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Strid Wood

… as opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, wood melick Melica uniflora and mountain melick Melica nutans. Above the road, there is an area of relict wood pasture in which old pollards of oak, holly and birch are growing amongst bracken and acid grassland.…

Nichols Moss

…s where other plans characteristic of limestone grow. These include wood melick Melica uniflora, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The uncommon mountain melick Melica nutans and herb paris Paris quadrifolia have also been recorded.…

Edlington Wood

…g's mercury, but in places these are replaced by tufted hair grass, wood melick Melica uniflora, creeping soft grass and bracken. Characteristic of woodlands on limestone are giant bellflower Campanula latifolia and columbine Aquilegia vulgaris while more unusual species include…

Via Gellia Woodlands

…is habitat. This rich assemblage of species contains dog’s mercury, wood melick Melica uniflora and lily of the valley, which are usually associated with woodland and abundant rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, marjoram Origanum vulgare, and ot…

Marble Quarry and Hale Fell

…s bill Geranium sanguineum, ploughman’s spikenard Inula conyza, mountain melick Melica nutans and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum are all locally abundant in grikes, whilst bramble Rubus fruticosus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and golden rod Sol…

Middlebarrow

…whilst bramble Rubus fruticosus, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, mountain melick Melica nutans and golden rod Solidago virgaurea occur frequently. The grikes also support abundant ash Fraxinus excelsior, yew and hazel with frequent sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus and occasional rowa…

Giggleswick Scar and Kinsey Cave

…is, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, mountain melick Melica nutans and angular Solomon's seal Polygonatum odoratum. The calcareous grassland which has developed on cliff ledges, screes and around the limestone outcrops is particularly species rich. Blue…

Beech Hill Wood

…gether with plants like alpine lady's mantle Alchemilla alpina, mountain melick Melica nutans, wood crane's bill Geranium sylvaticum, wall lettuce Mycelis muralis and wood rush Luzula sylvatica. Fourteen species of fern have been recorded including hard shield fern Polystichum ac…

Conistone Old Pasture

…il Potentilla crantzii, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, mountain melick Melica nutans and herb paris Paris quadrifolia. While the majority of the site is pasture land, a small meadow at Little Lathe has been separately identified as of significance for grassland typical o…

Stawardpeel Woods

…ly rare, upland enchanter’s nightshade Circaea x intermedia and mountain melick Melica nutans. The damp and shaded condition of parts of the wood favour the growth of mosses, fern and lichens. At Harsondale, where the gorge is deep and steep sided up to Thief's Loup, several pat…

Wyre Forest

… agrimony Agrimonia procera, saw wort Serratula tinctoria, mountain melic grass Melica nutans and soft leaved sedge Carex montana all common on the Shropshire side of the Dowles Brook valley. Valley bottoms and wet seepage flushes support areas of alder stinging nettle and alder …

Coed Copi'r Graig

…h typically northern species as globeflower Trollius europaeus, mountain melick Melica nutans, wood crane's-bill Geranium sylvaticum and stone bramble Rubus saxatilis under a canopy of ash Fraxinus excelsior, rowan Sorbus aucuparia and sessile oak Quercus petraea. Developed on th…

Grass Wood

…e valley Convallaria majalis, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis and mountain melick Melica nutans. On the scree slopes local gleying of the soil occurs and species usually associated with waterlogged situations occur including common valerian Valeriana officinalis and wild angelica A…

Craig y Benglog

…ditions and including common rockrose Helianthemum nummularium, mountain melick Melica nutans, orpine Sedum telephium and marjoram Origanum vulgare. The humid oak woodland of the Eiddon gorge has a wide range of uncommon mosses and liverworts, a rich fern population with large a…

Tilberthwaite Gill

…and higher plants such as green spleenwort Asplenium viride and mountain melick Melica nutans. Above this point is the deep vertical sided gorge. The hanging canopy of trees and shrubs, the ledges and flushes and the damp and dry north and south facing walls respectively have enc…

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu-Pant Mawr

…he-valley Convallaria majalis, soft-leaved sedge Carex montana, mountain melick Melica nutans, lesser meadow-rue Thalictrum minus and the nationally rare hairy greenweed Genista pilosa. Moss and lichen species are well developed, but are not as important a component as they are o…

Kirkhope Linns

…t. Several locally and regionally rare species occur, including mountain melick Melica nutans, wild onion Allium vineale, hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsute and lesser meadow-rue Thalictrum minus. Over 170 species of flowering plants have been recorded from the site. The high humidi…

Mynydd Llangatwg (Mynydd Llangattock)

…and scrub woodland. The flora includes uncommon species such as mountain melick Melica nutans, angular Solomon's-seal Polygonatum odoratum, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and alpine enchanter's-nightshade Circaea alpina, occurring here at its most southerly known locality in…

Stonethwaite Woods

…antle Alchemilla alpina, viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara and mountain melick Melica nutans. The saxifrages Saxifraga aizoides and S. stellaris are found locally along the stream courses and the uncommon Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii characterises some of the moss …

Ogof Ddu

…and areas. Mountain Sorrel Oxyria digyna, roseroot Sedum rosea, Mountain Melick Melica nutans, Welsh poppy Mecanopsis cambrica, wood fescue Festuca altissima and rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum are among the flowering plants and grasses which are present. A number of ferns occu…

Cartland Craigs

… with a restricted distribution in south west Scotland, such as mountain melick Melica nutans, alternate leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium, shining crane’s-bill Geranium lucidum and wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum.

Den of Riechip

…mon higher plant species such as wood fescue Festuca altissima, mountain melick Melica nutans, early purple orchid Orchis mascula, and stone bramble Rubus saxatilis. There is also a large population of the nationally rare plant species whorled Solomon’s seal Polygonatum multiflor…

Swindale Wood

… Neottia cordata, herb paris, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, mountain melick Melica nutans, maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale and a species of polypody fern unusual in the region Polypodium interjectum. The rare shady horsetail Equi…

Craig Leith and Myreton Hill

…s including wood crane’s-bill Geranium sylvaticum and the grass mountain melick Melica nutans. The site supports a breeding colony of northern brown argus butterfly Aricia artaxerxes. The caterpillar of this nationally scarce species feeds on the abundant rock rose growing in the…

Craigroy Burn

… the rocky gorge walls, including hairy-brome Bromopsis ramosa, mountain melick Melica nutans, and in the gorge ramsons Allium ursinum, holly fern Polystichum lonchitis, intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media and common wintergreen Pyrola minor.

River Lyon Bank

…moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, toothwort Lathraea squamaria and mountain melick Melica nutans.

Mennock Water

…od bitter-vetch Vicia orobus, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis and mountain melick Melica nutans. Along the eastern slopes of the Glendyne Burn woodland becomes more fragmented and merges into a mosaic of grasslands dominated by fen meadow and with areas of acid, neutral and calcare…

Whitbarrow

…edge Carex ornithopoda, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, mountain melick Melica nutans and the local stone bramble Rubus saxatilis. Other interesting woodland associates include dog wood Cornus sanguinea, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, broadleaved helleborine Epipactis hell…

Glen Tarff

…s such as wood crane’s-bill Geranium sylvaticum and the grasses mountain melick Melica nutans and wood fescue Festuca altissima. The site is also important for the rare beetle, Bolitophagus reticulatus, which in the UK is found only in the Highlands of Scotland. The beetle larvae…

Coed Nant-y-merddyn-uchaf

…s and brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis. The rare grass mountain melick Melica nutans occurs on cliffs in part of the site.

The Wye Valley

…eep scree covered slopes, the ground flora includes species such as wood melick Melica uniflora, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis. Much of the rock and scree covered ground of the north facing moist woodland…

Lower Wye Gorge

…Clinopodium nepeta, bloody crane’s bill Geranium sanguineum and mountain melick Melica nutans – occurring here at its most southernly station in Britain. The steep cliffs of Wintour’s Leap are a breeding site for birds such as raven Corvus corax and kestrel Falco tinnunculus.

Morrone Birkwood

… stone bramble Rubus saxatilis, globeflower Trollius europaeus, nodding mellick Melica nutans, the rare intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media, and the rare twinflower Linnaea borealis. In places, particularly on the lower ground, birch is more vigorous and the shrub and field lay…

Upper Wharfedale

…en rod Solidago virgaurea, bloody crane's bill and occasionally mountain melick Melica nutans. Screes are the most important localities for the nationally scarce limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianum. Within the limestone are areas of metal enrichment and where these have been…

Birks of Aberfeldy

…fescue Schedonorus giganteus, wood fescue Festuca altissima and mountain melick Melica nutans. The Birks of Aberfeldy has a rich lichen flora including a long list of ancient woodland indicator species. The site contains 22 nationally scarce species including several oceanic and …

Cropton Banks and Howlgate Head Woods

…ey Convallaria majalis, wood buttercup Ranunculus auricomus and mountain melick Melica nutans. Birds recorded from the site include wood warbler, blackcap and garden warbler.

Coed Trefraith

…Brachypodium sylvaticum widespread. Less common species include mountain melick Melica nutans, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, columbine Aquilegia vulgaris and abundant early purple orchid Orchis mascula.

Coombs Dale

…Geranium sanguineum, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis and mountain melick Melica nutans. The rare dark red helleborine Epipactis atrorubens occurs in some of these areas. On several screes, the local limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianumis common and the rare fingered sed…

Oxenber and Wharfe Woods

… spleenwort Asplenium viride, northern bedstraw Galium boreale, mountain melick Melica nutans and bloody crane's bill Geranium sanguineum. At the northern end of Wharfe Wood is a marsh community in which rushes and sedges are abundant. These include sharp-flowered rush Juncus acu…

Thrang End and Yealand Hall Allotment

… species. These include lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, mountain melick Melica nutans and the notable species blue moor grass Sesleria caeruleae, spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani and spring sandwort Minuartia verna. Ferns grow particularly well in the grikes, …

Underlaid Wood

…ill Geranium sanguineum, ploughman's spikenard Inula conyza and mountain melick Melica nutans are all locally abundant in the grikes, whilst bramble, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and golden rod Solidago virgaurea occur frequently. The grikes also support abundant ash Fraxinus ex…

Armboth Fells

…y saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris, wood fescue Festuca altissima, mountain melick Melica nutans, columbine Aquilegia vulgaris and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. Ashness Gill has the very local serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda as well as lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. …

Anston Stones Wood

… barley Hordelymus europaeus, fingered sedge Carex digitata and mountain melick Melica nutans. These species are generally confined to ancient woodland and have a very limited distribution in South Yorkshire. The upper valley slopes and plateau are characterised by oak Quercus sp…

Bedford Purlieus

… at the limits of their national distribution such as the grass mountain melick Melica nutans. Other notable species include ramsons Allium ursinum, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and fly orchid Ophrys insectifer…

Glen Ey Gorge

… is frequent under overhanging rock. Less common plants such as mountain melick Melica nutans, holly fern Polystichum lonchitis and Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii have also been recorded in the gorge. On the more gently sloping sides of the valley species-rich dwarf-s…

Combe Scar

…nia and golden rod Solidago virgaurea with occasional plants of mountain melick Melica nutans, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris and roseroot Sedum rosea. Some ash Fraxinus excelsior and rowan Sorbus aucuparia are also present and there is a smal…

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

…a lutetiana, wood avens Geum urbanum, woodruff Galium odoratum, mountain melick Melica nutans and early-purple orchid Orchis mascula. Where yew and beech cast deep shade the herb layer is impoverished with much bare ground and needle/leaf litter. Here bird’s-nest orchid Neottia n…

Cwm Cynfal

…hus squarrosus. Among the interesting higher plants present are Mountain Melick Melica nutans and Acer campestre Acer campestre. Remarks This site lies within the Snowdonia National Park.

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

… Gymnocarpium robertianum, bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda, mountain melick Melica nutans and lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus. The site also supports an assemblage of typical moorland breeding birds such as golden plover, red grouse, redshank, oystercatcher, curlew and la…

Torboll Woods

…osplenium oppositifolium, and wood fescue Festuca altissima and mountain melick Melica nutans grow in the gorge.

Dungeon Ghyll

…t the rocks which also support globe flower Trollius europaeus, mountain melick Melica nutans and ferns such as green spleenwort Asplenium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Several species of saxifrage such as yellow…

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