Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Humber Estuary

…icornia communities. Low to mid marsh communities are mostly represented by sea aster Aster tripolium, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides communities. The upper portion of the saltmarsh community is atypical, dominated by sea couch…

Stour Estuary

…rich fossil vertebrate fauna. General description The Stour Estuary forms the eastern part of the Essex / Suffolk county boundary. It is a relatively simply structured estuary with a sandy outer area and a muddier inner section. The six main bays, Seafield, Holbrook and Erwarton…

Aber Taf / Taf Estuary

…saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, common glasswort Salicornia europaea, sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima. This vegetation then grades into a range of mid to upper marsh communities, dominated by various mixtures of sea aster, common saltmarsh-gra…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…ities and include beds of two nationally scarce eel grasses which occur on the eastern side of the channel. A rich marine life is present on the tide swept scars which lie on the edge of the Walney Channel. The variety of habitats, coupled with the extensive areas of shingle, sal…

Dengie

…tion Dengie is a large and remote area of tidal mud flat and saltmarsh at the eastern end of the Dengie peninsula, between the Blackwater and Crouch Estuaries. The saltmarsh is the largest continuous example of its type in Essex. Foreshore, saltmarsh and beaches support an outst…

Bridgwater Bay

…up, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima increases in abundance with sea aster Aster tripolium. Where ungrazed, common reed Phragmites australis frequently forms a zone above this. Grazing of the upper marsh tends to encourage red fescue Festuca rubra and creeping bent Ag…

Pagham Harbour

…rslane Atriplex portulacoides covers large areas with other species such as sea aster Aster tripolium in the periphery. At one part of the site within a mixed saltmarsh community greater sea spurrey Spergularia media and sea lavender Limonium vulgare are found. The upper margin o…

Severn Estuary

…shes, where it occurs as dense monocultures, or with other species, such as sea aster Aster tripolium, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. The middle marsh is mainly dominated by common saltmarsh grass and frequent associates in…

Thanet Coast

…reas of saltmarsh are dominated by sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides with sea aster Aster tripolium and sea worm Artemisia maritima also present, whilst at Plumpudding Island the western coastal lagoon contains abundant growth of the nationally scarce* aquatic plant, spiral tas…

St. John's Point

… is one of several such swarms of Palaeogene age that can be recognized in the eastern part of Northern Ireland. Others include the swarms found around the northern and southern margins of the Antrim Plateau and the dyke series associated with the Mournes. The geochemical evidenc…

Strangford Lough Part 3

…tus daisy anemone or southern e.g. Acmaea tessulata tortoise-shell limpet, Leptasterias mulleri a starfish extremes of their ranges. The richness of the marine flora and fauna can largely be attributed to physiographical features resulting in the immense tidal flow through The …

Tamar - Tavy Estuary

…ica. Characteristic associates include sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, english scurvy grass Cochlearia anglica and sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus. Small beds of common cord-grass Spartina anglica have bec…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…s Moss and Ellerside Moss form an extensive area of lowland raised mire on the eastern side of the site. Together these mosses form the second largest area of lowland raised mire in South Cumbria, after the Duddon Mosses at Broughton in Furness. Such raised mire systems were form…

West Lizard

…rift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium are found. This community is often discontinuous and is displaced further up the cliff by a maritime therophyte community, found on the shallow soils of rock ledges and outcrops.…

Malpas Estuary

…rsh-grass Puccinellia distans subsp. distans, sea couch Elytrigia atherica, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus and sea rush Juncus maritimus. At Calenick Creek the saltmarsh is immediately continuous with a semi-…

Blackwater Estuary

…ulacoides and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima predominate, with sea aster Aster tripolium and common sea lavender Limonium vulgare. The nationally scarce lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile is sometimes interspersed among the more common species, but the main si…

River Wye (Lower Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Isaf)

…he upper mud banks of the river are colonised by salt-marsh species such as sea aster Aster tripolium, saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia spp and sea-milkwort Glaux maritima. Characteristic bankside plants include stinging nettle Urtica dioica, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum and re…

Benfleet and Southend Marshes

…rowgrass Triglochin maritimum, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and the scarce laxflowered sea lavender Limonium humile. The lower areas and creek edges are noted for their diversity of glassworts Salicornia spp., including perennial glasswo…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…nopus and the occasional patch of rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and sea aster Aster tripolium. A sea-bird cliff community occurs occasionally, particularly between Proud Giltar and Giltar Point, with sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Bird-perching sites at Lydstep Poi…

Duddon Estuary

…h occasional seablite Suaeda maritima, although in places, particularly on the eastern side of the estuary, invasive cord grass Spartina anglica is becoming established. Above the pioneer zones lie extensive areas of low mid marsh, which are heavily grazed with the short turf dom…

Chichester Harbour

…tulacoides while in some areas there is also sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea aster Aster tripolium and other saltmarsh species. Shingle occurs as spits and islands and most are rather unstable permitting little vegetation to become established. This habitat forms the main bree…

Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton

… Hypericum montanum. The saltmarsh at the base of the cliff is dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium and English scurvy grass Cochlearia anglica. Two nationally scarce plant species slender hare's ear Bupleurum tenuissimum and long stalked orache Atriplex longipes also occur.

Sandbach Flashes

…saline flashes are areas of saltmarsh vegetation containing species such as sea aster Aster tripolium, lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina and reflexed saltmarsh grass Puccinellia distans. A number of notable brackish water invertebrates occur including the water boatmen Paraco…

Newton Links

…and sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium occur more sparingly. Sea wormwood Artemisia maritima grows on one creek bank, here at its only Northumberland station. An area of saltmarsh, which is ungrazed and dominated by P…

New Ferry

…ed by common cod grass Spartina anglica occurs. glasswort Salicornia sp and sea aster Aster tripolium are also present and on adjoining sandy shingle areas, sea milkwort Glaux maritime and sand couch Elytrigia juncea. New Ferry also supports a number of additional species of win…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…rquata, all of which are of special interest. This extensive site occupies the eastern part of Carmarthen Bay to the south-west of Cydweli (Kidwelly). It includes the 13km long actively growing Cefn Sidan barrier beach, which is linked to the Pennant Sandstone outcrop of the main…

Taw-Torridge Estuary

… Puccinellia maritima and cord-grass Spartina spp. occupy the lower levels; sea aster Aster tripolium and annual seablite Suaeda maritima characterise the middle marshes while red fescue Festuca rubra and sea rush Juncus maritimus are found in the uppermost areas. Common reed Phr…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…a purslane Atriplex portulacoides, with sea wormwood Artemisia maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium, occupy the inner areas of the marsh. In the immediate vicinity of Rye Harbour, there is a pure stand of sea purslane. The Rother upstream of the bridge is canalised and there ar…

Strangford Lough Part 2

…thern extremes of their ranges e.g. Acmaea tessulata tortoise-shell limpet, Leptasterias mulleri a starfish. The richness of the marine flora and fauna can largely be attributed to physiographical features resulting in the immense tidal flow through The Narrows, the range and tim…

Berrow Dunes

…a arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and sea aster Aster tripolium. A fore dune is now forming on the seaward edge of this vegetation and is being colonized by sand couch Elytrigia juncea. Yellow dunes of shifting sand behind the saltmarsh have …

Linne Mhuirich

…Glaux maritime, thrift Armeria maritime, sea plantain Plantago maritime and sea aster Aster tripolium less frequently.

Medina Estuary

…ss Elytrigia atherica, commonly with sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus, sea aster Aster tripolium and, at the margins, two nationally scarce species, divided sedge Carex divisa and golden samphire Inula crithmoides. The sea couch grass zone persists along much of the length o…

Mucking Flats and Marshes

… sea couch Elytrigia atherica and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, with sea aster Aster tripolium, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Fragments of lower saltmarsh include glasswort Salicornia spp., common cordgrass Spartina a…

Christchurch Harbour

…anglica, is dominated by saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima with abundant sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantago maritima and mud rush Juncus gerardii. Higher level marsh is dominated by sea couch Ely…

Crouch and Roach Estuaries

…dominated by glasswort Salicornia Spp, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium, whilst on the higher land, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and thrift Armeria maritima bec…

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

…rift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium. Maritime grasslands higher up the cliff profile comprise red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus along with thrift and sea carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer…

Culbin Sands, Culbin Forest and Findhorn Bay

…tain. Furthermore, the spectacular erosional features and rapid retreat of the eastern coastal foreland, together with the highly dynamic spit and bar environments to the west whose changes are well-documented, provide excellent examples of a whole range of coastal landforms whic…

Upper Colne Marshes

…This marshland is dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and common sea lavender Limonium vulgare with the nationally uncommon lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile and large stands of sea wormwood Artemisia maritima. In places the…

Firth of Forth

…st. These have allowed an understanding of the structure of the lower crust in eastern Scotland. Burntisland, the east Fife coast, South Queensferry and Gullane all provide exposures illustrating a range of other nationally important volcanic features and structures. Mineralogy E…

Yar Estuary

…s Elytrigia atherica, typically with sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus, sea aster Aster tripolium and the nationally scarce divided sedge Carex divisa. The intertidal mud flats flanking the main river channel and the numerous lateral creeks provide a rich food supply in the f…

Lincegrove and Hackett's Marshes

…ccinellia maritima, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, thrift Armeria maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus form a mixed community on the higher marsh levels and at the landward margin, the marshes grade either to a sea couch Elytrigia atherica…

Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes

…Atriplex portulacoides, but also composed of sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea aster Aster tripolium and common cord grass Spartina anglica fringes the southern shore of the estuary. Other saltmarsh species include glasswort Salicornia spp., sea rush Juncus maritimus, common sal…

Lower Test Valley

…tic of saltmarsh habitat, for example, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea milkwort Glaux maritima. The rare bulbous foxtail Alopecurus bulbosus, a species whose distribution is rapidly contracting, occurs here, together with other uncommon spec…

Hamford Water

…portulacoides and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia sp. occur on the higher area; sea aster Aster tripolium, glasswort Salicornia sp and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima, on the lower areas and creek edges. On the upper marsh and at the foot of the sea wall shrubby sea blite S. vera, g…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…urrey Spergularia rupicola, with occasional sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and much golden samphire Inula crithmoides. Sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum is frequent and there are also populations of sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides low down on the cli…

River Usk (Lower Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Isaf)

…and Topography The catchment of the Lower Usk is predominantly low lying, the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons and South Wales Coalfield Massif being the most significant upland areas within it. The River Usk (Lower Usk) is thus lowland in character, meandering across a floodp…

Coverack to Porthoustock

…a, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, sea aster Aster tripolium, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. The nationally scarce lanceolate spleenwort Asplenium obovatum is found in open crevices. Where th…

River Foyle and Tributaries

…rbatula, minnow Phoxinus phoxinus, eel Anguilla anguilla, 3-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, brook lamprey Lampetra planeri and spawning river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis. Where the flow is less dynamic, roach Rutilus rutilus, perch Perca fluviatilis, common bream Abra…

Strangford Lough Part 1

…thern extremes of their ranges e.g. Acmaea tessulata tortoise-shell limpet, Leptasterias mulleri a starfish. The richness of the marine flora and fauna can largely be attributed to physiographical features resulting in the immense tidal flow through The Narrows, the range and tim…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…ardii, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium. In some places, sheltered muds occur in front of the species-rich saltmarsh. Here it is often dominated by sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, reflexed saltmarsh grass Puccinel…

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…na hirundo, also has an interesting flora. The most abundant plants include sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, cord grass Spartina anglica and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, but among the many others are several scarce species such as golden samphire…

Adur Estuary

…. Towards the mean low water mark, glasswort Salicornia sp. is dominant and sea aster Aster tripolium becomes more abundant. Other species are scattered throughout the saltmarsh community, including common sea lavender Limonium vulgare, thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plant…

Rye Harbour

…t Sussex, including yarrow pug Eupithecia millefoliata, starwort shark Cucullia asteris and white colon Sideris albicolon. The areas of tall fen have a moth fauna which includes obscure wainscot Leucania obsoleta, Webb's wainscot Globia sparganii and twin spotted wainscot Lenisa …

Thorness Bay

…udes saltmarsh grass Puccinellia spp., sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina. The shingle bar displays a diverse community dominated in places by s…

West Thurrock Lagoon & Marshes

…mites australis and sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus border its south and eastern perimeter where reed warbler, sedge warbler and the notable bearded tit breed. In addition locally important numbers of teal, snipe and Grey Heron roost on the shallow waters, grassy islands an…

The Lagoons

…d by the duration of tidal inundation. Saltmarsh vegetation is dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium and mud rush Juncus gerardii with other commonly occurring species including red fescue Festuca rubra, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus,…

Castlemartin Range

…ime vegetation. Numerous plants occur, including the nationally rare goldilocks aster Aster linosyris and small restharrow Ononis reclinata. Salt-laden, south-westerly winds have long maintained open conditions on the flat, marine erosion surface above the 30 -50 metre high limes…

Durham Coast

… shore communities containing species such as sea couch Elytrigia atherica, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea thrift are of limited extent. Much of this waste is now being cleared. The dune system and golf course roughs at Hart Warren supports many species characteristic of both …

Clauchlands Point - Corrygills

…timus, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea plantain Plantago maritima and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Characteristic creeks are also present. The maritime cliff vegetation supports a mosaic of herb-rich tal…

Breydon Water

…into mid marsh where typical species include sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea poa Puccinellia maritima. The saltmarsh is replaced by brackish reed swamp at the upper end of the es…

Eling and Bury Marshes

… plants as thrift Armeria maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and sea aster Aster tripolium. Eling great Marsh is the only Puccinellia saltmarsh on the central south coast. Bury Marsh is an ungrazed Puccinellia marsh which in consequence supports a more mixed saltmarsh …

River Wye

…the upper mud banks of the river are colonised by saltmarsh species such as sea aster Aster tripolium, saltmarsh grass Puccinellia spp. and sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Characteristic bank side plants include stinging nettle Urtica dioica, great willow herb Epilobium hirsutum and…

Foulness

…slane Atriplex portulacoides and common sea lavender Limonium vulgare, with sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima at the lower levels. There are a number of uncommon plants associated with the saltmarshes, including borrer's saltmarsh grass Puccinellia fa…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…le lava flow can be demonstrated at Benanouran Head near Port na Spaniagh. The eastern end of the site contains a range of features attributable to raised sea levels. These include isolated sea stacks, the arch at Portbradden and stranded cliff-lines, particularly in the Dunsever…

Wyre Estuary

…tream, especially on the north side, there are extensive areas dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium. On the upper saltmarsh there is a mixture of communities with species typical of a less saline influence. Saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardi, sea rush Juncus maritimus, red fescue Fe…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…sent. Saline influences in the reedbed are indicated by scattered plants of sea aster Aster tripolium and spear leaved orache Atriplex prostrata. Brackish sites support swamps dominated by sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus. Some scrub woodland is to be found on the flood plai…

Seaford to Beachy Head

…gical and geomorphological interest. General Description The site lies at the eastern end of the South Downs which terminate in the chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters. The majority of the site, therefore, lies on chalk but the River Cuckmere breaches the cliffs to form a broad al…

Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary

Description The Site of Special Scientific Interest extends along the eastern shore of Southampton Water from Lee on the Solent to the mid Itchen estuary and includes the lower estuary of the River Hamble. The site comprises extensive intertidal muds with a littoral frin…

Caerthillian to Kennack

…rift Armeria maritima subsp. maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and sea aster Aster tripolium. Higher up the cliff profile, continuing onto the cliff top, maritime grasslands dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra occur. Thrift and sea carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer …

Mersey Estuary

…t been grazed by sheep or cattle and consequently has a more diverse flora. Sea aster Aster tripolium and hastate orache Atriplex prostrata are widespread throughout this area. Sea plantain Plantago maritima, annual seablite Suaeda maritima and scurvy grass Cochlearia spp. also o…

Moine Mhor

…ima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, sea aster Aster tripolium, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis. Just above the salt water are mats and hummocks of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and Bolboschoenus maritimus with o…

Salcombe to Kingsbridge Estuary

… saltmarsh is in an early stage of development, with the flora dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and sea plantain Plantago maritima. The estuary is used as an overwintering ground by large numbers of wildfowl such as wigeon Marec…

Holehaven Creek

…e formerly grazed saltmarshes with saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium often in extensive pioneer mid marsh zones and ungrazed or lightly grazed saltmarshes, typically with sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides being dominant.

Stackpole

… sea-lavender Limonium binervosum. On north-facing slopes and in blow-holes sea aster Aster tripolium is present and the saltmarsh species sea-purslane Halimione portulacoides is well established in one blow-hole. There are pockets of typical bird cliff vegetation including tree …

Aire Point to Carrick Du

…e community with thrift Armeria maritima, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum as common components. On the shallow soils of rock ledges and outcrops, a maritime therophyte community occurs where typical species include …

Barnsmuir Coast

…long the cliffs is dominated by sea thrift Armeria maritima with occasional sea aster Aster tripolium. There are also several locally rare vascular plant species present including the Red Data List species; wormwood Artemisia absinthium and Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum.

Colne Estuary

…ntly composed of flats of fine silt with mud flat communities typical of south eastern estuaries. The fauna is dominated by Peringia ulvae with Macoma balthica, Scrobicularia plana, Hediste diversicolor and Nephtys hombergii. Towards the mouth of the estuary the substratum become…

Central Sanday

…kney, supporting several locally scarce species. The largest populations of sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima in Orkney grow in the salt marsh beside Little Sea.

Lynher Estuary

… range from pioneer stands of Townsend's cord-grass Spartina townsendii and sea aster Aster tripolium through lower-mid marsh with common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides, to mid-upper marsh and transition fresh-water inundation communi…

Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh

…e Suaeda maritima. Other plant species associated with this habitat include sea aster Aster tripolium, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and spear-leaved orache Atriplex hastata. On areas of slightly higher saltmarsh, sea plantain Pl…

Radipole Lake

…us and Juncus gerardii are frequent. Sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus, sea aster Aster tripolium and sea milkwort Glaux maritima are also typical of this saltmarsh element. The northern and western fringes of the site have most scrub, with blackthorn Prunus spinosa, hawthor…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…nglica. Other abundant species include sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare and the nationally scarce (4) golden samphire Inula crithmoides. South of the River Stour saltmarsh grades into the sand dune system; this is the …

South Thames Estuary and Marshes

…. Description The South Thames Estuary and Marshes SSSI from Gravesend to the eastern end of the Isle of Grain forms a major component of the Greater Thames Estuary. The site consists of an extensive mosaic of grazing marsh, saltmarsh, mud flats and shingle characteristic of the…

Cresswell Ponds

…of saltmarshes. Ungrazed areas support sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus and toad rush Juncus bufonius. A close cropped turf of common saltmarsh grass …

Deben Estuary

… also present. The Estuary extends for over 12 kilometres in a generally south easterly direction. It is sinuous, relatively sheltered and narrow, particularly at its mouth which is protected by shifting sand banks. Much of the intertidal area is occupied by mud flats with more s…

The Swale

…s Puccinellia and the glassworts Salicornia. Other abundant species include sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and common cord grass Spartina anglica while less common plants include small cord grass Spartina maritima* an…

Cromarty Firth

…e Cromarty Firth are zoned from low to high water mark and are dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, and sea club-rush Bolboschoenus maritimus as well as common glasswort Salicornia europaea, thrift Ar…

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast

… of tidal influence. The common saltmarsh-grass communities are diverse and sea aster Aster tripolium, common sea-lavender Limonium vulgare and thrift Armeria maritima provide a colourful late summer display. The most extensive area of saltmarsh occurs on Greatham Creek betwee…

Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes

…on saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium associated with the sea purslane. Although common cord grass Spartina anglica has colonised much of the intertidal mud the open areas are used by feeding and roosting gulls, dun…

Lodmoor

…re frequent. Taller saltmarsh vegetation of cord grass Spartina anglica and sea aster Aster tripolium occurs in pools along the southern margin. Stands of reed Phragmites australis occur to the west and east of this central grassland. Those in the west have been much reduced by …

Cattawade Marshes

…gradation, from saltmarsh with common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima to marsh dominated by common reed Phragmites australis where salinity is lowest. Other species present along the fresh water channel of the R…

Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury

…s such as sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, lesser sea spurrey S. marina and the rare grass, stiff saltmarsh grass Puccinellia rupestris. Of special note are the presence of the rare…

Newtown Harbour

…saltmarsh community is dominated by sea couch grass Elytrigia atherica with sea aster Aster tripolium and locally the two nationally scarce species marsh mallow Althaea officinalis and golden samphire Inula crithmoides. The lower marsh is characterised by the presence of two nati…

Bracklesham Bay

…itima bordering the shingle. A number of saltmarsh and sea plants including sea aster Aster tripolium and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides occur throughout this rough grassland type. In the north of the pasture some degree of improvement re seeding has occurred where the domin…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…eas on the lower shore. These host species such as sea oak, dulse, cushion star Asterina gibbosa and A. phylactica, breadcrumb sponge, common prawn Palaemon serratus, and grey top shell G. cineraria. Higher up the cliff, ledges and crevices support several species of interest suc…

Sinah Common

…. Large populations of many of the nationally scarce species also occur in the eastern half of the site in areas of disturbed sand dune and shingle vegetation, while open shingle areas support the largest known populations in Hampshire of the nationally scarce little-robin, compr…

North Norfolk Coast

… species such as glasswort Salicornia spp. and cord grass Spartina anglica. Sea aster Aster tripolium is often dominant on the lower marsh which in turn grades into the extensive areas of midmarsh. Sea lavender Limonium vulgare is dominant with sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides…

Erme Estuary

…mmon cord-grass Spartina anglica, with sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium and glasswort Salicornia spp. At the head of the estuary, the saltmarsh grades into a succession of wet meadows lying beside the River Erme. These are subject to varying degrees …

Otter Estuary

… sea embankment to the west and a cliff of sandstone rising to some 10m on its eastern side. Below White Bridge the divergence of the embankment from the direction of the river channel allows the estuary to broaden to a maximum width of 0.5 kilometres Here, the deep, fine alluviu…

Hanningfield Reservoir

…aritimus and marsh dock Rumex palustris, and, unusually for an inland site, sea aster Aster tripolium. A 1982 survey revealed the first Essex record for the rare liverwort Riccia cavernosa, dominant over most of the exposed mud and salt on the western side of the lagoon. pink wa…

Orwell Estuary

…all cord grass Spartina maritima are the principal colonisers of the mud and seaaster Aster tripolium is abundant on the lower marsh. The central areas of marsh are dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and common sea lavend…

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