, hair …

Malvern Common

…covered by unimproved acidic grassland. The dominant grasses are sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Characteristic herbs include sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and harebell C…

Coedydd Aber

…und layer is made up of almost pure stands of the nationally scarce wood fescue Festuca altissima. The under-storey in the river gorge comprises hazel Corylus avellana and rowan Sorbus aucuparia. The woodland on the un-grazed cliff around Rhaeadr Fawr is dominated by ash, birch a…

Cors Farchwel

… by dry banks at the fen edge which support a sward dominated by sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with frequent heath bedstraw Galium saxatile.

Cissbury Ring

… neutral grassland is dominated by Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera grasses with wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and bramble Rubus fruticosus. Among the butterflies occurring here are the Adonis blue Polyommatus bell…

Cwmsymlog

…s with western gorse Ulex gallii, bell heather Erica cinerea and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina. Resistant species such as alpine penny-cress Thlaspi alpestre and morphologically-distinct races of sea campion Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima are frequent. In areas where mining acti…

Rodborough Common

…y tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, upright brome Bromus erectus, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and quaking grass Briza media. On the level central areas a short sward is maintained by grazing and heavy public usage, while the slopes generally support taller vegetation of particula…

Rotherley Downs

…e east or west. The short regularly grazed sward is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Other common grasses include downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens, red fescue F. rubra and crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus. There are se…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

… and around limestone crags. The short, open turf is composed of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis (=Avenula pratensis) and cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata with frequent hoary rock-rose Helianthemum oelandic…

Richmond Park

…he dominant grasses are brown bent Agrostis canina var, montana; sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Heath grass Danthonia decumbens, a species of dry grassy heaths, is also present, as is mat grass Nardus stricta which, although locally abundan…

Newmarket Heath

…aracterised by the dominance of upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with areas of meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Other grasses of interest include quaking grass Briza mediand crested hair grass Koeleria macranth…

Quarrington Hill Grasslands

…oor grass is dominant throughout with quaking grass Briza media, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis all frequent. The glaucous sedge Carex flaccaalso forms an important part of the sward. A profusion of broad…

The Malvern Hills

…covered by unimproved acidic grassland. The dominant grasses are sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Characteristic herbs include sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and harebell C…

Gweunydd a Choed Pen-Ty (Pen-Ty Pastures & Wood)

…asture also has some heathy areas with heather Calluna vulgaris, Sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, purple moor-grass, heath wood-rush Luzula multiflora, and heath spotted-orchid. The pasture north of the wood supports a contrasting mesotrophic grassland community, with common bird's-…

Gwaun Troed-rhiw-seiri a Llyn Mynydd-gorddu

…ural improvement was carried out. The sward here is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia also occurring. A feature of particular interest is the abundance of various colour-forms of mountain pansy…

Buttermere Fells

… in the Lake District. On the lower, drier slopes there is bent fescue Agrostis Festuca grassland, some of which is invaded by bracken Pteridium aquilinum. This gives way to mat grass and heath rush Juncus squarrosus grasslands on damper soils higher up. Ombrogenous or blanket mi…

Vessey Pasture Dale and Back Dale

…urf on the south facing slope, in which abundant species include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, thyme Thymus praecox and fairy flax Linum catharticum. The more local autumn gentia…

White Shute

…ated by upright brome Bromus erectus and other grasses including sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Keoleria macrantha, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and quaking grass Briza media. Also present are glaucous sedge Carex flacca and field wood rush Luzula campestri…

Cairnbridge Sand Pit

…d by neutral grassland in which the dominant grasses are sheep's and red fescue Festuca ovina and F. rubra, cock's foot Dactylis glomerata, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. Other species include a large nu…

Botley Down

…still virtually scrub free. The sward is of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis type with upright brome Bromus erectus present in small amounts. A total of 16 species of grass have been recently recorded. Herbs make up a high proportion of the turf…

Wye and Crundale Downs

…ture Reserve. In the grassland, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus are the most abundant species, but the turf is rich in other typical downland plants. These include horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, autumn gentian Ge…

Fordon Chalk Grasslands

…mmunities include heavily grazed, short turf areas dominated by sheep's' fescue Festuca ovina and red fescue F. rubra, mixed grasslands with fescues, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, hairy oat Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria m…

Three Dykes

…rassic Limestone grassland flora. The close grazed turf contains sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, hairy oat Avenula pubescens, quaking grass Briza media and carnation grass Carex flacca. Many lime lving p…

Sydling Valley Downs

…e grassland of the slopes is typically dominated by sheep's fescue / red fescue Festuca ovina / F. rubra with other important grasses including meadow oat Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and small amounts of heath grass Danthon…

Selsley Common

…is dominated by grasses such as upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with comparatively little tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, a feature which distinguishes it from other similar grassland sites in the Cotswolds. A wide range of other herbs includes an a…

Swallow Wold

…e frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis is found in the short turf of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina together with stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and quaking grass Briza media. One …

High Haining Hill

…rf support communities of crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common quaking grass Briza media in which blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca also occur. Many herbs are present including harebell Campanula rotundifol…

Malham-Arncliffe ( Cool Pasture )

…unimproved, species rich form. The grassland is characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and wild thyme Thymus praecox. The sward is rich in grass and sedge species including quaking grass Briza media, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratu…

Spindlestone Heughs

…ort acidophilous species such as bell heather Erica cinerea with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina while others have a more diverse flora with a number of species regarded as calcicoles including maiden pink Dianthus deltoides, wild onion Allium vineale, purple milk vetch Astragalus d…

Stratford Toney Down

…rd Toney Down exemplifies the botanically rich sheep's fescue, meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis chalk grassland community. It also supports nationally rare plant and butterfly species. The site lies to the south west of Salisbury and is a shallow dry valley which …

The Wye Valley

…s and herbs, dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea common throughout. Herbs are abundant with all the characteristic species of this grassla…

Pewsey Downs

…uch of the turf is grazed and is dominated by a sheep’s fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis community, although in some areas upright brome Bromus erectus grassland is the dominant type. Many herbs characteristic of Wiltshire downland are widespread such as de…

Tir Mawr a Dderi Hir, Llwydcoed

…ass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’stail Cynosurus cristatus and red fescue Festuca rubra. Other herbs include ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris and red clover Trifolium pratense, with rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and smooth lady’s ma…

Calstone and Cherhill Downs

…sses and sedges characteristic of the chalk which occur here are sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. The longer vegetation on some slopes is characterised by robust herbs such as dev…

Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells

…alium saxatile, with patches of heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Around enclosure edges and in some of the lower gills sheep’s fescue, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw grassland becomes abundant, often recolonising where bracken has…

Mullaghcarn

…aris with velvet bent Agrostis canina, mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, and the herbs heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Boorin Wood occurs in the most north-easterly area of Mullaghcarn ASSI covering the steep, north facing val…

Brimsdown Hill

…e. The majority of the site is well grazed chalk grassland, with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca widespread, as are the herbs horseshoe vetch Ilippocrepis comosa and chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea. Heath grass Dan…

Bryn Alyn

…ckiest, thinnest and most drought prone soils there are areas of sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris grassland. The turf is short, open and dominated by sheep’s-fescue. Other grasses including crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking-grass Briz…

Gwynfynydd

…re frequent grasses within the neutral grassland at Bryn Gath, while red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus are common. Characteristic herbs include red clover Trifolium pratense, black knapweed Centaurea nigra and bird…

Gyfartha

…c grassland. This vegetation is characterised by species such as sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal-grass, mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath-grass Danthonia decumbens, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, tormentil, lousewort Pedic…

Castle Hill

…l. The chalk grassland is rich in flowering plants and is of the sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, upright brome Bromus erectus type. Areas of tall grassland are dominated by tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and are valuable for orthoptera grasshoppers and crickets, an invertebrate gr…

Llofft-y-bardd

… Much of the site is occupied by grassland characterised by abundant red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agrostis capillaris and crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus. A rich variety of herbs are also pres…

Lower Caerfaelog Pastures

…surus cristatus, and frequent sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, fescues Festuca spp., glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common knapweed Centaurea nigra, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, tormentil Potentilla erecta, devil's-bit scabious Succisa prat…

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

…d bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, whilst grassland species include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, mat grass Nardus stricta, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Above The Side where grazing pressures are light and burning …

Moel Hiraddug a Bryn Gop

…y, thin and drought-prone soils, support extensive areas of open sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina -carline thistle Carlina vulgaris grassland, with which the nationally scarce hoary rock-rose Helianthemum oelandicum is associated. Other associates include the grasses, crested hair-gr…

Mynydd Llangatwg (Mynydd Llangattock)

…and around the escarpments is characterised by the occurrence of sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and thyme Thymus praecox. It is a grassland type closely associated with outcropping Carboniferous Limestone in upland climates of north and western Brit…

Mynydd Llangyndeyrn

…e dip-slope pavement, clad by grassland communities dominated by sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, with colourful species such as mouse-ear hawkbit Pilosella officinarum, common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus and wild thyme Thymus praecox. The lime-loving plant communities he…

Cernydd Carmel

…western gorse Ulex gallii, with common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta present at low cover. Deeper soils support areas of bracken Pteridium aquilinum and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. Th…

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…nd includes species that are scarce in mid and south Wales, such as wood fescue Festuca altissima. The canopy in one area of the site is composed mainly of intermediate oak, with a little downy birch in places. The shrub layer is sparse, with only scattered hazel and holly Ilex a…

Pumlumon (Plynlimon)

…land types is an uncommon one in mid Wales, consisting mainly of sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina with varying amounts of bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, fir club-moss Huperzia selago, alpine club-moss Diphasiastrum alpinum and the lichen, Cladonia impexa. The extensive areas of blanke…

Hackhurst and White Downs

…us and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum to areas of close cropped sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Typical chalk grassland herbs, such as squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, felwort Gentianella amarella, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, fragrant orchid Gy…

Fontmell and Melbury Downs

…re. The main grassland type is characterised by the dominance of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with meadow oat Avenula pratensis and, especially on slopes with a southerly aspect, is exceptionally rich in associated plants. Frequent grasses of this turf include quaking grass Briza…

Rhos Llawr Cwrt

…us and common knapweed Centaurea nigra are frequent. Mixtures of sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile occur on the more acidic dry areas. The northern part of the western block contains the remains of several ‘pingos’, c…

Whitehill

…veral types of acidic grassland are present with species such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and matt grass Nardus stricta. Species-rich grassland with matt grass is extensive. Patches of heather Calluna vulgaris form a heath element within some …

Hollingbourne Downs

…or grass Brachypodium pinnatum, upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and a number of typical downland herbs are present. These include horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. Less common pla…

Castle Hill Deer Park and Windy Pits

…ella, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, foxglove Digitalis purpurea, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and tormentil Potentilla erecta in more acid areas and by species such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis in more base rich areas. Veteran trees The trees at Castle Hill Deer Park a…

Cadair Idris

…s Geum rivale, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, and viviparous sheep’s-fescue Festuca vivipara, with lesser meadow-rue Thalictrum minus, opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and lady’s-mantle Alchemilla glabra. Also found on these base rich crags is th…

Castleton

… generally dominated by yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. The nationally rare Jacob’s ladder Polemonium caeruleum is abundant in several areas in Winnats Pass and is also a component of species rich rock ledge communities which include common …

Weston Fen

…, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, rough meadow grass Poa trivialis and red fescue Festuca rubra. Less common species include spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, meadow rue Thali…

Swannington Upgate Common

…a. The sandy soils also support areas of grassland with abundant sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and tormentil Potentilla erecta, scrub and bracken heath. Secondary lowland birch–pedunculate oak woodland now covers much of the high ground and the gro…

Dungee Corner Meadow

…weet vernal Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra, quaking grass Briza media and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus. Characteristic herbs with a high cover are, bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus, common bird…

Cynffig / Kenfig

…nd species colonise these white dunes inland, forming a marram grass/red fescue Festuca rubra semi-fixed dune grassland community. The dune system includes extensive areas of semi-fixed and fixed species-rich dune grassland types. Dune grassland with red fescue Festuca rubra and …

Townsend

… downland flora and fauna. Amongst a varied turf which includes sheep’ s-fescue Festuca ovina and quaking-grass Briza media, there is an abundance of horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneria, yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata, yellow-rattle Rhinanthus …

Beacon Hill, Warnford

…ing, in part, from variation in grazing pressure and soil depth. Sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium are typical dominants, with such characteristic herbs as horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, yellow wort Blackst…

Knockdolian Hill

…l hill that supports subalpine calcareous grassland dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaries and wild thyme Thymus praecox. This site is important, as it is unusual for such a substantial extent of the subalpine calcareous grassland to be found …

Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors

…unities by grasslands which include mat grass Nardus stricta and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina on steep slopes and purple moor grass where drainage is impeded. These peripheral habitats form an integral part of the total moorland ecosystem. Exposed hill summits support a bilberry …

Wormsley Chalk Banks

… Lane and Richmore Hill Banks and in which the dominant grass is sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, contains the greatest variety of plants. These include quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, thyme and large thyme Thymus polytrichus and Thymus polytrichus, sma…

Brown's Folly

… calcareous grassland dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are widespread. Herbs of interest include musk thistle Carduus nutans, woolly this…

Bull Ings

…nks Wood. The sward is dominated by hairy oat Avenula pubescens, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and quaking grass Briza media with carnation grass Carex flacca and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. The herb flora includes cowslip Primula veris,…

Clumber Park

…an area of open acid grassland characterised by the abundance of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and silver hair grass Aira caryophyllea. This floristically rich community contains herbs characteristic of sandy, somewhat base rich soils including shepherd's cress Teesdalia nudicauli…

Tweedsmuir Hills

…a. On the summit ridge, alpine heaths dominated by blaeberry and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and rich in reindeer lichens Cladonia spp. are found on the flatter ground. On the more hummocky ground, alpine moss heaths of woolly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and sheep’s-fesc…

Ben More - Stob Binnein

…wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, with other grasses such as sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum also occurring. The alpine moss heath and associated vegetation communities are generally to be found across…

Dimminsdale

…bent Agrostis vinealis, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with frequent heath grass Danthonia decumbens, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. Geology Earl Ferrers mines have enormous potential for the study of mi…

Figsbury Ring

…by upright brome Bromus erectus, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and harebell Campanula rotundifolia are widespread while other chalk herbs, such as squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, small scabious Scabiosa columba…

Gingerfields

…of thin soils have a calcicolous, lime loving, sward typified by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and mouse eared hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. The majority of the field supp…

High Moorsley

…t grass Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and red fescue Festuca rubra. Other constituents of the herb rich turf include glaucous sedge Carex flacca, pignut Conopodium majus, hoary plantain Plantago media and sea plantain Pinus pinaster. Adjacent to the gra…

Ladyhills

…ised by a species rich grassland with quaking grass Briza media, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, wild thyme Thymus praecox, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa and rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus being noticeabl…

Sutton Heath and Bog

…ey are further characterised by the dominance of such grasses as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and upright brome Bromopsis erecta. A variety of other grasses and associated herbs are present. These include the grasses Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus a…

Bell Sykes Meadows

…kshire fog Holcus lanatus, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuca rubra, soft brome Bromus hordeaceus and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus with greater burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, lad…

Moulsford Downs

… woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum. The mid slope flora includes sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, upright brome Bromus erectus, quaking grass Briza media, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata and chalk milkw…

Scotton Beck Fields

…he area is dominated by wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with abundant purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, mat grass Nardus stricta and common bent Agrostis capillaris. Associated herbs include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, tormentil Potenti…

Rhosydd Nant Eithrim

…pport grassland dominated by common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, with a variety of associated plants including tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pr…

Highclere

…ral grassland characterised by upright brome Bromus erectus with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, cowslip Primula veris, common knapweed Centaurea nigra and agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria. Other characteristic…

Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs

…erna are found. Calcareous grassland on deeper soils consists of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, thyme Thymus praecox and rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. There are numerous flushes with carpets of mosses and liverworts and wetland plants such as…

Brantingham Dale

…as, maintained as short turf by rabbit grazing, are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with a notable abundance of rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Other species of frequent occurrence include quaking gras…

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

… a few grasses such as sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and velvet bent. In other stands, though purple moor-grass is still dominant, the associates are much more mixed and include a distinct heathy element, w…

Eryri

…. The areas of acid grassland are characterised by a mixture of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with a range of other species including wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, bilberry Vaccini…

Congrove Field and The Tumps

…d but is frequently associated with finer leaved grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Sedges, such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are also present. The sward is herb ric…

Cottam Well Dale

… of scrub invasions. In the northern grazed unit, sheep's fescue and red fescue Festuca ovina and F. rubra and other fine grasses dominate large areas rich in characteristic herbs; widespread species include harebell Campanula rotundifolia, clustered bellflower C. glomerata, less…

Sheepland Coast

…aritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, tall clumps of red fescue Festuca rubra and saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii. Sea plantain Plantago maritima and common couch Elytrigia repens occur less frequently. Small areas of strandline occur behind the saltmarsh and shing…

Purbeck Ridge (West)

…ture in Dorset. Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum is dominant, but sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media are frequent where grazing pressure is heavier producing a herb rich sward. Abundant herbs include hoary plantain Plantago med…

Rose End Meadows

…are tightly grazed for much of the year with swards dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and bent grasses Agrostis spp. These grasslands support a number of orchid species such as fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, bee orchid Ophrys…

Pincombe Down

…ing up to 40 species within a square metre. Amongst the grasses, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are abundant, while in some areas upright brome Bromus erectus also occurs. Sedges present include spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, glaucous sedge …

Purple Hill

… woodland. The grassland is of the upright brome Bromus erectus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina type and is extremely herb rich, with one nationally rare plant species occurring. Among the many chalk downland herbs to be found here are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, rock rose H…

Bath Pasture

…al grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and mat grass Nardus stricta. The most abundant herbs include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and tormentil Poten…

King's Play Hill

…is closely grazed and dominated by upright brome with widespread sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens. Also present is heath grass Danthonia decumbens which is rare on the chalk in north Wiltshire. Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum occurs locally in th…

Red Lodge Heath

… rabbit grazed short turf in places. Typical plants here include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, dove’s foot cranesbill Geranium molle, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and yarrow Achillea millefolium. Where the soil…

Broadway Hill

…es and scrub colonisation. The grassland is mainly dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and red fescue F. rubra, with erect brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Quaking grass Briza media, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and timothy Phleum pratens…

Robbinetts

…e site. On free draining acidic slopes, the turf is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. Associated with these grasses are heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, b…

Taynton Quarries

… more open, with stony patches among a short, herb rich sward of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, wild thyme Thymus praecox, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and bee orchid Ophrys apifera. The most recent quarry was …

Cors Llanllyfni

…e Ulex gallii, and heather Calluna vulgaris; acid grassland with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta; and the flushes. A small area to the north-west of the site consists of improved and semi-improved grassland with some Eu…

Graig Fawr

…ped on the thin rocky soils. Typical plants present here include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, early hair-grass Aira praecox, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, parsley-piert Aphanes a…

Gweunydd Crychell

…-grass Nardus stricta, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and quaking-grass Briza media. The vegetation is unusual in the occurrence of species regarded as characteristic of different sub-communities, such as fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum and …

Thrislington Plantation

…intact primary surface generally dominated by Blue Moor grass or sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Other common species include quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. glaucous sedge Carex flacca, rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, fairy flax Linum catharticum,…

Cooper's Hill

…nt Agrostis capillaris, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Other characteristic species include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. Succession from heath to woodland is tak…

Parc Bodlondeb and Gwenallt-parc, Lixwm

…assland comprises a species-rich sward with frequent to abundant sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, quaking-grass Briza media and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. Associates include common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common knapweed …

Penllwyn-yr-Hendy

…ort a community dominated by purple moor-grass, carnation sedge, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and bents Agrostis spp., with frequent heather Calluna vulgaris, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, petty whin Genista anglica and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Around the fringes of the …

Bryn-bwch

…on-grass, mat grass Nardus stricta heath rush Juncus squarrosus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common sedge, Carex nigra and the liverwort Ordontoschisma sphagni. The site has several well-defined flushes where bog mosses Sphagnum spp. are dominant. Associated species here includ…

Woodhall Spa Golf Course

…avy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, brown bent Agrostis canina, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. Herbs typical of sandy soils include hoary cinquefoil Potentilla argentea, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and heath speedwell Veronica officinalis. D…

Stockton Wood and Down

…nts typical of the S W Wiltshire downlands, with the sheep's fescue dwarf sedge Festuca ovina Carex humilis type of grassland widespread. Characteristic species include devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria, h…

Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens

…ius with herbs such as wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa. The grazed sheep's fescue Festuca ovina grasslands contain numerous species including crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme Thymus praecox and stonecrop Sedum acre, the last asso…

Stanton Pastures & Cuckoocliff Valley

…und there is a shorter, herb rich sward with many grasses, including red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, quaking grass Briza media and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. Some of…

Great Shuttlesfield Down

…r slopes in the south of the site. The grassland is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, upright brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. The turf is kept short by cattle and sheep grazing and is rich in other plants. Several are more or less restricted to …

Heatheryburn Bank

…he grassland sward are sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and common bent Agrostis capillaris but with quaking grass Briza media, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and mat grass Nardus stricta also presen…

Wookey Hole

…grassland community of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass type. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, common bent Agrostis capillaris and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha are the most common grasses upright brome Bromus erectus, quaking grass Bri…

Knapp and Barnett's Downs

…s virtually confined to areas of the Wiltshire and Dorset Chalk. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are the dominant grasses in a sward also composed of crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, quaking grass Bri…

Knighton Downs & Wood

… intermix of grasses, sedges and herbs. Dominant grasses include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media, while upright brome Bromus erectus is a component of the more lightly grazed slopes. Glaucous sedge Carex flacca is com…

Flordon Common

…higher ground and is dominated by a variety of grasses including sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and brown bent grass Agrostis canina. An interesting range of herb species are present and include cowslip Primula veris, yellow …

Coombs Dale

…al grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris. In these grasslands, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia is abundant with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and violets Viola riviniana and Viola hirta. On so…

Deadman's Grave, Icklingham

…d quaking grass Briza media, through grassier areas dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, to taller grassland with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera. All these types of grassland contain …

Tudor Farm Bank

…upports many other species of grass and sedge including abundant sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and glaucous sedge Carex flacca with a wide range of lime loving plants calcicoles. These include species such as rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, rest-harr…

Caeiron Meadow

…he most abundant being sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and crested dog’s tail. The rich herbaceous flora includes species such as devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, betony Betonica officinalis, autumn hawkb…

Little Asby Inrakes and Outrakes

…calcareous flushes. The drier grassland tends to be dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, but heath grass Danthonia decumbens, mat grass Nardus stricta and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum are abundant, with quaking grass Briza media and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus …

Cefndeuddwr

…nse. The presence of frequent heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina mark the change to more acidic grassland, although many of the species characteristic of the neutral grassland are still present. In places the acid grassland includes abundant devil's b…

Roman Road

…om short swards characterised by the presence of grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and quaking grass Briza media, together with a rich variety of herbs, to tall grassland dominated by false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius with upright brome Bromus erectus. The many her…

Baynhall Meadow

… foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus, red fescue Festuca rubra, soft rush Juncus effusus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. The locally uncommon pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus occurs frequently in this community. …

Malham-Arncliffe

…e nationally scarce blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea often with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and herbs such as limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, wild thyme Thymus praecox, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and common rock rose Helianthemum n…

Exmoor Coastal Heaths

…osaic, with a grassy turf of common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. It also extends onto the exposed coastal slopes and cliff tops, where dwarf shrubs are severely wind-pruned and prosrtrate. The heath eventually grades into cliff-top grassland. Common …

Clough Woods

…y acidic in character with wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and areas of bracken Pteridium aquilinum. These merge into areas of more neutral grassland in the valley bottom. Being ungrazed, there is also an abundanc…

The Quantocks

… wavy hair grass present as sub dominants. Other species include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and the mosses Pseudoscleropodium purum and Dicranum scoparium. An outstanding feature of the Quantock heathlands is that the dwarf shrub communiti…

Middle Crossthwaite

…m, cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata, rough meadow grass Poa trivialis, red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, common bent Agrostis capillaris, Timothy Phleum pratense crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and variable amounts of perennial rye grass Lolium perenne.…

Hamps and Manifold Valleys

… rich swards, on shallow humicranker soils, are characterised by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis; with quaking grass Briza media, purging flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and many oth…

Ramsey's Burn Wood

…ia. The field layer is rich in plant species and is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, with primrose Primula vulgaris, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca and ramsons Allium…

Swyncombe Downs

…om as early as 1942. The grasslands include ancient species rich sheep's fescue Festuca ovina turf heavily grazed by rabbits, alternating with rank stands of tall oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, both occupying slopes of various aspect and gradient. There are also sparse, herb do…

Banc Hirllwyn

…e such conditions. The main grasses in the short, open sward are sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, early hair-grass Aira praecox and squirrel-tail fescue Vulpia bromoides. Common associates include sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, common mouse-ear Cer…

Blandford Camp

… extensive grassland type consists of the richest variant of the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis community and has developed on both flat and sloping ground. This is characterised by a diverse mixture of grasses, sedges and herbs in which wild thym…

Firle Escarpment

…oterium sanguisorba, milkwort Polygala calcarea and the grasses, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus. Taller grasslands are dominated by upright brome, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius. A number of unusual chalk d…

Dank's Down and Truckle Hill

…ight brome is generally dominant and tor grass locally abundant, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and quaking grass Briza media together with glaucous and spring sedge Carex flacca and Carex caryophyllea occur as constant components of the sward. A high proportion of the herb species…

Trench Meadows

…ds. The neutral grassland is rich in plant species, with the grasses red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and the herbs black knapweed Centaurea nigra and bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus all typical for …

Keston and Hayes Commons

…en lost. Grasses including wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and heath grass Danthonia decumbens are characteristic of the community, as are the herb species sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath rush Juncus squ…

Whitwell Common

…al grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with some blunt flowered Rush. This community is also found on sloping ground around the fen and notable species include yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulga…

Rhos Fiddle

…s are common bent Agrostis capillaris, mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. In damper areas ribbed sedge Carex binervis, a characteristic moorland species, occurs. The site also includes wet flushes which are dominated by bog m…

Blow's Down

…terised by frequent meadow oat grass, quaking grass Briza media, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, squinancywort, dwarf thistle and large thyme Thymus pulegioides. Away from these banks the south west facing slope supports a more neutral grassland with fr…

Caeau Rhyd-y-gwiail

…nt Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and red fescue Festuca rubra are frequent, with common knapweed Centaurea nigra, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, tormentil Potentilla erecta and devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis also adding colo…

Cefn Rofft

…nd elsewhere it is now uncommon. The grasses most commonly found are red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog’s-tail, and common bent Agrostis capillaris along with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus. Herbs presen…

Dolorgan Barn

…e into one another. The neutral grassland is composed principally of red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agrostis capillaris and crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus. A variety of other plants are also pr…

Mugdock Wood

…rica tetralix. Drier areas have bent grass Agrostis vinealis and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina communities with blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Mugdock Loch is a fresh water mesotrophic loch which is notable for a large population of nationally rare least yellow water lily Nuphar p…

Woodnook Valley

…s rich in mosses. The turf is short over much of the field, with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina being the dominant grass along with common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and stemless thistle Cirsium acaule. In the areas where the grazing has b…

Wyndrush Pastures

…ich is dominated by grasses such as common bent Agrostis capillaris, red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. Yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus are more occasional components…

Pencreigiau'r Llan

…h flushes containing flea sedge Carex pulicaris. On drier parts, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and mat-grass Nardus stricta are dominant in some areas; heather, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum in others. A large basin mire has bog rosemary Andromeda poli…

Great Cheverell Hill

…mbes. The sward is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Other grasses typically associated with calcium rich soils include quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Herbs are conspicuous by their diversity and high…

Thixen Dale and Long Dale

…ng slope of Long Dale, the grassland is a mosaic of close grazed sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and lightly grazed tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum dominated turf with scattered hawthorns Crataegus monogyna. It is rich in herbs including rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dropwort …

Seven Barrows

… mown to encourage the herbs and smaller growing grasses such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and quaking grass Briza media. Also present are glaucous sedge Carex flacca and the less common spring sedge Car…

Coombe Hill

…pright brome and tor grass, other characteristic grasses include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Herbs typical of this community are present such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, co…

Eriswell Low Warren

…hen/bryophyte heath mosaic. The acidic grassland is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and bent grasses Agrostis spp. and most of the floristic interest is contained here. The most frequently occurring herbs include Rumex tenuifolius, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, Smooth Ha…

Hurdlow Meadows

…tions to more typical dales limestone grassland are evident with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, hoary plantain Plantago media and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. The most extensive areas of neutral grassland are characterised by grasses such as crested do…

Besthorpe Warren

…d grassland largely composed of sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, early hair grass Aira praecox and common bent Agrostis capillaris, with less frequent amounts of sand sedge Carex arenaria, parsley piert Aphanes arvensis, bird’s foot Ornithopus perpus…

The Coombs, Hinton Parva

…re with both regularly grazed turf, characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and longer sward dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus. Several other grasses are widespread throughout including quaking grass Briza media, cr…

Kettlewell Meadows

…st of these grassland types, found on the riverside, is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra with common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and quaking grass Briza media. sedges such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca are abundant and herbs include gr…

Frondeg

…er areas, the sward is grassier, with quaking grass Briza media, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and mat-grass Nardus stricta, together with betony Betonica officinalis betonica. Where the ground is particularly wet, such as along drainage lines, wet grassland communities with purpl…

Bennane Head Grasslands

… community within the site is mesotrophic grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, heath-grass Danthonia decumbens and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. Herbs present include c…

Blea Water

…reas of acid grassland dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus on steeper slopes. Above this are precipitous crags on which a number of less common plant species occur including three flowered rush Juncus triglumi…

Clegir Mawr

…es or steep slopes. The more frequent associated species include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, squirrel-tail fescue Vulpia bromoides, early hair-grass Aira praecox, heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica Cinerea, western gorse Ulex gallii, s…

Court Farm, Sydling

…associated invertebrates. The dominant grasses of the slopes are sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with other grasses including quaking grass Briza media, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Hel…

Bacombe and Coombe Hills

… Coombe Hill the steep chalk slopes support species rich turf of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with characteristic downland plants such as horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and the nationally scarce chal…

Hexhamshire Moors

…Nardus stricta and include wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile with a variety of mosses. The site supports small populations of nationally scarce plants of particular note. The forked …

Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill

… by upright brome Bromus erectus and fine leaved grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha. Frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, round headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis are among the species oc…

Wylye and Church Dean Downs

…dge Carex humilis, while other major components of the sward are sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The rich assemblage of herbs present includes frequent salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, …

Ceunant a Thyrrau Trefgarn / Treffgarne Gorge and Tors

…ledges support large patches of great woodrush Luzula sylvatica, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and some heather. Scarce plants include Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense. Although this species grows on great Treffgarne Rocks and close to Maiden Castle, it is confined t…

Horton, Eastern and Western Slade

… Species which occur frequently throughout the grassland include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, common rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. Wh…

Yarnbury Castle

…grass and sedge are recorded; with upright brome Bromus erectus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha conspicuous. The dwarf sedge Carex humilis is locally plentiful, on or near the top of the outer banks. Herbs consti…

Bryn - Bach, Cefn Cribwr

…heath Erica tetralix and heather Calluna vulgaris, together with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. More acidic moor-grass pasture, which lacks basiphilous species but otherwise has a similar floristic composition is also common on the site, while localised patches of wetter, more mes…

Bryncarnau Grasslands, Llwydcoed

…ss Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus and red fescue Festuca rubra with a range of broad-leaved herbs including common knapweed Centaurea nigra, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus and great burnet Sanguisorba…

Cae Aber-Glanhirin

…er sward dominated by bents Agrostis spp., sweet vernal-grass and sheeps fescue Festuca ovina. Characteristic associates here include harebell Campanula rotundifolia, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, betony Betonica officinalis, mountain pansy Viol…

Bodmin Moor, North

…nd soils give rise to a range of vegetation types. The two most widespread are: Festuca ovina – Agrostis capillaris – Galium saxatile (sheep’s-fescue – common bent – heath bedstraw) grassland and Trichophorum cespitosum – Erica tetralix (deer grass – cross-leaved heath) heath. Cl…

Castell Prysor

…drier and dominated by common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina as well as devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, betony Betonica officinalis, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria and ribbed sedge Carex binervis. Many other uncommon and rare species are pre…

Coed Afon Pumryd

…s Anthoxanthum odoratum, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and sheeps fescue Festuca ovina. Carpets of moss include Isothecium myosuroides, Leucobryum glaucum and species of Polytrichum. Ivy Hedera helix and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum are abundant on trees and rocks. R…

Nine Spring Dale

…d to the eastern side of the dale. The sward is characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with meadow oat Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, carnation sedge Carex flacca and patches of tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Herbs present include frequent sala…

Purbeck Ridge (East)

…lude tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, quaking grass Briza media, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The Nationally Scarce nit-grass Gastridium ventricosum is present on Ballard Down and pale St. John’s wort Hypericum …

Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs

…re with both regularly grazed turf, characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and longer sward dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus. Several other grasses are widespread throughout including quaking grass Briza media, cr…

High Lickbarrow Mires and Pastures

… main sward is composed of fine low productivity grasses such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. The overall community type is a common knapweed crested dog's tail sward. Due to …

Scafell Pikes

…dantly amongst the rocks with various higher plants including viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heath bedstraw, alpine lady's mantle and the clubmosses Huperzia selago and Diphasiastrum alpinum. Also associated with the…

Quarley Hill Fort

…ed by cattle and this maintains the short grassland dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and stemless thistle Cirsium acaule. The rich herb complement includes such typical chalk loving plants as felwort Gentianella amarella, small scabious Scabi…

Coedydd Dyffryn Wnion

…ides non-scripta and herb robert Geranium robertianum. The uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima occurs occasionally within the Torrent Walk area. Ferns form a distinctive part of the woodland field layer, these include: lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, beech fern Phegopteris co…

Billsmoor Park and Grasslees Wood

…ith scattered birch and grassland with mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass and common bent. Marshy areas support soft rush and tufted hair grass.

Masson Hill

…e species rich calcareous and acidic grasslands are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with acidic areas characterised by heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus. The calcareous grasslands are characterised by comm…

Gweunydd Ty'n-y-Llidiart

…h bents Agrostis spp., sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus and herbs such as tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria and…

Rhos Blaenclettwr

…ry slopes, dominated by such plants as mat-grass Nardus stricta, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and heather Calluna vulgaris, are traversed by soligenous flushes with characteristic species such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes and carnat…

Fyfield Down

…c to calcareous, though much is of a neutral type. Grasses including red fescue Festuca rubra and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum occur in the neutral grassland with herbs such as lady's bedstraw Galium verum, pignut Conopodium majus and meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granul…

New Buckenham Common

…bundance. Neutral grassland covers the majority of the site with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent grass Agrostis capillaris the principal species on the drier soils. Associated species include cowslip Primula veris, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, bird’s foot …

Haggs Bank

…of heavy metal tolerant plants, metallophytes, which make up the sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, spring sandwort Minuartia verna community. Haggs Bank is also notified for its species rich, calcareous grasslands of the sheeps fescue, common bent Agrostis capillaris and wild thyme T…

Harbottle Moors

…egatum. Where unbroken the slopes support neutral grassland with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, bitter vetch Lathyrus montanus and tormentil Potentilla erecta. On high ground are areas of blanket bog, where heather, hare’s tail cotton grass …

Pennerley Meadows

…ernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and red fescue F. rubra. Other elements of the flora are variable in abundance, for example, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor are particularly prominen…

Caerthillian to Kennack

…ile, continuing onto the cliff top, maritime grasslands dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra occur. Thrift and sea carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer are common here. Another maritime grassland community develops inland with Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and cock’s-foot Dactyli…

Glaslyn

…nt Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and red fescue Festuca rubra and herbs such as common knapweed Centaurea nigra, Devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, tormentil Potentilla erecta, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus and red clover Trifo…

Glaswelltiroedd Trelogan / Trelogan Grasslands

…ant higher plant, moss and lichen species. Higher plants include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common sorrel Rumex acetosa, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, common mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum, mountain pansy Viola lutea and the nationally scarce spring sandwort Minuartia ve…

Gro Ystwyth

…-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, and sheep’s-bit Jasione montana. In the more grassy areas, common bent Agrostis capillaris is frequent and sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella is common on less stable shingle banks. The me…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…aris with velvet bent Agrostis canina, mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, and the herbs heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Associated mosses include Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Polytrichum commune. Carn / Glenshane Pass also pr…

Warham Camp

… cattle and rabbits and the resulting short turf is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking grass Briza media. A wide variety of herb species are present. Among the more interesting are common rose Helianthemum nummularium, squ…

Croxley Common Moor

…sheeps sorrel Rumex acetosella, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. The freely draining conditions also support abundant sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, harebell Campan…

Gweunydd Dolwen

…free draining. The stands of dry acid grassland are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris together with characteristic forbs such as betony Betonica officinalis, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus and bitter-vetch Lathyrus linifo…

Chanctonbury Hill

…r’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana. The chalk grassland is of the sheep's fescue Festuca ovina upright brome Bromus erectus type but tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum is dominant in places. Herbs found in the grassland include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow rattle Rhinant…

Llynoedd Ieuan

… lichens, and plants commonly found on moorland pastures, namely sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Three acidic upland lakes occur, containing such aquatic p…

Lammermuir Deans

…uir Deans, principally found in Burn Hope Cleugh, which includes sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris. These are common species in the UK but this particular habitat type is rare and declining in the context of East Lothian. Valley fen Valley fen mar…

Lakenheath Warren

…ine Pinus sylvestris all dominate substantial parts of the site. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with some bent grasses Agrostis spp. are abundant across the full range of grasslands. The different grassland types are distinguished by the occurrence and abundance of the various ass…

Berriedale Cliffs

…cinerea but also has a good range of other plant species such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, juniper Juniperus communis, common violet Viola riviniana, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and common tormentil Potentilla erecta. The sea cliffs have an…

Pine Lodge Meadow

… bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuca rubra and cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata. These are accompanied by a high cover and rich diversity of forbs, including common knapweed Centaurea nigra, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus cornicu…

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…on bent Agrostis capillaris, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, and the herbs black knapweed Centaurea nigra, tormentil Potentilla erecta and greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus. The typical ‘rhos pasture’ mixture of habitats at Rhosydd L…

Ben Heasgarnich

…resentative. Alpine calcareous grasslands are represented by the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, alpine lady’s-mantle Alchemilla alpina, moss campion Silene acaulis dwarf-herb communities. This is a form of calcareous grassland found only on a few upland sites. Ben Heasgarnich is …

Beinn Dearg

…fs and on the more broken cliffs. Characteristic species include sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and thyme Thymus praecox. Well developed alpine calcareous grassland is also found on this site. This habitat supports a variety of plants that normally …

Horse Dale and Holm Dale

…orth west facing bank of Horse Dale is heavily grazed by cattle. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina is dominant over much of the slope with a variety of other fine grasses including sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, quaking grass Briza media, crested dog's tail Cynosurus crista…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…id grassland communities in West Cumbria, ranging from a montane sheep's fescue Festuca ovina sward on the summit ridges, through mat grass Nardus stricta on the middle ground, to fescue bent mixes on the lower slopes. The montane community is dominated by sheep's fescue with wav…

Ivinghoe Hills

…e. upright brome Bromus erectus dominates, giving way locally to sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. The associated flora is very rich and includes plants whose small national populations are confined to the chalk in southern Britain, notably pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris, field fl…

Kirkby Moor

…eeper slopes at the northern fringe of the site. Grasses such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris also become abundant along with bilberry where the moor has been recently burnt. Scattered over the site, in the valleys along springlines and seepage…

Barker Scar

… of grasses which include common bent grass Agrostis capillaris, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, yellow oat Trisetum flavescens and quaking grass Briza media. The sward i…

The Cheviot

…characterised by bracken Pteridium aquilinum, grassland in which sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris are dominant and areas of woodland comprised mainly of alder Alnus glutinosa and downy birch Betula pubescens. Higher on the valley sides there are ex…

Wilmington Downs

…tebrates and several notable ones. The grassland is of the sheep's fescue grass Festuca ovina upright brome grass Bromus erectus type and has developed over thin rendzina soils. In ungrazed areas scrub has developed and woodland is present in places on deeper soils at the foot of…

Wimbledon Common

…nd is mostly co dominated by common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with soft rush Juncus effusus well represented where drainage is impeded. Also present are two locally uncommon grasses, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and in damper depressions, …

Showground Meadow, Callow Hill

… nigra and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and the acidic sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – common bent Agrostis capillaris – heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland type. The base of the slope is more characteristic of neutral grassland, merging into free draining acidic gr…

RAF Lakenheath

…ren, Wangford Warren and Maidscross Hill. The dominant grass is sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with common bent Agrostis capillaris and cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata the more abundant of the other grasses present. Many herb species are found within the turf including lady’s bedst…

Silloth Dunes and Mawbray Bank

…ystems and on this site is found in association with grasses such as red fescue Festuca rubra and smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis. These dunes are particularly important for the notable colonies of the rare and locally restricted Isle of Man cabbage Coincya monensis and sand l…

Fairmile Bottom

…and are scattered throughout the site. The sward is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome grasses Bromus erectus, amongst which grow the herbs salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor and common milkwort Polygala vulgaris. To the sou…

Bonsall Leys

…s characteristic of Derbyshire dales limestone grassland such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, frequent meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. The most interesting sub communities are unusually species rich wit…

North Dartmoor

…the main components of which are bristle bent Agrostis curtisii, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis. Both these heathland and grassland communities are restricted to south-west Britain. Occasi…

Snape Warren

…land present is dominated by common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with characteristic species such as heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. Where this grassland adjoins the Alde Estuary, t…

Clayton to Offham Escarpment

…ep slopes and is of the upright brome grass Bromus erectus sheep's fescue grass Festuca ovina type although there is some local variation. Ungrazed areas have developed into scrub and then on to woodland. The escarpment is north facing and so receives less sunshine than the sout…

Broad Dales

…ges of the ridge and furrow. common bent, sweet vernal grass and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina predominate, but mat grass Nardus stricta, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and heath grass Danthonia decumbens are all well represented. Devil's bit scabious remains abundant throughout and…

Milton Gate Marsh

…d grassland dominated by crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and cock's foot; their interest is that they form an integral part of the hydrological system supporting the more diverse communities elsewhere in the site. The varied vegetation of the …

Knocking Hoe

…s, ensure the continuation of Knocking Hoe’s botanical interest. Sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina dominates the short springy turf in which squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, fairy flax Linum catharticum, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, cowslip Primula veris, salad bur…

Woolmer Forest

… minor, grasses such as wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and a rich diversity of lichens. A number of nationally rare and uncommon plants such as tower mustard Turritis glabra, mossy stonecrop Crassula tillaea, shepherd's cress Teesdalia nudic…

Merries Farm Meadows

…erecta and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. Frequent grasses are sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, with hairy sedge Carex hirta. The lady’s bedstraw sub community has frequent yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, betony Betonica officinalis, devil’…

Waen Rydd

…y species-poor, dominated by common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, with tormentil and occasional heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. On one of the drumlins petty whin Genista anglica is locally frequent. Occasionally, the acid grassland becomes more heathy…

The Clouds

…and characterised by blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, sheep's and red fescue Festuca ovina and F. rubra, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, occurs immediately around the pavements and in other areas where limestone comes close to the surface o…

Wilsford Heath Quarry

…the limestone grassland with tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina being typical grass species present. There is a variety of herbs in the grassland including bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, salad burnet Pote…

North Exmoor

… bell heather Erica cinerea, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina are frequent. The lowland heath types include those which are restricted to Wales and South West England. The western gorse -bristle Bent Ulex gallii - Agrostis curtisii heath consists …

Bishop Wilton Deep Dale

…cal dominant, interspersed with patches of finer grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, quaking grass Briza media and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Typical chalk herbs which are locally frequent include harebel…

Sluxton Marsh, Whitemoor

…sh Juncus acutiflorus, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, carnation sedge Carex panicea and tormentil Potentilla erecta. In places the bog-myrtle Myrica gale is prominent. Of particular interest are stands of fen-…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…stone cliffs and crags. This supports open short turf containing sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media with abundant herbs that include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Pote…

Gooderstone Warren

…sland which is lightly rabbit grazed. Here short Grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum are present with taller species and herbs include lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, field wood rush Luzula campe…

East Wretham Heath

…grass Arrhenatherum elatius, crested dog's Tail Cynosurus cristatus, red fescue Festuca rubra and meadow grass Poa pratensis. Most of this is now closely grazed. Associated species include Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea. Anthills have developed and have helped to increase t…

Pen y ghent Gill

…c in character and support mainly neutral grassland dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and red fescue F. rubra, merging into acidic grassland containing mat grass Nardus stricta. Limestone pavements support a flora which includes green spleenwort Asplenium viride and britt…

Lewes Downs

… Combe and parts of Mount Caburn. Here the sward is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus grasses which form a springy turf with an abundance of characteristic herbs of chalk grassland. Salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, horseshoe vetch Hippoc…

Castle Acre Common

…ng creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, mat grass Nardus strictand sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Herb species are well represented and notable species include meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galiu…

Caldon Dales

…t surviving examples of the meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis / sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina grassland community in Staffordshire and many of the higher plants that occur are infrequent or rare in the county. There are two valleys aligned approximately north west – south east an…

Garston's Down

…ority of the Site of Special Scientific Interest is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and a rich assemblage of associated plants with an average of 33 species per square metre recorded. This includes large colonies of bee orchids Ophrys apifera, pyramidal orchids Anacampt…

Appleby Fells

…ment and thus forming a microtopography of hummocks and hollows. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina is the dominant grass and is interspersed with several more local species such as crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae. Wild thyme Thymus praecox …

Bowerchalke Downs

…tribution. Most of the site comprises species rich turf in which sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis are major components whilst quaking grass Briza media, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and cowslip Primula ve…

Park Wood, Chilham

… is dominated by the grasses tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, but the herb rich sward also contains nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium and the characteristic downland species dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianthemum n…

Priddy Pools

…er species include prickly sedge Carex muricata ssp lamprocarpa, sheep's Fescus Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Additional interest lies in the flora that can tolerate high concentrations of lead in the soil such as spring sandwort M…

Swain's Wood

…ssland which contains numerous typical chalkland species such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. In shorter turf Chiltern gentian Gentianella germanica, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common centaury Cen…

Romsley Hill

…s sub community. Common grasses include abundant crested dog’s tail, red fescue Festuca rubra, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. Characteristic herbs, found particularly on the ridges, include common knapwe…

Salisbury Plain

…. A widespread type on the Plain is characterised by an abundance of red fescue Festuca rubra, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and d…

Lord's Well Field

…reous Breckland grassland dominated by several grasses including sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and a wide range of other plant species including small scabious Centaurea scabiosa, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, kidney v…

Upper Wharfedale

… grasslands occur on the thin limestone soils of the dale sides. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and the nationally scarce blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri are characteristic species of a community confined to the Carboniferous Limestone of No…

Dolyhir Meadows

… from the adjacent quarry. The dominant grasses of the sward are sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra and crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus, with abundant sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and a good representation of quaking-grass Briza media and yellow …

Twinhills Woods and Meadows

…n character, with a calcareous community of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina – Avenula pratensis type, occurring on the very steep, shallow soil areas. On the gentler slopes, the grassland sward is more neutral and is classified as the common knapweed – crested d…

Murlough

… but there are a range of other grass and grass-like species such as red fescue Festuca rubra, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sand sedge Carex arenaria and field wood rush Luzula campestris. Herbs include lady's bedstraw Galium verum, cat'…

Cwm Llanwenarth Meadows

…y two species of bent Agrostis canina and Agrostis capillaris and sheeps fescue Festuca ovina with many species of sedge; herbs include purging flax Linum catharticum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and devils bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The fen meadow communities are variou…

Glanrhocca

…ered bands of dry acidic grassland characterised by common bent, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Patches of the latter community are moderately species-rich, including plants such as betony Betonica officinalis, bitter-vetch Lathyrus montanus and …

Gweunydd Esgairdraenllwyn (Esgairdraenllwyn Pastures)

…rassland. It is dominated by common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and has a variety of associated herbs, including harebell Campanula rotundifolia, bitter-vetch Lathyrus montanus, tormentil Potentilla erecta and betony Betonica officinalis. The nationa…

Neuadd and Tylelo Mires

… above Rhyd-galed Bridge and is characterised by species such as sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, creeping bent grass Agrostis stolonifera, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil. Tylelo Mire supports similar vegetation types to Neuadd Mire; rush pasture mixed with small patch…

Pen-Common, Llanbedr

…ral part of the site consists of dry acidic pasture dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with frequent common bent Agrostis capillaris, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta. This sward has been extensively invaded by bracken Pteridium aquilinum, wh…

Felbrigg Woods

…eveloped on some of the wider woodland rides and is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and creeping soft grass with heather Calluna vulgaris and sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella. The ancient trees in the park and woodland support over 50 species of lichen, a large total for…

Rhos Pil-bach a Phennar-fawr

… mixtures of grasses such as crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus, red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and common bent Agrostis capillaris and a variety of herbs including red clover Trifolium pratense, common bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatu…

Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod

…ent. Elsewhere there are areas of true acid grassland containing sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. The site also features areas of fen-meadow characterised by soft-rush Juncus effusus and stands of marshy grassland dominated by sharp-flowered rush J…

Hatfield Forest

…hioglossum vulgatum. Typical plants of a more sandy area include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, upright chickweed Moenchia erecta, small flowered buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus and harebell Campanula rotundifolia.…

Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs

…her grass species characteristic of calcareous grassland such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, quaking grass Briza media and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus together with a rich variety of typical herbs including common rock rose Heli…

Pikedaw Calamine Caverns

…. Blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, wild thyme Thymus praecox, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are the main components of this plant community. Other Information 1. Part of this site is identified as of national importance in the Geological Conserv…

Chrome and Parkhouse Hills

…er soils. The short, species rich limestone turf is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with typical calcicole lime loving plants including wild thyme Thymus praecox, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sang…

Len Pastures, Crackpot

…grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, red fescue Festuca rubra and quaking grass Briza media, with some species more typical of rougher grassland, such as tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and soft rush Juncus effusus, also scattered throughou…

Scales Wood

…ed Polytrichum, Racomitrium and Thuidium along with the grasses, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, wavy hairgrass Deschampsia flexuosa and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Herb species include bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, heath bedstraw …

Sinks Valley, Kesgrave

…g sandy soils of the valley sides. The grassland is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella. Heathland is restricted to two small areas where heather Calluna vulgaris is abundant in the sward. Where rabb…

The Bottoms

…nsis, quaking grass Briza media, cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hairgrass Koeleria macrantha all frequent. Other grasses include downy oat grass Avenula pubescens, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and tufted hair grass Deschampsia …

Sutton Combe

…ith a rich flora and fauna. The grassland is mainly dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with a number of other grasses including meadow oat Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and, especially where there is scrub, false brome …

Slieve Gullion

…aris with velvet bent Agrostis canina, mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, and the herbs heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Associated mosses include Hypnum cupressiforme, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Pseudoscleropodium purum. Marshy…

Nicodemus Heights

…t brome Bromopsis erecta, and also contains frequent or abundant sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, black medick Medicago lupulina and wild carrot Daucus carota. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa is locally fr…

Wart Barrow

…nd edges. Grasses include common bent grass Agrostis capillaris, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, quaking grass Briza media and blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae. Interspersed with these are typical herbs and sedges such as salad burnet Poter…

Breedon Hill

…Avenula pubescens and crested hairgrass Koeleria macrantha, with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens also common. The grassland contains many herbs typical of calcareous swards, including burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga…

Totternhoe Knolls

…ing further scrub invasion. The steepest slopes are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with other grasses including crested hare grass Koeleria macrantha, quaking grass Briza media and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus. Elsewhere upright brome Bromus erectus becomes t…

Upton Coombe

…careous grassland flora. The dominant grass is upright brome but sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina is also abundant. creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and common quaking grass Briza media are common in the sward; while glaucous sedge Carex flacc…

Upton Cow Down

…ith Wiltshire. The sward is composed mainly of upright brome and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with red fescue F. rubra, quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha also abundant. Glaucus sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea are both comm…

West Stow Heath

…areas of neutral grassland. The acid grasslands are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and sand sedge Carex arenaria. Most are rather tall and undergrazed but a range of characteristic plant species is still present, including harebel…

Whernside

…r grass Trichophorum cespitosum, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with a bog moss Sphagnum lawn in the wettest situations. Elsewhere on the high land mat grass Nardus stricta replaces blanket bog. The limestone cliffs along Twisleton Scars and the pav…

Croft Hill

…support an open, tussocky, acid grassland sward characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha with the herbs sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella and yarrow Achillea millefolium. Mosses and lichens are charact…

Whitesheet Hill

… of downland in Britain. On the chalk slopes and earthwork banks sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and in places upright brome Bromus erectus are major components of the turf, together with abundant herbs including salad…

Formakin

…with patches of scrub and bracken. The grassland is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris, with tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Other species present include devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and tufted …

Maltby Low Common

… mat grass Nardus stricta, common bent grass Agrostis tenuis and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina has developed and in which tormentil Potentilla erecta and bugle Ajuga reptans are abundant with small patches of heather Calluna vulgaris and in the wetter areas bog moss Sphagnum spp. …

Cliff House

…reas of the old workings and includes a range of grasses such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, upright brome Bromopsis erecta, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, quaking grass Briza media, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Several of…

Harting Downs

… Species rich are asare dominated by fine leaved grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, with wild thyme Thymus praecox, marjoram Origanum vulgare, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, common rock ros…

West Pennine Moors

…ata and common sedge, with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuca rubra, cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis and a thick carpet of brown mosses. Although small in area, the meadows and pastures of the in bye are some of the most species rich areas within the W…

Stagmire Moss

…oss leaved heath Erica tetralix, tormentil Potentilla erecta and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. The areas between the hummocks vary from bare mud to lawns of sedges and mosses. The sedges include the locally uncommon long stalked yellow sedge Carex lepidocarpa. In the wetter areas…

Hesledon Moor East

…grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, red fescue Festuca rubra, cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, quaking grass Briza media and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. Amongst these prominen…

Dunster Park and Heathlands

…ns areas of unimproved species-rich acid grassland mostly of the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina -common bent Agrostis capillaris -sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella type. Amongst the many species present in the grassland is the nationally scarce clustered clover Trifolium glomeratum. …

Ballidon Dale

…y meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Herbs are abundant and typically include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus …

Keasey Dale

…achment. This grassland supports a plant community type of which sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus are the characteristic grass species. Crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratu…

Cefn y Brithdir

…s intense. Grasses include wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina and mat-grass Nardus stricta.The diversity and relative density of the dwarf shrub species present on this site is unusual in Mid Glamorgan. Crowberry is here close to the southern edge …

Cerrig y Gweunydd

…um nigrum and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, within a sward of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Tormentil Potentilla erecta and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis are frequent. Areas of wet heath include cross-…

Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs

…. The grassland is dominated by tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and upright brome Bromus erectus. Grazing pressure varies over the length of the site, resulting in a gradation within the habitat from a rank tor gra…

Hills and Holes and Sookholme Brook, Warsop

…tone grassland is characterised by upright brome Bromus erectus, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. The grassland community includes populations of such plants as rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, dyer’s greenweed, Genista tinctoria and small scab…

Great Yarmouth North Denes

…obile dune vegetation characterised by marram Ammophila arenaria and red fescue Festuca rubra. Within this community the rare grass, rush leaved fescue Festuca arenaria is usually found. In places the mobile dune vegetation is backed by a more species rich semi fixed dune communi…

Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill

…and. On the steepest slopes with thinnest soils, grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha are common and the nationally rare Somerset hair grass Koeleria vallesiana occurs. The most abundant herb species here are common rock rose Heli…

Mynydd Epynt

…nd the bog moss Sphagnum subsecundum. Dry grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with frequent heath bedstraw Galium saxatile is found throughout the site and is often associated with abandoned farmsteads. This habitat, together wi…

Barnhamcross Common

…in the north western part of the site where the turf is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius. This turf contains a great variety of small flowering plants including stemless thistle Cirsium acaul…

Upper Nantserth Pasture

…ss Anthoxanthum odoratum, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and occasional heath wood-rush Luzula multiflora, marsh violet Viola palustris, greater bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. Peaty runnels wit…

Moelyci a Chors Ty’n y Caeau

…ingy waxcap Hygrocybe ingrata, fibrous waxcap H. intermedia, blushing waxcap N. ovina, crimson waxcap Hygrocybe punicea and splendid waxcap H. splendidissima. The lower fields surrounding Moelyci farmstead and two small fields at the very south of the site include neutral grassla…

Rhos Cwmderw

…ed rush Juncus acutiflorus more prominent in places and frequent sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, mat grass Nardus stricta, tormentil Potentilla erecta, carnation sedge Carex panicea and tawny sedge Carex hostiana throughout. Meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum is rare but a range of o…

Yewbarrow Woods

…mmunity of heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, wavy hair grass and heath bedstraw. In the more sheltered conditions of the south eastern facing valley side there is a transition on a larger scale, with woodland giving way to a broad…

Sutton Park

…llii and wavy hair grass dominate with mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and bracken. Heather Calluna vulgaris replaces gorse on the lower slopes and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, a county rarity, occurs locally. These communities m…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…marsh grass Puccinellia maritima and, where the saltmarsh is grazed, red fescue Festuca rubra. The nationally scarce sea heath Frankenia laevis occurs in parts of the upper saltmarsh. Low mid marsh communities of common saltmarsh grass and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, wit…

The Lump, Priestweston

…cupied by short grassland which has developed on thin, dry soil. sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina is dominant over large areas, but locally other grasses, for example crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus are dominant, while some areas are covered by carpets of wild thyme Thymus pra…

Barrow Hills Sandpit

…short sward dominated by silver hair grass Aira caryophyllea and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and containing such characteristic sandland plants as common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium, buck’s horn plantain Plantago coronopus, hoary cinquefoil Potentilla argentea, biting stonec…

Leziate, Sugar and Derby Fens

…ic peats. The sward includes purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and soft rush Juncus effusus is dominant or co-dominant species with marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, devil’s bit s…

Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

…pright brome Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with quaking grass Briza media and a wide range of other flowering herbs. Typical plants include cowslips Primula veris, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common rock rose H…

Alex Farm Pastures

…on bent Agrostis capillaris, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and red fescue F. rubra. Features of the sward are the abundance of dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria and pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus and the presence of sneezewort Achillea ptarmica…

Sheep's Banks

…ort species rich grassland varying from short turf, dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, to ranker areas dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus with woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum. Locally abundant species …

Cwm Cadlan

… in a few well-drained areas and is characterised by grasses such as red fescue Festuca rubra, common bent Agrostis capillaris, crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus and sweet vernal-grass, with a variety of herbs including common bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common k…

Folkestone Warren

… grassland on the cliff tops and inland are chiefly dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and upright brome Bromus erectus and a variety of herb species characteristic of chalk soils are present. These include early spider orchid Ophrys sphego…

Burghclere Beacon

…raxinus excelsior component. The open grassland is rich in herbs, with fescues Festuca ovina and Schedonorus pratensis, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and locally quaking grass Briza media as dominants. Abundant herbs include ladies’ beds…

May Hill

…rassland is largely composed of common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus with dense stands of gorse Ulex gallii and U. europaea and bracken Pteridium aquilinum which covers a large proportion of the site. A small amount of bel…

Gamston & Eaton Woods & Roadside Verges

…se oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius while others are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina or tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. The fescue and tor grass swards have developed calcareous plant communities containing such herbs as saw wort Serratula tinctoria, common knapweed Cen…

Dancersend

…ll oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, as well as shorter swards of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, all with an exceptionally rich associated flora including, in and around the experimental plots and exclosures, quaking grass Briza media, glaucous and spring sedges Carex flacca and Ca…

Whitfield Moor, Plenmeller and Ashholme Commons

…iculatum. Occasional patches of heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina grassland can also be found on the moors. Where the peat thins, blanket mire gives way to dry heath co dominated by heather and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. The lower slopes of …

St Leonards and St Ives Heaths

…rassland, dry and wet heath and mire vegetation types including, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina – common bent Agrostis capillaris – sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella grassland; heather Calluna vulgaris – dwarf gorse Ulex minor heath; dwarf gorse U. minor – bristle bent Agrostis curti…

Throope Down

…Description Throope Down is a botanically rich sheep's fescue, meadow oat grass Festuca ovina, Avenula pratensis chalk grassland with associated butterflies. The grassland has developed on Middle Chalk and lies south west of Salisbury. It is partially situated on the sides of a s…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

… Nardus stricta Galium saxatile and heath rush sheep's fescue Juncus squarrosus Festuca ovina dominated swards. Areas of bracken occur on well drained soils around the steep sided gills. The bracken heath bedstraw Pteridium aquilinum Galium saxatile community can support extensiv…

Deacon Hill

…assland has a mosaic of plant associations. Dominant species are sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius and upright brome Bromus erectus in association with abundant herbs including species characteristic of chalk grassland such as common rock rose He…

Bratton Downs

…ant in places and, in areas where grazing has been more intense, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis characterise the sward. Many species are common throughout these communities such as glaucous sedge Carex flacca spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, d…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…support a mosaic of acidic grassland and coastal heathland where sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, bent grasses Agrostis spp. and early hair-grass Aira praecox, together with the ericaceous shrubs, heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea, are abundant. Other associate…

Win Green Down

… rich turf covers most of the site, characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media, with a high proportion of herb species. Typical amongst these are salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Sca…

Corndon Hill

…nt species are present. Large areas of the hill are dominated by sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, bents Agrostis spp. and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, with frequent heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa and mat-grass Nardus stricta. This type of grass…

Rame Head & Whitsand Bay

…, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, wild carrot Daucus carota, cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata and sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella. In addition two nationally scarce plant species…

Stinchcombe Hill

…pright brome Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Quaking grass Briza media and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are frequent components of the sward. The numerous broad leaved plants include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, cowslip Primu…

Tytherington Down

…azed grassland and is dominated by the dwarf sedge sheep's fescue Carex humilis Festuca ovina community type. It spans a dry valley, orientated north south and situated to the south of the Wylye Valley. Dwarf sedge is abundant on the steep valley sides, occurring on both the west…

Queendown Warren

…assland is largely dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with numerous plants characteristic of grazed but otherwise undisturbed chalk grassland. Among the more interesting species are chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, squinancywort Asperula c…

Fletchwood Meadows

…lected in their vegetation. Dry areas are typically dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and bents Agrostis species, with much sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, …

Swift's Hill

…ht brome Bromus erectus with tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and contains a variety of other grasses and herbs. There is a small amount of scrub and young tree growth especially around the periphery of the site. There is a wide range of herbaceous…

Upper Hall Farm Quarry and Grassland

…quaking grass Briza media, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum which is common on the Cotswold limestones is only present in one sma…

Rough Bank, Miserden

…pright brome Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with a range of lime loving calcicole plants such as autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, common calamint Clinopodium menthifolium, ploughman’s …

Gallows Hill

…f has the greatest diversity and is characterised by the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media and downy oat grass Helicotrichon pubescens. A major component of this community is dwarf sedge Carex humilis a species of …

Silverdale Golf Course

…uaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. The abundant forbs present include limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, lady’…

Bracklesham Bay

… of unimproved pasture subject to seasonal flooding. Grasses such as red fescue Festuca rubra, sea couch Elytrigia atherica, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum form a distinctive sward in which a variety of herbs grow, including viper'…

Lower Red Lees Pasture

…t Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with frequent Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. Various herbs are well represented within the sward, especially bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, co…

Cairnwell

…us grassland The calcareous grassland is mainly characterised by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus with patches of mountain avens Dryas octopetala and mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subspecies hermaphroditum. Vascular plants Rare vascular plants …

Birklands West and Ollerton Corner

… tussock forming wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa along with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and common bent Agrostis capillaris. Characteristic herbs such as heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, tormentil Pot…

Kingley Vale

…d at this site are rich in flowering plants and are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat Avenula pratensis and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Among the species which are abundant in the sward are chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, wild thyme Thymus praecox and…

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

…er Erica cinerea and grasses including mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and common bent Agrostis capillaris, which is mixed with or replaced b…

Conic Hill

…les of this habitat type. It is characterised by species such as sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Base-rich serpentine rocks provide relatively extensive areas of nutrient-rich groundwater flushing and basic rock outcrop…

Windmill Hill

…ome Bromus erectus. On the flatter areas at the top of the slope sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media are more typical. These grassland communities contain many characteristic flowering plants such as stemless thistle Cirs…

Heyshott Down

… rich in plant species. It consists of a short turf dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus with taller patches of tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata. The community includes species such as round headed rampion Ph…

Rue Hill

…d low growing or rosette forming herbs. Constant species include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata and common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. There…

Via Gellia Woodlands

…and 'leadwort' Minuartia verna occur within a sward dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and thyme; together with other calcicoles. The small scarce fern, moonwort Botrychium lunaria, is often associated with this community. The large expense of spoil which forms the valley …

Steeple Langford Down

…metre. The most abundant grasses throughout much of the site are sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with quaking grass Briza media and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha also widespread. Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum is found in occasional pa…

Magpie Bottom

…incorporates neutral grassland, scrub and a variety of woodland. sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectusdominate the species rich grassland areas. Associated herbs include characteristic downland plants such as dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose …

East Dartmoor

…re purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, mat-grass Nardus stricta, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and bristle bent A. curtisii, the last being restricted in Britain to the south-west. In the valley bottoms various mire communities occur. Where the wa…

Thundersley Great Common

…ir grass Aira praecox, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and red fescue F. rubra. Where drainage is impeded on the slope, sedges are abundant, including four species uncommon in Essex, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis, common yellow sedge C. …

Gwaun Llwyn-gwyn

… the old river terraces is dominated by bents Agrostis spp., and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, tormentil Potentilla erecta, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and devil's-b…

The Bog

… flexuosa while on the lower slopes there is acid grassland with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, mat grass Nardus stricta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Where dense juniper scrub provides sufficient shelter, woodland plants such as wood sorrel …

Stonepit and Nova Slacks

…ing dominated by a mosaic of tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Associated herbs include clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and purple mi…

Aston Upthorpe Downs

…thernmost area. The grassland is characterised by a fine turf of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with over 16 species of herb associated with unimproved calcareous grassland in Southern England including the burnt tip orchid Neotinea ustulata, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, wil…

North York Moors

…ricta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile on the wetter areas and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris on better drained soils. On unenclosed moorland these grasslands grade into heath with the presence of bilberry and heather. Valley sides and streams…

Fachwen Isaf

…d flea sedge Carex pulicaris are frequent in these areas, as are sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common sedge Carex nigra and tormentil Potentilla erecta. A loose bryophyte carpet is present beneath, with neat feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum and pointed spear-moss Calliergone…

Watlington and Pyrton Hills

…ole dominant. Pyrton Hill has a species composition dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, together with common centaury Centaurium erythraea, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and ground ivy Glechoma hederacea. In…

Cwm Glo a Glyndyrys

…nated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, sweet vernal grass, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and mat-grass Nardus stricta, with lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, tormentil and heath wood-rush Luzula multiflora. In the drier areas, and on the ancient spoil heaps, two types of gras…

Bailliewhirr

…nthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina. Other typical species found on the knowes include quaking grass Briza media, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria (at the northwest limit of its known natural range in the UK), burnet ros…

Creuddyn

…south-facing limestone cliffs and steepest slopes. This contains sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking-grass Briza media with abundant herbs that include wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, salad burnet Pote…

Calbourne Down

… scabious Succisa pratensis are abundant in a sward dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. Similar grasslands are known from the downs of Salisbury Plain and Dorset, but this plant community is rare elsewhere and …

Scords Wood and Brockhoult Mount

…flushes. Here the sward is dominated by common bent grass, sheep’s fescue grass Festuca ovina, cock's foot grass Dactylis glomerata and meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis; other plants include devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, black knapweed Centaurea nigra, glaucous sedge…

Rodney Stoke

…top of the slope where soils are deepest the most common grasses are red fescue Festuca rubra, quaking grass Briza media, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and common bent Agrostis capillaris. Herb species associated with these grasses include harebell Campunala rotundifol…

Gweunydd Nant y Dernol

…grostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina along with a large number of characteristic associates including tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, bitter vetch Lathyrus linif…

Scawt Hill

…um myrtillus and the grasses common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina occur as regular elements. The adjacent limestone exerts a marked influence on vegetation, with kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, lady's bedstraw Galium v…

Chipstead Downs

…rabbit grazing have maintained a richer chalk flora dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, rarer species occur and include white mullein Verbascum lychnitis, round headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, fly orchid Ophrys…

Wortham Ling

…phases. Associated grasses are generally sparse here but include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and occasionally wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. In the open areas within the stands of heather the ground is occupied by carpets of mosses, …

West Bradieston and Craig of Garvock

… of acidic grassland represented is characterised by mixtures of sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent grass Agrostis capillaris, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, with widespread blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common heather Calluna vulgaris. The acidic grassland also…

Tilberthwaite Gill

…section has atypical acid grassland community on its slopes with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, abundant ferns such as lemon scented Oreopteris limbosperma, male Dryopteris filix-mas and scaly male Dryopteris affi…

Bixley Heath

… cinerea is of low abundance and there are scattered tussocks of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina throughout with common bent grass Agrostis capillaris being locally abundant. The presence of wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, heath bedstraw Galium s…

Hunder Beck Juniper

…er is scattered amongst species rich acid grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta with sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea, pignut Co…

Seaford to Beachy Head

…fferences in climatic influence but the dominant species include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, upright brome Bromus erectus, for grass Brachypodium pinnatum and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. A characteristic feature of the site is the unusual predominance of southern elements of t…

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

…ses an extensive area of acid grassland dominated by D.flexuosa, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, mat grass Nardus stricta, creeping soft grass Holcus mollis and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. In some areas acidic flushes occur characterised by the abundance of soft rush Juncus eff…

West Lizard

…er but maritime influence remains strong. These communities comprise red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus together with thrift and sea carrot. Where the grassland is trampled, buck's-horn plantain and daisy Bellis perennis thrive producing a 'short-turf' comm…

The Cheddar Complex

…acterised by an abundance of meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha with glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Associate species on south facing slopes with shallow soils include dwarf …

Shipman Head & Shipman Down (Bryher)

…h bedstraw Galium saxatile, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. European gorse Ulex europaeus forms more extensive scrub along the south side of the Downs whilst on some of the margins on the plateau, where the soils are deeper, bracken Pteridium aq…

Treyford to Bepton Down

…escarpment. Species rich unimproved chalk grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus occurs throughout, with herbs such as round headed rampion Phyteuma orbiculare, horshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa and carline thistle Carlina vulgaris. S…

Ganllwyd

…ir and Ty’n y Benrhos are dominated by various grass species such as red fescue Festuca rubra, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus. The herbs include frequent red clover Trifolium pratense, bird’s foot trefoil…

Llandeilo, Rhulen and Llanbedr Hills

…uent, but commonly include wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, mat-grass Nardus stricta and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. This heathland mosaic is intermediate in character between the heather/western gorse (Calluna/Ulex gallii) vegetation ty…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…re slightly richer, the acid grassland is typically dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris sometimes supporting an interesting fungal flora. A floristically-rich calcareous grassland is found in small areas, often close to base-rich flushes.…

Mwyngloddfa Cwmystwyth

…, there is a sparse sward of common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina. The lichen flora of these spoil tips is well developed. It includes species such as Acarospora sinopica, Baeomyces placophyllus, Sarcosagium campestre, Vezdaea leprosa, the scarce Coppi…

Nant Cledlyn Pingos

…edicularis sylvatica amongst common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina. An unusual feature of these swards is the presence of species more usually associated with neutral grassland, such as crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus, common knapweed Centaurea n…

Mynydd Preseli

…ith much mat-grass Nardus stricta, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris. Dry dwarf shrub heath is now largely confined to the eastern parts around Carnmeini and Foeldrygarn where there is much bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus …

Coedydd Nanmor

…s Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, and creeping soft-grass Holcus mollis growing on the deeper soils, particularly in the grazed woodlands. Other frequent field layer plants include wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, torment…

Rhossili Down

…of low atmospheric pollution levels. Acid grassland dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and common bent-grass Agrostis capillaris is intermixed with the Calluna dominated heath over much of the central ridge. Further downslope the slightly deeper soils support extensive sta…

Galley and Warden Hills

…upright brome Bromus erectus, with other typical grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media locally abundant. Other plants characteristic of the base rich conditions include glaucous sedge Carex flacca, salad bur…

Southerndown Coast

…soil is thin. Typical species include quaking-grass Briza media, sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, lady's-bedstraw Galium verum, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Sanguisorba minor and wild thym…

Woodland Park and Pontpren

…ughout the site are small, grassier stands, with species such as sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, small sedges Carex spp. and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Heathier areas have cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. Sm…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…alium saxatile, with patches of heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Around the moorland edge and in some of the lower gills, grassland dominated by sheep's fescue, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw become abundant. Woodland and scrub a…

Smardale Gill

…grass Sesleria caeruleae, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The form and relative abundance of species varies considerably across the site but amongst the wide range of herbs found are common rock rose, sal…

Willingdon Down

…ants with a more restricted distribution also occur. The grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus dominate the sward in association with squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, autumn gentian Gent…

Alpine Meadow

…right brome Bromus erectus, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens are the dominant grasses, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca equally abundant. Common herbs include rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, agrimony Agrimon…

Bowes Moor

… containing heather and bilberry and locally acid grassland with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, mat grass, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, heath bedstraw and tormentil Potentilla erecta. The breeding bird community of this moorland is of part…

Grime's Graves

…his area is dominated by species of bent grass Agrostis spp. and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Sheep grazing has encouraged a wider range of associated species, with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and many headed woodrush Luzula multiflora amongst the species that are more notice…

Laughton Common

…flora. Generally the short closely cropped turf is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, common bent Agrostis capillaris, early hair grass Aira praecox, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and the moss Dicranum scoparium with less frequent amount…

Camp Down

…istribution. The sward is mainly comprised of a sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis type of grassland. More than 20 grasses and sedges have been recorded, with red fescue F. rubra, upright brome Bromus erectus, quaking grass Briza media, crested hair g…

Longstone Moor

…ous grasslands, which merge into the heathland, are dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, yellow oat grass Tristeum flavescens and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, with common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium around limestone outcrops. The acidic grasslands are dominated by co…

Double Craigs

…tirling Council area. These are characterised by species such as sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus as well as kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, fairy flax Linum catharticum and s…

Shirburn Hill

…s less intense there is a dense, species rich sward dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and supporting a wide range of broadleaved herbs. These include common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, purging flax Linum catharticum, felwort Gentianella amarella, salad burnet Pote…

Churnet Valley

…rs. Other rocky areas support stands of the nationally rare grass, wood fescue Festuca altissima. The unimproved grasslands which invariably have very high botanical diversity, range from neutral to acidic, with examples of dry, flushed and waterlogged communities. Many of the g…

Cinquefoil Brow and Wood Dale

…ects. The sward is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with species such as common knapweed Centaurea nigra, common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, rough hawkbit Leontodon hispidus, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, harebell Campanu…

Croker's Hole

… upright brome is occasionally replaced as the dominant grass by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, the latter growing in association with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. crested hair grass…

High Barn, Oxcombe

…of upright brome Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, sheeps fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The south west facing slope has an abundance of wild thyme Thymus praecox, basil thyme Acinos arvensis, stemless thistl…

Holland Hall (Melbourn) Railway Cutting

…rassland is largely of the upright brome Bromus erectus type but sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens all assume local dominance. Many parts of the cutting are unstable and the raw, shallow, highly calcareous soils which…

Pentregwyn

…pillaris and sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, with frequent red fescue Festuca rubra. There tends to be a high proportion of herbs in the sward, including common knapweed Centaurea nigra, selfheal Prunella vulgaris, common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, red clov…

Little Heath, Barnham

…and surrounding the open area is ungrazed and consists mostly of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, the taller sward also contains a number of calcareous grassland species such as kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, fairy flax Linum catharticum field scabious Knautia arvensis and wild …

Brynna a Wern Tarw

…ss Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus and red fescue Festuca rubra, with a range of broad-leaved herbs including common knapweed Centaurea nigra and common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. In areas where the soil is a little more acidic, devil's…

Rhos Esgairwen-fawr a Rhosgoch-fawr

… dominated by purple moor-grass, common bent Agrostis tenuis and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, with varying amounts of heather Calluna vulgaris and often abundant devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and heath-spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculat…

Weeting Heath

…d Lichens Cladonia spp. with frequent sand sedge Carex arenaria, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, field wood rush Luzula campestris and Early hair grass Aira praecox. A chalk grassland flora has developed on the dry calcareous sands. The dominant grassesin the sward are sheep’s Fesc…

Giant Hill

…h Flints. The swards are generally close grazed and dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina but an interesting feature is the local abundance of heath grass Danthonia decumbens, only rarely found in such frequency in downland. The turf is rich in herbs, rock rose Helianthemum …

Bank and Cother Wood

… with other calcicole grasses such as quaking grass Briza media, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and golden oat grass Trisetum flavescens. The herb species of the grassland include rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia and various orchids such as pyramid…

Cockthorpe Common, Stiffkey

…chalk grassland consist of short rabbit grazed turf dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking grass Briza media. Herb species are abundant and include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock …

Catherton Common

…as areas of acid grassland with common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and mat grass Nardus stricta. At the eastern end, at Cramer Gutter, there is a series of small valley bogs with a very interesting flora and an area of grassland in which the marsh genti…

Tuckmill Meadows

…rmissa. The drier calcareous grassland has a sward consisting of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina in shorter patches and false oat in rank areas, in association with herbs such as cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, field scabious Knautia arvensis and lady's bed…

Farleton Knott

… grass Sesleria caeruleae, with heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, quaking grass Briza media and glaucous sedge Carex flacca all widespread. The herb community often includes wild thyme Thymus praecox, dropwort…

Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs

…ange of typical chalk turf grass and herb species. These include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox and horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa. A number of nationally rare plants occur. These include early spider orchid Ophrys s…

Old Winchester Hill

…are represented. The majority of the rich grazed grassland is of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina type but with the full range of characteristic downland grasses present. On the south facing slope of the Iron Agehill fort an interesting short, diverse, thermophilous community has dev…

Odstock Down

…South Western chalk. The turf is chiefly of the sheep's fescue meadow oat grass Festuca ovina Avenula pratensis community and contains a number of nationally rare plants. It extends for 1.5 kilometres along a moderate, predominantly west facing, slope of the Upper Chalk to the so…

Cefn Onn

…y a high herb cover. Grasses, such as quaking-grass Briza media, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra, heath-grass Danthonia decumbens and crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus occur frequently. Accompanying herbs include common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatu…

Risby Warren

…grassland communities supporting common bent Agrostis capillaris sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and early forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima. At a lower level on the north facing valley slope a very shallow soil is developed over the limestone bedroc…

Middlebarrow

…mestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and quaking grass Briza media. The nationally scarce spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani and pale St …

Brickworth Down and Dean Hill

…te, the majority of the sward is regularly grazed, with frequent sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Species indicating a long period of favourable uninterrupted management include devil's bit scabious Succisa pratens…

Cobbler's Plain Meadows, Devauden

…e upper part of the field, however, is more typical of an acidic community, the Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris - Galium saxatile (sheep's-fescue -common bent -heath bedstraw) grassland. Again, this is an unusual example of the community as sheep's-fescue and heath bedstraw a…

Coed Aberdulas

…arsh supports grassland characterised by common bent, tormentil, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, common bird's-foot-trefoil and betony Betonica officinalis. On the flood plain of the River Ithon, between the woodland …

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

…d community dominated by mat-grass Nardus stricta, with frequent sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, tormentil Potentilla erecta, heather Calluna vulgaris, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, pill sedge Carex pilulifera, the lichen Cladonia impexa and the moss…

Dinham Meadows

…community with strong affinities to the Koeleria macrantha sub community of the Festuca ovina – Carlina vulgaris limestone grassland type. There is a diverse range of both grass and herb species. Notable species of the hay meadows include adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, pep…

Ffriddoedd Garndolbenmaen

…d by a mixture of typical acid grassland plant species, such as sheep’s fescue, Festuca ovina, common bent, Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath bedstraw, Galium saxatile, tormentil, Potentilla erecta, and eyebright, Euphrasia sp., and other speci…

Gweunydd Coch-y-dwst

…e site supports extensive areas of acidic grassland dominated by sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris, with abundant sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, mat-grass Nardus stricta, carnation sedge Carex panicea, tormentil Potentilla erecta and devi…

Gweunydd Dyffryn Nedd

…unimproved acidic grassland occur where drier soils are present. Sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal-grass, tormentil and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile are frequent throughout. The sward is more species-rich in places. Characteristic assoc…

Parc Linden, Lixwm

…eous grassland has a rich and varied flora which is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Other prominent species include wild…

Rhos Pant-tyle

…ta, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, hair moss Polytrichum commune and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. subnitens.…

Rhos Penrhiw

…reas two main grassland types occur. On acidic banks mixtures of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and mat-grass Nardus stricta predominate. Herbs are also frequent in the turf, with tormentil Potentilla erecta, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, betony …

Tyncoed Pasture

…g to soil drainage; drier areas have a grassy nature, harbouring sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, whilst damper patches support marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, conglomerate rush …

Caeau Nantsais

…nsis and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. Common grasses include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue F. rubra, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. The neutral grassland is composed of a matrix of common bent, sweet vernal-grass, red …

Cae Bryn-tywarch

…ades into a species-rich variant of sheep's-fescue -common bent -heath bedstraw Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris - Galium saxatile grassland, with large patches of the nationally scarce soft-leaved sedge Carex montana and wood bitter-vetch Vicia Orobus, together with other reg…

Cae Gwernllertai

…mat-grass Nardus stricta, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, with abundant tormentil Potentilla erecta and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Heath-grass Danthonia decumbens occurs throughout, with heather Calluna vulgaris and deergrass Trichophorum …

Black Hill Down

…e populations of several declining species. The sward is of the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat Avenula pratensis type. Other grasses which are frequent and typical in this turf are quaking grass Briza media, red fescue F. rubra and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha…

Barnsley Warren

…upright brome and tor grass other characteristic grasses include sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and quaking grass Briza media. Herbs typical of these plant communities are present such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, dwarf thistle Cirsium a…

Abbotsbury Castle

…and common bent-grass Agrostis capillaris. On the steeper parts, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, bristle bent Agrostis curtisii and wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa are the major constituents of the turf and ling Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, bilberry Vaccinium …

Swaby Valley

…burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga. The shorter finer turf of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina has abundant mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, purging flax Linum catharticum, stemless thistle Cirsium acaule and wild thyme Thymus praecox. A feature of the north facing slope …

Bardon Hill

… wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, mat grass Nardus stricta, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and heather Calluna vulgaris and by the presence of heath grass Danthonia decumbens, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. This site possesses considerable inver…

Morgan's Hill

…h as quaking grass Briza media, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The generally open nature of the sward allows a diversity of herbs typical of the Wiltshire Chalk to flourish, includin…

Seato Pastures

… tawny sedge Carex hostiana and these occur with grasses such as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and other fine leaved species like few flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palus…

Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford

… soil, quite different. The calcareous grassland is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and bent grasses Agrostis spp. with occasional quaking grass Briza media, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and carnation grass Carex flacca. Calcicolous species such as felwort Gen…

Old Burghclere Lime Quarry

…ub control, has effectively maintained a short turf rich in herbs, with fescues Festuca ovina and F. rubra, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and locally quaking grass Briza media and mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum as dominants. The flora includes large colonies of fly orchid…

Southorpe Roughs

… the presence of the grasses tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Other characteristic herbs include common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule. Of particular note is the presence of the nationally rare spotted cat’s ea…

Reed Hill

… facing slopes is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus with sheep's fescue Festuca ovina frequent in patches closely grazed by rabbits. The flora of these slopes includes wild thyme Thymus praecox, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, fairy flax Linum catharticum, small scabi…

Turville Hill

…es larval food plants for the important butterflies of the site. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina has special significance here since its occurrence on the slopes east of the windmill in scattered tufts interspersed with bare ground provides ideal habitat for the silver spotted skipp…

South Dartmoor

… a type restricted to south-west England with purple moor-grass, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, mat-grass Nardus stricta and bristle bent Agrostis curtisii as the dominant species. In many areas this vegetation forms a mosaic with heather and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus; in other…

Sefton Coast

… lyme grass, seaholly and cat’s ear Hypochaeris radicata occur, with red fescue Festuca rubra and colt’s foot Tussilago farfara present on the more sheltered ridges. Sea spurge Euphorbia paraliasa and the nationally scarce dune fescue Vulpia fasciculata are frequent. Formby Point…

Frog Wood Bog

…acidic grassland areas dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and wetter areas supporting soft rush, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, mat grass and carnation sedge.

Royal Ordnance, Powfoot

…xtensive areas of short, rabbit-cropped grass-heath dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and Cladonia lichens and which include species such as bird’s-foot Ornithopus perpusillus and slender sandwort Arenaria leptoclados. The sandy soils and high density of rabbit burrows al…

Llymwynt Brook Pastures

…r-drained soils there are small patches of acidic grassland with sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina common bent Agrostis capillaris, betony Betonica officinalis, mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Along the length of the brook, broad-leaved woo…

East Polden Grasslands

…uch of the grassland can be classified as the sheep's Fescue / Meadow oat grass Festuca ovina / Avenula pratensis community and it contains many grass and herb species which are characteristic of such swards. Amongst these species are quaking grass Briza media, crested hair grass…

Stanford Training Area

…c of heather dominated heath, bracken and grassland dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and/or wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. Plants present which are associated with this type of vegetation include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, field wood rush Luzula campestris, m…

Lambert's Castle

… scrub and secondary woodland. The acidic grassland has frequent sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, early hair grass Aira praecox, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and field wood rush Luzula campestris. Herbs present include abundant tormentil…

Broxhead and Kingsley Commons

…h bell heather and dwarf gorse being replaced by an abundance of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and terricolous ground dwelling lichens. This heathland community is confined in Britain to the east and south east; its presence at Kingsley Common represents its most westerly recorded…

Earl's Hill & Habberley Valley

… acidic grassland, dominated by common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. There are also areas of scrub and bracken Pteridium aquilinum. On the eastern side of the hill there are rock faces and areas of scree. Among th…

Poor's Allotment

…cid grassland and heath include common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and creeping fescue F. rubra with some extensive stands of western gorse Ulex gallii and ling Calluna vulgaris. Other characteristic species include bell heather Erica cinerea, cross lea…

Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles

…ecies. In drier patches along ridges, dry heath communities with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa and mat-grass Nardus stricta occur, often in association with ancient juniper Juniperus communis scrub. The growth form and extent of juniper scrub …

Hartslock

… consists mainly of close grazed, species rich turf dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with areas of taller, coarser grass dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. More neutral grassland with smooth m…

Honister Crag

…ith crowberry and cowberry, whilst the grassland sward comprises sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, mat grass Nardus stricta, bents Agrostis species, heath rush, tormentil and heath bedstraw. Within these two habitats are found all three of the commonly occurring species of clubmoss, …

Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill

…maintained by grazing occupies much of the site. Grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, upright brome Bromus erectus and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis dominate a sward which contains many typical chalk herbs including yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, squinancywort …

Ninebanks River Shingle

…er plants of the shingle are common mouse ear Cerastium arvense, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, thyme Thymus praecox and various hawkbits Leontodon spp., grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris is abundant in the damp areas. In places tall gras…

Hartley Cleugh

…o be over sixty years old. Acidic grassland occurs, dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, mat grass Nardus stricta and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, with tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, common cat’s ear Hypochaeris radicata, bilberry Vacc…

Binswood

… bents, especially Agrostis stolonifera and Agrostis capillaris, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and soft rush Juncus effusus, with abundant lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, autumn hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile…

Rhosydd Bryn-maen

…he areas of unimproved acid grassland characteristically contain sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Potentilla erecta, with frequent common bent Agrostis capillaris, field wood-rush Luzula campestris and mosses such as Hylocomium splendens …

Thetford Golf Course & Marsh

…h” are lightly mown and the grass sward contains an abundance of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and crested hair fescue grass Koeleria macrantha. Associated herb species include lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulnerari…

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…areas of grassland dominated by heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina grassland with mat grass Nardus stricta dominating swards which occur on the lower more heavily grazed areas. However, the enclosed land around Blanchland moor is mainly heather and acid…

King's Cliffe Banks

… species characteristic of this community are present. Of these, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and wild thyme Thymus praecox are pa…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…dominant vegetation is neutral grassland with the main grasses being red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. The more frequent herbs include common knapweed Centaurea nigra, co…

Chailey Common

… acidic grassland occur throughout the site and are dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and wavy hairgrass, with Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum in some parts. In poorly drained areas purple moor gra…

Caeau Fferm

…ite, mesotrophic grassland grades into acidic grassland in which sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile are common. In other areas where drainage is impeded, dry grassland grades into sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and purple moor-grass Molinia ca…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…alium saxatile, with patches of heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Around the moorland edge and in some of the lower gills, grassland dominated by sheep's fescue, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw become abundant. Woodland and scrub a…

Dozmary Pool

…arnation sedge Carex panicea, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and bilberry V accinium myrtillus. To the south of Dozmary Pool on steeper drier slopes, the vegetation is somewhat different, being dominated equally by bristle bent Agrostis curtisii,…

Dumbrock Loch Meadows

…nities are present. Drier areas are dominated by grasses such as sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. Purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and tormentil Potentilla erecta are found in the wetter areas as well as speci…

Combe Scar

…ound which contain a mixture of common bent Agrostis capillaris, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, heather, bilberry and mat grass Nardus stricta. In places, however, these grasslands are more base rich and here a sward of bent fescue grassland contains such species as fairy flax Lin…

Glannau Tonfanau i Friog

…cup Ranunculus bulbosus, common stork’s bill Erodium cicutarium, sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and the lichen Cladonia rangiformis (abundant). Common milkwort Polygala vulgaris is also recorded here. Sand martin Riparia riparia breed within …

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

… tripolium. Maritime grasslands higher up the cliff profile comprise red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus along with thrift and sea carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer. In more sheltered areas, a maritime bluebell community is found, characterised by bluebel…

Knole Park

… areas. Common bent Agrostis capillaris dominates the turf, with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, tormentil Potentilla erecta, sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. The sward co…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

… dry 'islands' of glacial till heavily-grazed calcifugous (acid) sheep's fescue Festuca ovina -common bent Agrostis capillaris -heath bedstraw Galium saxatile grassland is present and within which mountain pansy Viola lutea still maintains a tenuous foothold. Alongside ditches to…

Craig Adwy-wynt a Choed Eyarth House a Chîl-y-groeslwyd

…Limestone of Derbyshire and the Mendips. The short turf contains sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum with spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata. In this turf, annuals such as p…

Clipstone Heath

…regeneration in open areas. Associated with the dwarf shrubs are sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. The latter species dominates the grassland part of the site where it occurs…

Hainton Sheepwalk

… with many plants characteristic of acidic freely draining soils. sheeps fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and field wood rush Luzula campestris are locally dominant. Other grasses inclu…

Hare's Down, Knowstone & Rackenford Moors

…, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, velvet bent Agrostis canina, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. In these drier areas the moss layer is poorly developed; there are small areas of bracken Pteridium aquilinum and gorse Ulex europaeus. Draining dow…

Lambley River Shingles

…ora. This is dominated by grasses, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata and common bent Agrostis capillaris with forbs including wood avens Geum urbanum, wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum, yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, c…

Blaen Nedd

… thinner soils over limestone. Wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina are often abundant and associated species include salad burnet, common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica and …

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

… northern part of the site support a different range of species. Sheep's fescue Festuca ovina is abundant together with limestone bedstraw, wild thyme Thymus praecox, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, marjoram Origanu…

Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods

…stricted in Britain to Kent. The chalk grassland is dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. Many flowering plants typical of improved chalk grassland occur such as dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Pote…

Comin Silian

… of bracken Pteridium aquilinum, acid grassland characterised by sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile with some heather Calluna vulgaris and western gorse Ulex gallii. The grassland extends beyond the bracken onto a dry …

Hurcott Pasture

…te conforms with the acidic grassland community characterised by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella. Most surviving examples of this community in southern Britain are small and fragmented. The soil is shallow in place…

South Exmoor

… bell heather Erica cinerea, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. On a few south-facing slopes this community grades into small patches of the heather -bell heather type, which is rare outside of Scotland and very scarce on Exmoor. Damper ground supp…

Aller Hill

…gement practices. The central area contains a sward dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina in combination with yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and quaking grass Briza media. The range of species present are characteristic of traditionally managed calcareous grassland with…

Leiston - Aldeburgh

… the heathland. The short sward acidic grassland is dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with some bare patches, bryophytes and lichens. There is a varied associated flora including lady's bedstraw Galium verum, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetos…

Totternhoe Chalk Quarry

…ssland communities occur on the site. These are characterised by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, upright brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. A wide variety of other species occur on the site. These include yellow wort Bla…

Bamburgh Coast and Hills

…nd squirrel-tail fescue Vulpia bromoides. This contrastswith the sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and bell heather Erica cinerea dominated communities of more acidic areas. The vegetation also reflects maritime influences in the abundance of thrift Armeria maritima, buck’s horn plan…

Rathlin Island - Kinramer South

…basalt rock outcrops usually in association with such grasses as sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum. Other associates include ling Calluna vulgaris, devils-bit scabious Succissa pratensis and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Where it grows in a …

Western Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper

…tane summit heaths, often dominated by grasses, such as sheep's fescue Festllca ovina and the bents Agrostis spp., with woolly fringe moss Racomitrillm lanllginosum prominent. This is a scarce vegetation type in Northern Ireland, and indeed, is generally confined to the north of …

Minchinhampton Common

…pright brome Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina with quaking grass Briza media and crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus. A herb rich sward occurs all over the Common although flowering tends to be suppressed in the areas of very sho…

Cotherstone Moor

… heathland occur including wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, tormentil Potentilla erecta bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry. In more heavily grazed parts of the moor, the blanket bog has been replaced by we…

Tripsdale

…re support acid grassland in which the principal species include sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, soft rush Juncus effusus, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile. In most of the fields scattered bracken occurs but in some it forms dense stands. Colonies of c…

Wolstonbury Hill

…as developed on thin rendzina soils on steep slopes. The grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus form a turf in which typical downland plants such as eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and marjoram Origanum vulgare are pr…

Afon Rheidol ger Capel Bangor

…-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, sheep's-fescue Festuca ovina, sheep's-bit Jasione montana and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. In the more grassy areas, common bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum are common, and …

Graig, Llanarmon-yn-Ial

…d most drought-prone, base rich soils there are small patches of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina -carline thistle Carlina vulgaris grassland. The turf is short and open, being dominated by the grass, sheep’s fescue. Other grasses such as crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha and qua…

Sked Dale

…alk Pit and in the pit on the western road verge. In these areas sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and quaking grass Briza media are important components of the vegetation, accompanied by such herbs as clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, py…

Horsell Common

…bent grasses Agrostis capillaris and Agrostis stolonifera, sheep's fescue grass Festuca ovina and in taller areas purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Other plants found here include dwarf furze Ulex minor, dodder Cuscuta epithymum a parasite of ling and common cudweed Filago vulg…

Common Hill

…ard is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus associated with sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens. Many of the herbs found here are uncommon in the county, including woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum, dwarf thistle C…

Ham Hill

… major component of the lightly grazed sward which also includes sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and quaking grass Briza media and frequent typical downland herbs such as burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris and …

Cheddar Wood

…community is dominated by meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Spring sedge Carex caryophyllea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are abundant and herbs include dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum…

Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment

… facing slopes, is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina but supports many other plants which are characteristic of unimproved downland. Among these are dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, clustered bellflower Campa…

Eastern Mournes

…ntane summit heaths, often dominated by grasses, such as sheep's fescue Festucq ovina and the bents Agrostis spp., with the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum prominent. Evidence suggests that this bryophyte-dominated Racomitrium heath was once more widespread in the Mournes, but it ap…

New House Meadows, Malham

…ong side the farm track support a rich calcareous turf including sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, quaking grass Briza media, wild thyme Thymus praecox, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, meadow saxifrage and occasional spikes of early purple orchid Orchis mascula. On the side of Co…

Ben Griams

…Dryas octopetala/moss campion Silene acaulis ledge community and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina/alpine lady’s-mantle Alchemilla alpina grass-heath. Upper crags and inaccessible ledges are dominated by mats of mountain avens interspersed with moss campion cushions. Other associated …

Lune Forest

… by mat grass Nardus stricta or heath rush Juncus squarrosus and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina. Where steeper slopes have restricted peat formation, dry heath dominated by heather, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus is found. Wet flushes are fre…

Kingston Escarpment & Iford Hill

…t Poterium sanguisorba growing within a short sward dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and upright brome Bromus erectus grasses. As the site levels out at the top of the scarp and on the valley floor species diversity decreases and plants characteristic of more fertile soi…

St. Dunstan's Well Catchment

…grass type occurs in the field to the east of Stoke Lane Quarry. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and common bent Agrostis capillaris are the most common grasses. crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, downy …

Ebsbury Down

…l grazed and dominated by species typical of short chalk swards. sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and glaucous sedge Carex flacca are widespread, while quaking grass Briza media, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea a…

St. Catherine's Hill

…mmit of the Iron Age hill fort are carpeted in a closely cropped sheep's fescue Festuca ovina dominated sward with a rich herb flora including abundant thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, carline thistle Carlina v…

Hatch Park

…ich sward dominated by common bent grass Agrostis capillaris and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, but also containing such species as field wood rush Luzula campestris, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, bird's foot Ornithopus perpusillus and upright ch…

Batcombe Down

… The chalk slopes which hold a flora locally dominated by red or sheep's fescue Festuca rubra / ovina, upright brome Bromus erectus and cock's foot Dactylis glomerata, are of particular interest for orchids. Common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii is abundant, bee orchid Ophry…

Herward Smithy

…s been identified as being of international importance for heavy metal tolerant Festuca ovina-Minuartia verna (sheep’s fescue-spring sandwort) grassland. This grassland type is referred to as Calaminarian grassland and is associated with the spoil heaps of old lead/zinc mine work…

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