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…hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, musk thistle Carduus nutans and common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. The rock ledges which are not accessible to grazing animals, support a different community, including several nationally scarce species. O…

Harby Hill Wood

…a, pignut Conopodium majus, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, musk thistle Carduus nutans and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus.

Bryn Alyn

…istatus and Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus predominate together with musk thistle Carduus nutans, spear thistle Cirsium vulgare and white clover Trifolium repens. The Nationally Scarce lichen Peltigera leucophlebia is also found on site. There are also localised stands of sheep’s-f…

Wingate Quarry

…rt open plan communities in which felwort Gentianella amarella, nodding thistle Carduus nutans eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, wild mignonette Reseda lutea and other pioneer species are found. Populations of common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and bird’s eye primrose Primula fari…

Cow Cliff Pasture and Quarry

…culata* which is associated with creeping thistle Cirsium arvense, musk thistle Carduus nutans and woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum. The broomrape plants occur most frequently in the cultivated areas. The unimproved grassland supports a species rich turf containing many typical …

Appleby Fells

…axifraga tridactylites, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, musk thistle Carduus nutans, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and Teesdale violet Viola rupestris for which the Appleby Fells is one of only three known British localities. On less stable screes where grazing is …

Breedon Hill

…lbosus, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, thyme Thymus polytrichus, musk thistle Carduus nutans, wild basil Clinopodium vulgare, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, hoary plantain Plantago media and hairy violet Viola hirta. Where the soils are thin, often in association with r…

Lower Swaledale Woods And Grasslands

…m vulgare, biting stonecrop Sedum acre, marjoram Origanum vulgare, musk thistle Carduus nutans, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Small areas of limestone grassland also occur on the top of some of the site's limestone scars, at White Scar this …

Terrace Hills Pasture

…dow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, dropwort Filipendula vulgaris, musk thistle Carduus nutans, dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. A small stream rises from a spring along the southern boundary of the site and is associated with an area of marsh …

Hastings Hill

… as well as the taller herbs, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa, musk thistle Carduus nutans, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare and small scabious Scabiosa columbaria. Of particular note are the large populations of felwort Gentianella amarella which grows on the western slopes …

High Haining Hill

…h as knapweed Centaurea nigra, greater knapweed C. scabiosa and nodding thistle Carduus nutans, are also present, the last also associated with gorse scrub. Elsewhere shallower soils, in particular those developed on a small knoll, support locally abundant populations of fairy fl…

Hog's Hole

…us, hairy violet Viola hirta, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, musk thistle Carduus nutans, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and spring sedge Carex caryophyllea. Several of these are restricted to chalk grassland in Berkshire and are now becoming scarce in the coun…

Gotham Hill Pasture

… which contains such characteristic herbs as sorrel Rumex acetosa, musk thistle Carduus nutans, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Locally, on areas of bare shale, the small flowered buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus is established. On soil…

Brown's Folly

…sedge Carex caryophyllea are widespread. Herbs of interest include musk thistle Carduus nutans, woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum, field scabious Knautia arvensis, burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga and common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium. Orchids are well represented, t…

Beeston Cliffs

…d’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, musk thistle Carduus nutans, rest-harrow Ononis repens and knapweed broomrape Orobanche elatior.

Wookey Hole

…cur in abundance. Herbs include woolly thistle Cirsium eriophorum, musk thistle Carduus nutans, common rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, eyebright Euphrasia nemorosa, squinancywort Asperula cynanchica and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Wookey Hole is an important roost for greater …

Oxlow Rake

…n whitlow grass Erophila verna, hairyrock cress Arabis hirsuta and musk thistle Carduus nutans. The site is of considerable research interest and has contributed to our understanding of how plant species adapt to stressed environments and the way in which lead enrichment inhibit…

Inkpen and Walbury Hills

…aris. On Walbury Hill mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and musk thistle Carduus nutans are particularly common and locally, where the soil is acidic, sheep's sorrel Rumex acetosella and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum occur. On the south facing slope below Combe …

Graig, Llanarmon-yn-Ial

…ial rye-grass Lolium perenne, creeping thistle Cirsium arvense and musk thistle Carduus nutans. There is also a small stand of secondary calcicolous grassland which has become established on old quarry spoil. On the moister, more base-poor soils, small stands of sheep’s fescue -c…

Wells Chalk Pit

…ted with the chalky soils include stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, musk thistle Carduus nutans, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, purging flax Linum catharticum, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, bee orchid Ophrys apifera, common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii and a l…

Boscastle to Widemouth

…orded: madder Rubia peregrina, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, musk thistle Carduus nutans and heath pearlwort Sagina subulata. Throughout the site there are fine examples of “waved” heath characteristic of exposed coastal sites, for example at Cleave near Crackington Haven. …

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