Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Dove Valley and Biggin Dale

…Mercurialis perennis, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Within the wood are extensive areas of mountain currant Ribes alpinum and occasional plants of mezereon Daphne mezereum, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and wood fescue Festu…

Hawkswick Wood

…eria caeruleae, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria and the ferns, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, hard shield Polystichum aculeatum, wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. Alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens occurs on old mine spoil at t…

Knockan Cliff

…dominate these stands. Fern species also thrive here including black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. Herb rich calcareous grassland habitat is widespread throughout the site, particularly below the cliffs and rock outcrops. The base-ric…

Great Asby Scar

…e widespread and on some pavements abundant; the local species green spleenwort Asplenium viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, which occur on nearly all the pavements; and more common species such as hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, hard shield fern Polysti…

Nant Llech

…connectilis is notable on wet cliffs, with the rarer, montane, green spleenwort Asplenium viride present about Henrhyd falls. Though most trees are relatively young and of coppice origin, the bird life is rich and includes wood warbler, redstart and great spotted woodpecker. Dipp…

Whernside

…a glaucescens and A. minima. Many fern species occur including green spleenwort Asplenium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and most notably rigid buckler fern Dryopteris submontana and limestone polypody Gymnocarpium robert…

Oxenber and Wharfe Woods

… is very rich and includes lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus, green 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 a…

Coyles of Muick

… and lime-loving montane plants. These include both green and black spleenworts Asplenium viride and A. adiantum nigrum and three nationally scarce plants of base-or lime-rich soils: alpine mouse-ear Cerastium alpinum, northern rock cress Arabidopsis petraea and alpine cinquefoil…

Glen Ey Gorge

…ris connectilis, brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis and green spleenwort Asplenium viride are frequent on ledges. Narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana is frequent under overhanging rock. Less common plants such as mountain melick Melica nutans, holly fern Polystichum…

Cairnsmore of Fleet

…ge Saxifraga hypnoides, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and dioecious sedge Carex dioica. Although not included as notified features, the area is also of interest for its characteristic upland fauna; peregrine f…

Thirlmere Woods

…uding Wilson's filmy fern, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris are present in Launchy Gill. The rare serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda has also been recorded from this locality. The humid, sheltered condit…

Benlister Glen

…greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica and various ferns, including green spleenwort Asplenium viride, while other species present include mountain sorrel Oxyria digyna and the Nationally Scarce alpine enchanter’s nightshade Circaea alpina. Wet woodland occupies the lower section of t…

Irthing Gorge

… of fern, including brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. The bryophyte flora of these ledges is also rich and varied and drier areas are covered by the lichens Lepraria Stauroneis membranacea and …

Appleby Fells

…dy Gymnocarpium robertianum, parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. Tall herb vegetation is a further important feature of the Appleby Fells. This occurs on the ungrazed crags and ledges as well as on som…

Mwyngloddfeydd Esgair Hir ac Esgair Fraith

…ith, Moel Hebog SSSI). The assemblage includes regionally rare green spleenwort Asplenium viride at its only known site in Ceredigion, on the walls of disused shafts and wheel-pits, and several regionally scarce plants, such as moonwort Botrychium lunaria, adder’s-tongue Ophioglo…

Ogof Ddu

… grasses which are present. A number of ferns occur, including green spleenwort Asplenium viride and Brittle Bladder Fern Cystopteris fragilis; and the uncommon primitive plant, lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides. A range of mosses and liverworts occur, several of them depe…

Allolee to Walltown

…amma crispa. Scattered limestone outcrops occur on which grows green spleenwort Asplenium viride. The more calcareous areas support a herb rich grassland with meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis, quaking grass Briza media, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, common rock rose Helia…

Creag nan Gamhainn

…-east Scotland. Ferns of limestone crevices and ledges include green spleenwort Asplenium viride and holly fern Polystichum lonchitis. GRASSLAND The site holds a number of local grassland types including one of the best examples of a calcicole tall-herb grassland in Scotland. Thi…

Glen Queich

…montane species such as limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii is an uncommon fern of humid situations besides burns running through the cliffs. Smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata occurs under scatter…

Combe Scar

…aurea 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 small stand of aspen Populus tremula…

Long Dale & Gratton Dale

…ountry. In moist crevices in dolomite outcrops in Gratton Dale green spleenwort Asplenium viride occurs, with mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis.

Cwm Cynfal

…cularly rich in ferns and bryophytes including such species as green spleenwort Asplenium viride, Bladder Fern Cystopteris fragilis, Scottish Filmy Fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and the moss, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus. Among the interesting higher plants present are Mountain Melic…

Durness

…meadow rue Thalictrum minus, and more northern species such as green spleenwort Asplenium viride, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis and holly fern Polystichum lonchitis. Maritime cliff (vegetation) The cliff tops and ledges of An Fharaid and Eilean Dubh support a range of salt-tolera…

Dungeon Ghyll

…ius 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 Saxifraga aizoides, purple S. oppositifolia, sta…

Trotternish Ridge

…hytic vegetation comprising fern-rich crevice communities with green spleenwort Asplenium viride occurs where the cliffs are shaded. Vascular plant assemblage and Bryophyte assemblage The vascular plant assemblage is unusual in being intermediate in species composition between th…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…erianum, the regionally rare northern bedstraw Galium boreale, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, roseroot Sedum rosea, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, starry saxifrage and globeflower Trollius europaeus. The regionally rare dwarf willow an…

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…ettle Urtica dioica, cleavers Galium aparine and, where bouldery, hart’s-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium. Elsewhere, soils with impeded drainage or flushing support an extensive area of alder Alnus glutinosa-dominated woodland, in a range of topographical situations. Wet flushes w…

Pen-y-ghent

…pavement, notably at Dale Head, where the gryke flora includes green spleenwort Asplenium viride, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis, lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus and alternate leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium. On parts of the pavement from which gra…

Craig Royston Woods

…ed outcrops of nutrient-rich rocks support species such as the green spleenwort Asplenium viride and the purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia that are characteristic of this habitat and very sparsely distributed within the area. The site is notified for its moths because it h…

Troutbeck

…l Oxyria digyna, alpine willowherb Epilobium anagallidifolium, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and at least three species of saxifrage, yellow, mossy and starry saxifrage and several uncommon montane mosses, neat silk moss, Isopterygiopsis pulchella, Anoectangium aestivum, Plag…

Morrone Birkwood

…Orthilia secunda and mountain sorrel Oxyria digyna, along with green spleenwort Asplenium viride and holly fern Polystichum lonchitis, and are also important for bryophytes. These include a number of rare northern mosses such as Stegonia latifolia, Schistidium trichodon, Encalypt…

Oughtershaw and Beckermonds

…mestone pavement including lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, wall lettuce Mycelis muralis and hairy stonecrop Sedum villosum, are also found and are abundant on more completely exposed pavements. Wet blanket bog has developed on a deeper peat …

Linn Mill

…aticus and wood speedwell Veronica montana. The uncommon ferns green spleenwort Asplenium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum are found on nutrient-rich rock faces by the river.

Armboth Fells

…nd wet rock faces support a number of uncommon ferns including green spleenwort Asplenium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Similar communities occur on some ungrazed crags, while carline thistle Carlina vulgaris is …

Gleann Dubh

… support rare or uncommon plants such as roseroot Sedum rosea, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, Alpine enchanter’s nightshade Circaea alpina, rock whitebeam Sorbus rupicola, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis, Alpine meadow rue Thalictrum alpinum and Alpine saw-wort Saussurea alpine…

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…ll and Little Gill are species rich and support plants such as green spleenwort Asplenium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, hoary whitlow grass Draba incana, hairy stonecrop Sedum villosum, roseroot Sedum rosea and the rare alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii. …

Pollochro Woods

…well Veronica montana, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. The bryophyte and lichen flora is rich in species, several of which are typically associated with ancient woodlands. The number of western Atlantic species present is one of the high…

Tulach Hill

…some uncommon species such as hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, and rue-leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, a species rare in Scotland. Sub-montane heath is the dominant plant community on the site as a whole. The heath consists mainly of h…

Cuilcagh Mountain

…ry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum and Stagshorn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum. This mountainous area is the most important upland b…

Upper Teesdale

…a, on acid substrates and holly fern Polystichum lonchitis and green spleenwort Asplenium viride in basic areas. These rocky habitats also support bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, golden rod Solidago virgaurea and great wood rush Luzula sylvatica. Juniper Juniperus communis als…

Coed Nant-y-merddyn-uchaf

… and rock outcrops support a range of ferns including the rare green spleenwort Asplenium viride and the uncommon beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis. The rare grass mountain melick Melica nutans occurs on cliffs in part of the site.

Tilberthwaite Gill

…is acetosella, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes. A typical moss flora is present with abundant Marsupella emarginata, Scapania undulata, Racomitrium aciculare and Brachythecium plumosum. The junction of the two sections of gil…

Ben Heasgarnich

… levels on the site. These have representative species such as green spleenwort Asplenium viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, and support an outstanding flora including hoary whitlowgrass Draba incana, rock whitlowgrass Draba norvegica, alpine meadow grass Poa a…

Crussa Field and the Heogs

…erpentine-influenced community which includes the locally rare green spleenwort Asplenium viride. The eastern sector of the site has limited ornithological interest but to the west the slopes of Crussa Field are of national importance for breeding birds. They support a varied bir…

Birkwith Caves and Fell

…udes blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and two uncommon ferns, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. The pavements are fringed with herb rich calcareous grassland supporting species such as fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Pote…

Scout and Cunswick Scars

…include the local limestone polypody Gymnocarpium robertianum, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and the rare rigid buckler fern Dryopteris submontana. Another widespread but local fern is the moonwort Botrychium lunaria which occurs in good numbers throughout the site. Adjacent…

The Clouds

… uncommon species, limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianum and green spleenwort Asplenium viride as well as the somewhat more common species, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and hard and soft shield ferns Polystichum aculeatum and Polystichum setiferum. The herbs includ…

Pen y ghent Gill

…us stricta. Limestone pavements support a flora which includes green spleenwort Asplenium viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, with a variety of other shade tolerant species in the grykes. Scattered ash and sycamore occur in the valley bottom with baneberry Actae…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…wort Sagina subulata, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, frog orchid Coeloglossum viride and sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum. The intertidal area is dominated by bedrock with wave-cut platforms often reaching substantial widths. The most notable localities are at Portmoon, Port-na…

Cadair Idris

…yn Arran and at Llyn Gafr, have a more lime loving flora. Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, green spleenwort A. viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis are found in the crevices on these rocks. Lush tall-herbs grow on the basic ledges around Cwm Cau. The p…

Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs

…ulder scree. Ferns form a prominent component and include maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, green spleenwort A. viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. In shaded crevices woodland plants such as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood millet Milium effusum, d…

Pikedaw Calamine Caverns

…e scarp which exhibits vein mineralisation. Ferns such as maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes, green spleenwort A. viride and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis are found in sheltered crevices in the rock. Herb rich calcareous grassland is dispersed throughout the …

Hill of Towanreef

…cludes spring sandwort Minuartia verna, the serpentine form of black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum and green spleenwort A. viride. Mosses associated with serpentine are also found, including Grimmia species. The surrounding heath has widely scattered juniper scrub and nume…

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