Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Kinuachdrach

…an abundance of hay-scented buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula and the filmy ferns, Hymenophyllum wilsonii and Hymenophyllum tunbrigense. On the lower slopes alder and sallow woodlands occur locally and merge with herb-rich marsh communities on the raised beaches.

Ceunant Cynfal

…mid conditions. Ferns are also prolific and include both species of filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina. A range of lichens are also present, many growing epiphytically, especial…

Arthog Hall Woods

… regionally rare hay scented fern Dryopteris aemula, both species of filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and Hymenophyllum wilsonii, soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and beech fern Phegopteris connectilis as well as abundant broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata. The unc…

Coedydd Dyffryn Ffestiniog (Gogleddol)

…d buckler fern Dryopteris aemula are found occasionally and Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense both occur in areas of higher humidity within ravines or stream valleys. Where drainage is impeded, downy birch Betula pubesce…

Tarbert to Skipness Coast

…erns, including hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula, Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense. These conditions also support an internationally important assemblage of oceanic bryophytes such as Dicranum scottianum and L…

Cabilla Manor Wood

…ern Blechnum spicant. Of particular note is the presence of Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense on wet rock overhangs. Forty-six species of moss have been recorded including the locally rare Atrichum undulatum and the firs…

Coedydd Nantgwynant

…chnum spicant and Dryopteris spp. The two uncommon species, Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and the Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense occur in the woodlands. There is a diverse and abundant moss and liverwort flora clothing the ground, rocks and boulders, …

Coedydd Beddgelert a Cheunant Aberglaslyn

…eris limbosperma and Dryopteris spp.. Two uncommon species, Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and the Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense occur within a small ravine and on a number of ledges. Other frequent field layer plants include wood sorrel Oxalis acetos…

Coedydd De Dyffryn Maentwrog

…es make this a particularly good site for the filmy-ferns, Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, as well as the hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and royal fern Osmunda regalis. …

Coedydd Dyffryn Wnion

…d scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis. The uncommon species, Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii occurs on exposed rocks and boulders close to the river and the Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense occurs within the spray zone of a waterfall. The moss and liverwor…

Ganllwyd

…ere are a few plants of hay-scented fern Dryopteris aemula. Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii occurs on exposed rocks and boulders close to the river and the less common Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense occurs within the spray zone of the waterfall at Rhaea…

Gwynfynydd

…ffinis and occasionally beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii occurs on rocks and boulders close to the river and, at Pistyll Cain, this species occurs within the spray zone of the waterfall with the less common Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymeno…

Glencoyne Wood

…s mantle Alchemilla alpina and, particularly on damp rocks, Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. The chief interest of Glencoyne Wood lies in its outstanding bryophyte flora, 66 different species of mosses and liverworts have been recorded on a variety of different substra…

Dollar Glen

…red gullies are nutrient enriched and have the locally rare Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and several locally uncommon montane species. Higher up the slopes of King’s Seat are many springs. Old spoil from a copper mine supports the only known colony of field gentian …

Nant Llech

…rticularly well represented on wet rocks with ferns such as Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and royal fern Osmunda regalis; the liverworts, Jubula hutchinsiae, Odontoschisma denudatum and Saccogyna viticulosa and the mosses, Tetrodontium brownianum and Fissidens curnov…

Corrieshalloch Gorge

…. Ferns and mosses are abundant and notable species include Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Cranefly (Lipsothrix ecucullata) The woodland provides habitat for the nationally rare cranefly species Lipsothrix ecucullata. Adult Lipsothrix ecucullata are found in wet area…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and elements of wet heath. Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii has been recorded from this habitat. With thinner soils, the communities become more diverse, grading into cliff and ledge types. Grassland dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra…

Watersmeet

…hay-scented buckler-fern Desmatodon convolutus and the rare Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. The site supports some important areas of heathland, containing a mixture of heather, bilberry, western gorge Ulex gallii and bell heather Erica cinerea, whilst some other are…

Coedydd Glannau a Cwm Coel

…quisetum sylvaticum and beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, a species more characteristic of oceanic areas and a very rare plant in Radnor, occurs by the stream. Local areas of base-richness in the woodland permit species such as enchan…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

…e woodland has historical records for a large population of Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and birdsnest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, a Schedule 8 species listed in the Wildlife NI Order 1985. To the south there are two further areas of woodland. The first, Breesha Pla…

Combe Scar

…at wood rush, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii are present as well as other mosses such as Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Ctenidium molluscum and Bartramia pomiformis. The streams pass under the screes which are present below the g…

Ben More - Scarisdale

…ferns such as the hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula and the filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, which is characteristic of the native deciduous oceanic woodlands of the West Highlands and Inner Hebrides.

Dundonnell Woods

…estris, wood avens Geum urbanum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris.

Craig-y-pistyll

…rysocoma occur, along with butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii also occurs on some damp ledges. Three flowering plants worthy of mention are wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides occurring in its only known inland locality in Ceredigion, the h…

Tilberthwaite Gill

… support the brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and Wilson's' filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. The moss and liverwort cover is extensive with abundant Marsupella emarginata and Diplophyllum albicans and more locally frequent species such as Blindia acuta, Hyocomium armo…

Marlbank

…thwort Lathraea squamaria, Welsh poppy Mecanopsis cambrica, Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and wood fescue Festuca altissima. They are also important for a range of mycorrhizal fungi and fungi of deadwood, with species of the Genera brittlegill Russula, milkcap Lactar…

Seatoller Wood, Sourmilk Gill & Seathwaite Graphite Mine

…pine enchanter's nightshade Circaea alpina and the uncommon Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii which is present on damp shaded rocks. The rich and diverse lichen and bryophyte floras are due primarily to continuity of tree cover and lack of intensive woodland management o…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…ania tricrenata have also been recorded in block scree with Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, for example at Castell Carndochan and Arenig Fawr. The area has not been well-studied for invertebrates, but even these limited studies have shown a rich and characteristic upl…

Mynydd Preseli

…ckfields. These include beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa, whilst the fir clubmoss Huperzia selago is frequent amongst the moss-filled crevices of some of the blockfields. The lichens of the tors an…

Birk Fell

…e, maidenhair spleenwort, polypody and wood rush. The local Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii has also been recorded. The higher crags; especially those inaccessible to grazing animals, support a heathland flora of ling, bilberry with bell heather and viviparous fescue. …

Waun Cwm Calch

…ic and base-rich formations support a rich flora, including Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and the mosses Blindia acuta and Tortella tortuosa, all uncommon plants in Montgomeryshire.

Tarn Hows

…ch elm Ulmus glabra and is also a location for the uncommon Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii.

Knapdale Woods

…nia gracilis, prickly featherwort Plagiochila spinulosa and Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii community. Within this community are stands of western and deceptive featherwort and spotty featherwort Plagiochila punctata and, on the most humid and acidic rocks, greater whi…

Carn a' Mhadaidh

…pody Polypodium vulgare form the main fern communities with Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Liverworts are especially abundant around the mouths of the boulder gaps and fissures with Bazzania trilobata, Herbertus aduncus and Mylia taylorii covering damp rock faces. A …

Coed Cwmgwared

…pteris dilatata. The humid conditions in the valley support Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and a number of uncommon Atlantic bryophytes including Jubula Hutchinsiae and Scapania umbrosa. Two regionally rare species of coleoptera, Pterostichus Oblongopunctatus and Cara…

Bowland Fells

…urning. These include fir clubmoss Huperzia selago and also Scottish filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula in their only Lancashire sites. Flushes and springs are not common but provide a habitat for the Lancashire rarities lesser twayb…

Beech Hill Wood

… brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and the uncommon Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. A wide variety of mosses and liverworts are also present including several uncommon species. Oak stands dominate the remaining area of woodland on the lower slopes with hazel f…

Bodmin Moor, North

…amongst the higher tors support the uncommon Wilson’s and Tunbridge filmy-ferns Hymenophyllum wilsonii and H. tunbridgense. At intermediate altitudes, between about 250 metres and 300 metres the vegetation of the more gently sloping ground displays the influence of several thous…

Stonethwaite Woods

…are found locally along the stream courses and the uncommon Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii characterises some of the moss communities on the damp rock faces of the stream gills and block scree.

Great Wood

…t species grow. These include columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and orpine Sedum telephium. On top of these cliffs are open areas of heath and acidic grassland, bracken and patches of birch woodland with some larch.

Craig-y-Llyn

…cliffs, ravines and flushes support many montane species including Sedum rosea, Hymenophyllum wilsonii, Huperzia selago on the cliffs and the moss Andreaea rupestris on flat boulders on the plateau. In Llyn Fach occur Lobelia dortmanna, Isoetes lacustrisis and Sparganium angustif…

Allt Grillan Gorge

…leatum, Athyrium filix-femina, 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: …

Ardvar Woodlands

…ris affinis and hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula. Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii is locally abundant in the shady humid areas. Base-rich ledges support a greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica–tall fern community and wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum grass…

Doire Donn

…eam gorges contain a variety of mosses and ferns, including Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, Tunbridge filmy fern H. tunbrigense, and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. Glades within the woodland support lesser butterfly orchid and fragrant orchid. Along its top e…

Armboth Fells

…enium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Similar communities occur on some ungrazed crags, while carline thistle Carlina vulgaris is an indicator of more base rich conditions on Iron and Goat Crags. Scattered trees o…

Thirlmere Woods

…splenium oppositifolium along the flush lines. The uncommon Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii is locally abundant on the damp shaded rocks. Seventeen fern species, including Wilson's filmy fern, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, green spleenwort Asplenium viride and oa…

Ben Klibreck

…sentation of northern birchwood mosses and ferns, including Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii.

Dodgson Wood

… connectilis, lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. The juniper scrub occupies the steep slopes immediately above the wood and has developed in association with yew, holly, birch and rowan. The scrub lies in a matrix of acid gra…

Stack Woods

…here are extensive stands of blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus. Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii is frequently seen on boulders. The woodland ground flora includes wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Bryophyte assembl…

Llwyn y Coed

… wood is its Atlantic flora which includes both British species of filmy ferns (Hymenophyllum wilsonii and H tunbrigense and an abundance of oceanic mosses, liverworts and lichens. It is one of the most important woodland sites in North Gwynedd for its woodland Atlantic bryophyte…

Big Dog Scarps and Lakes

…lechnum spicant, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. The boulder slope below is covered by a tall dry heath community, characterised by stands of great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and a tall growth of dwarf-shrub species such as h…

Scales Wood

…iphytic on tree trunks and the uncommon 'Atlantic' species, Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Scales Wood is of particular interest for its mosses, liverworts and lichens, in particular the epiphytic communities on acid leached bark. Uncommon liverwort species include P…

Stanley Ghyll

…ock faces are often covered by locally extensive patches of Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and a variety of moss species. These include the rarities Isothecium holtii, Chionoloma tenuirostre, Hygrohypnum eugyrium and Fissidens curnovii. In the same habitat several rar…

Long Mynd

…ecies such as lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the latter found here at its most easterly British location. The site also includes several shallow peaty pools which have characteristic plants such as bottle sedge Carex rost…

Naddle Forest

…Saxifraga aizoides whilst the gill also has wood fescue and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. A grass heath mosaic occurs between Low and High Forest where heather Calluna vulgaris and bilberry dominate the dry knolls, whilst the hollows usually have hare's tail cotton …

Johnny Wood

…rns Gymnocarpium dryopteris and Phegopteris connectilis and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. The exceptionally high rainfall experienced at Johnny Wood has probably inhibited the development of an outstanding lichen assemblage, however there is an interesting lichen co…

Western Mournes and Kilfeaghan Upper

… and heavy grazing such as parsley fern Cryptogmmma crispa, Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and stag's-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum. Unimproved grassland is widespread throughout the area, often dominated by mat grass Nardus stricta with common bent Agroslis capil…

Glen Queich

…traw Galium sterneri and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii is an uncommon fern of humid situations besides burns running through the cliffs. Smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata occurs under scattered hazel woodland. The lowland grassla…

Glen Ey Gorge

… melick Melica nutans, holly fern Polystichum lonchitis and Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii have also been recorded in the gorge. On the more gently sloping sides of the valley species-rich dwarf-shrub heath alternates with bent-fescue grassland. petty whin Genista ang…

Coed Dinorwig

…reus. A few Atlantic species have been recorded, including Wilson's filmy fern, Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Other herb species, particularly bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, are locally abundant. The uncommon long-leaved helleborine Cephalanthera longifolia is present. The fauna i…

Coed Maes-mawr, Coed Esgairneiriau a Cheunant Caecenau

…zzania trilobata and Plagiochila spinulosa, amongst others. Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii is also present. A notable lichen flora has developed on the trees in this area including Parmeliella taylorensia, P. horrescens and Sticta spp., which are indicative of low atm…

Coed Cwm Cletwr

…ocarpium dryopteris, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, and 90 species of mosses and liverworts have been found to date. The lichen flora is also diverse and of great interest. Of special interest is toothwort Lathraea squamaria, on…

Carn Ingli

…ora alba and fir clubmoss Huperzia selago. Small numbers of Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii grow in the damp, shady recesses of the tors. The lichens of the tors, blockfields and abundant scattered boulders are of importance, with several scarce species such as Ophiopa…

Inverhope

…el Oxalis acetosella, a variety of moss species and notably Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii.

Glen Lyon Woods

…ca montana; on rock outcrops near the river species such as Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, and black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum are present. Glen Lyon Woods is of particular importance for its rich lichen flora which includes both sub-oceanic and continenta…

Kirkhope Linns

…he high humidity of rock crevices close to the river allows Wilson’s filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii to grow here, well to the east of its usual range. Several locally rare mosses confined to rocky gorge habitats also occur, including Anomodon viticulosus and Eucladium verticil…

Rhinog

…anding lichen, fern, moss and liverwort populations. Both species of Filmy Fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and H tunbrigense occur in the woodlands and in block scree. A herd of feral goats occur in the area. Rhinog has no close counterpart in Britain and its low level of grazing exp…

Cwm Cynfal

…enwort Asplenium viride, Bladder Fern Cystopteris fragilis, Scottish Filmy Fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and the moss, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus. Among the interesting higher plants present are Mountain Melick Melica nutans and Acer campestre Acer campestre. Remarks This site lies…

Loch Stack and River Laxford

…a and supports a rich assemblage of notable ferns including Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, notable mosses including Hypnum callichroum and lichens. Breeding bird assemblage The loch, its margins and the surrounding moorland support an assemblage of upland breeding bi…

Moine Mhor

…wer ground. The ground flora includes the nationally-scarce Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii and typical species of the oak-birch-wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella community. The tree trunks and boulder scree support many species of bryophytes and lichen. There are other sm…

Dungeon Ghyll

…enium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Several species of saxifrage such as yellow Saxifraga aizoides, purple S. oppositifolia, starry S.stellaris and mossy S. hypnoides are an important component of the arctic alpi…

West Loch Lomondside Woodlands

…egopteris connectilis, oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris and Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii are also present. Amongst the bryophyte community oceanic species are well represented within the SSSI.

Artilligan and Abhainn Srathain Burns

…here is an abundance of hay-scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula, filmy ferns Hymenophyllum tunbrigense & H. wilsonii and beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. The woodland also supports rich oceanic moss and liverwort communities, including relatively large populations of rare s…

Wistman's Wood

…le Rubus fruticosus. The fern flora within the wood is diverse; the filmy ferns Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, and H. wilsonii occurring here. The epiphytic flora is luxuriant, and lichens are well represented, including the rare Alectoria smithii. Of the numerous species of bryophyt…

Daren y Dimbath

…, mosses and ferns, the most notable being the two rare species of filmy ferns, Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and H. wilsonii.

Coed Ty-canol (Ty-canol Wood)

…ing Plagiochila killarniensis and Cryptothallus mirabilis. The two filmy-ferns, Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and H. Wilsonii, are present, along with hay-scented buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula. Another relict species is the bog myrtle Myrica gale. Notable insects include two rare mo…

Coed Aber Artro

…ern occur including hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and wilsons filmy fern H. wilsonii. The gorge is dominated by sessile oak Quercus petraea with ash Fraxinus excelsior and odd wych elms Ulmus glabra. Beech Fagus sylvatica oc…

Craig Royston Woods

…ssile oak woods. The occurrence of the nationally-uncommon Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, Wilson’s filmy fern H. wilsonii and Hageniella micans, which is a nationally very restricted moss, indicates the “Atlantic” nature of these woods. Localised outcrops of nutr…

Coille Thogabhaig

…enium scolopendrium, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and both Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and Wilson’s filmy fern H. wilsonii. It is one of only four sizeable gorges on limestone in northern Scotland. The Atlantic lichen and bryophyte communities are amongst the r…

North Dartmoor

…uperzia selago, lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and Wilson’s filmy-fern H. wilsonii in wet shaded crevices in scree slopes, bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa in a few mires, and the liverwort Anastrepta orcadensis on the highe…

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