Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…onewort Chara globularis, a type of algae. There is frequently a carpet of moss Scorpidium scorpioides on the shallow stream bed which gives way to Scorpidium revolvens and Sphagnum contortum with some S. auriculatum in the soaking vegetation on the edges of the streams. White b…

Llwyn-iarth

…inly scattered throughout a moss carpet of species such as Campylium stellatum, Scorpidium revolvens and Ctenidium molluscum. A small number of fragrant orchids are recorded from this habitat. The acid flushes are dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and/or by bog mosses such as…

Outley Mosses

…up amongst a thick carpet of mosses and liverworts such as Campylium stellatum, Scorpidium scorpioides, Scorpidium revolvens, Aneura pinguis and Sphagnum contortum. The mire surfaces surrounding the soakways consist of “lawns” of bog mosses, in particular Sphagnum papillosum with…

Loughrigg Fell Flushes

…. The grass and sedge lawns are inpart covered by prolific mosses, particularly Scorpidium revolvens and Campylium stellatum, whilst large populations of carnation sedge Carex panicea, bird’s eye primrose and broad leaved cotton grass also occur. Along the rivulets’ sides occurs …

Stagmire Moss

…e bare wet mud provides a suitable habitat for base loving mosses, particularly Scorpidium revolvens, which are often covered with tufa deposits. In the valley bottom to the south of the area dominated by black bog rush and lying along a ditch draining south easterly into Blind B…

Combe Scar

…esent. Base loving bryophytes are well represented and include Aneura pinguis, Scorpidium revolvens, Scorpidium scorpioides, Campylium stellatum and Sphagnum warnstorfii. These base rich flushes are found in a variety of structural forms with dripping banks of vegetation, open m…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

…inguicula lusitanica and bog sedge Carex limosa, in association with the mosses Scorpidium revolvens and Scorpidium scorpioides. The notable dioecious sedge Carex dioica is found in the most species-rich flushes. Dry heath dominated by bell heather Erica cinerea occurs on some of…

Hoy

… few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora. Characteristic mosses such as Scorpidium scorpioides and Scorpidium revolvens are also found, while the more open flushes support black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans. Hard water springs with an active formation of tufa occur through…

Cors y Sychnant

…ix. At the southern end of the bog are more nutrient-rich areas with the mosses Scorpidium scorpioides and Scorpidium revolvens, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, and clumps of bog myrtle Myrica gale and isolated rhododendron bushes. A will…

Plas-y-Gors

…ads, flushes dominated by brown-coloured mosses such as Palustriella commutata, Scorpidium scorpioides and Scorpidium revolvens occur. In pools and seepage areas dioecious sedge Carex dioica is found in some abundance, together with the insectivorous plants, round-leaved sundew D…

Mynydd Preseli

…ycoccos and royal fern Osmunda regalis occur in these flushed areas. The mosses Scorpidium scorpioides, Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium revolvens are frequent in some more base-rich flushes. On the saddles of the upper slopes, above the spring line, the flushes merge into area…

East Devon Pebblebed Heaths

…icans and devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis together with the brown mosses Scorpidium scorpioides, Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium revolvens. Over 70 breeding bird species have been recorded notably nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus, hobby Accipiter nisus and in most years …

Low Gill Moor Wetlands

…n places with a dense understorey of mosses especially Palustriella commutatum, Scorpidium revolvens and Campylium stellatum and more notably some Scorpidium scorpioides. Amongst the many other associated species, are few flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, marsh arrowgr…

Ballybannan

…very species-rich and are fringed by a diverse range of brown mosses, including Scorpidium scorpioides, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Campyliu111 stellatum, Palustriella commutata, Ctenidium molluscum and Scorpidium revolvens. Other plants such as bottle sedge Carex rostrata, sharp-f…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…, with frequent yellow starry feather moss Campylium stellatum, rusty hook moss Scorpidium revolvens and ringless hook moss Warnstorfia exannulata. Pockets of twisted bog moss Sphagnum contortum, marsh bryum Bryum pseudotriquetrum, and intermediate hook moss Scorpidium cossonii a…

Cothill Fen

… well as the regionally uncommon C. stellatum, Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia, Scorpidium revolvens, Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum, M. seligeri and Philonotis calcarea, Palustriella commutatum, Sphagnum palustre and Sphagnum plumulosum. On parts of the fen edge a drier, calcareous…

Pant Cae Haidd

…ariety of mosses characterise this vegetation including Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium revolvens. Fen-flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, bog bean Menyanthes trifoliata, lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides and marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes are each local…

Lough Scolban

… as brown mosses such as giant spear moss Calliergon giganteum, rusty hook moss Scorpidium revolvens, yellow starry feather moss Campylium stellatum and marsh bryum Bryum pseudotriquetrum. Also of interest are the presence of alkaline flushes characterised by the presence of gras…

Mar Field Fen

… caerulea and bog rush Schoenus nigricans with abundant brown mosses, including Scorpidium revolvens. Flea sedge Carex pulicaris and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris grow on the bog rush tussocks. The carr woodland has a canopy of alder Alnus glutinosa and ash Fraxinus excel…

Long Mynd

…a are most common in these situations with a wide range of mosses in particular Scorpidium revolvens. Associated higher plants include marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and a number of locally uncommon species such as marsh St. John’s wort Hype…

Cwm Cadlan

…pinguis, Campylium stellatum, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Palustriella commutata, Scorpidium revolvens and Fissidens adianthoides. Acidic flushes are mainly confined to the north-east of the site where they are usually associated with wet heath and heathy forms of marshy grassland.…

Dinefwr Estate

…the Heronry is flushed with base-rich water. Patches of brown mosses, including Scorpidium revolvens and Calliergonell cuspidatum, opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and other wetland herbs occur along the flush lines. One of the flushes exhibits tufa …

High Lickbarrow Mires and Pastures

…rn speciality. Bryophytes are a predominant feature of such flushes and include Scorpidium revolvens, Campylium stellatum, Palustriella commutatum, Ctenidium molluscum and Sphagnum contortum. Other species of Sphagnum form hummocks above the influence of the ground water and ther…

Ballyknock

…mosses and liverworts including Calliergonell cuspidatum, Breutelia chrysocoma. Scorpidium revolvens and Cratoneuron filicinum. Where the slopes are less steep, the soils are typically more waterlogged and a wetter grassland type known as rush pasture is found. This is characteri…

Waltonhill and Cradle Den

…and sedges such as pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum, rusty hook moss Scorpidium revolvens, hook moss Palustriella commutatum, carnation sedge Carex panicea, glaucous sedge Carex flacca, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis. species…

Smallburgh Fen

… well developed bryophyte carpet which includes the mosses Campylium stellatum, Scorpidium revolvens, Calliergonella cuspidata and Lophocolea bidentata. Wet hollows within this area contain stoneworts Chara spp. Associated herbs and sedges include such characteristic species as g…

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…sedge C. lepidocarpa, growing over a ground layer of base loving mosses such as Scorpidium revolvens, Ctenidium molluscum, Campylium stellatum, Tortella tortuosa and Calliergonell cuspidatum. Associated herb species include yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides, common butterwort …

Cadair Idris

…n butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris with the brown mosses Campylium stellatum, and Scorpidium revolvens are found, with the lesser clubmoss and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. On the northern and eastern fringes of Cadair Idris there are scattered woodlands with gullies and ravines…

Yr Eifl

…cally acidic, more base-rich flushes are present where species such as the moss Scorpidium revolvens, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and common yellow-sedge, Carex demissa occur. The higher slopes have extensive networks of block scree whilst the seaward face, which is over 300 m…

Nant Clydach Pastures

… such as Ctenidium molluscum, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium revolvens. Common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequent, together with sedges such as Carex hostiana, C. panicea, C. pulicaris, C. echinat…

Kilroosky Lough

…ris, knotted pearlwort Sagina nodosa, fairy flax Linum catharticum and the moss Scorpidium revolvens. Locally, more acidic fen vegetation has developed on cut-over bog, with sphagnum bog-mosses and woodland with alder Alnus glutinosa, birch Betula pubescens and grey willow Salix …

Lye Valley

…drained soils. Many species of mosses thrive in the damp conditions of the fen. Scorpidium revolvens is a distinctive species characteristic of enriched flushed peat and Ctenidium molluscum is found in a wide range of calcareous habitats. Some species are uncommon or rare and are…

Shiel Wood Pastures

…edge Carex hostiana, together with brown mosses, including Campylium stellatum, Scorpidium revolvens and Ctenidium molluscum. These also contain quaking grass Briza media and few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora. Taller rich-fens in the east of the site have abundant b…

Southey and Gotleigh Moors

…s which intersect low hummocks of Sphagnum papillosum. Dividing hollows contain Scorpidium revolvens, a moss very rare in Somerset. A very large population of white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba is dominated over much of this relatively base poor ‘plateau’ bog. Further down the sl…

Fodderletter

…iana, dioecious sedge Carex dioica and the brown mosses Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium revolvens, along with butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and jointed rush Juncus articulatus. They are also noteworthy for the abundance of globe flower Trollius europaeus, alpine bistort Persi…

Lough Corr

… and is dominated by flat topped bog moss Sphagnum fallax, hooked scorpion moss Scorpidium scorpioides, pointed spear moss Calliergonell cuspidatum and occasional giant spear moss Calliergon giganteum. Further habitat diversity is provided by areas of cut-over bog and wet heath w…

Brockagh Quarry

…tis fontana, yellow starry feather moss Campylium stellatum and rusty hook moss Scorpidium revolvens. Where the fen grades into areas of more open water, species such as few flowered spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium become more fr…

West Bradieston and Craig of Garvock

…ow sedge Carex viridula, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and Campylium stellatum and Scorpidium revolvens. Poor-fen An area of poor-fen at the head of the Garvock Burn, below the Tower of Johnston, is dominated by sedges, rushes and bog mosses, mainly star sedge Carex echinata and sha…

Hollin Hill

…ies such as Ctenidium molluscum, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Campylium stellatum, Scorpidium revolvens and Palustriella commutatum, as well as hummocks of bog moss Sphagnum subnitens and S. warnstorfii which rise above the influence of the base rich waters. These Sphagnum hummocks …

Waen Rydd

…ite, where there is also localised base-rich flushing, with abundant brown moss Scorpidium revolvens alongside species such as marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and whorled caraway. Throughout the site there are patches of more acid flush, sup…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…range of associates, including common butter-wort Pinguicula vulgaris, the moss Scorpidium revolvens, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, quaking-grass Briza media, marsh arrow-grass Triglochin pal…

Cautley Thwaite Meadows and Ecker Secker Beck

…areous loving mosses including Palustriella commutatum, Ctenidium molluscum and Scorpidium revolvens. Sphagnum subnitens also grows here, forming hummocks above the influence of the base rich waters and therefore supporting species more typical of neutral or acidic grasslands suc…

Llymwynt Brook Pastures

…nigra and flea sedge Carex pulicaris and mosses such as Palustriella commutata, Scorpidium revolvens and the uncommon Trichocolea tomentella grow. Associated plants include marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosu…

Mortlach Moss

…rum angustifolium and E. latifolium). Brown mosses include Campylium stellatum, Scorpidium revolvens and Calliergonella cuspidatata. The base-tolerant sphagnum moss Sphagnum contortum also occurs. Grasses and herbs of richer fens include quaking grass Briza media, grass of Parnas…

Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens

…including Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Campylium stellatum, Palustriella commutatum, Scorpidium revolvens and the uncommon marshland species Plagiomnium elatum. Other types of wetland vegetation present include sedge dominated communities, wet birch oak woodland and a series of unpoll…

Rhos Cwmderw

…shes dominated by a variety of small sedges and mosses, such as rusty hook-moss Scorpidium revolvens and yellow starry feather-moss Campylium stellatum, are associated with spring heads within the fen-meadow areas. Typical plants found here include common butterwort Pinguicula vu…

Cors Farchwel

…lbous rush J. bulbosus, the mosses Campylium stellatum, Ctenidium molluscum and Scorpidium revolvens and the liverwort Aneura pinguis. Other associated species include bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata sub…

Gweunydd Camnant

…ing tawny sedge and glaucous sedge, a good variety of ‘brown’ mosses, including Scorpidium revolvens, Campylium stellatum, Ctenidium molluscum, Cratoneuron filicinum and Calliergonell cuspidatum, and plants such as marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, lesser spearwort Ranunculu…

Newbald Becksies

…ities associated with the spring line are dominated by several mosses including Scorpidium revolvens, Calliergonella cuspidata and Climacium dendroides. They also support common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, long stalked yellow sedge Carex lepidocarpa, carnation sedge C. panice…

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