Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…tterfly Coenympha tullia and an assemblage of invertebrates. Few-flowered sedge Carex pauciflora, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, tall bog-sedge Carex magellanica, marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata, dwarf willow Salix herbacea, northern bedstraw Galium boreale, mountain everlasti…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…, alpine and glaucous meadow grass Poa alpina and P. glauca, black alpine sedge Carex atrata, hoary whitlowgrass Draba incana, alpine saxifrage Saxifraga nivalis and alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens. The Helvellyn range has been heavily sheep grazed for many years and the …

Pen-y-ghent

… Near Churn Milk Hole, there is a valley bog system which supports bottle sedge Carex rostrata, white sedge Carex canescens and the bog moss Sphagnum fallax. In steeper, or better drained situations on acid soils, bog is replaced by grassland dominated either by mat grass Nardus …

Buttermere Fells

…loped system of pools containing bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, deer grass and the mosses Sphagnum papillosum, S. capillifolium and Sphagnum cuspidatum are all abundant. Most of the valley bottoms are poorl…

Ben More - Stob Binnein

…ulate in winter. They are dominated by mat-grass Nardus stricta and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, with woolly hair-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum also occurring in some areas. These near-natural climax vegetation communities represent some of the best examples of their type in the S…

Scafell Pikes

…various higher plants including viviparous fescue Festuca vivipara, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, heath bedstraw, alpine lady's mantle and the clubmosses Huperzia selago and Diphasiastrum alpinum. Also associated with the summit plateau are several un…

Ben Klibreck

… well-represented on exposed ground above 670m and occurs with both stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, and mossy cyphel Minuartia sedoides on the main summit. Blanket bog The lower slopes of Ben Klibreck are covered in a range of bog types, including those that have developed on waters…

Ben Nevis

…racteristic of the montane vegetation types at higher levels are the widespread Carex bigelowii grasslands, Juncus trifidus heath, Racomitrium heath and dwarf shrub heaths with blaeberry and montane willow scrub, Nardus stricta and Juncus squarrosus grasslands, Pohlia wahlenbergi…

Tinto Hills

…as a characteristic upland flora, which includes the montane plants stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum.

Trotternish Ridge

…ridge’s summit vegetation includes areas of moss-heath dominated by stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and Racomitrium lanuginosum and a distinctive north-western montane form of mat-grass Nardus stricta grassland with abundant R. lanuginosum. On the Storr and Beinn Edra there are numer…

Affric - Cannich Hills

…ludes well-developed snowbed communities and the largest extent of species-poor Carex bigelowii – Racomitrium lanuginosum moss heath in Scotland. It also includes extensive areas of the species-rich moss campion, Silene acaulis, sub-community of moss heath. A wide range of prostr…

Eastern Cairngorms

…or longer hold beds of dense, short mat-grass Nardus stricta and/or stiff sedge Carex bigelowii. Alpine heath The site has the full range of subalpine and alpine heaths characteristic of the Eastern Highlands and the most extensive tracts of such in Britain. Beinn a’ Bhuird and B…

Eastern Mournes

…ge Trichophorum cespitosum, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, carnation sedge Carex panicea and sphagnum bog-mosses. This community is somewhat unusual in containing a high proportion of bell heather Erica cinerea, which is generally associated with more freely draining soils. …

Ben Wyvis

… heaths dominated by woolly fringe-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii. The lower slopes support blanket bog habitats which are notable, especially on the southern side of the hill, for the amount of dwarf birch Betula nana and alpine bearberry Arctost…

Morven and Scaraben

…hs are especially well-developed on steep north-facing slopes where stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, and mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium schreberi and abundant Sphagnum capillifolium are also found.

Cuilcagh Mountain

…l the vegetation is characterised by a small sedge community where yellow sedge Carex viridula, carnation sedge Carex panicea and star sedge Carex echinata predominater while more mesotrophic waters are indicated by the presence of tawny sedge Carex hostiana, dioecious sedge Care…

Foula

…lgaris. On the higher ground montane species can be found including stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, northern bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum and least willow Salix herbacea. Sub-maritime species also occur on the higher ground which is dominated by greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica. T…

Arran Northern Mountains

…rium lanuginosum community. Alpine moss heath is represented by the stiff sedge Carex bigelowii–woolly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum community that forms extensive beds along with Salix herbacea on the summit ridges of the hills. The most extensive area of woodland is in th…

Cairngorms

… lichen-rich areas. Extensive areas of the plateau are dominated by stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and woolly hair-moss, particularly on the western spurs and ridges. Calcareous grassland Glen Feshie has several area of alpine and sub-alpine calcareous grassland, developed on calcar…

Beinn Dearg

…heath. At higher altitudes, there is extensive stiff sedge – woolly fringe moss Carex bigelowii- Racomitrium lanuginosum alpine moss-heath. The characteristic north-western form of alpine moss-heath, with an abundance of the cushion herbs cyphel Minuartia sedoides and thrift Arme…

Tweedsmuir Hills

…ly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and sheep’s-fescue dominate. Stiff sedge Carex bigelowii is found throughout both of these two communities and dwarf willow Salix herbacea sparingly in the latter. Springs found on the site include both the acid Philonotis fontana-Saxifraga …

Eryri

…snow-bed vegetation are found, which are dominated by mat-grass and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii but also contain such species as R. languinosum. They are the southernmost types of this vegetation in Britain. Both montane and sub-montane calcareous grassland is also found on the …

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…ed in the more montane nature of the vegetation with plants such as stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum becoming increasingly dominant. Cross Fell in fact supports the best and most extensive example of this Racomitrium heath in England. The summit ca…

Beinn an Lochain

… summit communities occur in the montane zone with good examples of stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, Racomitrium lanuginosum moss heath, and the arctic-alpine species three-leaved rush Juncus trifidus and spiked wood-rush Luzula spicata near their southern British geographical limit.…

Moffat Hills

…rf heather, whilst on the summits themselves montane grassland with stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and dwarf willow Salix herbacea is extensive and patches of Racomitrium lanuginosum heath occur in rockier areas. Numerous springs, rills and soligenous mires occur, many of them base-…

Ben Loyal

…lanket bog on the slopes. The summit ridge features a moss heath of stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and woolly hair-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum with patches of least willow Salix herbacea. There are also areas of prostrate heath which include short, wind-clipped heather Calluna vulg…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

… primrose Primula farinosa, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, common yellow sedge Carex demissa and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica. There are small areas of pavement, ledges and crags. One craggy gill is noted for alpine scurvy grass Cochlearia alpina, alpine cinquefoil Potentill…

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

…nd typically comprise woolly hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum with stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and viviparous fescue. Several rare species found include willow Salix herbacea and two lichens Cetraria islandica and Cladonia arbuscula. To the east of the gentle slopes of Ennerdal…

Ben Heasgarnich

…ant areas of calcicolous snowbed vegetation, including species-rich stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and Racomitrium lanuginosum moss-heath. There are also late-lie snowbed communities, especially species-rich alpine ladies mantle and sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens dwarf-herb communit…

Cadair Idris

…losa occurs in some of these heaths. Patches of the regionally rare stiff sedge Carex bigelowii with woolly hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, sheep’s-fescue and bilberry occur on the summit plateau. This type of vegetation is rare this far south and indeed here the stands are sm…

The Cheviot

… supports a montane heath with bilberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and an abundance of lichens of the genus Cladonia, including reindeer moss C. rangiferina at its only known English locality, as well as Iceland m…

Ben Alder and Aonach Beag

…th widespread areas of woolly-fringe moss-stiff sedge Racomitrium lanuginosum – Carex bigelowii heath and montane acid grasslands. The high altitude metamorphosed limestone supports alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands. This area is particularly rich in plant species which …

Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors

…um heath with montane affinities having an abundance of lichens and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii whilst sheltered cleughs retain remnants of a former woodland cover of downy birch Betula pubescens and rowan Sorbus aucuparia. Though the predominant rock type is acidic fell sandston…

Skiddaw Group

…rate and associated species include cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and occasionally abundant Cladonia lichens. As with the heather moorland the most extensive tracts of high quality blanket bog are found in the former grouse moor sector, particularly…

Whernside

…dominant. Other species include deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and sheep's fescue Festuca ovina with a bog moss Sphagnum lawn in the wettest situations. Elsewhere on the high land mat grass Nardus stricta replaces blanket bog. The limestone cliff…

Inverpolly

…on Cùl Beag. This habitat is dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa. The nationally scarce pyramidal bugle Ajuga pyramidalis, thyme broomrape Orobanche alba and Alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus also grow …

Creag Meagaidh

…eas of woolly hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum heath and swards of stiff sedge Carex bigelowii. The alpine and subalpine heaths support characteristic species such as crowberry Empetrum nigrum and dry and wet heaths with species such as heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-leaved …

Garbh Choire

… rush Juncus trifidus, woolly hair-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum and stiff sedge Carex bigelowii. In very exposed areas below the ridge a dwarfed heath community is present, distinguished by blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus, mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp hermaphroditum, trai…

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