Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Redden Bank Lime Works

…small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, hoary plantain Plantago media, hairy violet Viola hirta, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. It is also the only Scottish locality for the hybrid species of hairy violet Viola hirta and sweet violet Viol…

Freeholders Wood

…is perennis, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, common, early and hairy dog violets Viola riviniana, Viola reichenbachiana and Viola hirta. The uncommon herb paris Paris quadrifolia is also frequent. Those areas not recently coppiced tend to be dominated by one or two species such as…

Brent Eleigh Woods

…es rich unimproved neutral grassland with sanicle Sanicula europaea and violets Viola hirta and Viola riviniana. Langley Wood is situated on a hilltop and is an important landscape feature. It lies on the site of an ancient wood and retains some of the original woodland of hazel…

Crosby Ravensworth Fell

…ne Anemone nemorosa, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, hairy and common dog violet Viola hirta and Viola riviniana, herb Robert Geranium robertianum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, ramsons Allium ursinum and sanicle Sanicula europaea. Other species such as hairy rock cress Arab…

The Clouds

…, for example wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, hairy violet and common dog violet Viola hirta and Viola riviniana, ramsons Allium ursinum, herb Robert Geranium robertianum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and sanicle Sanicula europaea, more typical…

Coombs Dale

…Teucrium scorodonia is abundant with heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and violets Viola riviniana and Viola hirta. On some of the brown earths, gorse Ulex europaeus has developed and there are patches of bracken Pteridium aquilinum. At the upper edges of the Dale there are strongly…

Calbourne Down

…salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, common dog violet Viola riviniana and hairy violet Viola hirta. Calbourne Down supports a particularly species rich example of this nationally rare habitat, with up to 34 species of flowering plant per square metre. Th…

The Bottoms

… thistle Carlina vulgaris, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, hairy violet Viola hirta and common dog violet and Viola riviniana. A small population of purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus also occurs, a characteristic local rarity on the Magnesian Limestone. Scattered scr…

Bryn Euryn

…owards the top of the hill are yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata, hairy violet Viola hirta and the uncommon mountain St. John's wort Hypericum montanum. The limestone crags support a particularly interesting flora including juniper Juniperus communis and yew Taxus baccata. Hoary…

Scout and Cunswick Scars

…areous grassland species such as carline thistle Carlina vulgaris, hairy violet Viola hirta, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, wild thyme Thymus praecox, squinancywort A…

Whetley Meadows

…r herbs of the railway bank include hoary plantain Plantago media, hairy violet Viola hirta, marjoram Origanum vulgare and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor.

Merthyr Mawr

…ards dominated by lichens, bryophytes, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, wild pansy Viola tricolor and thyme Thymus praecox. Rank, fixed dunes with yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, dewberry Rubus caesius and burnet rose Rosa spinosissima occur els…

Blorenge

… Limestone bearing a grassland rich in calcicole species including hairy violet Viola hirta, lesser wild thyme Thymus praecox, purging flax Linum catharticum and salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba. Additional habitats include acidic and basic scree and oligotrophic and dystrophic …

Quarrington Hill Grasslands

…nt. Less common species include common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, hairy violet Viola hirta, wild carrot Daucus carota and felwort Gentianella amarella. The nationally scarce dark red helleborine Epipactis atrorubens occurs on the site as does the southern species; basil thyme Cl…

Ellerburn Bank

…ations of cowslips Primula veris, felwort Gentianella amarella and hairy violet Viola hirta are a feature of the site. Gorse Ulex europaeus occurs along the lower part of the bank, whilst hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and blackthorn Prunus spinosa are established on the old earthwo…

Starveall and Stony Down

…Calcareous herbs such as clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata, hairy violet Viola hirta, wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa and red bartsia Odontites verna have persisted in places where the turf has been somewhat disturbed or enriched with nutrients. The fauna of Starveall and St…

Hog's Hole

…e Helianthemum nummularium, bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus, hairy violet Viola hirta, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, musk thistle Carduus nutans, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Several of these are restricted to chalk…

Holies Down

…i, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, wild thyme Thymus praecox, hairy violet Viola hirta, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, hawkweed ox tongue Picris hieracioides and rest harrow Ononis repens. Many of the species which occur are characteri…

Colmsliehill Junipers

…ional rarities, square-stemmed willowherb Epilobium tetragonum and hairy violet Viola hirta, can also be found.

Moulsford Downs

…foin Onobrychis viciifolia, ploughman's spikenard Inula conyza and hairy violet Viola hirta. A similar herb flora also occurs on the ungrazed chalk grassland along the trackside banks which form the southern boundary of the site. The scrub habitat contains a mosaic of hawthorn, p…

Great Doward

…rba, wild thyme Thymus praecox, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare and hairy violet Viola hirta as well as wild madder Rubia peregrina and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera both of which are of local distribution. Webbs Quarry is also important as a site for the nationally rare fingered…

Twinhills Woods and Meadows

…rcup Ranunculus auricomus, pignut Conopodium majus, early and common dog violet Viola reichenbachiana and Viola riviniana, lords and ladies Arum maculatum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutentiana, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, ivy Hedera helix, male fern Dryopteris fil…

Whiting Ness - Ethie Haven

…k Dianthus deltoides, clustered bellflower Campanula glomerata and hairy violet Viola hirta. The local rarities sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum and pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica are found on the cliff ledges and in caves. The coastal grassland along the cliff top also…

Pleasley Vale Railway

…eater burnet saxifrage Pimpinella major, knapweed Centaurea nigra, hairy violet Viola hirta and hairy rockcress Arabis hirsuta. The site also includes areas of woodland which in part are semi natural and in part secondary. The semi natural woodland is dominated by wych elm Ulmus …

Normanton Pastures

…ight brome Bromopsis erecta, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta.

Reed Hill

…en winged orchid Anacamptis morio, early purple orchid O. mascula, hairy violet Viola hirta and carnation sedge Carex panicea. Mixed scrub consisting of hawthorn and blackthorn follows the valley bottom and grades into dense hazel scrub at the eastern end of the site. The upper a…

Breedon Hill

… saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, hoary plantain Plantago media and hairy violet Viola hirta. Where the soils are thin, often in association with rocky outcrops, the sward is suppressed and the vegetation is characterised by herb species such as rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga trid…

Inkpen and Walbury Hills

…thyme Thymus praecox ssp arcticus, salad burnet Sanguisorba major, hairy violet Viola hirta, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and smooth hawk's beard Crepis capillaris. On Walbury Hill mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and musk thistle Carduus nutans are particularly common…

Aldbury Nowers

…ld carrot Daucus carota, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and hairy violet Viola hirta also thrive. Characteristically for a mature beech wood, Turlhanger’s Wood has a relatively poorly developed understorey. In places dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, sanicle Sanicula eu…

Ebsbury Down

…oe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and hairy violet Viola hirta. Nationally restricted species present include dwarf sedge Carex humilis, bastard toadflax Thesium humifusum, field fleawort Senecio integrifolius and burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata. Sever…

Underlaid Wood

…ndula vulgaris together with salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta. The runnels are occasionally deeper and contain species such as ash or the nationally scarce fingered sedge. Flat bottomed runnels and solution pans are predominantly colonised by biting …

Quants

…nt grass. The butterfly food plants devil's bit scabious, cowslip, hairy violet Viola hirta and common bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus occur in this species rich sward. Other plants with a restricted distribution in Somerset include Autumn lady's tresses Spiranthes spirali…

Combe Bottom

…edonorus giganteus, white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium and hairy violet Viola hirta. There are also areas which have been planted with beech and sweet chestnut Castanea sativa. The woodlands provide a habitat for an unusually wide diversity of bryophytes, including the ra…

Pentridge Down

…s wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, squinancywort Asperula cyanchica, hairy violet Viola hirta, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. Less frequent are frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis, fragrant orchid Gymnaden…

Seven Barrows

…lso a frequent visitor to the site although its normal food plant, hairy violet Viola hirta, has so far not been recorded. Most species also rely on nectar from the profusion of flowers on the site throughout the summer months. A recent colonist at Seven Barrows is the marsh frit…

Dancersend

…yme Thymus pulegioides, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, hairy violet Viola hirta, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, marjoram Origanum vulgare, common milkwort Polygala vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, eyebright Euphrasi…

Great Asby Scar

…e hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, common twayblade Neottia ovata, hairy violet Viola hirta and wall lettuce Mycelis muralis. The rare bird's foot sedge Carex ornithopoda and the grasses, wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and blue moor grass …

White Shute

…biosa. Also present are common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, hairy violet Viola hirta, horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea. Wild orchids recorded include common spotted Dactylorhiza fuchsii, southern…

Newhall Reservoir Meadow

…t-harrow Ononis repens, hoary plantain Plantago media and locally, hairy violet Viola hirta. The basal borders of the reservoir are generally less well drained and here the sward is characterised by the abundance of adder's tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum, twayblade Neottia ova…

Craig Sychtyn

…dis, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, marjoram Origanum vulgare and hairy violet Viola hirta, are present in these communities. The uncommon yellow rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum, which is characteristic of base rich soils in the Welsh Border Country, is also found here.

Croker's Hole

…Greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, hairy violet Viola hirta, field scabious Knautia arvensis, cowslip Primula veris, common rest-harrow Ononis repens, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga are herb species more…

Knocking Hoe

…atus, cowslip Primula veris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta are abundant. Yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata occurs in quantity as does the native trailing form of sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia. In contrast to its normal habitat of lime rich mires…

Stonesfield Common, Bottoms & Banks

…raea, basil thyme Acinos arvensis, large thyme Thymus pulegioides, hairy violet Viola hirta, cowslip Primula veris and marjoram Origanum vulgare. The eastern most bank has a similar herb flora, but the grassland is predominantly upright brome with a constant admixture of tor gras…

Wart Barrow

…ood sage Teucrium scorodonia, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, hairy violet Viola hirta, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, cowslip Primula veris and agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria. The denser areas of scrub and woodland support more shade tolerant plants and those which can grow …

Aston Rowant

…s mercury Mercurialis perennis, sweet woodruff Galium odoratum, wood dog violet Viola riviniana, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. in the open areas. The woods also contain a number of uncommon plants characteristic of the Chilterns beech w…

Chawridge Bourne

…til Potentilla anglica, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and hairy violet Viola hirta. The fauna has so far been little studied, but includes common blue Polyommatus icarus, dingy skipper Erynnis tages and grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae butterflies and harvest mice Micromy…

Farthing Downs and Happy Valley

…mon milkwort Polygala vulgaris, sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia and hairy violet Viola hirta. These grasslands are also noted for their orchid flora with eight species being recorded, including the nationally scarce man orchid Orchis anthorpophora. Round headed rampion Phyteuma or…

Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting

…rested hair grass and red fescue with yarrow Achillea millefolium, hairy violet Viola hirta, hoary ragwort Senecio erucifolius and fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea. Other uncommon plants include pale St. John’s wort Hypericum montanum, lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus and bl…

Whitbarrow

…d thyme Thymus praecox, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, hairy violet Viola hirta and fairy flax Linum catharticum. The steep limestone cliffs along the unstable western edge of Whitbarrow and Yewbarrow support a rare sub community of the typical Sesleria grassland desc…

King's Cliffe Banks

…flower Campanula glomerata, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and hairy violet Viola hirta. Bryophytes form an important component of the sward, especially Ctenidium molluscum and Homalothecium lutescens. Lichens occur on the extruding limestone rocks. The grassland is closely …

Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm

… tinctoria and devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis, whilst common dog violet Viola riviniana is abundant on more free draining soils. Grassland, fen meadow and rush pasture The following grassland, fen meadow and rush pasture NVC communities have been identified: Festuca ovi…

Rotherley Downs

… Helianthemum nummularium and high brown fritillary which feeds on hairy violet Viola hirta have also been recorded. Mounds made by the yellow ant Lasius flavus are a conspicuous feature of the site. Common mammals include rabbit, roe and fallow deer, whilst the bird fauna incl…

Rodney Stoke

…est slope sheeps Fescue, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, hairy violet Viola hirta and wild thyme Thymus praecox are all abundant. Further down slope the grassland becomes more mesotrophic in character, where grasses such as upright brome Bromus erectus, downy oat grass …

Wouldham to Detling Escarpment

… by upright brome Bromus erectus with broadleaved plants including hairy violet Viola hirta, marjorum Origanum vulgare and cowslip Primula veris. Other plants in the grassland include, a number of orchids fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuc…

Craigs of Lundie and Ardgarth Loch

… which are normally confined to the coast. Notable species include hairy violet Viola hirta, purple milk-vetch Astragalus danicus and bloody crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum. Below the cliffs there is an area of rush-dominated valley fen and heathland where viviparous bistort Per…

Cockey Down

… Campanula rotundifolia, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and hairy violet Viola hirta are all more common in the northern part of the site. Horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea and the nationally scarce field fleawort Senecio integrifolius gr…

Highclere

…mon centaury Centaurium erythraea, zigzag clover Trifolium medium, hairy violet Viola hirta, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, wild thyme Thymus praecox, eyebright Euphrasia sp. and blue fleabane Erigeron acris. Locally uncommon spe…

Middlebarrow

…opwort Filipendula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and hairy violet Viola hirta. The grasslands and other limestone habitats are of importance for their butterfly populations. Northern brown argus and pearl bordered fritillary both nationally scarce are known to bree…

Taynton Quarries

…w Galium verum, quaking grass, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis and hairy violet Viola hirta. The taller grassland is dominated by false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, upright brome and tor grass, with invasive species such as creeping thistle Cirsium arvense and ragwort Senecio…

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