Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Allt Grillan Gorge

…emina, Phegopteris connectilis, Oreopteris limbosperma, Hymenophyllum wilsonii, Dryopteris borreri, Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana. Several lichen species add to the interest of the wood. These include the very local “Eu-atlantic” lichens: Crutarndina petractoides…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…undant. Ferns are abundant in the field layer, in particular broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina. Hard fen Blechnum spicant is frequent particularly in the north…

Park Wood, Chilham

…rfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha. Ferns are frequent and include buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and male fern Dryopteris filix-mas. The strip of calcareous grassland along the south western boundary is dominated by the grasses tor g…

Rusland Valley Mosses

…luding the local royal fern Osmunda regalis, the broad and narrow buckler ferns Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana along with the hybrid of the two, Dryopteris x deweveri. On the margins of the peat land a variety of grassland types are found. On wetter ground purple …

Great Yews

…chis mascula. Ferns are well represented and include common and scaly male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and Dryopteris affinis, broad and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana and polypody Polypodium vulgare. Two glades, in the north and east of the wood…

Norsey Wood

…quadrifolia at its only locality in south Essex. Narrow and broad buckler ferns Dryopteris carthusiana and Dryopteris dilatata are found on the valley slopes. Additional interest is formed by the spring lines which give rise to colonies of opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysos…

Silver Tarn, Hollas and Harnsey Mosses

…water horsetail, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, narrow and broad buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and Dryopteris dilatata. Of special interest is the royal fern Osmunda regalis which is restricted to Silver Tarn east.

Rake Hanger

…ies of fern in this damper area, including both broad and narrow buckler ferns, Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana. The wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus is locally abundant in wet flushes. In the alder carr there are two acid pools, one heavily shaded, the other more…

Areley Wood

…arr woodland adjacent to the brook rich in ferns, including narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis and hard fern Blechnum spicant. On the drier ground the woodland conforms to the oak birch wavy hair grass woodland type with bilberry Vaccin…

Leith Hill

…raw Galium palustre occur with several species of fern including narrow buckler Dryopteris carthusiana and broad buckler Dryopteris dilatata. Leith Hill Place Wood, an ancient semi natural woodland on clay soils, has a species rich ground flora which includes yellow archangel Lam…

Dilty Moss

…racterised by Sphagnum mosses and plants such as broad and narrow buckler ferns Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana, marsh violet Viola palustris, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. Of particular note is the occurrence of the nationally ra…

Black Moss

…erous tall herbs and a variety of ferns including broad and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina. Towards the south the open fen becomes patchy in distribution but maintains a good Sphagnum and Polytrichum cover wi…

Finglandrigg Woods

… abundant bents, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, purple moor grass, buckler ferns Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana and honeysuckle. Locally there is some alder. On drier ground the birch and pine predominate with some oak, rowan and rarer aspen. The woodland structur…

Ravensroost Wood

…ferns flourish in the damp conditions, including large populations of male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and lady fern Athyrius filix-femina whilst the less common narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and scaly male fern Dryopteris affini…

Rhosydd Llanpumsaint

…rozium schreberi and Sphagnum fallax, with locally abundant narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana, broad buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata and royal fern Osmunda regalis. The rare liverwort Pallavicinia lyellii grows on the shaded sides of some of the peat cuttings. Rhosydd L…

Misson Training Area

…lade Neottia ovata. Ferns occur on drier knolls and include narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis. On alluvial soils to the west of the site, goat willow Salix caprea, almond willow Salix triandra and osier Salix viminalis form a dense…

Thornley Wood

… of creeping soft grass Holcus mollis, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, while on more acid soils holly Ilex aquifolium becomes the most abundant shrub species over a flora dominated by wavy hair grass Descha…

Askham Bog

…s palustris. Moreacidic elements of the ground flora include broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and bog mosses Sphagnum fimbriatum, S. squarrosus and S. palustre. In addition to the peat land habi…

Whiteparish Common

…e Sanicula europaea, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and the ferns scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Woodland sedges and grasses such as remote sedge Carex remota, wo…

Sefton Coast

…rdus stricta less frequent. Wetter areas contain heath rush, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Patches of gorse Ulex europaeus are present, particularly within more mature stands…

Breary Marsh

…e numerous tussocks of the greater tussock sedge and ferns, including male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana are abundant. Wood sorrel, dog's mercury and woody nightshade occur on patches of drier grou…

Heysham Moss

… Plants in the understorey include bramble Rubus fruticosus, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. To the south and east of the Moss, on the transition between the peat and the mineral soil is a strip of grey willow scrub, Salix ci…

Weeleyhall Wood

…lata. Four species of fern are present, including the uncommon scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Additional interest is provided by two ponds and damp, grassy rides whose rich flora includes water purslane Lythrum portula. There a…

Troy Wood

…bundance of lily of the valley Convallaria majalis. Ferns include broad buckler Dryopteris dilatata, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and the uncommon narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. In wetter areas alder Alnus glutinosa is abundant associated with grey willow Salix ci…

Glen Ey Gorge

…wks-beard Crepis paludosa. Hard fern Blechnum spicant and oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris are abundant and widespread, and beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, brittle bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis and green spleenwort Asplenium viride are frequent on ledges. Narrow buckler-f…

Cockrah Wood

…ns of scarce plants, notably the Maianthemum bifolium, hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea and the clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum. The ground flora comprises acidic species such as wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, bracken Pteridium aq…

Hermand Birchwood

…a vulgaris, blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus and, in places, by broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. Birch regeneration is progressing on remaining open areas of the raised bog. The diverse nature of this site and relative lack of disturbance has resulted in a rich ground flora w…

Old Sulehay Forest

…species are, nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis and deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna. The rides and clearings add to the floristic interest of the site and provide habitat for butterflies a…

Outley Mosses

…ch and include marsh thistle, marsh violet Viola palustris, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, marsh valerian and marsh bedstraw Galium palustre. Dragonflies are an important component of the fauna of Outley Mosses and eleven species a high number for this part of Englan…

Cors Gorsgoch

… palustre and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata also occurring. Narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana occurs at the edge of these communities. Further north, towards the stream forming one of the headwaters of the river Grannell (flowing generally north-west through the site), i…

The Wilderness

… flora which presumably preceded woodland on the site. Both narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and marsh fern Thelypteris palustris occur. The flanking grassland is dominated by Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and soft rush Juncus effusus but with a wide range of species cha…

Holme Moor & Clean Moor

…imula vulgaris, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana are also present.

Star Moss

…p around a small pool. Woodland understorey species include narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana, common cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifolium, white sedge Carex canescens, and marsh violet Viola palustris. The north and south of the Moss has drier birch woodland present. L…

Rhos Goch (Rhos Goch Common)

…mosses Calliergonell cuspidatum and Eurhynchium praelongum, narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana and royal fern. Within the swamp zone dense patches of rusty willow are developing in the areas dominated by soft rush. The common is bordered by wet pastures. These are situate…

Hodgemoor Wood

…teristic of the Chilterns; lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and the hawkweed Hieracium virgultorum, all uncommon in Buckinghamshire. The wood is known to hold populations of white admiral Limenitis camilla, purple hairstreak Favonius qu…

Coldingham Common, Long Moss

…on polygonifolius. Other notable plants of interest include narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, common wintergreen Pyrola minor, chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lesser twayblade Neottia cordata. A relatively high number of…

Pow Hill Bog

…ich are local in County Durham also occur, including narrow leaved buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and grass of parnassus Parnassia palustris. The dry acidic soils of the valley sides support heath vegetation dominated by heather, with brack…

Cors Nantcwnlle

…ubescens occupies the north-western part of the mire basin. Narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana is unusually abundant over much of the mire.

Mercaston Marsh and Muggington Bottoms

…ocks of bog mosses Sphagnum fimbriatum and S. palustre with narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium. heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and foxglove Digitalis purpurea grow on the tops of the hummocks. This is an exceptional habitat…

Cwm Merddog Woodlands

…t previously been recorded for this part of the county, eg. narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana, greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata and the heath spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata. The Coed Ty'n y gelli outlier on the upper slopes is an area of coppiced beech woodla…

Odiham Common with Bagwell Green and Shaw

…oides, Solomon's seal Polygonatum multiflorum and the local narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Habitat diversity is provided by a series of grasslands of varying types reflecting different soil types, drainage and management. Marshy swards dominated by tufted hair grass…

Longmoor Bog

…equently. Other species include hard fern Blechnum spicant, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, common wintergreen Pyrola minor, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza f…

Foulshaw Moss

…lberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cranberry, bog rosemary, narrow leaved buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, hare's tail cotton grass, bog myrtle and with sphagna such as S. palustre, S. capillifolium and, in ditches, Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. fimbriatum, S. palustre and S. recurvum. Wh…

Belcher's & Broadfield Woods

… note, including wood small reed Calamagrostis epigejos and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Both greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha and bird's nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, uncommon and decreasing in Essex, have been recorded, together with dampwood or …

Moorend Common

…lium odoratum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana as well as several of the heath and grassland species noted above. bugle Ajuga reptans and the sedges Carex strigosa and Carex remota, the latter in unusual abundance, occur in …

Orton Moss

…h type, with heather and bilberry to a form characterised by broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. Within these areas occur some scarce plants, most notably royal fern Osmunda regalis and common wintergreen Pyrola minor. In parts the …

Waen Rydd

…rum angustifolium, wavy hair-grass Deschampsia flexuosa and narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana. This vegetation often grades into wet heath, which shares many of the above species but is recognizable by the presence of deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum and an absence of h…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

…w iris Iris pseudacorus, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and, in the flanking drain, water violet Hottonia palustris. Cranberry Bog is one of the few known sites in Britain for the micro moth Buckleria paludum. Other characteristic bo…

Waldridge Fell

…ich ground flora which includes royal fern Osmunda regalis, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata, all of which are rare or local in North East England. The insect fauna of Waldridge Fell is di…

Salta Moss

…riophorum angustifolium, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Still wetter areas, probably from which peat has been cut, have abundant bog mosses especially Sphagnum fallax with some S. papillosum together with common cotton grass, bogbea…

Bryn Marsh & Ince Moss

…inum. Relict species such as royal fern Osmunda regalis and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana occur. The carr woodland is dominated by goat willow Salix caprea and grey willow Salix cinerea often with a sparse understorey, though locally, greater pond sedge Carex riparia…

River Derwent and Tributaries

…ith, for example, marsh woundwort Stachys palustris, narrow leaved buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and remote sedge Carex remota. Open water transitions have stands of common club rush Schoenoplectus lacustris, bottle sedge Carex rostrata and, in places, the local needle spik…

Riskinhope

…marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, water avens Geum rivale, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, skullcap Scutellaria galericulata, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, large bitter-cress Cardamine amara, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica and angelica Angelica sylvestris.

Strensall Common

…tian Gentiana pneumonanthe, other species of note including narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and long leaved sundew Drosera intermedia. Drainage has reduced the extent of the wetland vegetation which includes permanent pools with great reed mace Typha latifolia, fen dom…

Lurgan Lough

…uding cowbane Cicuta virosa, royal fern Osmunda regalis and narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana. In addition, the notable bryophytes Calliergon cordifolium, Sphagnum fimbriatum and Sphagnum squarrosum have been recorded. The fen vegetation at Lurgan Lough ASSI represents o…

Hulland Moss

…woodland includes mountain fern Thelypteris limbosperma and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. The clearings in the drier woodland are colonised by purple moor grass Molinia caerulea and common bent Agrostis capillaris with bramble which at this site is mainly Rubus plic…

Lord's Wood

…dominated by bramble and great woodrush Luzula sylvatica and contains male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and broad buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata. A wide variety of herbs characteristic of ancient woodland occurs including woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, yellow…

Cwm Glo a Glyndyrys

…caulis, intermediate lady’s-mantle Alchemilla xanthochlora, narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana and adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. The marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia has been noted in the marshy grassland areas, where its food plant, devil’s bit scabi…

Endrick Water

…tifolia in woodland margins. Moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, and the three-nerved sandwort Moehringia trinervia occur in the woodlands. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) Brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri)

Scotney Castle

…e leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Much of Kilndown Wood is sweet chestnut Castanea sativa coppice. One ride through the coppice is particularly species rich, with much heather Calluna vulgaris and locally scarc…

Bradley Woods

…ed wood sedge Carex strigosa, smooth sedge Carex laevigata, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma. The woodland has a diverse epiphyte flora. Typical lichens of old woodland which occur include several of the beard lichens Usnea …

Esthwaite Water

… Lythrum salicaria, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. In addition to its botanical interest Esthwaite Water is of local importance for breeding birds. great crested grebe, teal, tufted duck, red breasted merganser, pochard and se…

East Ruston Common

…bundant marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, tormentil and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Elsewhere the base of the slope is marked by acidic flushes. bog mosses Sphagnum spp. form a carpet in places but the vegetation is generally dominated by soft rush Juncus effu…

Sissinghurst Park Wood

…nus and many other more locally distributed species such as narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and skullcap Scutellaria galericulata. The ground flora is best developed in the years immediately following coppice cutting and later in the cycle may be almost completely shad…

Chalkney Wood

…wayblade Neottia ovata, early purple orchid Orchis mascula, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and several mosses and liverworts uncommon in Essex also occur. These include Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri, Plagiothecium latebricola, Ulota crispa, Scapania irrigua and Scapania n…

Cannock Chase

…ey with abundant greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. These two species also occur in association with alder carr. The pool in Milford Quarry is locally important for amphibians and, as with standing waters elsewhere on the Chase…

Esgyrn Bottom

… Rubus fruticosus agg, honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and broad buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata. Most of the woodland is of coppice-growth, with a few large, old, many-stemmed stools. Large oak and ash Fraxinus excelsior trees are scattered on boundary banks. Wood melick Meli…

Winterton - Horsey Dunes

…escue Festuca ovina, common polypody Polypodium vulgare and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Three rare grasses are present in abundance, grey hair grass Corynephorus canescens, rush leaved fescue Festuca arenaria and purple marram x Ammocalamagrostis baltica. A notabl…

Rhos Cilcennin

… interesting plants include bottle sedge Carex rostrata and narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana. At the northern end of the site is an area of acidic pasture which is reverting to heath with abundant western gorse and a large colony of southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza pr…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…sa, soft rush Juncus effusus, remote sedge Carex remota and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana occur with the bog mosses Sphagnum palustre and S. recurvum. Where the peat is more eutrophic, such as the area surrounding the small Roudsea Tarn, the vegetation is more typica…

Skipwith Common

…ocotyle vulgaris, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Locally, there are areas of base enrichment where large bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor, marsh…

Stubbers Green Bog

…iza praetermissa, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. The species rich swamp is dominated by a mixture of great reed mace Typha latifolia and reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima. It grades into a zone of damp continuous scrub dominat…

Blaeberry Island Bog

…lous flapwort Mylia anomala. Royal fern Osmunda regalis and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana are frequent throughout. These two latter species have declined considerably in the east of Northern Ireland as a result of habitat loss. Other habitats associated with the bog …

Craigmad Wood

…f their British distribution. Remote sedge Carex remota and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana occur in the ground flora and are locally restricted species in Clackmannanshire. Wet open glades within the woodland support a characteristic tall herb flora.

Nant y Crimp

… petty whin Genista anglica, cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, the latter an Atlantic species characteristic of unimproved pastures in the South Wales coalfield. In addition, there is also a colony o…

Waun Cwm Calch

…his sedge support a range of other plant species, including narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana and marsh violet Viola palustris. The ravine in the north of the site has extensive rock outcrops. Here both acidic and base-rich formations support a rich flora, including Wils…

Crabtree Wood

…shire Carboniferous limestone is abundant in the grassland. Narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana occurs on the plantation margin.

Ripon Parks

…utellaria galericulata, water violet Hottonia palustris and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. A more base rich area is of interest for its bog rush Schoenus nigricans, with butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, saw wort Serratula tinctoria and…

Calf Hill and Cragg Woods

…Galium saxatile and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, with broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. In places the mosses Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Dicranum majus and Sphagnum spp are frequent with variable amounts of different grasses and bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus, especially o…

Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons

…olet Viola palustris, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana are found in these more acidic areas. These wet stands give way to a secondary woodland of birch Betula species and pedunculate oak Quercus robur on the higher ground around the…

Wey Valley Meadows

…carr. Here, species such as bittersweet Solianum dulcamara, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and sneezewort Achillea ptarmica exist alongside wetland species common throughout the site. Some areas not subjected to regular flooding have a red fescue Festuca rubra dominat…

Mavis Enderby Valley

…e Carex paniculata, giant horsetail Equisetum telmateia and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. The close juxtaposition of a number of habitats makes the site valuable for a wide range of fauna, small mammals, lepidoptera and dragonflies in particular. It is of County imp…

Selshion

… common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and occasional narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana are associated with this sward, over a mixed bryophyte carpet of Sphagnum capillifolium, Aulacomnium palustre, Hypnum cupressiforme and Polytrichum commune. Stands of wet scrub …

Carver's Rocks

…carpets of Polytrichum spp. and Sphagnum spp. with abundant narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. In the wet areas, the plants of local importance include distant sedge Carex distans, marsh fern Thelypteris palustris, rough horsetail Equisetum hyemale, common broomrape Orob…

South Cliffe Common

…and soft rush Juncus effusdominant and localised patches of narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, bog moss Sphagnum spp. and hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum. Hotham Carr is a mixture of wet acid grassland, poor fen and birch woodland, with limited areas of bas…

Kennet Valley Alderwoods

…tum fluviatile, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Of particular interest is the large amount of remote sedge Carex remota and golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, both of which have a limited distribution in Berksh…

Oakhanger Moss

…, sedges give way to purple moor grass Molinia caerulea with broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata locally and birch displacing willow from the shrub layer. More diverse are the areas of fen which have developed along the site’s eastern edge, where surface water enters the basin…

Udford Low Moss

…more acidic conditions creeping soft grass Holcus mollis and broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata dominate while in the more neutral to basic situations there is a richer flora including dog's mercury, hedge woundwort, wood avens, yellow pimpernel and wood meadow grass Poa nemo…

Castle Enigan

…tion in the British Isles, including cowbane Cicuta virosa, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum. Notable bryophytes include Calliergon cordifolium, Sphagnum fimbriatum and Sphagnum squarrosum. Castle Enigan also provides valuable habitat …

Hallsenna Moor

…ex canescens, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana, cross leaved heath and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Where the water level is at or above the surface of the peat, small nutrient poor fen communities have developed …

Stafford Brook

…e bases are plants such as lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and herb Robert Geranium robertianum. To the south and on the fringe of the flood plain a drier woodland occurs with birch Betula spp., pedunculate oak Quercus robur and rowan S…

Landford Bog

…mon dog violet Viola riviniana, hard fern Blechnum spicant, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia are all components of the ground flora. Fungi, for example fly agaric Amanita muscaria, a characteristic associate of birch, are plentiful. Wh…

Aughnadarragh Lough

…cies and yellow sedge Carex lepidocarpa on the lough-shore. narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana occurs in the cut-over bog. Because of the variety and quality of the habitats present, Aughnadarragh Lough is also important for insects invertebrates. A large number of butter…

Newby Moor

…he tussocks including wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Many of the shallow slopes on Newby Moor are covered with rushy grassland and acidic flushes with abundant purple moor grass and star sedge Carex echinata. Marsh violet Viola …

Worth Forest

…aevigata and ferns such as lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma. On much of the steep lower slope the wet ground supports carpets of Sphagnum mosses with clumps of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. …

Rhos-Rydd

…ds of greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata and occasional narrow buckler-fern Dryopteris carthusiana. Moss and leaf-litter here contain a typical assemblage of wetland snails and the presence of two species of whorl snail, Vertigo antivertigo and V. substriata, suggests that ce…

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