Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Burley and Rushpit Woods

… Lamiastrum galeobdolon and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and great wood rush Luzula sylvatica are both occasional. Burley Wood is notable for its wide ride system which supports adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum, common spotted orchid Dact…

Arnecliff and Park Hole Woods

…ts have widespread wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, with greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, scattered heather Calluna vulgaris, hard fern and mosses. West Arnecliff Wood is contiguous with East Arnecliff Wood. The…

Crich Chase

…utcrops and large boulders where there are some dense stands of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica with more occasionally hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, climbing corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are particularly as…

Knockadoo Wood

…ils and is dominated by bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta with great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, pignut Conopodium majus and occasional hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea also occurs locally. The heavily shaded woodlan…

Kirlish

…oides non-scripta, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and occasional great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, pignut Conopodium majus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Moss covered boulders are an important component of the woodland, particularly on …

Langley Wood and Homan's Copse

…ically with wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, yellow archangel and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Many scarce woodland species are present, e.g. lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, orpine Sedum telephium, pignut Conopodium majus, Solomon’s seal …

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

… Vaccinium myrtillus and ericoid species, with dense patches of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica amongst the heath. Crags present on the slopes have dry heath on the ledges, with abundant bell heather Erica cinerea. The heath grades into an area of cut-over blanket bog on the nor…

Lough Melvin

… a herb layer of such species as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, great wood rush Luzula syivatica, bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. and ivy Hedera helix. The ground layer is variable, with more acid soils containing such species as hard fern Blechnum spicant, bilberry Vaccinium myrti…

Hay Wood and Tinkers' Coppice

… wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, betony Betonica officinalis and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. On the lower slopes where the soil is less acid the ground flora is dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis together with a range of calcicole lime loving herbs such as yellow a…

Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South

…d anemone Anemone nemorosa, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum on the more acidic soils and the richer communities have dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis with species such as woodruff Galium odoratum and yel…

Milden Thicks

…ly purple orchid Orchis mascula, cuckoo pint Arum maculatum and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. It has fine woodland types in its seven acres and its name suggests some special social importance in the remote past. Ancient stools of hornbeam, lime, ash, lineage elm and maple are f…

Bardney Limewoods, Lincolnshire

…ted by lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. Also present are hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, bracken Pteridium aquilinum, heath speedwell Veronica officinalis and slender St. John's wort Hypericum pulchrum. Increased proportions of clay in the soil lead to wet areas in which wa…

Morven and Mullachdubh

…the burn. Woodland herbs such as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, hairy wood-rush Luzula pilosa and chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea are widespread below the juniper scrub, and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteri…

Sloughan and Willmount Glens

… flora is dominated by bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica along with associates such as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and common dog violet Viola riviniana which characterise the more acidic nature of the soils. The steep-sided, lower slopes…

Bach Howey Gorge

…ckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, hairy wood-rush Luzula pilosa and the moss, Thuidium tamariscinum. There are numerous wet flushes within the oak woodland at the top end of the gorge. Here alder is the dominant tree and the ground flora is character…

Badby Wood

…ing wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, blinks Montia fontana, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and wood melick Mellica uniflora. Additional areas of interest include bracken glades, ancient woodland banks and a stream. The small marsh on the northern boundary of the site contains …

Thornley Wood

…heather Calluna vulgaris, common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Where soils are damper and base rich, ash Fraxinus excelsior and wych elm Ulmus glabra or alder Alnus glutinosa are the canopy formers and the ground flor…

Foxley Wood

…ea, trailing St John’s wort Hypericum humifusum and the uncommon hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa. On the clays, acid pedunculate oak hazel ash woodland is present, being replaced by wet ash maple stands on heavier calcareous clays to the west. hazel Corylus avellana and field maple …

High Wood and Meadow

…of less common occurrence, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and broadleaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine. Wild cherry Prunus avium and aspen Populus tremula are usually abundant. The adjacent meadow represents an excellent example of a geogr…

Breen Wood

… herb layer is overwhelmingly dominated by extensive carpets of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica. The only other species which occur to any significant extent are hard fern Blechnum spicant and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. The bryophyte moss layer is frequently rather sparse as…

Howe Park Wood

…ls support woodland vegetation of bramble Rubus fruticosus with hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and extensive patches of bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa. A wider range of plan…

Snelsmore Common

…ichenbachiana, Solomon's seal, wood speedwell Veronica montana, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood melick Melica uniflora and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. The site provides a wide range of habitats suitable for breeding and wintering birds. The woodlands support tawny owl, sparro…

Henderland Bank

…lse brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, primrose Primula vulgaris and hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa. Wetter flushed areas with typical associated flora occur at the foot of the slope.

Eversden and Wimpole Woods

…rticularly on the drier wood banks, pignut Conopodium majus and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. The woodland rides provide additional habitat diversity and support herbs such as ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and false fox sedge Carex otrubae. Other information The site has been…

Hainault Forest

…ood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. The area of scrub and acidic grassland in the southern part of the site at Ca…

Hodgemoor Wood

…n of bracken Pteridium aquilinum and bramble Rubus fruticosus, with wood rushes Luzula pilosa and L. forsteri and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Cow wheat Melampyrum pratense, trailing St John's wort Hypericum humifusum and heather Calluna vulgaris are present in areas recent…

Naphill Common

…ajus, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, remote sedge Carex remota, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and the grasses wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum and giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus. The absence of many other species typical of ancient woodland in the Chilt…

Burgate Wood

…aris Paris quadrifolia, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa and the rare Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis. The acidic sands on the central plateau are dominated by bracken with honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. W…

Lenaghan Wood

…ard fern Blechnum spicant. Herbs tend to be sparse here, with greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica and cow wheat Melampyrum pratense the most frequent. Calcifugous acid-tolerant mosses such as little shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus, glittering wood moss Hylocomium splendens, red…

Gawdyhall Big Wood, Harleston

…line soils and other species include primrose Primula vulgaris, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, twayblade Neottia ovata and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. The lighter more acid soils support bramble Rubus frut…

Dundonnell Woods

…a helix, dog rose Rosa canina, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa are typical species in the ground flora. Downstream of the gorge, the strath opens out and woodland grows on the west facing slopes, extending up onto the crags at the north end of the S…

Low Wood

…tormentil Potentilla erecta, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. On steeply sloping ground the grasses inter grade with dense bracken and/or open friable screes covered by mosses and ferns. Rocky outcrops along the upper margins of the wood support a…

Scar End Wood

…clude wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, violet Viola riviniana and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and notably chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea. The woodland is rich in bryophytes and bog moss Sphagnum sp., occurs in some flushes. Several ferns are present including male fer…

Creag Clunie and the Lion's Face

… vernal woodland herbs such as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa on the western slopes is unusually high for a native pine wood. Mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum is widespread above 450 m in altitude and unusually abundant belo…

Gosbeck Wood

… spruge Euphorbia amygdaloides, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa. The woodland rides are at present narrow and overshadowed, but meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and a few other grassland species persist on them.

Math and Elsea Wood

… wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. The very wet areas support wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, water avens Geum riva…

Bullock Wood

…edwell Veronica montana, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Water avens Geum rivale, a very uncommon plant in Essex, has also been recorded.

Ebernoe Common

…room Ruscus aculeatus, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and southern wood rush L. forsteri. In the north and east of Ebernoe Common, oak is co-dominant with beech in a more open high forest with abundant holly. This area is predominantly NVC …

Windsor Hill

…od mellick Melica uniflora; pill headed sedge Carex pilulifera, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and slender St John's wort Hypericum pulchrum mark more heathy areas and the rushes Juncus effusus and Juncus conglomeratus var. conglomeratus the damper spots. On the slopes dog's mercu…

Strother Hills

… Melampyrum pratense with wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus colonising damper areas. Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and honeysuckle are scattered t…

Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford

… on the rides and these include, sweet woodruff Galium odoratum, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, hairy St John's wort Hypericum hirsutum, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, green hellebore Helleborus viridus, wood spruge Euphorbia amygdaloides and o…

Bonds Glen

…g is absent, the woodland floor is covered by a thick carpet of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus present in the most acidic soil conditions. In other parts, the woodland floor is covered by a scattering of hard-fern Blechnum spicant and broad bu…

Swithland Wood and The Brand

…vy hair grass Descampsia flexuosa, bramble Rubus fruticosus and great wood rush Luzula sylvatica. Small streams in shallow valleys cross the centre and also the southern parts of the wood. In these valleys the soils are poorly drained and the woodland is dominated by alder Alnus …

Potterhanworth Wood

…bdolon is prolific throughout. Typical of the acidic areas are hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, slender St. John's wort Hypericum pulchrum, heath speedwell Veronica officinalis and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. Pockets of rich soil support moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and yellow…

Glynn Woods

…e reflected locally in the ground flora, where small pockets of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella occur. Other woodland types recorded include small stands of planted beech Fagus sylvatica and conifers, primarily larch Larix spp., with wetter wood…

Plora Wood

…ood brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, many of which are rare or absent elsewhere in the region.

Edenaclogh Wood

…t Conopodium majus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Wet woodland occurs occasionally where soils are waterlogged or flushed and provides additional diversity. The canopy is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, ash Fraxinus excelsior and d…

Middle Wood, Offton

…eaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, woodruff Galium odoratum, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa, wood melick Melica uniflora and the locally rare grass wood barley Horaelymus europaeus. Tollemache Hall Grove is predominantly composed of coppiced small leaved Lime, but there is an …

Catmore and Winterly Copses

…tans, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, primrose Primula vulgaris, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, together with the ferns Dryopteris dilatata, D. filix-mas, Athyrium filix-femina and Blechnum spicant. Lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis is loc…

Dancersend

…nd wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, as we…

West Blean and Thornden Woods

…f ground flora species including wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides and common cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Permanently wet areas are common over the impervious London Clay. Associated with these are crack willow Sal…

Owston Woods

… is exceptionally rich, particularly in the east, with frequent hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, twayblade Neottia ovata, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and ramsons Allium ursinum. A number of small watercourses cross the site an…

Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Woods North

…la, remote sedge Carex remota and wood sedge C. sylvatica, with hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa also present. More base rich soils to the north are characterised by an increased presence of ash Fraxinus excelsior and the occurrence of wild service tree Sorbus torminalis, an indica…

Horse Wood, Mileham

…ed helleborine Epipactis helleborine, sanicle Sanicula europaea, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon. Herb paris Paris quadrifolia is plentiful throughout the wood. The rides are mostly wide and very wet and have a diverse flora including herb…

Hertford Heath

…ll Hyacinthoides non-scripta, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Under a lighter canopy of young oak and birch Betula species, bramble Rubus fruticosus and bracken Pteridium aquilinum are common. The site has both temporary and permanent heathland po…

King's Copse

…ground along the stream. Other locally abundant species include hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, primrose Primula vulgaris and violets Viola riviniana and Viola reichenbachiana. tutsan Hypericum androsaemum also occ…

Lower Woods

…rimrose Primula vulgaris, common dog violet Viola riviniana and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Grasslands of interest include parts of Inglestone common and narrow common pastures ‘trenches’, probably of medieval origin, which divide the wood. The flora contains a mixture of neut…

Hedenham Wood

…Helleborus foetidus, but also including dewberry Rubus caesius, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, hairy St John’s wort Hypericum hirsutum, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, sanicle Sanicula europaea, primrose Primula vulgaris and water mint Mentha aquatica. Despite recent replanting wi…

Out and Plunder Woods

…a reichenbachiana. Other herbs include water avens Geum rivale, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and wood speedwell Veronica montana. A dry, acid influence occurs where patches of sand and gravel lienear the surface. This is unusual for the county and sup…

The Mens

…on-scripta with occasional butcher’s broom Ruscus aculeatus and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. In the extreme north of the site the wood has been intensively managed on a coppice, or coppice with standards system. Here the shrub layer and ground flora are more diverse and include…

Gosling's Corner

…eysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa occur here. Other notable plants include greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis and broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine.

Pulham Market Big Wood

…ow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, primrose Primula vulgaris, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood melick Melica uniflora and yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum. Small stands of the ash maple variant of pedunculate oak–hornbeam woodland, wet ash–maple woodland and lowland hazel…

Bradfield Woods

… distinctive flora that includes pendulous sedge Carex pendula, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium. They provide a valuable habitat for insects, particularly moths and butterflies and species of…

Holystone Burn Woods

…sia flexuosa and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, with hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and hummocks of the mosses Leucobryum glaucum and Polytrichum commune. On dry ridges, birch Betu…

Waterperry Wood

… primrose Primula vulgaris, common figwort Scrophularia nodosa, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and remote sedge Carex remota. The ground flora over many of the rides consists of tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and common bent grass Agrostis capi…

Pishill Woods

…ling Calluna vulgaris, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Coppiced beech becomes more common downslope with whitebeam, cherry and crab apple. The deepersoils at the foot of the slope support beech, hazel and field maple coppice together with y…

Great Hormead Park

…Here are found scattered bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa amongst patches of bare leaf litter. In this area primrose Primula vulgaris is associated with oxlip P. elatior at its only known county locality. Hybridisation results in a complete ran…

The Quantocks

…dominated by wavy hair grass, bilberry and common cow wheat but hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and heather are also present. These woodlands have an interesting management history. They used to be managed as coppice for charcoal production and t…

Galboly

…mon dog violet Viola riviniana, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood avens Geum urbanum, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, woodruff Galium odoratum, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood melick…

Rehaghy Wood

…t Conopodium majus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Wet woodland occurs occasionally where soils are waterlogged or flushed and provides additional diversity. The canopy is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, ash Fraxinus excelsior and d…

Hockering Wood

…m, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum are also present. Additional interest is provided by the woodland ponds whi…

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

…uare stalked Hypericum perforatum, H. hirsutum, H. tetrapterum, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and less frequently moschatel Adoxa moschatellina. Early purple orchid Orchis mascula is locally abundant. In damp flushes within the woods meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, great horseta…

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