Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Coedydd De Dyffryn Maentwrog

…n different microhabitats. The most abundant and characteristic species include Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Hylocomium splendens, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium schreberi, Polytrichastrum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Thuidium tamariscinum, Isothecium myosuroides…

Ganllwyd

…re is intermittent water seepage. The most abundant and typical species include Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic…

Coedydd Dyffryn Wnion

…nent in different microhabitats. The most abundant and typical species include: Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceanic …

Coedydd Dyffryn Ffestiniog (Gogleddol)

…nent in different microhabitats. The most abundant and typical species include: Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Hylocomium splendens, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium shreberii, Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Thuidium tamariscinum, Isothecium myosuroides and…

Coed Dinorwig

…nina and creeping soft-grass Holcus mollis are also present. Bryophytes include Dicranum scoparium, Dicranum majus, Hypnum cupressiforme, Plagiothecium undulatum, Polytrichum formosum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus. A few Atlantic species have been recorded, including Wilson's filmy …

Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse

…n the chestnut coppice of Northpark Copse support six species of the moss genus Dicranum, of which Dicranum majus, D. fuscescens and D. flaggellare are rare in the south east. The moss Leucobryum glaucum forms carpets between the stools. On Bexleyhill the Atlantic liverworts Bazz…

Barle Valley

…moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, pignut Conopodium majus, climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata, early-purple orchid Orchis mascula, greater butterfly-orchid Platanthera chlorantha, sanicle Sanicula europaea and meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata…

Wyre Forest

…s associated with ancient woodlands such as Polytrichum formosum, Mnium hornum, Dicranum majus and Hypnum cupressiforme and others characteristic of base rich seepages, including Trichocolea tomentella, Cirriphyllum piliferum and Apopellia endiviifolia. The nationally scarce moss…

Calf Hill and Cragg Woods

…tula pubescens–Oxalis acetosella and Quercus petraea–Betula pubescens–Dicranium majus woodland in Lancashire. It also includes large stands of valley alder, Alnus glutinosa–Fraxinus excelsior–Lysimachia nemoraosa woodland with wet birch Betula pubescens–Molina caerula woodland. A…

Cwm Clydach

…y Vaccinium myrtillus, bracken Pteridium aquilinum and the mosses Mnium hornum, Dicranum majus and Hypnum cupressiforme. The more humid parts of the woodland often have a luxuriant bryophyte cover, with some western/Atlantic species such as Sphagnum quinquefarium, Lophocolea frag…

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…traea and downy birch Betula pubescens woodland with a ground layer of the moss Dicranum majus. Other habitats of note on the site include those associated with lead mining activities. Although generally species poor, old spoil heaps host nationally scarce metal tolerant species…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…na vulgaris. Characteristic mosses and liverworts include Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Plagiochila spinulosa. Rotting timber within the wood supports liverworts such as Nowellia curvifolia. The largest numbers of rare and scarce lichen species …

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…tree boles. The most frequent are Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Hypnum cupressiforme, Plagiothecium undulatum, Isothecium myosuroides and Leucobryum glaucum. Of particular note is the presence of two nationally scarce species, the moss Grimmia lisa…

Dyffrynoedd Nedd a Mellte a Moel Penderyn

…y high cover of mosses, including Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Plagiothecium undulatum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Mnium hornum and Sphagnum quinquefarium. Elsewhere, large stands of similar canopy and shrub layer composition have a ground layer typica…

Coedydd Nanmor

…minent in different microhabitats. The most abundant and typical mosses include Dicranum majus, Hylocomium splendens, Hypnum cupressiforme, Isothecium myosuroides, Pleurozium schreberii, Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Thuidium tamariscinum. A good range of ocean…

Coedydd y Beili, Malgwyn a Cribin

…ver a carpet of mosses, including Polytrichum formosum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium schreberi and Thuidium tamariscinum. Heather Calluna vulgaris is locally prominent and other characteristic plants found here include wavy hair-gras…

Irthing Gorge

…et vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and mosses, particularly Mnium hornum and Dicranum majus. Small damp flushes are common on the upper slopes of the gorge. meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre are generally present, together with quaking gr…

Leith Hill

…ommon cow wheat Melampyrum pratense. Calcifugous lime hating bryophytes such as Dicranum majus and Leucobryum glaucum are present in this woodland which displays the “ Oceanic” characteristics more usually found in the Atlantic areas of Britain. The ancient and semi natural Sever…

Langley Wood and Homan's Copse

… a rich bryophyte flora, e.g. Loeskeobryum brevirostre, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus and Scapania undulata. Beside one stream there are a number of plants of hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula in its only known locality in central southern England. The herb lay…

Breen Wood

…riscinum is often the dominant moss, with typically calcifugous species such as Dicranum majus and Sphagnum quinquefarium. On the lower slopes of the ridges the soils are less freely-draining and wetter. Leaching is not so pronounced here. This results in an increase in species d…

Kirlish

…s acetosella and occasional great wood rush Luzula sylvatica, pignut Conopodium majus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Moss covered boulders are an important component of the woodland, particularly on the lower slopes. The moss carpet is…

Clunton Coppice

…rpium dryopteris, which is scarce in Shropshire also occurs. The western mosses Dicranum majus and Rhytidiadelphus loreus are present in some abundance.

Talhenbont

…r fern Dryopteris dilatata and woodland bryophytes, e.g. Leucobryum glaucum and Dicranum majus, are abundant on the steeper slopes; in more base-rich conditions at the base of the slopes species such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetia…

Baysbrown Wood

…is dominated by mosses such as Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum and Dicranum majus. However, the characteristic flowering plants of such woodland, for example wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath bedstraw Galium saxatil…

Coed Aberedw

…c species here include the mosses Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum majus, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Plagiothecium undulatum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Leucobryum glaucum and Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus and the liverworts …

Coedydd Beddgelert a Cheunant Aberglaslyn

…nent in different microhabitats. The most abundant and typical species include: Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium shreberii and Hylocomium splendens. A good range of oceani…

Dunster Park and Heathlands

…uckler fern Dryopteris aemula and hard fern Blechnum spicant and mosses such as Dicranum majus. The assemblage of breeding bird associated with the parkland and areas of sessile oak woodland is very diverse and includes species such as wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix, redst…

The New Forest

…ced but bryophytes become more extensive and diverse. Woodland species such as Dicranum majus, Rhitidia delphus loreus and Leucobryum juniperoideum can be common whilst rarer species include Bassania trilobuta and Saccogyna viticulosa. The vascular plants include about 60 specie…

Gallt y Bwlch

…Agrostis capillaris. The boulder-strewn floor is covered by bryophytes, notably Dicranum majus and Plagiothecium undulatum. The field layer has a more grassy appearance on the upper slopes where grazing pressure is more intense, with frequent to abundant wavy hair grass, common b…

Stonethwaite Woods

…scree and support often well developed communities of common bryophytes such as Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus and Polytrichum formosum. However, the southerly aspect tends to be too exposed and dry for the rarer 'Atlantic' species of moss and liverwort. At its lower edge…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…hus triquetrus, little shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus and greater fork moss Dicranum majus growing over and between the large boulders that are a feature of this woodland. Localised acid flushes on these upper slopes are dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum spp. with occasional p…

Blackmill Woodlands

…ytes of the ground layer include the mosses Polytrichum formosum, Mnium hornum, Dicranum majus and Leucobryum glaucum. Remarks: The site supports woodland vegetation assignable to the habitat type ‘Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles’, listed on Ann…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

…s Gill supports woodland of sessile oak downy birch Q. petraea Betula pubescens Dicranum majus, while Arnagill has oak birch wavy hair grass Quercus spp. Betula spp. Descampsia flexuosa woodland. Bird records and sample surveys indicate a rich assemblage of moorland breeding bir…

Tarbert to Skipness Coast

…k and birch woodland with a wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and greater fork-moss Dicranum majus understorey. Downy birch Betula pubescens is the dominant tree throughout the woods. Ash and rowan woodland with a dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis understorey is associated with many…

Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells

…ercus petraea and birch Betula pubescens with a mossy ground layer dominated by Dicranum majus. There is a rich assemblage of moorland nesting birds, including nationally significant merlin and golden plover populations, the former occurring at some of the highest densities recor…

Blackslee

…pecies include big shaggy moss Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus and greater fork moss Dicranum majus. Blackslee is an area of semi-natural habitat managed in a traditional way. As such, it provides valuable feeding and roosting sites for a range of animals, including birds and inverteb…

Dimmings Dale & The Ranger

…s in the midlands and includes many typical woodland species such as the mosses Dicranum majus, Thuidium tamariscinum and Thamnobryum alopecurum. The Ranger is a small enclosed area situated on the ridge between Dimmings Dale and the main Churnet Valley to the north. It consists …

Carn Gafallt

… sparse shrub layer and a well developed ground layer comprising mosses such as Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Pleurozium schreberi and Plagiothecium undulatum. The field layer is variously dominated by grasses, bracken or ericoid sub-shrubs such as…

Coedydd Nantgwynant

…ots, trunks and branches. Some of the most abundant and typical species include Dicranum majus, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Polytrichum formosum, Eurynchium praelongum, Brachythecium rutabulum, Isothecium myosuroides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Thuidium tamariscinum, Pleurozium shreberii …

Cadair Idris

…y hair grass and the large mosses Hypnum jutlandicum, Pleurozium schreberi, and Dicranum scoparium are widespread and often extensive. This vegetation occurs in many areas including on Mynydd Pennant, Mynydd Cedris, and above Coed Meriafel. On the slopes of Mynydd Pencoed, Mynydd…

Eryri

…ch species as wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, and Dicranum majus, a moss typical of wet mountain woodlands. Wooded boulder screes and cliffs in the more base rich areas provide a substrate for notable lichens and bryophytes such as Lobaria, Pseudocyp…

Coed Cwm Einion

…feature, with Isothecium myosuroides swathing tree bases and rocky outcrops and Dicranum majus, Polytrichum formosum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus common on the ground. To the north-east, sessile oak is the dominant canopy species, with birch only occasional. hazel and rowan Sorbus …

Oakers Wood

… are abundant including Leucobryum glaucum, Mnium hornum, Polytrichum formosum, Dicranum scoparium and the local D. majus. Elsewhere bramble Rubus fruticosus and hazel Corylus avellana are the most important scrub species and the latter forms a dense area of coppice in the centre…

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