Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Woldingham & Oxted Downs

…rd is taller, it is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Other plants include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and gr…

Henderland Bank

…tshade Circaea lutetiana, figwort Scrophularia nodosa, wood cranesbill Geranium sylvaticum, slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, primrose Primula vulgaris and hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa. Wetter flushed areas with typical associated flora occur at the foot of the slope.

Chipstead Downs

…land have been largely neglected and extensive areas are dominated by tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. However, in places where mowing and rabbit grazing have maintained a richer chalk flora dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and gla…

Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment

…Briza media and, in taller areas, upright brome grass Bromus erectus, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and slender false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum. Typical herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata and field scabious Knautia arve…

Isle of Portland

…ards are dominated by tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata and locally tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. The shorter swards are frequently rich in herbs including horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa, b…

Candlesby Hill

…halk cliff. Herbs growing in association with woody species include false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, black bryony Tamus communis, hound's tongue Cynoglossum officinale and twayblade Neottia ovata. Finches and warblers are well represented and include garden warbler and lesser…

West Harting Down

…terilis, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana and slender false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum. Moss floras are also well developed in places. Remaining areas of chalk grassland support a typical downland flora which includes rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, carnation…

Deacon Hill

…ckthorn Rhamnus cathartica and wayfaring tree Viburnum lantana with false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum dominating the ground flora. Additional habitats include a small piece of mixed plantation in the middle of the site.

Coed Nant Llolwyn

… Mercurialis perennis, enchanter’s-nightshade Circaea lutetiana and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum indicates that the soils are base-rich in parts of the wood. Several uncommon lichens have been recorded from the site. The small stream, Nant Llolwyn, which flows through the …

Bracket's Coppice and Ryewater Farm

…zel coppice, holly and maple. The diverse ground flora has abundant false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana with scattered wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood avens Geum ur…

Ardlair - Letterewe

…und flora here is exceptionally species rich and has abundant false-brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum. The site supports a diverse mosaic of upland habitats including subalpine wet heath, subalpine dry heath, alpine heath, alpine moss heath, calcareous grasslands, snowbeds, tal…

Quarry Moor

…re dominated by false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, with slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and various herbs, including knapweed Centaurea nigra, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, cross wort Cruciata laevipes, basil Clinopodium vulgare, greater burnet saxifrage Pimpi…

The Wye Valley

… 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 woodlands is dominated by mosses, par…

Whittlewood Forest

…y Mercurialis perennis, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum are some of the commoner species. Of the many herbs strongly associated with ancient woodland in this area the following examples are widespread in Whittlewood Forest, wood ane…

Lurgan River Wood

…le Sanicula europaea, ivy Hedera helix, wood avens Geum urbanum and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Other species such as lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, bugle Ajuga rept…

Hackhurst and White Downs

…ssland types from areas dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum to areas of close cropped sheep's fescue Festuca ovina. Typical chalk grassland herbs, such as squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, felwort Gent…

Loch Glencoul

…stichum aculeatum, hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, hairy-brome Bromopsis ramosa, red fescue Festuca rubra and bearded couch Elymus caninus. At the east end of the northern area of woodland, several springs create permanently w…

Irthing Gorge

…og's mercury Mercurialis perennis, water avens Geum rivale, slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. The more acidic upper slopes are largely covered by wood rush Luzula sylvatica with wavy hair grass Descampsia flexuosa, sweet vern…

Norwood Bottoms

…a is dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, slender false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum common enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. To the south of the stream the western area is covered by a mature ash plantation with a…

Ravensroost Wood

…sum, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, hairy brome Bromus ramosa, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis. The wood is dissected by a network of frequently waterlogged narrow woodland rides which hold a diverse combination of both wet grassland a…

Blaiskey Bank Springs

…from the springs. This calcareous grassland is largely dominated by false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum but includes damp areas which support many flush species. Other grasses include downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and quaking grass Briza media. The sward also supports a numb…

Thrang Wood

…ury Mercurialis perennis, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum, primrose Primula vulgaris, sanicle Sanicula europaea and common dog violet Viola riviniana. Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. is frequent beneath canopy openings. The well studied…

Levin Down

…ring sedge Carex caryophyllea also occurs. In other areas of ranker false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum dominated grassland, taller herbs including agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria and wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa are abundant within the sward, together with false oat grass Arrhenat…

Fairmile Bottom

…'. Where yew is at a minimum there is a sparse field layer of false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum and bramble Rubus fruticosus. Yew scrub is invading the open downland. Areas of woodland containing oak Quercus robur, ash Fraxinus excelsior and beech with coppice hazel Coryl…

Marston Thrift

…th other species including tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, rushes Juncus spp., meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and common centaury Centaurium erythraea. Marston thrift is an important si…

Homefield Wood

…ent. There are characteristic woodlands of wood edge plants such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, the more local broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine and fly orchid Ophrys insectifera. The herbaceous vegetation is mainly herb r…

Alderford Common

…red fescue Festuca rubra, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Many herb species are associated with the grassland and include wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, burnet saxifrade Pimpinella saxifraga, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, larger wil…

Burbage Wood and Aston Firs

…enum, bramble Rubus fruticosus, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, rough meadow grass Poa trivialis and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and includes a large number of plant species typical of semi natural woodland such as sweet woodru…

Sea Wood

… mercury Mercurialis perennis, herb Robert Geranium robertianum and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum together with abundant mosses. The seaward boundary of the wood is marked by a low limestone cliff. The herbaceous flora is particularly diverse along this woodland edge and in…

Rack Hill

…lightly grazed sward is dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum. Coarse, relatively species poor, grassland grades into areas of shorter turf with many typical limestone grassland herbs. Dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule, small scabious Scabiosa c…

Swain's Wood

…g and recently cleared scrub, as well as along the wood edges, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum is common and here fly and fragrant orchids Ophrys insectifera and Gymnadenia conopsea occur. The scrub itself is quite varied and includes dogwood Cornus sanguinea, privet Lig…

Rew Down

…sed by tall vegetation dominated by glaucous sedge Carex flacca and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. More open areas of heavily rabbit grazed grassland occurs within this matrix and contain notably large populations of the rare early gentian Gentianella anglica and horseshoe …

Salcey Forest

…ade. Widespread species include bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana and primrose Primula vulgaris. A number of locally rare plants occur, such as thin spiked wood sedge Ca…

Coed Tremadog

… Circaea lutetiana sweet woodruff Galium odoratum and slender false brome-grass Brachypodium sylvaticum. Bramble Rubus thickets are common in parts of Craig Pant Ifan reflecting lack of grazing. Where vegetation has colonised the block boulder screes there is often luxuriant grow…

Gallt y Bwlch

…lden saxifrage, lady fern, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum occur occasionally. Several large bracken dominated areas are present on the site, where tree or shrub species are either very scattered or absent. Plant species that occur und…

Chiddingfold Forest

…casionally dominant over hazel coppice with a dense ground flora of false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, bluebell and bugle Ajuga reptans. Good specimens of the wild service tree Sorbus torminalis grow in several of…

Sutton Combe

…hair grass Koeleria macrantha and, especially where there is scrub, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The grassland is rich in herbs with south facing slopes holding abundant squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and salad burnet Poterium sa…

Swineshead Wood

…vulgaris along the northern edge. Other species include the grasses false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and wood barley Hordelymus europaeus occurring here at one of its few county localities together with …

Wart Barrow

…more open and support plants such as wood 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 tol…

Swyncombe Downs

…scrub and grassland communities. Here the herbaceous flora includes the grasses Brachypodium sylvaticum, Bromus ramosa and Poa nemoralis, together with dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, woodruff Galium odoratum and sanicle Sanicula euro…

Crathie Wood

…, with species such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The bird’s-nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis has also been recorded. Rocky slopes The calcareous rocks support a number of rare species of plant usually found at higher altitudes…

Auchenreoch Glen

… slopes, the grassland is dominated by thyme Thymus polytrichus and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Thin unstable soils on the steepest slopes support grassland patches characterised by mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum. The second community is very rare in Scotland o…

Llanymynech and Llynclys Hills

…by cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum; ii. enclosed fields dominated by a range of grasses and supporting a flora which includes cowslip Primula veris, lady’s mantle Alchemilla vestit and green winged orchid Anaca…

Oddy Hill and Tring Park

…ssland the dominant grass species are upright brome Bromus erectus, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and quaking grass Briza media with abundant fescues Festuca sp. Frequent herbs include salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, rough hawkbit Leon…

Hod and Hambledon Hills

…rium sanguisorba and locally, upright brome Bromus erectus and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. On some slopes, mainly with southern aspects dwarf sedge Carex humilis, a plant of very restricted distribution is frequent and in places dominates the turf. Many characterist…

Quarry Hangers

… dominated by grasses such as upright brome Bromus erectus and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. All of the grassland in the central part of the site is of this type. In common with much North Downs grassland this area is not grazed and is becoming overgrown with scrub. L…

Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods

…woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum and wood melick Melica uniflora with ferns including lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. On more acid soils the wood…

Shiplate Slait

…cover of dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, common rose and salad burnet. Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum grassland occurs mainly on deeper, moister soil at the base of slopes and woodland edges. Tor grass often dominates and the small herbs common in other communities are rare in th…

Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors

…acterised by an abundance of tufted hair grass, with more scattered false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, thin spiked wood sedge C. strigosa and wood sedge C. sylvatica. In the northern part of Sedge Copse there are dense stands of greater pond sedge…

Glen Lochay Woods

…yer of this woodland type is more diverse and includes species such false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, common dog violet Viola riviniana, primrose Primula vulgaris, and wood avens Geum urbanum. At higher altitudes willow scrub occurs and is a…

Nut Wood

…along the eastern boundary. The field layer beneath is dominated by false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, common dog-violet Viola riviniana, barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, primrose Primula vulgaris and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas.

Hollinhill and Markland Grips

…ot be accounted forby differences in altitude, topography or climate. Tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum dominates the dryer Magnesian Limestone grasslands but is uncommonon the Carboniferous Limestone. Common centaury Centaurium erythraea like tor grass is uncommon on the Carbonife…

Otford to Shoreham Downs

…nated by bramble with traveller's joy, ivy Hedera helix, wood false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum and other woodland species. The variety of habitats support outstanding communities of woodland and chalk grassland invertebrate species. Amongst the nationally scarce*1 speci…

Birkham Wood

… dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis with other associates including false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, giant bellflower Campanula latifolia, wood avens Geum urbanum and common dog violet Viola riviniana. Of note is the occurrence of her…

Cadnant Dingle

…ow valley near Llandegfan, has been selected as a representative example of the Brachypodium sylvaticum - Quercus/Fraxinus (slender false brome -oak/ash) group of broadleaved woodlands. For the most part the woodland is situated on the steeply sloping valley sides of the Dingle a…

Buttler's Hangings

…ssland is dominated by upright brome grass Bromus erectus, but wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum is abundant in the vicinity of existing and cleared scrub. The disturbed ground around the rabbit burrows and at the edge of the beech wood favour herbs such as hairy rock cres…

Wenlock Edge

… rush Luzula sylvatica, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The flora of Edge Wood includes two uncommon species, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata. Scrub communities are found mainly on old qu…

Coed Aberedw

…t Geranium robertianum, hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum and a range of mosses and liverworts, including Eurhynchium praelongum, …

Coed Lletywalter

… enrichment increases the range of flowering plants to include wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and tutsan Hypericum androsaemum. Wetter areas introduce further diversity with species such as golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifoli…

Stackpole Quay - Trewent Point

… interspersed with grasses such as Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Wind-clipped blackthorn Prunus spinosa occurs occasionally, along with a few low ash trees in places. Small areas of maritime heath are located at Greenala and Trewent Points …

Rotherley Downs

…d flora has also developed with dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and ground ivy Glechoma hederacea. Rotherley Wood is an area of ancient semi natural woodland. It supports dry ash maple woodland, an unusual stand type characterised by ash, f…

Low Wood

…icularly well developed at Low Wood. The ground flora here comprises soft brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, herb robert Geranium robertianum, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, sanicle Sanicula europaea and a variety of common mosses. Where the underlying rock is more basic or where th…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

… or dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis are abundant, occurring with false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sorrel, lords and ladies Arum maculatum, ramsons Allium ursinum and common violet. Herb Robert Geranium robertianum, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppos…

Aston Clinton Ragpits

…ics of red fescue Festuca rubra, upright brome Bromus erectus, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and tall oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius. The first two form species rich swards maintained mainly by rabbits and walkers and containing cowslip Primula veris, chalk milkwort P…

Hawkswick Wood

…llana with a ground flora dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis. Many woodland herbs occur in the scree zone such as primrose Primula vulgaris, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, lily of the valley Convall…

Meathop Woods and Quarry

…Mercurialis perennisare abundant while ramsons Allium ursinum, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and primrose Primula vulgaris are locally frequent. Other species present include early purple orchid Orchis mascula, butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha and herb paris Par…

Aileshurst Coppice

…rhiza fuchsii. The grasses include such typical woodland species as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood millet Milium effusum and wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis. In the damp areas close to the stream marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, opposite l…

Firth of Forth

…ntisland and Kirkcaldy where meadow crane’s-bill Geranium pratense, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and the locally rare hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum are common. Neutral grasslands also occur at Skinflats and Kinneil Kerse. Species-rich coastal and semi-improved grassl…

Dyscarr Wood

…ury Mercurialis perennis, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica and sanicle Sanicula europaea, together with a range of herbs indicative of ancient woodland including sweet woodruff Asperula odorata, ramso…

Fayland Chalk Bank

…s Trisetum flavescens; whilst Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum are locally abundant in less open areas. Herbs include abundant common spotted and pyramidal orchids Dactylorhiza fuchsii and Anacamptis pyramidalis, rough hawkbit Leontodon hi…

Nichols Moss

…lick 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. Over 200 species of butterfly and moth have been recorded from this transi…

Warks Burn Woodland

…pitosa though dry slopes support creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and more locally, wood melick Melica uniflora. Typical, spring flowering, woodland species are well represented and include moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, lesser celandine Fica…

Monkswood Valley

…, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. In the damper areas species which are more tolerant of such wet conditions predominate including, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, pend…

Llanelwedd Rocks

…e complete successional sequence from grassland to mixed scrub over false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, and the to oak/ash woodland in which the ground layer is often dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum, is well represented throughout the site. Many of the lower rock outcro…

Ardvar Woodlands

…rt a greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica–tall fern community and wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum grassland, the latter featuring wood fescue Festuca altissima. There is a rich lichen flora, including the oceanic Normandina pulchella, the ‘old forest’ Nephroma laevigatum an…

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

… No single species is dominant in the field layer, but wood-sorrel, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, common bent, lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina and rough meadow-grass Poa trivialis are all locally frequent. In the ground layer, mosses and liverworts are prominent, with Plag…

Coed Nant Menascin

… supports species such as wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, lady-fern, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, bluebell, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, dog's mercury, harts-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, lesser celandine and wood speedwel…

Benlister Glen

…er of species commonly associated with base enrichment, for example false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, sanicle Sanicula europaea and yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum.

Ivinghoe Hills

… the dominant hawthorn. In areas where scrub has been cut recently, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum persists in a somewhat impoverished ground flora. The succession from open grassland through open and closed scrub to incipient woodland provides habitat for a wide range of in…

Saltburn Gill

…lix, ramsons Allium ursinum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with many ferns including hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum, harts tongue fern Phyllitus scolopendrium, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and male fern Dryopteris fil…

Smardale Gill

…stly dominated by dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis or the grasses false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. The flora is generally rich and other frequently occurring species include sanicle, primrose, common violet, lady fern and enchante…

Belah Woods and Pastures

…od avens Geum urbanum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The ground flora in acidic conditions includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, hard fern Blechn…

Erwood Dingle

…lar canopy, but here species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum and woodruff Galium odoratum become more prominent in the field layer. The more shaded waterside rocks supp…

Longsleddale Woods

…are also present including enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, wood brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, pignut Conopodium majus, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and wood avens Geum urbanum. Melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum has also been recorded and a particularly str…

Coed Gorswen

…cted for its biological interest as an example of a slender false browm/Oak/Ash Brachypodium sylvaticum/Quercus/Fraxinus woodland type. The underlying rocks are completely masked by glacial drift from mixed sources resulting in a mixture of acidic and base-rich soils. The woodla…

Creigiau Pen y Graig

…orkshire-fog Holcus lanatus, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, bluebell Endymion non-scriptus, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood avens Geum urbanum and wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella. This woodland is …

Bevercotes Park

…erised by the dominance of tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and includes a rich herb flora containing many species typical of ancient woodland such as primrose Primula vulgaris, wood sorrel Oxalis …

Bincknoll Dip Woods

…prominent feature. Typical woodland grasses and sedges include wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and remote sedge Carex remota. The fauna of Bincknoll Dip Woods has not been studied in detail but the area i…

Briarwood Banks

…ort a more restricted flora with creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. Dense stands of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica with bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and common cow whe…

Binglett's Wood

…f bracken Pteridium aquilinum, bramble Rubus fruticosus and slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The woodland glade TQ 622213 consists of grassland around two ponds. The ponds support white water lily Nymphaea alba and pondweeds Potamogeton species and the glade is visite…

Burley Dene Meadows

…ith a ground flora including bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum.

Pleasley Vale Railway

…f the cutting are partly covered by calcareous grassland dominated by tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, red fescue Festuca rubra, yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and smooth meadow grass Poa pratensis and containing a rich herb flora characterised by the abundance of bird's fo…

Lords Wood and Pasture

…ca uniflora, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, ramsons Allium ursinum and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Herb paris Paris quadrifolia and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis occur on and above the scar and scree. Blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea is abundant on the limestone …

Sotby Meadows

…kshire fog Holcus lanatus with some quaking grass Briza media, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens. The northern meadow is characterised by bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and black knapweed Centaurea nigra associated with pepper s…

Coed Trefraith

…acinthoides non-scripta with wood sedge Carex sylvatica and slender false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum widespread. Less common species include mountain melick Melica nutans, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha, columbine Aquilegia vulgaris and abundant early purple o…

Coed yr Allt

…and elsewhere there is a herb-grass layer including species such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana, wood avens Geum urbanum and dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis.

Coed Merchlyn

…s mercury Mercurialis perennis, bramble Rubus fruticosus agg., wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutentiana, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, dog violet Viola riviniana, early purple orchid Orchis mascu…

Coed Tŷ-Mawr

…o reflect the generally neutral to more base-rich soils and include false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis, sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The uncommon wood melick Melica uniflora is also well represented. However,…

Cleeve Hill

…rome grass Bromopsis erecta with a mixture of other grasses, notably wood brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The northern part of the site has been strongly colonised by mixed scrub, mainly hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, dogwood Cornus sanguinea and wayfaring tree Viburnum lantana and …

Thrislington Plantation

…n which glaucous sedge and quaking grass are the main species. Wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, red and tall fescues Festuca rubra and F. arundinacea are also well represented and Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara and field sowthistle Sonchus arvensis, which entered the grassl…

Gribun Shore and Crags

…e and support herb-rich Festuca/Agrostis calcareous grasslands with false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, wild thyme Thymus praecox ssp arcticus, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia on dry slopes, with …

Pollochro Woods

…oth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata, wood speedwell 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 wester…

Windsor Hill

…lomerata. A further small area of chalk grassland dominated by wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and glaucous sedge Carex flacca and with common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii occurs at the foot of Pink Hill at the southern end of the site. The Black Hedge, a boundary…

Staffhurst Wood

…f the wood are characterised by dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and sanicle Sanicula europaea. The old oak trees support a rich lichen flora including Pertusaria coccodes, P. hemisphaerica and Cetraria glauca which is usually found in weste…

Tudor Farm Bank

…r of the site. Plants associated with woodland occur here including false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, cuckoo pint Arum maculatum, hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium, primrose Primula vulgaris and the nationally scarce stinking helleb…

Flamborough Railway Cutting

…g quaking grass Briza media, false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, upright brome Bromus erectus and yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, together with typical chalk herbs such as kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, carline thistle Carlina vul…

Pinkney and Gerrick Woods

…ghtshade Circaea lutetiana, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteusn and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and bearded couch Elymus caninus are widespread but only locally abundant. Wet areas beneath alder dominated by tufted hair grass Deschampsia …

Middle Crossthwaite

…el Rumex acetosa, meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris, wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum, pignut Conopodium majus, common mouse ear Cerastium fontanum, a range of lady’s mantle species Alchemilla spp. and greater burnet Sanguisorba officinalis. The locally rare melancholy thist…

Beech Hill Wood

…conditions, for example dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana and bryophytes such as Neckera crispa and Ctenidium molluscum. The crags in particular are an outstanding feature of the wood and form…

Harting Downs

…inium monorchis. Where there is less grazing rougher grasses such as tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata dominate an impoverished sward. Scrub is invading open downland over much of the site. hawthorn Crataegus monogyna is the dominant species on t…

Galboly

…ent, a grassy ground flora dominates, consisting of grasses such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, but this makes up only a small proportion of the woodland. In places within the woodland, early purple orchid Orchis mascula is co…

Craighall Den

…ica and tuberous comfrey Symphytum tuberosum, with frequent slender false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, and scattered male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas and lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina. South of the burn the vegetation is lusher with abundant male-…

Humphrey Head

…nemone Anemone nemorosa, common dog violet Viola riviniana and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Geological, The site is also of high geological interest. The cliffs around Humphrey Head provide outstanding exposures of a series of layers of limestone originally formed on…

Blaen Nedd

…ften a dense understorey of hazel Corylus avellana. Species such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, creeping soft-grass Holcus mollis, tufted hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa, herb-Robert Geranium robertianum, enchanter’s-nightshade Circaea lutetiana and lady-fern Athyrium f…

Madams Wood

…t component of the understorey. Dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana are the most prominent species in the field layer, although the tall grasses giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus and hairy brome Bro…

Wolford Wood and Old Covert

…dge Carex pendula. Other species include sanicle Sanicula europaea, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum wood avens Geum urbanum and common dog violet Viola riviniana. Several species uncommon in Warwickshire are present including broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, ea…

Den of Finella

…edge Carex pendula, hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum and wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum.

Loch Ba Woodland

…he loch below Sròn nam Boc. Here, the ground vegetation consists of false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, with wild hyacinth Hyacinthoides non-scripta, primrose Primula vulgaris, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, and…

Higher Houghton

… oat Avenula pratensis, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens and tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus. These swards are generally very rich in herbs typical of chalk downland with rock rose Helianthemum n…

Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs

…opes. The grassland is dominated by upright brome and also contains false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and quaking grass Briza media. The rich assemblage of herbs includes yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, chalk milkwort Polygala calcarea, kidney vetc…

Quithel Wood

…rcury Mercurialis perennis, wood sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with an abundance of ferns. This vegetation is characteristic of base-rich woodland sites in the north and west of Britain which would normally support ash-wych elm woods or sl…

Wolstonbury Hill

…ften dense ground flora of dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and bramble. There are also areas of younger, scrubbier woodland of ash and sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus with typical chalk loving shrubs such as wild privet Ligustrum vulgare,…

Arreton Down

…ts is often tall and generally ungrazed, being dominated by slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and upright brome Bromus erectus. The disturbed ground and exposed chalk in the pits supports plants such as bee orchids Ophrys apifera and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. T…

Moel y Golfa

…elianthemum nummularium, rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum, slender false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and marjoram Origanum vulgare. Many of these species are best developed in the more open areas associated with rock outcrops and scree. In contrast, more acid soils support suc…

Cleeve Wood, Hanham

…nking iris Iris foetidissima, clematis Clematis vitalba and slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum.

Yewbarrow Woods

… dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflor and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum along with bugle Ajuga reptans, wavy bitter cress Cardamine flexuosa, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, primrose Primula vulgaris and wood speedwell Veronica montana, with t…

Linne Mhuirich

…anter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, remote sedge Carex remota and false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The underlying geology of the site allows the SSSI to support several small areas of calcareous grassland. This type of habitat has suffered a decline in Scotland due to agric…

Clints Quarry

…round flora with abundant ash regeneration. Species present include false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, enchanter's nightshade, bluebell, dog's mercury and hedge woundwort. The cliffs of the quarry and the small outcrops to the west are of geological importance as they provide …

Rostrevor Wood

…re often dominant, accompanied by such species as ivy Hedera helix, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood speedwell Veronica montana, primrose Primula vulgaris and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. The bryophyte layer consists of more characteristic calci…

Nant-y-Belan and Prynela Woods

…re deeper and more alkaline soils support a flora including slender false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, tufted hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa, primrose Primula vulgaris, yellow pinpernel Lysimachia nemorum, wood sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, bram…

Cwm Clydach

…he most frequent species. The ground layer is often a patchy mix of false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, enchanter’s-nightshade Circaea lutetiana, wood avens Geum urbanum and bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. More locally, the uncommon yellow bird’s-nest Hypopitys monotropa and bird’…

Miterdale Head Wood

…oratum and brown bent Agrostis canina withlesser quantities of wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, as well as wood sorrel, heath bedstraw and greater stitchwort. In damper, flushed areas, often associated with outcrops of more base rich rock, soft grass Holcus mollis, yello…

Ashberry and Reins Wood

…lder rose Viburnum opulus. The ground layer is dominated by slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa with dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and ramsons Allium ursinum. Species of particular interest include fly orchid Ophrys insecti…

Blackwater Valley

…de wood melick Melica uniflora, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis. The rare elongated sedge Carex elongata, which has a restricted distribution nationally, occurs in the wood in its only Berkshire Hampshire…

Dibbinsdale

…cteristic of the more acidic soils and dog's mercury, giant fescue, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, enchanter's nightshade, primrose, sanicle and wood avens on the more base rich soils. More local species include common field cow wheat Melampyrum pratense and early purple or…

Baysbrown Wood

… bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta are fairly frequent while wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, primrose Primula vulgaris, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and common dog violet Viola riviniana occur sparingly. Where the ground …

Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill

…aurea calcitrapa. Other areas are dominated by taller grasses such as tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum, cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata and oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius. Two disused chalk quarries also support a rich chalk flora. The neutral grassland consists mainly of Yorkshir…

Dancersend

… communities dominated by either upright brome Bromus erectus, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum or tall oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, as well as shorter swards of sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, all with an exceptionally rich associated flora including, in and around the…

Eden Gorge

… is a more diverse ground flora with such species as dog's mercury, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood avens, enchanter's nightshade and some sanicle. Species such as wall lettuce Mycelis muralis, hairy St John's wort Hypericum hirsutum and the rare yellow star of Bethlehe…

Haile Great Wood

…additional species such as enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, wood brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and sweet woodruff Galium odoratum. Wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood melick Melica uniflora and hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium are frequent in damp, rocky stream gills a…

Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills

…urialis perennis, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. In the deep shade orchids uncommon in the county are found including white helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and green flowered helleborine E…

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

…ca ovina Avenula pratensis grassland NVC CG2, Bromus erectus grassland NVC CG3, Brachypodium pinnatum grassland NVC CG4 and Bromus erectus Brachypodium pinnatum grassland NVC CG5. General description Geology This site comprises steep coastal slopes formed of the Wealden Group a…

Easter Ness Forest

…h, ash becomes the most common species with an associated flora of false-brome, Brachypodium sylvaticum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, bugle Ajuga reptans and common valerian Valeriana officinalis. These Moine schists show areas of both lime rich and acid soils occurring in…

Great Wood

…r of the acid oak woodland while the ash/elm wood contains abundant false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The more herb rich flora here includes rare plants such as touch me not balsam Impatiens nolitangere, a species with its British headquarters in the Lake District and wood fes…

Little Deer Park

…the grasses sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, red fescue Festuca rubra, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus. Herbs are common and quite diverse, including wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, eyebright Eup…

Saltbox Hill

…ew oarse grass species, especially upright broom Bromus erectus and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Within this sward there are a variety of other grasses typical of chalk soils such as quaking grass Briza media, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and downy oat grass Avenula…

Dodgson Wood

…aries in a similar way. Dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta are common beneath the hazel ash stands where a variety of other herbaceous species are also found such as pignut Conopodium majus, yell…

Inwood, Warleigh

…edges are widespread, for example wood melick Melica uniflora, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and thin spiked wood sedge C. strigosa. The shady, slightly damp nature of the wood has allowed many ferns to fl…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…porting typical species such as dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, lily of the valley Convallaria majalis and herb paris Paris quadrifolia, with more local species such as sand leek Allium scorodoprasum, fingered sedge Carex digitata, pale St…

Treyford to Bepton Down

…s the 'oceanic' nature of this north facing ridge. In ungrazed swards tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum becomes dominant thus reducing diversity and in semi improved areas Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus grows with it. However, herbs such as salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, small sc…

Ganllwyd

… less acid soils such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum and the mosses Ctenidium molluscum, Eurhynchium striatum and Thamnobryum alopecurum. Ferns form a distinctive part of the woodland field layer and include, lady fern Athyrium f…

Torboll Woods

…variety of soils, aspect and exposure. Notable species include wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood vetch Vicia sylvatica, woodruff Galium odoratum and upland enchanter’s nightshade Circaea x intermedia. Flushes support golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, an…

Upper Lough Erne - Belleisle

…minated swards, with species like giant fescue Festuca gigantea and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, to more typical woodland herbs such as wood avens Geum urbanum, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana, herb Robert Geranium robertianum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, primrose…

Llanddulas Limestone and Gwrych Castle Wood

…sh sapling regeneration. Species present in the field layer include false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, sanicle Sanicula europaea, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana, hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium and mosses such as Rhytidia…

Mochdre Dingles

…l Hyacinthoides non-scripta locally abundant. Other species include false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and wood sanicle Sanicula europaea. The western slopes of the Cwm-y-rhiwdre Brook are very varied in canopy structure and species composition, but a similar range of vegetation…

Moel Hiraddug a Bryn Gop

…us with typically a base rich ground flora including dog’s mercury, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. The geological features of the site are confined to this woodland. ii. Bryn Gop Bryn Gop occupies the southern moderately steep …

Banstead Downs

…o sativa subsp. falcata. These occur in a springy turf dominated by false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and common bent Agrostis capillaris, with commoner chalk plants such as yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and …

Fontmell and Melbury Downs

…swards are often dominated by upright brome Bromus erectus and Wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and contain greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa in some abundance, occasionally parasitised by the local knapweed broomrape Orobanche elatior. Swards on north facing slopes are…

Southerndown Coast

…ature of the soils, as indicated by the presence of such species as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, glaucous sedge, crested hair-grass, lady's bedstraw and salad burnet. Other characteristic species include bird's-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, cowslip Primula veris and co…

Alpine Meadow

…rougher grass and scattered ant hills upright brome Bromus erectus, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and downy oat grass Avenula pubescens are the dominant grasses, with glaucous sedge Carex flacca equally abundant. Common herbs include rough hawk…

Charing Beech Hangers

… chiefly dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis with false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum, bramble and ivy Hedera helix occurring frequently Spurge laurel Daphne laureola and nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium are also present. Several scarce plants indic…

Levishie Wood

…ding primrose and wood anemone. Dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and pale sedge Carex pallescens are locally frequent on these soils. Glades and larger clearings with scattered trees are dominated by heather or bracken.

Little Blakenham Pit

…a with frequent yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens, Slender false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum and quaking grass Briza media. Characteristic herb species include wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, purging flax Linum catharticum, rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and salad …

Bach Howey Gorge

… Tilia cordata. Here the ground flora includes species such as wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood melick Melica uniflora and a variety of ferns, including hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum. …

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…s nigra. The ground and field layer are dominated by dog’s mercury, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, ivy and bramble Rubus fruticosus. Scrubby fringes of this woodland support the nationally scarce ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae. Important species present on the site that ha…

Kirton Wood, Lincolnshire

…ecies include bugle Ajuga reptans, lords and ladies Arum maculatum, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, pignut Conopodium majus, wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica, primrose Primula vulgaris, and common dog violet Viola riviniana. Occasional patches of more acidic soil suppor…

Tuckmill Meadows

… nettles Urtica dioica and includes cock's foot Dactylis glomerata, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, tufted hair grass, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. The running water of Pennyhooks Brook supports pond weeds Potamogeton spp., fool's wa…

Pipewell Woods

… Mercurialis perennis, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum occurring in the drier areas and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, sedges and rushes found on the damper soils. The county rarities gian…

Coed Cwm Einion

… flora is restricted by heavy grazing, but wood avens Geum urbanum, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, herb-robert Geranium robertianum, remote sedge Carex remota and lady-fern Athyrium filix-femina are all present. The same community, also rich in small-leaved lime, occurs in …

Coed Llandyfan

… Mercurialis perennis, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum predominate. Bramble Rubus fruticosus agg, opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, nettle Urtica dioica and creeping bu…

Coed y Ciliau

…asses normally scarce in steeply sloping sessile oak woods, such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata. A rich lichen flora is recorded from the trees, including the rare tree lungwort Lobaria pulmonaria and other species characteristic o…

Graig Fawr

…g’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum, violets Viola spp. and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. More open areas of rock outcrop in this area support…

Kisdon Force Woods

…e up the ground flora including dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, primrose Primula vulgaris, sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. Seepage areas on the valley sides support opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysospleni…

Upper Wye Gorge

…flora is dominated by bramble, great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with bracken and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus in the more acidic areas. A smaller area of alder Alnus glutinosa woodland occurs along a stream side, associated with ash and goa…

Willoughby Wood

… banks are dominated by dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Though enrichment of the soil beneath the heronry (heron) has favoured plants like nettle Urtica dioica, scarcer plants are found throughout the wood. These include early pur…

Whichford Wood

…rcurialis perennis, tufted hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Other species include early purple orchid Orchis mascula, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and sanicle Sanicula europaea. The alder woodland is found along the base rich spring…

Lough Scolban

…le Sanicula europaea, ivy Hedera helix, wood avens Geum urbanum and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Other species such as lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, bugle Ajuga reptans, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, barren strawberry Potentilla st…

Common Hill

…d flora is dominated by bramble Rubus fruticosus, ivy Hedera helix, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis. The nationally scarce stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus is present in the wood along with several locally uncommon species such as …

Ticknall Quarries

… now rare in the Trent Valley. Here the grasslands are dominated by false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with patches of glaucous sedge Carex flacca and carnation sedge C. panicea. There are a number of less common but typical limestone plants such as autumn gentian Gentianella am…

Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm

…bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Ramsons Allium ursinum and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum provide the dominant ground cover. Wetter woodland, especially that fringing the stream is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, frequently with dense stands of pendulous sedge C…

Firle Escarpment

…ome Bromus erectus. Taller grasslands are dominated by upright brome, tor grass Brachypodium pinnatum and false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius. A number of unusual chalk downland plants occur on the site including pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis, common spotted orchid Da…

Whetley Meadows

…d drier calcareous swards dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum with the local dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria particularly abundant. Other herbs of the railway bank include hoary plantain Plantago media, hairy violet Viola hirta, marjor…

Monzie Wood

…th other more local species such as sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and shady horsetail Equisetum pratense. The epiphytic lichen species on site are indicative of ancient woodland.

Aldbury Nowers

…s dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, sanicle Sanicula europaea and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum are frequent but on the lower slopes and to the cast of Grim’s Ditch a more open canopy has permitted oak Quercus sp., ash Fraxinus excelsior, white beam Sorbus aria and hazel …

Long Itchington & Ufton Woods

…cies including abundant dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and gromwell Lithospermum officinale. Other species not commonly found in Warwickshire occur on this site including herb paris Paris quadrifolia, great butterfly orchid Platant…

Cambusurich Wood

…h includes species such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, false wood brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, lesser celandine Ficaria verna and primrose Primula vulgaris. Ground-water flushes are wooded by birch, alder or mixed alder with ash and hazel. Varying nutrient and base stat…

Rowardennan Woodlands

…h communities with characteristic species such as the slender false-brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum. Transitional communities characterised by alder, willow and bog myrtle Myrica gale have developed on the shore where seasonal flooding occurs; such communities are rare on Loc…

Forest Banks

…s mercury Mercurialis perennis, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and ferns Dryopteris spp. are some of the commoner plants. Less frequent, but widespread species include woodruff Galium odoratum, yellow archang…

Longleat Woods

…und flora typically contains dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Where soils are neutral or slightly acidic, hornbeam Carpinus betulus occurs locally, mostly as coppice. Guelder rose Viburnum opulus and alder buckthorn Frangula alnus are fo…

Skendleby Psalter Banks

…ratum, red fescue Festuca rubra, quaking grass Briza media and wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. A Lincolnshire Wolds grassland feature abundant field scabious Knautia arvensis is found with a large population of the semiparasitic yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor and red b…

Yockletts Bank

…s such as dogwood and wayfaring tree. The grassland is dominated by false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Other common chalk plants include common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium and cowslip Primula veris. Orchids are also present including greater butterfly orchid Platanthera …

Stawardpeel Woods

…rea and grasses such as tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Further down slope in the deeper, wetter soils, but still reflecting relatively acidic conditions are species such as wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, broad buckler fern Dryopte…

Via Gellia Woodlands

…areas are dominated by areas of dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, or ivy Hedera helix. In the more undisturbed woodland areas there are a number of species present indicative of ancient calcareous woodland, including woodruff Galium odoratum…

Plora Wood

…present in the ground flora including wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, many of which are rare or absent elsewhere in the region.

Carlingnose

…se oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, cock’s foot Dactylis glomerata, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus. Amongst the grasses grow species such as common knapweed Centaurea nigra, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and ribwort plantain Plantago …

Finemere Wood

…cinthoides non-scripta, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. A number of species which are particularly associated with ancient coppice woodland occur, including wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, woodruff Galium odoratum, yellow archangel …

Brockadale

… flora is dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and false brome grass Brachypodium sylvaticum associated herbs include common dog violet Viola riviniana and stinking hellebore Helleborus foetidus. Where there are breaks in the woodland canopy, calcareous grassland speci…

Collyweston Great Wood and Easton Hornstocks

…reeping soft grass Holcus mollis, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum are some of the more widespread plants. Several large areas of bracken Pteridium aquilinum occur and are often associated with tree pipits, one of the less common species from …

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…more varied grass sward, comprising cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and red fescue Festuca rubra. Where this occurs at the cliff top, creeping willow Salix repens can becom…

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