Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem & Cadney Mosses

… of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. The acidic vegetation includes round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia in some abundance. …

Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses

… of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. The acidic vegetation includes round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and the nationally scarce bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia in some abundance…

Essan Burn and Mullyfamore

…spora alba, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occur in the wetter hollows, with bog myrtle Myrica gale locally abundant throughout. The moss layer is well-developed and is dominated by Sphagnum capillifolium and Sphagnum papi…

Glasson Moss

…mmock. Also characteristic of this zone are all three British species of sundew Drosera rotundifolia, Drosera intermedia and Drosera anglica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, which is abundant over most of the wetter areas of the moss. Typi…

Lough Naman Bog and Lake

…oss Sphagnum magellanicum, and associated species including round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and bog sedge Carex limosa. Bristly swan neck moss Campylopus atrovirens, frequently associated with t…

Bowness Common

…beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, the great, oblong leaved and round leaved sundews Drosera anglica, Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The rare mosses Dicranum undulatum and Dicranum polysetum also occur. Heather and cross leaved heath ten…

Coladoir Bog

… moss Campylopus atrovirens. All three British sundews, the round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong sundew Drosera intermedia and the great sundew Drosera anglica, occur at the site. The site also supports a typical peatland invertebrate fauna and bird assemblage that ar…

Carstairs Kames

… moss Campylopus atrovirens. All three British sundews, the round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong sundew Drosera intermedia and the great sundew Drosera anglica, occur at the site. The site also supports a typical peatland invertebrate fauna and bird assemblage that ar…

Wolf Island Bog

…distributed white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The three sundews, great sundew Drosera longifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia are also prominent around pool margins, growing on a luxuriant Sphagnum carpet of Spha…

Tattenamona Bog

…distributed white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The three sundews, great sundew Drosera longifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia are also present around pool margins. The pools are dominated by Sphagnum cuspidatum, …

Claife Tarns and Mires

…f particular note is the presence of all three species of sundew, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and great sundew Drosera anglica. The edges of the mire are fringed by stands of common sallow Salix cinerea and poor fen which is domina…

Cors Barfog

…water have much bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. The three British species sundew Drosera spp, all insectivorous plants, occur plus the hybrid between Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera anglica. The nationally uncommon Bog Rosemary Andromeda polifolia is also present as are a typical…

Glennasheevar

…ol margins. Notably the three species of sundew are present-round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, great sundew Drosera longifolia and the rare oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia in addition to the rare hummock-forming Sphagnum fuscum. The remaining bog surface is general…

Canford Heath

…, white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and round-leaved and oblong-leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. The rare Dorset heath Erica ciliaris occurs here in its most easterly recorded station and there is a range of bog mosses Sphagnum species, including the l…

Broxhead and Kingsley Commons

…ss Molinia caerulea, commonly with heath rush Juncus squarrosus and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. Mosses are also common in these areas, including the bog moss Sphagnum compactum and the nationally scarce Hypnum imponens. The habitat of the two commons …

Povington and Grange Heaths

…dow thistle Cirsium dissectum, the sedges Carex panicea and C. demissa, sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, marsh and heath-spotted orchids Dactylorhiza incarnata and D. maculata, and locally the rare marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe and marsh clubmoss Lycopod…

Ebblake Bog

…ss Eriophorum angustifolium, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia are abundant. The mire remains saturated throughout the year and there are a number of shallow pools probably formed in former peat diggings. Purple moor gr…

Slop Bog and Uddens Heath

…eak sedge Rhyncospora fusca, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. The uncommon mud sedge Carex limosa occurs very locally on bare wet peat in these cuttings. The dominant vegetation outside the cuttings is purple moor gra…

Woolmer Forest

…ce of bog mosses such as Sphagnum compactum, carnivorous plants such as sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, which is uncommon in the south of England, also occurs. A number o…

Brenscombe Heath

…eak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. In the south east, where there are well developed flushes with slightly base-rich water, black bog rush Schoenus nigricans is frequent. There are stands of…

Esher Commons

…ifolium, with other characteristic plants such as round and long leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes. The dense scrub which covers much of the former heathland is composed of gors…

Rusland Valley Mosses

…ite steeply from the edges of the hollows. Round leaved and intermediate sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary are typical associates of this area. Where the mire surface has been disrupted along old peat cuttings and a…

Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths

…supports an extremely interesting flora including round and long leaved sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, flea sedge Carex pulicaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and several other plants which are rare in the county, a…

Castle Bottom to Yateley and Hawley Commons

…e open areas includes white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, two species of sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, dodder Cuscuta epithymum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. The site supports at least 19 species of dragonfly and * …

Brantrake Moss & Devoke Water

…out, often dominating the wetter hollows. Associated with these are the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus. Drier hummocks support heather Calluna vulgaris with to…

Cranborne Common

…cies occur in this habitat. These include round leaved and oblong leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and two nationally scarce species marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata and marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe. In the wett…

The Moors

…her frequent species include white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and the sundews Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera intermedia. The wettest areas support bog communities with a good range of Sphagnum mosses including quantities of the rare Sphagnum pulchrum. The rare slender centaur…

Hense Moor

…hn’s wort Hypericum elodes, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, great sundew Drosera anglica and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. Where wet heaths grade into these boggy areas, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix become more abundant, toget…

Southey and Gotleigh Moors

…agnum subnitens enjoying increasingly base rich conditions. Round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica occur in the hollows here, with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The tops of the hummocks hos…

Geal and Dubh Lochs

…aga aizoides throughout the site and by Geal Loch there are round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and great sundew Drosera anglica.

Epping Forest

…common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and oblong and round leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia. The last three plants do not grow in Essex outside Epping Forest. Other areas of acidic grassland include Long Running, Deershelter Plain, Strawberry Hill…

Turners Puddle Heath

…ite beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba and both Oblong-leaved and round-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia are particularly associated with the margins of the bog pools. Many areas are transitional between valley mire and wet heath vegetation types and these are …

Ashculm Turbary

…together with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. In the wetter areas, bog mosses Sphagnum spp. become more abun…

Smart's and Prey Heaths

…eer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and both long leaved and round leaved sundews Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia. In drier areas the sward consists of ling heather, bell heather Erica cinerea and dwarf gorse, becoming grassy in places with purple moor grass and common …

Maiden Down

…spp., marsh violet Viola palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, sundews Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog St John's wort Hypericum elodes. There is a rich invertebrate fauna associated with the site. Five spe…

Altikeeragh

…ongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and two species of sundew; round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and great sundew Drosera longifolia. Prominent hummocks between the pools create an impressive microtopography. The largest peat hummocks are dominated by Raeomitrium lanuginosum,…

Croagh Bog

… white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Two species of sundew, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and great sundew Drosera anglica are also associated with the pools. The vegetation between the pools consists of well-developed hummocks and wide, flat areas of waterlogged peat…

Slieveanorra and Croaghan

…ium and Magellanic bog moss Sphagnum magellanicum with both round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and great sundew Drosera anglica. The bog provides important habitat for upland birds particularly merlin Falco columbarius and hen harrier Circus cyaneus. Both of these species c…

Bodmin Moor, North

…include: bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, oblong-leaved and round-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia, bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa – a nationally scarce species, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, lesser skullcap Scutella…

Coedydd Nanmor

… which a range of bogmosses Sphagnum spp occur with species such as the sundews Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. The woodland at Hafod Garregog also includes Llyn Hafod-y-llyn, an oligotrophic …

Turbary and Kinson Commons

… These areas hold a rich bog flora with frequent oblong and round-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba; also present is the uncommon pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. Bog mosses S…

Chobham Common

…etralix and purple moor grass. The more boggy areas support round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, cross leaved heath, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and…

Carn/Glenshane Pass

… with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and occasional great sundew Drosera anglica. The vegetation between the pools consists of well-formed hummocks and wide, flat areas of waterlogged peat characterised by dense carp…

Landford Heath

…de bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Species occurring in the grazed areas include bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, star sedge Carex echinata and carnation sedge C. panice…

Whitchurch Down

…rple moor-grass Molinia caerulea. Associated plants include round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog ashphodel Narthecium ossifragum and white beak-sedge Rhynchos…

Eelmoor Marsh

…le butterwort P. lusitanica, small bladderwort Utricularia minor, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia and long leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. The species rich grass heath within the SSSI is of a type found in the New Forestbut rare elsewhere in Hampshire. It is characterised by…

Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

…Moister hollows support bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, green-ribbed sedge Carex binervis and bog moss Sphagnum tenellum. Three nationally scarce and declining species are present on the wet he…

West Fermanagh Scarplands

… with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and occasional great sundew Drosera longifolia. The vegetation between the pools consists of well-formed hummocks and flat areas of waterlogged peat with dense Sphagnum carpets an…

St Leonards and St Ives Heaths

…lowering plants such as deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Where the soils are often waterlogged purple moor grass can form dense tussocky stands with areas of bog myrtle Myrica gale and common…

Town Common

…ionally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum. The insectivorous plants oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica are particularly associated with this community and also open patches of peat within the wet heat…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…rushes, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, Sphagnum mosses, long leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and common sundew Drosera rotundifolia in the hollows. Peatland Habitats These habitats are typically found in waterlogged conditions where the wetland vegetation builds up organic…

Lough Navar Scarps and Lakes

… Menyanthes trifoliata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Lower plants include a range of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., in addition to species such as woolly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, …

Moneystaghan Bog

… trifoliata abundant in a number of them. The insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and more notably great sundew Drosera longifolia and the nationally rare golden bog moss Sphagnum pulchrum are also prevalent around the pool margins. The soak systems support sim…

Cors Goch, Llanllwch

…me support typical bog plants, including the insect-eating oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor. Other interesting plants of the pools are white water-lily Nymphaea alba and white beak-sedge Rhy…

Winfrith Heath

… cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and two species of sundew, oblong-leaved Drosera intermedia and round-leaved Drosera rotundifolia are the most frequent higher plants. They occur with several species of bog moss including the nationally scarce Sphagnum pulchrum. Other disti…

Upper Fowey Valley

…marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre. There are populations of round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, the rarer oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor, ivyleaved bellflower…

The Cliffs of Magho

… Menyanthes trifoliata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the rare oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia also occur. Lower plants include the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum, the liverwort Pleurozia purpurea and Cladonia lichen specie…

Nichols Moss

…rosemary Andromeda polifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. The uncommon oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia has also been recorded. The dense pine and birth woodla…

Killeter Forest and Bogs and Lakes

…s Sphagnum pulchrum. White-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are also associated with pool edges together with occasional bog sedge Carex limosa, great sundew Drosera anglica, and oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Some of the more ex…

Thurstaston Common

…ntain the most interesting assemblages of plants including oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia, a species with a very local distribution, as well as round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The acidic marshy grassland is dominated by purple moor grass with hard rush, soft ru…

Meathop Moss

…berry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Less frequent species include bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and the uncommon oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and white beak se…

Lavington Common

…eath Erica tetralix grows with heather, Sphagnum mosses and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea occurs in hollows and is abundant in some patches of heath. Cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, oblong leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and whit…

Longbridge Muir

…ngustifolium, bog asphodel, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, oblong-leaved sundew Drosera intermedia and great sundew D.anglica. Other species that are present and typical of raised bogs include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog-rosemar…

Dead Island Bog

… white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, cross-leaved heath and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The shallow pools, which are a rare feature in lowland raised bogs, are dominated by Sphagnum cuspidatum with occasional Sphagnum magellanicum around the periphery. The great sun…

Kielder Mires

…pport species such as white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and long leaved sundew Drosera anglica alongside the typical species of the mid altitude sites, such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew…

Seive Dale Fen

…cies include tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge C. pulicaris, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, saw wort Serratula tinctoria, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and grass of Parnassus Parnassia palust…

Llwyn-iarth

…requent are a variety of sedges and other species including round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cross-leaved heath, common cotton grass, dioecious sedge, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. The presence of the nationally scarce bog moss Sphagnum p…

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

…ustifolium and bog myrtle Myrica gale. Other plants include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, meadow theist Cirsium dissects, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and at least ten specie…

Little Budworth Common

…include bell heather Erica cinerea, gorse Ulex europaeus and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. The boggy areas are dominated by the mosses Sphagnum spp. and Polytrichum spp. and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Other notable species include hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophoru…

Lough Alaban

…gbean Menyanthes trifoliata, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, great sundew Drosera anglica and the notable intermediate bladderwort Utricularia intermedia. Towards the outer edge of the floating mat, the peat thickens to support a different fen community dominated by blunt-l…

Ludderburn and Candlestick Mires

…r plants present include cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, hare's tail cotton grass Erioporum vaginatum, sweet gale Myrica gale and bog mosses Sphagnum magellanicum, S. auriculatum and S. subnitens. The more alkaline central area is spec…

Cumwhitton Moss

…. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is abundant here, with some round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and rather scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The hummock forming bog mosses, Sphagnum magellanicum and S. papillosum also occur. The peat matrix round the cuttings is domin…

Limpenhoe Meadows

…areas. The spring flushes are dominated by bog mosses Sphagnum spp. with sundew Drosera rotundifolia, a locally uncommon species, being frequent. Other notable species associated with the Sphagnum areas are grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, marsh helleborine, creeping willo…

Brookhouse Moss

…ent as well as a number of species which are scarce in Cheshire, such as sundew Drosera rotundifolia and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. The mires grade into fen woodland dominated by birch Betula pendula, with alder Alnus glutinosa and goat willow Salix caprea locally abundant. Alder…

Rhos Hen-Glyn-Isaf

…ies include quaking-grass, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, eyebright Euphrasia agg., few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, common butter-wort Pinguicula vulg…

Rhos Rhyd-y-ceir

…dge C. panicea, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, petty whin Genista anglica, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, tormentil Potentilla erecta and saw-wort Serratula tinctoria. More ba…

Prolusk

…ally confined to more open areas amongst the wet heath with round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, tormentil Potentilla erecta, devils-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. On flatter, deeper peat there are occasional lawns of bog asph…

Low Pasture

…are also small areas with sphagnum mosses Sphagnum spp. and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The woodland has a mixed canopy dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior and birch Betula pendula with alder Alnus glutinosa and grey willow Salix cinerea in wet areas. The ground flo…

Fforest Goch Bog

… bog moss layer of cow horn bog-moss and lustrous bog-moss. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia is restricted to the eastern end of the hollow, where it broadens out towards the edge of the site. In wetter areas lacking cotton-grass, near the east edge of the site, mounds of…

Lin Can Moss

… Carex lasiocarpa has been found and other characteristic plants include sundew Drosera rotundifolia, white sedge Carex canescens and two species of cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum.

Penllwyn-yr-Hendy

…clude dioecious sedge Carex dioica, star sedge C. echinata, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris. A variant of this community dominated by few-flowered spike-rush El…

Rhos Pwllygawnen

…phodel Narthecium ossifragum, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica. Drier banks support a typical assemblage containing h…

Bryn-bwch

… here include star sedge Carex echinata, purple moor-grass, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common sedge, carnation sedge, mat grass and sheep's fescue. There are fringing stands of wet alder Alnus glutinosa and alder/ash Fraxinus excelsior woodland at the northern end …

Woodhall Spa Golf Course

…mpernel Anagallis tenella, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Sphagnum species of moss. Gorse scrub, reed beds and part of an ancient oak birch woodland provide diversification of habitat. The wood includes alder Alnus glutinosa and haze…

Bradworthy Common

…hecium rivulare. Among the more unusual species present are round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica and white sedge Carex canescens, a rare plant in Devon. The small pearl bordered fritillary butterfl…

Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

… and S. papillosum grow in the wetter hollows together with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh violet Viola palustris, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, Sphagnum papillosum, S. auri…

Brothers Water

…llows support bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The narrow unimproved marshy fringe at the northern lake edge resembles that to the south wit…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…um with herbs including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and occasional bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Liverworts including purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea and lichens, especially the reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa, are frequen…

Wybunbury Moss

… leaved heath Erica tetralix. Other notable species include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum all of which are rare in Cheshire. A small pool in one area contains various sedges including the regional…

Thorne, Crowle and Goole Moors

…bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry, royal fern Osmunda regalis, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and several Sphagnum moss species. A number of characteristic fenland plants such as marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, great fen sedge Cladium mariscus and common reed occur with…

Weston Fen

…s area and there are also scattered patches of Sphagnum moss with common sundew Drosera rotundifolia associated with them. The locally rare cowbane Cicuta virosa also occurs in these areas. The chalk springs feed into the fen on its western side and these seepage areas are very w…

Otterburn Mires

…ying species include cross leaved heath, purple moor grass, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the bog mosses S. papillosum, S. recurvum and S. capillifolium. Nun Moss and Yardhope Flow contain the purple moor grass and tormentil community Molinia caerulea Potentilla er…

Sullington Warren

…supports several notable plants including the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. A scattered scrub of gorse Ulex europaeus and broom Cytisus scoparius with regenerating silver birch Betula pendula and Scot's p…

Deptford Farm Pastures

…es trifoliata, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and various bog mosses Sphagnum auriculatum, S. subnitens and S. capillifolium. Other plants of interest include southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa, lesser skullcap S…

Whitmoor Common

…del Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and marshclubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. The marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe, which has only one other location in Surrey, is also found in…

South Pennine Moors

…places rarer species like bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occur. The latter is now very rare in West Yorkshire. The most notable species in these flushes is the pale forget-me-not Myosotis stolonifera. This nationally scarce plant is fou…

West Fannyside Moss

…ncluding the locally rare cranberry V. oxycoccos as well as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, both of which are uncommon in Lanarkshire. West Fannyside Moss forms part of the wider Slamannan Plateau, which attracts a nationally impor…

North East Coll Lochs and Moors

…munity, the reindeer lichen Cladonia spp. community and the round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog moss Sphagnum spp. sub-community with locally abundant black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans. At Sorisdale, Cornaigbeg and at Airidh Mhaoraich there are areas of rocky headlan…

Adderstonlee Moss

…angled willow carr. There is also a small incipient acid raised bog with sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos developing on the fen peat of the basin. The site has an outstanding variety of bog mosses or Sphagnum. Although not notified features, the natio…

Annaghagh Bog

…y rare golden bog moss Sphagnum pulchrum. The insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia is also prevalent around the pool margins. The lagg surrounding the intact bog has been extensively cut for turf, providing additional habitat diversity dependant on peat-depth an…

Craigengar

…el Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Bawdy Moss represents the only example in the Lothian area of its habitat type. The southern part of the site includes two upland cleughs (gorges), Garval Syke and Ravens Cleugh,…

Snelsmore Common

…e. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are also locally abundant. Other species typically associated with this habitat include heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, common lousew…

Black Hill Heath

…num spp. and including bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and, locally, bog myrtle Myrica gale. The margin of woodland ranges from wet common sallow Salix cinerea and birch carr over tussocks of purple moor-grass and bog mosses to dry p…

Blelham Tarn & Bog

…m spp. occur with species such as marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. The tarn is a nationally important site for caddis fly species with records for 48 species including the only British record for Cyrnus insolut…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

… with frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. The bog-moss Sphagnum subnitens occurs locally as does bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Deeper pools contain bog pondweed Potamogeton pol…

Yarner Wood & Trendlebere Down

…ning. Trendlebere Down contains valley mire vegetation with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. The site supports a rich bryophyte flora and…

Shap Fells

…Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequent. Shap Fells as a whole exhibits a variety of flush communities ranging from moderately basic to strongly acidic. Within the blanket bog and heath communities are fre…

Ottery Valley

… wetter conditions include bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and more rarely pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. The bryophyte flora is also diverse and includes Campylium stellatum, Riccardia multifida, Br…

Gleneagles Mire

…and is acidic and nutrient-poor. The Sphagnum lawns contain round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The mire has abundant cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos which is only an occasional plant in Perthshire. There is a small relict poo…

Holt Lowes

… bog moss Sphagnum spp., cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, Common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and heath rush Juncus squarrosus. There is a narrow zone of calcareous mire along the axis of …

Spadeadam Mires

…rum angustifolium. Scattered over the Sphagnum are frequent round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Less common but still frequent are cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and the nationally scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. The site also…

Hisehope Burn Valley

…ke rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, grass of Parnassus Parnassiap alustris, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium and lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides. The soligenous mire on the eastern side of th…

Cotherstone Moor

…est is provided by the occurrence of bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Over large areas there are well developed hummocks of Sphagnum moss amidst such vegetation, which on their dry…

Balloch Moss

…ngrasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and a range of different Sphagnum mosses. The southern edge of the Moss is bounded by a lower-lying area of marshy grassland and fen vegetation, with some small areas of willow an…

Offerance Moss

…ve raised bogs, including bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Sphagnum mosses such as Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. capillifolium, Sphagnum magellani…

Pencarreg-gopa a Moel Hyrddod

…rry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequent, and there is a diverse moss and liverwort flora. On the drier areas blanket mire vegetation merges into sub-montane dwarf-shrub heath dominated by heather Calluna vu…

Upper Nantserth Pasture

…ath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog-mosses Sphagnum spp.. Scattered acidic flushes are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, with frequent purple moor-grass along with the bog-moss Sphagnum re…

Rhos Cwmderw

…t scabious Succisa pratensis, bulbous rush Juncus bulbosus, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum. Other types of marshy grass…

Shirgarton Moss

…nclude the locally rare White-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, as well as sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum.

Black Loch Moss

… component of this layer. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequently found growing on the surface of the bryophyte carpet. Active raised bog Degraded raised bog

Selshion

…stifolium, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and occasional round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, growing over a moss carpet dominated by Sphagnum capillifolium. In places, wet heath is replaced by regenerating raised bog vegetation. purple moor grass Molinia caerulea dominat…

Bryncarnau Grasslands, Llwydcoed

…and flushes areas towards the upper end of the site support round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris.

Combe Scar

… moor grass Molinia caerulea, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, autumnal hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, grass of Parnassus, common lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris,…

Cannock Chase

… nationally uncommon e.g. marsh fern Thelypteris palustris, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, few flowered spikerush Eleocharis quinqueflora and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Locally, nutrient enriched spring water gives rise to flushed ground rich in sedges and fl…

Longmoor Bog

…cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia also occur locally. The open heath and the carr merge into mixed woodland on the drier soils, consisting of abundant birch Betula spp. with pedunculate oak Quercus robur, Scot's p…

Scar End Wood

…e meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and marsh hawk's bear Crepis paludosa.

Rhos Cilcennin

…olium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with frequent round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Adjacent to the heath is a sizeable remnant of valley mire, isolated by firebreaks and sheltered by the adjoining conifer plantation. The heathe…

Tully Bog

…e shallow pools and is also abundant in the open crack. The round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occurs around pool margins and in association with Sphagnum hummocks. Towards the southern end of the bog, a small drumlin lies close to the surface of the peat, which is, as a re…

Rhos Blaenclettwr

…og-mosses Sphagnum spp. with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Larger areas of poor-fen, some showing evidence of slight base-enrichment, contain greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata, white sedge Carex…

Cullentra Lough

… bog community, such as bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the mosses Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum papillosum and Aulacomnium palustre. In addition to the diverse wetland vegetation, the notable plant species cowbane Cicuta virosa ha…

Lough Corr

… by bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius with occasional round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, indicating the acidic nature of the water as it flows though the peaty soils. Towards the edge of the lough, the wet heath is intersected by a series of base-rich flushes running…

Caeau Troed-Rhiw-Drain (Troed-Rhiw-Drain Meadows)

…rthern area support both butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The northern area comprises a more variable, but generally more productive sward of bent-fescue grassland, although the part adjacent to the reservoir is generally wetter with mo…

Lurg & Dow Lochs

…rry Vaccinium oxycoccos, cotton grasses Eriophorum spp, and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The remainder of the site consists of acid grassland.

Harbottle Moors

…characteristically developed as a hummock and hollow complex and support sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and the nationally rare bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa. The deep valley of the Barrow Burn locally supports woodl…

Winmarleigh Moss

…is also widespread. Another plant associated with Sphagnum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, is scattered throughout the site, as is bog myrtle Myrica gale. Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, a nationally scarce species, occurs throughout the site but is more common in th…

Worgret Heath

…grass Molinia caerulea, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the local royal fern Osmunda regalis occur here. Scrub has developed on parts of the site with hawthorn Crataegus monogyna to the south and common gorse Ulex europaeus to the…

Ringdown

…sium dissectum, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh violet Viola palustris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, …

Cassindonald Moss

…pecies such as common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Apart from the western edge of the site, there is a gradual transition to fen vegetation on lower lying ground…

Moidach More

…owing amongst the mosses are considerable quantities of the round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and smaller amounts of the small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum, another nationally scarce plant species. In several parts of the site there are transitions from bog communities …

Risley Moss

…. and other bryophytes. Other less abundant species include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and royal fern Osmunda regalis. The rest of the area is a mosaic of woodland and grassland. Birch Betula p…

Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan

…hese wet bog plains, include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the liverwort purple spoonwort Pleurozia purpurea. Gortnasoal Glebe and Meenadoan ASSI incorporates Meenadoan Nature Reserve, a classic example of an upland raised bog which …

Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors and Little Asby Scar

…ses Sphagnum species, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia can occur within inches of the calcareous vegetation. Heather moorland dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris occupies much of the site, for example on Tarn moor, Rayseat Pike and sou…

Bewick and Beanley Moors

…Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are all characteristic but less common. Beanley Moss, though partially planted with conifers, retains good bog vegetation beneath its canopy. The presence of several examples of l…

Carn Gafallt

…ociated species include purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass, soft-rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus. The nationally scarce bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa has been recorded from the shorter flush …

Carn Ingli

…cisa pratensis, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Other species found are cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum, whorled caraway Carum verticillatum and few-flowered spike-rush Eleocharis quinqueflor…

Pentrosfa Mire

…ora is locally abundant, whilst tawny sedge Carex hostiana, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bogbean and broad-leaved cottongrass are all locally frequent. Northern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella is found within this community. At the head of the fen there are exte…

Cadair Idris

…d Llyn Cau. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, rosettes of round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, and carpets of the mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. capillifolium add diversity to this vegetation. On the lower slopes are areas of purple moor-grass-dominated mires. Purple mo…

Cothill Fen

…n England including grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and greater bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris. Narrow leaved marsh orchid Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides and fen pond weed Potamogeton coloratus are not normally found outside Eas…

Tarn Hows

…ies vary from types dominated by white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba with sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum to drier variants with heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and cranberry Vac…

Lagganmullan

…ssifragum and species such as quaking-grass Briza media and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Smaller areas of a scarce mire community dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia-caerulea and marsh hawk’s beard Crepis paludosa are also present on the site along with areas of s…

Hodnet Heath

…eathland communities. In wetter places characteristic bog plants such as sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum occur. wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa is domin…

Great Haldon Heaths

…cabious Succisa pratensis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, the latter having a marked south-westerly distribution in England. Pools have formed in places and these support bog pondweed Potamogeto…

Rhosydd Nant Eithrim

…Anagallis tenella, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Broad-leaved cottongrass is widespread in the southern part of the site, found in the flushes and fen-meadow. Swampy areas in the valley b…

North Exmoor

…m. Typical herbs are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, wet heath occurs around the blanket bog and on other poorly drained ground. The main type is the deer grass -cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix community, which is dominated by mi…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

… moss Aulacomnium palustre. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross leaved heath Erica tetralix are abundant associates. The intervening Sphagnum flats and hollows are dominated by Sphagnum fallax with much common cotton grass Eriophorum…

Red Moss

…ather Calluna vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos all constant in the field layer. Sphagnum moss cover is generally extensive, especially on the northern raised bog, and is made up of Sphagnum pa…

Austwick and Lawkland Mosses

…Vaccinium oxycoccos and, more locally, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the bog moss Sphagnum magellanicum. The drier surface of the bog has become colonised by downy birch Betula pubescens, bog myrtle Myrica gale, purple moor grass Molinia caerul…

Danes Moss

…port a number of Cheshire’s uncommon wetland plants such as round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Labrador tea Ledum palustre, a nationally rare plant, was previously recorded in the small area planted with co…

Troutbeck

…ring plants such as devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bird's eye primrose Primula farinosa and a range of mosses including Scorpidium scorpioides, Campylium stellatum and Sphagnum contortum. The richest display of these vegetatio…

Rhos Cruglas

…rnation sedge Carex panicea, common yellow-sedge C demissa, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris; flushes containing bog-mosses and sedges, and others with bog-mosses, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, deergrass Trichophorum cespito…

Rhos Esgairwen-fawr a Rhosgoch-fawr

…willow Salix repens, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. These flushes drain into extensive areas of poor-fen on the valley floor, dominated by soft-rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush, with …

Eryri

…’s-mantle Alchemilla glabra, moss campion Silene acaulis and harebell Campanula rotundifolia. In two locations, mountain avens Dryas octopetala is found at the southern most extent of its range within the United Kingdom. The site supports a wide range of different heathland types…

Black Moss

…with these lawns are bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The westernmost portion of the bog is the wettest area. This flat, wet, quaking surface is dominated by Sphagnum lawns with common cotton grass, bog asphodel and hair moss. Also …

Gentleshaw Common

…ntil Potentilla erecta, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The last three are all rare in Staffordshire. Birch Betula spp. and oak Quercus spp. have thinly colonised some areas and provide added diversi…

Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths

…al bog plants including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, whilst purple moor grass Molinia caerulea dominates much of the remainder. The valley bog at Wishmoor Bottom supports a rich bryophyte flor…

Comin Esgairmaen

…her flora, including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Remarks: The site is registered as common land.

Cors Ty-gwyn

… lawns of bog-mosses Sphagnum spp., with localised areas of round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. At the western end of the site water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile is more dominant. Towards the centre of the site trees are much more scattered and there is a core area consis…

Cors Bryn-y-Gaer

…espitosum, hare’s tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In slightly drier areas cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix becomes more abundant and there is a greater range of bog moss species Sphagnum spp., whilst in the wettest areas common…

Cors Penally (Penally Marsh)

…le Myrica gale is present, along with gorse Ulex europaeus, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and star sedge Carex echinata. The vegetation of this area is thought to be a rich-fen example of the Molinia/Myrica community and it is rarely encountered in Britain. In the less…

Stonethwaite Woods

…sewort Pedicularis palustris, marsh violet Viola palustris, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and various bog mosses Sphagnum spp. The middle and upper slopes of the southern woodland are characterised by much block scree interspersed…

Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod

…s. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, common sedge Carex nigra, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the moss Polytrichum commune and in places bottle sedge Carex rostrata or tawny sedge Carex hostiana also occur here. The north-east part of t…

Freshmoor

…or, acid conditions are ideal for two insectivorous plants, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale leaved butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica which is rare and local in Somerset. Dense tussocks of purple moors grass Molinia caerulea surround the bog pools and provide a dr…

Goonhilly Downs

…mmon reed and black bog-rush dominate stands along streams. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occurs locally in tussocks with common reed and Sphagnum capillifolium. Sea rush Juncus maritimus is also found, at its most inland site on the Lizard. Many pools occur on the si…

Stanton Pastures & Cuckoocliff Valley

…r specialised plants of nutrient deficient soils, including round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. To the north of Thorswood Plantation, the soils are thin and free draining over limestone. The vegetation is grass dominated and species poor with areas of western gorse Ulex gal…

Englemere Pond

… The species present in the reed swamp include bog mosses Sphagnum spp., sundew Drosera rotundifolia, spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and bog St John's wort Hypericum elodes. Cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and lesser reedmace Typh…

Shortheath Common

…rushes Juncus effusus and J. acutiflorus, the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and a large population of cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, a low growing shrub now rare and declining in southern England. Cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moor grass Molin…

Simonside Hills

…r sedge Carex echinata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cross leaved heath. Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are particularly associated with gritstone crags and bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi may also …

Long Mynd

…th species such as mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and of particular note, the uncommon rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum. In addition, the dry rock outcrops support a varied lichen flora. A range of species typical of hard siliceous roc…

Horsell Common

…e Rhynchospora alba, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Another area of bog at Horsell birch supports marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, yellow flag iris Iris pseudacorus, the largest Surrey colony of lesser water plantain Baldelli…

West Pennine Moors

…of the blanket mire landscape. Many support species such as round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, sedges, including common sedge Carex nigra and mosses which may otherwise be scarce across the peat land areas. Oak Field provides the best example of the area’s acid flushes, in…

Stagmire Moss

…this sedge mire are grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre. Just to the north of the mire's watershed and on the right hand bank of the ditch draining into great How Gill is a flush in which sedges …

Abbots Moss

…umber of uncommon species occur at both mires, for example, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Firmer parts of the mires have …

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

… moor grass. Other plants include common sedge Carex nigra, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and Surrey rarities such as meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza p…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…ht Euphrasia officinalis agg., lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, fairy flax Linum catharticum, wild strawberry Fragaria vesca, mouse_ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum, common birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common dog violet Viola riviniana and…

Holme Moor & Clean Moor

… flea sedge C. pulicaris, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and meadow valerian Valeriana dioica. Orchids are well represented with fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, common spotted orchid Dactylorh…

Tailend Moss

…et depressions contain cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) and round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), both of which are uncommon in the Lothian’s, and also Sphagnum mosses. Tailend Moss is one of the few examples of this type of habitat in Lothian.

Curran Bog

…rum vaginatum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum are frequent. The pool system is a particularly important feature, as these are generally very rare in lowland raised bogs. The pools vary in…

Buinach and Glenlatterach

…otton-grass E. angustifolia, bog mosses (sphagnum species), round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. A few kettle holes contain “poor fen” with bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and Sphagnum palustre.

Hare's Down, Knowstone & Rackenford Moors

…marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes and the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. A rich invertebrate fauna has been recorded here including the local small pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria selene, pearl-bordered fri…

Dunaree Hill

…d heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, hare's tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum and deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum, with a high cover of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and…

Hallsenna Moor

…e into mire vegetation with carpets of Sphagnum mosses upon which common sundew Drosera rotundifolia is frequent. These carpets are interspersed with clumps of the rare royal fern Osmunda regalis and a variety of wetland species including sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, w…

Plas-y-Gors

… in some abundance, together with the insectivorous plants, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. Scattered stems of common reed Phragmites australis grow throughout this area and the presence of marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris …

Dilty Moss

…-leaved heath Erica tetralix, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Woodland dominated by willows Salix aurita, S. caprea, Salix cinerea occurs on the Moss in old, flooded peat diggings. The wet-ground flora in these areas is characterised by Sph…

Tarn Moss

… Andromeda polifolia, cranberry, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common and hare's tail cotton grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum. The peripheral area of marshy grassland are dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus ac…

South Exmoor

…rass Eriophorum angustifolium are particularly abundant and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia is present. There are also areas where abundant cross-leaved heath and bog moss Sphagnum compactum occur. On Brightworthy Barrows, wet heath grades into a purple moor-grass -torm…

Wareham Common

…lected in the local occurrence of bog mosses Sphagnum spp., Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and small quantities of cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and petty whin Genista anglica. Ditches are present in all three sections and contribute to the floristic and faunal int…

Armboth Fells

…all examples of common yellow sedge C. demissa flushes have round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris. Yellow saxifrage is occasional in this community, although of…

Shapwick Heath

…hodel Narthecium ossifragum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and ivy leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea. Drier parts of the ancient bog surface are now colonised by fen woodland and scrub dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and willows…

Swindale Meadows

… asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia and butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris.

Carrine Common & Penwethers

…del Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. Royal fern Osmunda regalis is locally abundant. The lowest lying…

Nant Clydach Pastures

…pidium revolvens. Common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are frequent, together with sedges such as Carex hostiana, C. panicea, C. pulicaris, C. echinata and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Other notable plants in this spec…

Plumstone Mountain

…phodel Narthecium ossifragum, saw-wort Serratula tinctoria, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The marshy grasslands are dominated by purple moor-grass and soft rush Juncus effusus, and the mires support a variety of herbs, includ…

Sound Heath

…munity supports several of Cheshire's rare plants including round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Several areas of bog moss Sphagnum spp. occur together with cushions of the moss Leucobryum glaucum which …

Leziate, Sugar and Derby Fens

…s leaved heath and notable plants include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog mosses Sphagnum spp. Derby Fen This is the most diverse of the three fens. Large areas support dry acidic grassland and heath dominated by sheep’s Fescue, purple moor gras…

Deadman

…m cespitosum. Sphagnum hummocks are frequently colonized by round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh violet Viola palustris and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. With increasing distance from springs, the water table tends to fluctuate more with the seasons preventing …

Mid Cornwall Moors

…heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge C. pulicaris, star sedge Carex echinata and the locally notable white sedge C. canescens. Another fen…

Bankhead Moss

…iated with raised bog habitat but uncommon in Fife, such as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, have been recorded.

Hothfield Common

…rthecium ossifragum, marsh St John’s wort Hypericum elodes, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia; flea sedge Carex pulicaris and cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. The relict bogs are now dominated rushes Juncus species, grasses especially purple moor grass Molinia caeru…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…ross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Throughout the area species poor flushes dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and bog moss Sphagnum fallax occur. Locally, species rich flus…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

… Endangered Scapania paludicola. Where bare peat is exposed round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia can be locally abundant. Comparatively drier areas on the blanket mires support deergrass -cross-leaved heath, wet heath. These conspicuously lack the otherwise dominant hare's-ta…

Stokeford Heaths

…ctive plants also occur in this community and these include round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, early marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica. This is a rare and species-rich plant community with a restricted national distribution. Loc…

Howierig Muir

…leaved heath Erica tetralix. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is common and sundew Drosera rotundifolia is occasional. Downy birch Betula pubescens scrub and Scots pine Pinus sylvestris have colonised parts of the bog. The bog moss Sphagnum cover over the site is high, with eight sp…

Cefn Blaenau

…ised plants such as marsh St. John's-wort Hypericum elodes, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. At the base of the valley slopes in particular, there are boggy areas with common cottongrass E…

Llay Bog

…m vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bottle sedge Carex rostrata, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heaths Erica tetralix and Calluna vulgaris.

Buttermere Fells

…bean 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 poorly drained, with more or less extensi…

Rhos-Rydd

…spidatum; the intervening peat supports a rich bog flora of round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Much of the northern half of the site is composed of rank, poor-fen veget…

Hart Bog

…ey sedge Carex divulsa, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. By contrast, the northern and eastern sides of themire are characterised by species rich fen, which is particularly wet, dominated by a community of marsh cinquefoil Comarum palu…

Landford Bog

…ure adjoining the bog contains peat land species, including round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and Sphagnum magellanicum, as well as other moisture loving plants such as cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, water purslane Lythrum portula, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula,…

Marlbank

…wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, lady's bedstraw Galium verum, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, and fairy flax Linum catharticum occur with bryophytes such as comb moss Ctenidium molluscum, frizzled crisp moss Tortella tortuosa, golden head moss Breutelia chrysocoma and Tamarisk sc…

Ennerdale

…bottle sedge Carex rostrata, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. Of particular botanical interest is the occurrence of three bladderwort species common bladderwo…

Buxton Heath

…e moor grass, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heather Calluna vulgaris and Bog Mosses. Dry acidic heathland covers the remainder of the site. Large areas are dominated by heather and the locally scarce western gorse Ulex gal…

Brown Moss

…ft rush Juncus effusus and supporting characteristic bog species such as sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Between the pools and marshes are areas of heathland and acid grassland, with extensive tracts of birch and oak woodland. These add considerably to the value of the site and prov…

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

…ldlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended and round leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia a regional rarity. General description Chasewater and the Southern Staffordshire Coalfield heaths SSSI is located in southern Staffordshire between Norton Canes and Burntwood and extends…

Stubbers Green Bog

…rica and rushes Juncus spp. Locally uncommon plants include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. The species rich swamp is dominated by a mi…

Newtondale

…s Sphagnum papillosum and S. rubellum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Many locally occurring species are associated with the less acidic margins; these include bog sedge Carex limosa and many stalked spike rush Eleocharis multicaulis, whilst white …

Borlasevath and Retallack Moor

…, with more abundant bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Further complexity is provided by seepage waters leading to isolated small flushes of a rare type with black bog rush and bog…

Ambersham Common

…m mosses. Hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are locally frequent. The area of acidic marshy grassland, formerly a valley bog, is dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, soft rush Juncus effusus and cross leaved hea…

Blaeberry Island Bog

…m, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The cover of bog mosses Sphagnum spp.is generally high, with the aquatic species cow horn bog moss Sphagnum auriculatum and feathery bog moss Sphagnum cuspidatum occurring in poo…

Burns Beck Moss

…tens. The wetter patches also contain other typical mire species such as sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh rosemary Andromeda polifolia, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton grass Eriophorum an…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…Erica tetralix, a number of bog mosses Sphagna and, rarely, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. On summits the peat mantle is often eroded to form haggs. Common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium is a colonist of bare peat here. Where erosion is most extreme, as at Lodge…

Llyn Ty'n y Mynydd

…uicula vulgaris, lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor in small pools and sundew Drosera rotundifolia in lawns of Sphagnum moss. Dragonfly species include Libellula quadrimaculata and Coenagrion puella. The rare small spider Maro lepidus is know from this area. The mire is situate…

White Moss

…d bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum in more open areas and occasionally sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata. This gives way to firmer ground where purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is intermixed with heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica t…

Wester Moss

…d heath Erica tetralix and hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum. sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos also occur, along with the nationally scarce bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia -here approaching the northern limits of its distribution in the UK…

Llyn Llech Owain

…m vaginatum and, amongst Sphagnum mosses, the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia; white-beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba also occurs. Scattered throughout are clumps of royal fern Osmunda regalis. To the south of the lake the vegetation is a little more diverse,…

Bankhead Moss, Beith

…eather and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix. Cranberry and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia also occur. The north western section of the main dome has been subject to disturbance in the distant past, but has since recovered to support Sphagnum papillosum, S. recurvum, cr…

Westwater Reservoir

…ining in the area. Other typical bog plants present include round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Calciferous sandstone underlies parts of the hillside and has given rise to small areas of calcareous grassland, calcareous flushes and springs.…

Rhos Glwydwern

…capillifolium subsp. rubellum and Sphagnum papillosum, with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. In the wetter parts of the flush, tussocks of greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata are associated with the rare broad-leaved cotton-gr…

Oakers Bog

…ation includes frequent bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba. Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius are common in the shallow pools as is emergent vegetation includi…

Hurston Warren

…base poor water are present. Several notable plants include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The bog north of this is totally vegetated by purple moor gra…

Killorn Moss

…na vulgaris, and cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. In the wettest parts sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum are locally abundant. Noteworthy species recorded on this site are bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia which is …

Waun-fawr

…the insect-eating common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, as well as many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella heather Calluna vulgaris, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and common cottongrass Erio…

Kirkby Moor

…nicea. Other species include cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and marsh violet Viola palustris. Where there is a slight basic influence the flushes have a different character and are dominated by small sedges such as the common yellow sedge,…

Holburn Lake and Moss

…dant and are associated with cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The large heath butterfly Coenonympha tullia, which is nationally uncommon, has been found on the mire. The catchment slopes around the pea…

Caudbeck Flow

…hile rarer species including cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus. Acidic flushes occur on the margins of the mire and are related to lateral seepage of water and nutrients.…

Broadhead Clough

…maculata, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are found. The wooded portion of the site, in which there is a canopy principally of oak and birch but with some holly and alder, has wavy hair grass, bilberry and bracken as the…

Black Lake, Delamere

…gnum papillosum and S. capillifolium do not yet occur. A large colony of sundew Drosera rotundifolia has colonised the surface of the Sphagnum lawn. White sedge Carex canescens which is rare in Cheshire, occurs. The rare white faced darter dragonfly Leucorrhina dubia occurs at th…

Wistman's Wood

…g mosses Sphagnum spp., bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and marsh St John's wort Hypericum elodes. With the exception of a small fenced area of the wood the whole valley is open to grazing by shee…

Moneygal Bog Part II

…ossifragum, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The bog vegetation is generally characterised by a high cover of sphagnum mosses, ericoid dwarf shrubs and associated species. Old hand cuttings are extensive around Moneygal Bog…

Rhossili Down

…mmunities holding species such as cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and bog mosses Sphagnum spp.. Closest to the principal lines of water flow grow bog pondweed Potamogeton pol…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…ross leaved heath Erica tetralix, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and locally scarce species such as bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia. Throughout the area species poor flushes dominated by soft rush Juncus effusus and bog moss Sphagnum fallax o…

Moor Farm

…laris sylvatica and in one of its few county localities the round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Bog bush cricket Metrioptera brachyptera is the most notable of several Orthoptera. The heather and grass heaths include annuals typical of sandy soils silvery hair grass Aira c…

Kernick and Ottery Meadows

…l Anagallis tenella, marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, Sphagnum fallax, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and the nationally scarce wavy St John’s-wort Hyper…

Trelow Downs

…bufonius and soft rush Juncus effusus. Of particular interest are common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, white beaked sedge Rhynchospora alba, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica and the nationally scarce pillwort Pilularia globulifera, which all occur locally in scattered patches…

Bell's Flow

…og asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum are all locally common. Round-leaved sundew, Drosera rotundifolia is also found on this site. The margins of the mire, are dominated by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and dense to scattered birch, Betula pubescens. This community is particul…

Auchencorth Moss

…ce and a range of other characteristic bog plants are present, including sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cotton grasses Eriophorum vaginatum and Eriophorum angustifolium. The remainder of the site comprises a mosaic o…

Bowes Moor

…mary Andromeda polifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Such vegetation supports well developed bog moss hummocks which, on their drier tops, support heather and lichens, giving the bog surface a patterned appearance of hummocks and h…

North Dartmoor

…ross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Many pools containing Sphagnum cuspidatum and S. auriculatum occur within this blanket bog, while on the drier banks and rocks and moss Rac…

Pwll Lagoon

…ions of lesser centaury Centaurium pulchellum and an abundance of common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, where further leaching has occurred. The notable scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio occurs in some abundance in such areas; this very localized species, which occurs p…

Bryant's Heath, Felmingham

…y an abundance of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. with round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh violet Viola palustris, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris. bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius i…

East Winch Common

… the wet hollows where several interesting species are present including sundew Drosera rotundifolia, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium creeping willow Salix repensand the rare marsh gentian Gentiana pneumo…

Silver Tarn, Hollas and Harnsey Mosses

…al species include bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heath milkwort, common and carnation sedges C. nigra and C. panicea and the uncommon bog sedge Carex limosa which is restricted to the western mire. White, star, hairy and oval s…

Blackdike Bog

…el Narthecium ossifragum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia also occur. The central part of the bog is richer in soil nutrients, being fed by more calcareous water and has a different range of plants. Common reed Phragmites australis and r…

Waen Rydd

…curvum with frequent common and hare’s-tail cotton-grasses. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia is locally frequent, growing with the bog moss especially around the margins of these pools. Elsewhere in this northern area the vegetation has been modified under the influence o…

Rhos Fullbrook

…hin palustris and an abundance of the insectivorous plants, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. The wet alluvial marsh bordering the stream is dominated by meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, but also …

Blackslade Mire

…on. These herbs include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, several sedges mainly star sedge Carex echinata, common sedge Carex nigra, carnation sedge C. panicea and …

Rhosydd Llanwrthwl

…t-grass Nardus stricta, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. capillifolium. Within this community the regionally scarce petty whin Genista anglica is locally frequent. On pockets of deeper peat…

Fala Flow

…garis, cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, crowberry Empetrum nigrum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, and several species of bog moss Sphagna. Fala Flow is of international importance for the number of pink footed geese it supports in winter and is one of the most important roost…

Heysham Moss

…xycoccos, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. A nationally scarce species, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia is also present. The characteristic bog mosses, Sphagnum sp., found on the site include S. recurvum, Sphagnum papill…

Dykeneuk Moss

… form an unusual feature of the vegetation. Cranberry and rounded-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia also occur. Along the eastern edge of the bog, the original lagg has been replaced by a broad secondary lagg, which is particularly species rich. On the western edge of the bog, n…

Fowlmere Watercress Beds

…e of the site. Botanically the site has been noted for the occurrence of sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris and the great fen sedge Cladium mariscus. Only the latter has been recorded recently. The tall fen vegetation is now dominated by common ree…

Common Moor, East Putford

…h associated species such as bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and common sedge Carex nigra. There are also two areas of wet …

Winster Wetlands

…, devil's bit scabious and marsh arrowgrass with occasional round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides. In places clumps of lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma grow where small rock outcrops occur within the mire. This slope also s…

Cors Cae'r Neuadd

…ass Eriophorum vaginatum, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Dry banks between the old peat cuttings support a heathy grassland community dominated by mat-grass Nardus stricta, with frequent sheep’s-fescue Festuca ovina, heath bedstraw Gal…

Cors Ty-Llwyd

…nnels within this community support bog-moss Sphagnum spp., round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. The two smaller fields support further areas of rush-dominated fen which grade into woodlan…

Cors Bwlch-y-baedd

…ith occasional species more typical of raised mire, such as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The catchment of upland grassland and heathland, included within the site, also contains a small valley mire which provides a minor inflow to th…

Cors Gorsgoch

…also abundant hare’s-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Nearby is a rectangular man-made pond now filled with co-dominant bottle sedge Carex rostrata and water hors…

Cors Llanllugan (Llanllugan Mire)

…mogeton polygonifolius and algae of the Chara species. Both round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris occur in this area.

Oak Mere

…iophorum angustifolium, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. A variety of woodland types occur around the mere. At the north end is extensive carr woodland dominated by birch Betula pubescens, alder Alnus gl…

Gweunydd Crychell

…s and frequent common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia is well represented. The three principal watercourses traversing the southern area are associated with a range of other vegetation types – an acidic mire type with carnation sedge…

Pen-Common, Llanbedr

…ke-rush Eleocharis quinqueflora, along with species such as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and the mosses Aulacomnium palustre, Palustriella commutata var. falcatum and Philonotis fontan…

Waun Fawr, Puncheston

…iola palustris. Others have more star sedge Carex echinata, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The channels of the tiny streams are variously choked with marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes, floating club-rush Eleogiton fluitans, ma…

Hartlebury Common and Hillditch Coppice

…nquefoil Comarum palustre, marsh violet Viola palustris and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia here at its only known location in the county. Small areas of open water support bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans and bog pondweed Potamoget…

Cae Maes-y-ffynnon

…rchid Gymnadenia conopsea, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, meadow thistle Cirsium dissectum and marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, together with several species of sedge. Remarks: Within the Brecon Beac…

Cawthorn Moor

…ctivorous plants, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, are also found together with a number of sedges, including star sedge Carex echinata. A very extensive complex of flushes east of the beck is dominated by bog myrtle Myrica gale…

Clarepool Moss

…h as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and sundew Drosera rotundifolia and also a series of peat cuttings which also contain Sphagnum dominated communities. The main open Sphagnum communities coincide with the quaking bog areas, which have developed …

Dark Peak

…ally hold sizeable populations of cranberry and some feature roundleaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, an uncommon species in the South Pennines. A complex of cotton grass flushes by Emlin Dike on the Bradfield Moors area has the largest population of this species, of the order of…

The Quantocks

…l of this habitat include, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, common spike rush Eleocharis palustris, cross leaved heath, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum,…

Poors Common

…alix, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the insectivorous sundew Drosera rotundifolia and pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica are abundant. These acidic elements occur in juxtaposition to stands of the black bog rush Schoenus nigricans. This is of particular inte…

Low Gill Moor Wetlands

…ed acidic conditions and which support dwarf shrub species, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the scarce lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. The calcareous streams which feed many of the flushes are of interest in their own right supporting some of the moss species desc…

Ardwall Hill

…l Anagallis tenella, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and quaking-grass Briza media. The lower parts of the site are dominated by herb-rich meadows and flushes with some scrub. The meadows and flushes include a range of sedge species…

Roydon Common

…th Erica tetralix with purple moor grass places. Species of note include sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog mosses Sphagnum ssp., the locally rare cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, bushes of bog myrtle Myrica gale and the lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia. The valley mir…

Cleddon Bog

…ound flora including bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia which are plant species rare or local in the county. Remarks: Local Nature Reserve declared in May 1970. Within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Murrins

…olium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, with frequent round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. The bog mosses Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum tenellum and locally frequent hummocks of Sphagnum magellanicum dominate the dense moss carpet bene…

Loch Macanrie Fens

… Sphagnum mosses, as well as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog myrtle Myrica gale.

Lockshaw Mosses

…tetralix. The locally scarce cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum occur frequently. The presence of white beak-sedge Rhynchospora alba, growing here at its only Fife locality and at the eastern limit of its…

Hesley Moss

…myrtillus and cross leaved heath. Bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and sundew Drosera rotundifolia occur throughout the area. Pools and moss carpets are dominated by a range of actively growing bog mosses including Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum recurvum, Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sp…

Bourley and Long Valley

…ing including common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the nationally scarce marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata. The nationally scarcepale dog violet Viola lactea is also found on the site. The rich invertebrate fauna includes t…

Comin Silian

…-mosses Sphagnum species are prominent, with star sedge and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In addition, there are small areas of wet heath, acid grassland and damp woodland. The central portion of the site consists of a steep, north-east facing slope, supporting, under…

Ludham - Potter Heigham Marshes

…tetralix and bog mosses Sphagum spp. Other characteristic plants include sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heather Calluna vulgaris, common cotton grass, mat grass Nordus stricta and tawny sedge Carex hostiana. This grades into a type of fen grassland where conditions are drier and le…

Mortlach Moss

…eton polygonifolius, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia.

Middleton Quarry

…Valeriana dioica, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, with broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium, grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris and bird’s eye primrose Primula farinosa being of particular note. Locally the mire v…

Blaen y Wergloedd Bog

… is deeper, and a true bog flora with cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and heath spotted orchid Orchis ericetorum is found. In old peat cuttings, the higher water-table provides suitable conditions for mixed sedge commu…

Beck Hole

…rass Eriophorum angustifolium with bog asphodel Narthecium ossifrgum and sundew Drosera rotundifolia occurs at the head of the valley and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata is recorded. The more base rich flushes are characterised by abundant bryophytes and sedges, including carnat…

Chartley Moss

…mosses. Associated bog plants occur abundantly, principally round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and Eriophorum vaginatum, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog rosemary Andromeda…

Dersingham Bog

…e escarpment. Several uncommon plants are present including round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba. Small bog pools are common in this zone which is widest at the southern …

Standridge Farm Pasture

…cabious Succisa pratensis and sneezewort Achillea ptarmica. Round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia is occasionally present in more acidic flushes. The grassland communities are characterised by sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog’s ta…

Greendale Mires

… Sphagnum spp. with common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. common sundew Drosera rotundifolia is frequent along with other species such as cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, bog lousewort Pedicularis palustris, cranberry Vaccinium ox…

Wedholme Flow

…Deschampsia cespitosa. Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia persist as occasionals on bare peat, but bog mosses are scarce and very poorly represented. The northern section of intact raised mire is the best remaining area of the Cumbrian S…

Allendale Moors

…rass Trichophorum cespitosum, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Bog mosses are generally abundant, principally Sphagnum papillosum and S. capillifolium var. rubellum. Peripheral areas of the moorland plateau have dry heath and acid grassland…

Ford Moss

…ss Sphagnum species carpet occur and here the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia grows. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos forms extensive mats over the bog moss which is the habitat for the locally rare white sedge Carex canescens. Around the periphery of the bog …

Tor Royal Bog

…Vaccinium myrtillus, deer sedge Trichophorum cespitosum and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. A water course flows south-eastwards through the centre of the site, and at its southern end it is associated with mire characterised by an abundance of soft rush Juncus effusus …

Mungrisdale Mires

…cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and the insect eating round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and are usually edged with hummocks of other bog mosses Sphagnum magellanicum, S. capillifolium and S. papillosum. There are also low ridges with Sphagnum magellanicum, S. tenellu…

Farndale

…del Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, heath rush Juncus squarrosus and bulbous rush J. bulbosus. Dry heath vegetation on Harland Moor comprises heather Calluna vulgaris, bell he…

Vicarage Meadows

…l wet and heathy areas support bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Notable and uncommon plants in the sward include small-white orchid Pseudorchis albida, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, greater butterfly-orchid Platanthera chlorantha, wood…

Merthen Wood

…heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge C. pulicaris, star sedge C. echinata and the locally notable white sedge C. canescens. Another fen t…

Lindow Common

…um, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In the wettest areas bog mosses Sphagnum spp. become dominant. Black Lake in the centre of the site contains peaty, acidic water. Aquatic macrophytes are sparse although several …

Thornhill Moss & Meadows

… myrtle Myrica gale and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia occurs in profusion. Saplings of alder, birch and willow including bay willow Salix pentandra have become established. Willow also lines the ditches crossing the moss. Thornhill '…

Hexhamshire Moors

…marsh violet Viola palustris, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and locally, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. Throughout the site there are localised areas of acid grassland most of which have developed due to regular sheep grazing. These grasslands…

Baysbrown Wood

…m spp. and including common valerian Valeriana officinalis, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. The variable structure of the wood allows it to support a rich bird life including pied flycatcher, wood and willow warbler, redst…

Afon Cleddau Gorllewinol / Western Cleddau River

…nd nutrient poor valley mire with nearby flushes containing round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, marsh St John’s-wort Hypericum elodes, marsh lousewort Pedicularis pal…

Chailey Common

… found in this habitat; bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum. Areas of scrub dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus occur on the open common, while alder buckthorn Frangula alnus and…

East Nidderdale Moors (Flamstone Pin - High Ruckles)

…ss leaved heath, bog mosses Sphagnum spp. and occasionally, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Flushes and rills, particularly on Grewelthorpe Moor support bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius, blinks Montia fontana, marsh pennywort Hyd…

Okehampton Park Flush

…ummock-forming, the first usually being found together with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and the last with marsh violet Viola palustris. Elsewhere there are small areas dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, with much greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus p…

Bolton Fell and Walton Mosses

…of crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Other typical species include round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos occurring amongst the ‘lawns’ of the bog mosses papillose bog moss Sphagnum papillosum, blunt leave…

Coed Mynachlog-fawr

…-grass Molinia caerulea and star sedge Carex echinata, with round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, heath rush Juncus squarrosus, heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and occasional bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus also occu…

Dozmary Pool

…ail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum, and the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. Of particular interest is the occurrence of small-fruited yellow-sedge Carex serotina and bottle sedge Carex rostrata both of which species are uncommon in Cornwall. In a county…

Cors y Llyn

…ath Erica tetralix and occasional heather Calluna vulgaris, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the liverwort Cephalozia connivens. Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos is locally abundant, and the locally uncommon white beak-sedge Rhynchospo…

Cors Farchwel

…prominent in the wetter runnels, along with species such as round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, many-stalked spike-rush Eleocharis multicaulis and bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius. Much of the rest of the field has taller vegetation dominated by sharp-flowered rush J…

Subberthwaite, Blawith and Torver Low Commons

…Equally characteristic of these lawns are the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, tormentil Potentilla erecta, bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and a variety of mosses and liverworts such as the bog moss Sphagnum capillifolium, Polytrichum strictum, Aulacomnium pa…

Ingleborough

… Where flushing occurs the blanket hog becomes floristically richer with sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. There is a fine series of limestone pavements at Colt Park the pavement is tree covered and dominated by ash…

Esgyrn Bottom

…dge Rhynchospora alba are found, whilst their edges support round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and the bog-mosses Sphagnum papillosum and S. recurvum. Tussocks of purple moor-grass dominate the disturbed are…

Muckle Moss

… bog sedge C. paupercula, bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, in the intervening hollows. Three rare species of bog moss are present S. riparium, S. balticum and S. dusenii, the last at its only known Briti…

Whim Bog

…wberry Empetrum nigrum, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos. Nine species of bog moss Sphagnum are also known to be present, including the rare S.fuscum. The presence of this moss, together with heather Ca…

Gweunydd Ty'n-y-Llidiart

…, star sedge Carex echinata, carnation sedge C. panicea and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The drier slopes and bank support a sward dominated by bents, sweet vernal-grass and crested dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus, with frequent heath-grass Danthonia decumbens, tormen…

Newby Moor

…o mire characterised by bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and bog myrtle Myrica gale with tussocks of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and hummocks of bog mosses Sphagnum spp. In the wettest areas bottle…

Tonnagh Beg Bog

…h frequent white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and scattered round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The lagg surrounding the intact bog has been extensively cut for turf, creating a mosaic of habitats which are dependent on peat-depth and age of cutting. Vegetation communities …

Wellington College Bog

… abundant. Growing amongst the Sphagnum, the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia is particularly common. Other characteristic species include bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. Cross leaved heath Erica tetralix…

Foulshaw Moss

…d other characteristic species include common cotton grass, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry, bog rosemary and Sphagnum subnitens. Within this area there are also notably larger amounts of Sphagnum magellanicum. Purple moor grass Molinia caerulea is an importan…

Warmwell Heath

…iophorum angustifolium, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and bog-myrtle Myrica gale. The Tadnoll Brook, a tributary of the River Frome, rises as a chalk spring three kilometres to the west, and within its valley vegetation communities h…

Eastern Peak District Moors

…ch as cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia and on Hallam Moors, cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus, an arctic alpine species at the south eastern limits of its British distribution. There are old records of bog rosemary Andromed…

Black Down and Sampford Commons

…riety of wet ground plants, including cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, bog pimpernel Lysmachia tenella, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and bristle scirpus Isolepis setacea. Small carr woodlands are present…

Stoke Common

…undum, S. comoactum and S. papilosum. Some of these occasionally support sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In all parts of the heath, burning encourages the proliferation of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and the mosses Polytrichum juniperinum and P. commune, the last two persist…

Cropple How Mire

…ese occur in association with white beak sedge Rhynchospora alba, common sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata spp. ericetorum in addition to the peat land plants mentioned previously. A variety of sedges have also been recorded including star…

Flaxmere Moss

…rulea, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh cinquefoil Pontentilla palustris and the nationally rare bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia occur. The mire vegetation grades into dry heath dominated by heather Calluna vulg…

Mullaghcarn

…nclude, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and the insectivorous round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The fungi rose bloom Exobasidium oxycocci, a species rarely recorded in the UK, occurs on its host cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos in this area. On steeper slopes where the peat th…

Brendon and Vealand Fen

…s palustris and common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium. Roundleaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, marsh violet Viola palustris, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata are frequent associates. On slightly drier ground a rough grass…

Dimmings Dale & The Ranger

…r species of bog moss Sphagnum spp. and the county rarities round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum. The lowland heath, another threatened habitat, is typically dominated by he…

Llandegla Moor

…nt cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and sundew Drosera rotundifolia. This vegetation type is uncommon in Clwyd particularly in the east of the county and two sizeable bogs are present in addition to more localised areas. Locally soligenous flushes…

Rosenannon Bog and Downs

…gnum spp. along with large populations of the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The valley-bog is enclosed by a fringe of broad-leaved woodland consisting largely of willows Salix spp., and sessile oak Quercus petraea. The wood is notable for its large stan…

Carrick Heaths

…nd cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis. Of particular interest are common sundew Drosera rotundifolia, hay-scented buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula, occasional stands of bog myrtle Myrica gale and creeping willow Salix repens and broad-leaved cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium var…

Nant Cledlyn Pingos

…te sedge Carex canescens, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos and round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. In some examples the mires have developed into wet willow (Salix species) woodland, and elsewhere on the site there is scattered scrub and woodland of gorse Ulex europaeus, hawth…

Cernydd Carmel

…m. White-beak sedge Rhynchospora alba and the insectivorous round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia are also common in such areas. Clumps of royal fern Osmunda regalis, a markedly calcifuge species which only thrives in wet acidic and peaty conditions in western Britain where a …

Lampert Mosses

… Vaccinium oxycoccos, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and roundleaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia. The nationally scarce bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia occurs frequently. Tall bog sedge Carex magellanica, another nationally scarce species, is also found. In Northumberland th…

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