Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Tintagel Cliffs

…itain are abundant here. In addition the steeper cliffs support golden-samphire Inula crithmoides, and maidenhair fern Adiantum capillus-veneris. Soils derived from the basic volcanic rocks are more calcareous and support a species rich flora which includes glaucous sedge Carex …

The Swale

…s common plants include small cord grass Spartina maritima* and golden samphire Inula crithmoides*. As well as providing feeding and roosting places for many birds, the saltmarshes are of entomological interest; for example, this is the habitat of the scarce ground lackey moth M…

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

…hyllis vulneraria and thrift Armeria maritima with the rarities golden samphire Inula crithmoides, tall ramping fumitory Fumaria bastardii, Cornish gentian Gentianella anglica subspecies cornubiensis and autumn squill Scilla autumnalis. This cliff grassland also supports a number…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…edges and crevices support several species of interest such as golden samphire, Inula crithmoides, rock sea lavender Limonium procerum ssp. procerum, sea aster Aster tripolium and both Portland and woodland spurge Euphorbia portlandica, Euphorbia amygdaloides. Further inland the …

Pentire Peninsula

…tum capillus-veneris, rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum and golden samphire Inula crithmoides lower down on the cliffs. Also recorded on Pentire Peninsula are Juncus foliosus, part of the toad rush aggregate in its first known locality in East Cornwall: yellow bartsia Parent…

Bedruthan Steps and Park Head

… cliffs, several plant species of interest occur here including golden samphire Inula crithmoides and tree mallow Malva arborea. The site also has interesting areas of maritime grassland and heathland along the coastal margin. Within the maritime grass/heath near Porth Mear, to t…

Ty Croes

…a anglica and allseed Radiola linoides. The nationally uncommon golden-samphire Inula crithmoides occurs on these cliffs. A number of small flushes drain the area and here species such as common yellow sedge Carex demissa, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii, marsh arrowgrass Trigloch…

Mucking Flats and Marshes

…spurrey Spergularia marina, together with the nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides. The saltmarshes are truncated to their landward edge by sea walls, which in places are vegetated with a sward dominated by sea couch Elytrigia atherica. The saltmarsh has a high in…

Folkestone Warren

…eath Frankenia laevis, curved hard grass Parapholis incurva and golden samphire Inula crithmoides. Above the sprayline, plant species typical of calcareous grassland and of maritime habitats grow side by side, resulting in plant communities which are considered rare in Europe. S…

Glannau Aberdaron

…ring here as a very isolated outlier at the north of its range. Golden samphire Inula crithmoides, lanceolate spleenwort Asplenium obovatum and an endemic sea-lavender Limonium procerum subsp. procerum also occur on the cliffs. Two nationally rare heathland lichens, the endangere…

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

…uill, autumn squill and betony. In addition, the cliffs support golden-samphire Inula crithmoides at its only site on schist on the Lizard, hairy bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus subbiflorus and a notably large population of fringed rupturewort. Several cliff flush communities dominate…

Purbeck Ridge (East)

…d cabbage Brassica oleracea, Nottingham catchfly Silene nutans, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and white horehound Marrubium vulgare. The uncommon yellow-horned poppy Glaucium flavum is occasional. Ballard Down and Godlingston Hill have well-developed terricolous and saxicolou…

Benfleet and Southend Marshes

…y along the Thames. Other local species include the picture winged fly Myopites inulaedyssentericae, great green bush cricket Tettigonia viridissima and rose plume moth Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla. Ant hills are frequent in the grazing marsh. Additional interest is provided by t…

Portsmouth Harbour

…en colonised by oak and blackthorn scrub. The nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides occurs at the upper limits of sea purslane marsh and at the toe of some sea walls. The biological richness and productivity of Portsmouth Harbour is reflected in the numbers of wetla…

South Thames Estuary and Marshes

…e Atriplex portulacoides, with nationally scarce plants such as golden samphire Inula crithmoides (4) and Puccinellia fasciculata (4). The grazing marsh complexes, including seawalls, counterwalls, fleets, dykes, runnels and seasonally wet depressions provide suitable conditions …

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…a, but among the many others are several scarce species such as golden samphire Inula crithmoides*, perennial glasswort Salicornia perennis* and one flowered glasswort Salicornia pusilla*. The estuary is one of the best places in Britain for the study of glassworts. The grazing m…

Kennack to Coverack

…ima and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum. The nationally scarce golden-samphire Inula crithmoides also occurs. Maritime grasslands and heathlands develop further up the cliff, the grasslands usually dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, or cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata and York…

Dengie

…is species poor, mostly Sea Couch, but has shrubby seablite and golden samphire Inula crithmoides in places. The landward side and folding are unimproved semi natural grassland and sections are herb rich with many leguminous species, including grass vetchling Lathyrus nissolia an…

Mynydd Penarfynydd

…common plant species have also been recorded on the sea cliffs; golden samphire Inula crithmoides, ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae and sea stork’s-bill Erodium maritimum.

Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary

… portulacoides, glasswort Salicornia species, nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides and seablite Suaeda maritima are co-dominant. The golden samphire population is amongst the largest on the south coast and forms a continuous monospecific stand in some areas. Hurst …

Trevose Head and Constantine Bay

…sea-lavender Limonium binervosum, tree mallow Malva arborea and golden samphire Inula crithmoides. Of particular interest is the presence of strong colonies of the rare wild asparagus Asparagus officinalis subsp. prostratus and shore dock Rumex rupestris. In addition, there is a…

Orwell Estuary

…rass, dwarf eelgrass, slender hare’s ear Bupleurum tenuissimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile, shrubby sea blite Suaeda vera, small cord grass, perennial glasswort Sarcocornia perennis and divided sedge Carex divisa. Intertidal mud …

Medina Estuary

…, two nationally scarce species, divided sedge Carex divisa and golden samphire Inula crithmoides. The sea couch grass zone persists along much of the length of the estuary, often, on the eastern bank, grading landward into neutral grassland and scrub habitats. This zone is parti…

Clegir Mawr

…r notable plant species present include the nationally uncommon golden-samphire Inula Crithmoides on the sea cliffs, and the locally uncommon prickly sedge Carex Muricata subsp. Lamprocarpa and dodder Cuscuta epithymum.

Penrhynoedd Llangadwaladr

… fescue Vulpia fasciculata, sea stork's-bill Erodium maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea spurge Euphorbia paralias and Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica. Sea wormwood Artemisia maritima grows here in one of its few North Wales locations. The site has a low level…

Newborough Warren - Ynys Llanddwyn

… which also supports an interesting rocky cliff flora including golden samphire Inula crithmoides. The area supports a very rich invertebrate fauna particularly of Diptera and such scarce species as the small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum and the hairy dragonfly Brachytron pr…

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

… a number of plant communities which range from those featuring golden samphire Inula crithmoides and rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum in the salt spray zone through to limestone grasslands on the shallower soils and maritime heaths on deeper acidic drift. The maritime heath…

Coverack to Porthoustock

…ck sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola, sea aster Aster tripolium, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. The nationally scarce lanceolate spleenwort Asplenium obovatum is found in open crevices. Where the cliff is overlain by loess, cliff flu…

Boscastle to Widemouth

…p., rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, and the nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides, lanceolate spleenwort Asplenium obovatum and rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum also occur. The coast supports one Red Data Book plant species: Babington’s leek Allium ampelopras…

Broomhill Burrows

…ld Red Sandstone cliffs, rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica occur. The only known clump of dwarf thistle Cirsium acaule in west Wales grows in Kilpaison Burrows.Notable lichens include Parmotrema crin…

Swanscombe Peninsula

…nsive outer Thames areas but does support the nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides in one of its most upriver locations within the Thames Estuary. The open grassland areas across the site support large populations of legumes, including the nationally scarce yellow …

Isle of Portland

…flora which includes frequent rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and thrift Armeria maritima. The *Portland sea lavender Limonium recurvum, a species confined to the Island, and the boary stock Mathiola incana, another rare species, occur on the c…

Castlemartin Range

…, sea aster Aster tripolium, and the nationally scarce species golden-samphire (Inula crithmoides) and rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum agg. can grow in the crevices. Other nationally scarce cliff plants include the hoary rock-rose Helianthemum oelandicum at its only known l…

Tenby Cliffs and St. Catherine's Island

…observed on the cliffs from time to time. The nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides occurs along the cliffs at South Beach, together with the nationally scarce wild cabbage Brassica oleracea, and the nationally rare small tree-mallow Lavatera cretica. These sea clif…

Newtown Harbour

… nationally scarce species marsh mallow Althaea officinalis and golden samphire Inula crithmoides. The lower marsh is characterised by the presence of two nationally scarce glasswort Salicornia species and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima. The tidal creeks and runnels that cross…

Foulness

…wo glassworts Salicornia perennis and S. pusilla, together with golden samphire Inula crithmoides and shrubby sea blite Suaeda vera; the latter two particularly favour the drift line at the foot of the seawall. The seawalls are generally dominated by coarse grasses, especially se…

Stackpole Quay - Trewent Point

…la and the noteworthy rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum and golden-samphire Inula crithmoides. Above this crevice zone, species-rich maritime grassland occurs, with species such as spring squill Scilla verna, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, common bird's-foot-trefoil…

Stour Estuary

…ed sea lavender Limonium humile, dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, hoary mullein Verbascum pulverulentum, curved hard grass Parapholis incurva, sea barley Hordeum marinum, divided sedge Carex divisa, marsh mallow Althaea officinalis, dittander Lepi…

Hamford Water

…arsh and at the foot of the sea wall shrubby sea blite S. vera, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea wormwood Artemisia maritima thrive alongside the hog's fennel. The uncommon slender Hare's ear Bupleurum tenuissimum is also found on the seawall. The intertidal areas support a…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

… plantain Plantago maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and much golden samphire Inula crithmoides. Sea spleenwort Asplenium marinum is frequent and there are also populations of sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides low down on the cliffs. Around inlets such as at Skomar, a typical…

Gower Coast: Rhossili to Porteynon

…es range from those of the salt-spray zone, typically including golden samphire Inula crithmoides and rock sea lavender Limonium binervosum to cliff tops on which gorse and bracken may be conspicuous. Others occur on the cliff slopes, occupying rock ledges, scree, thin limestone …

Blackwater Estuary

…terranean plants at the northerly limit of their distributions, golden samphire Inula crithmoides and shrubby sea blite Suaeda vera, in the absence of high marsh, have adapted to growing at the base and outer face of the sea wall. Shrubby sea blite is also able to colonise unstab…

St. Margaret's Island

…f gulls”. The steep cliffs support some crevice vegetation with golden-samphire Inula crithmoides and rock samphire Crithmum maritimum. Notable plants include abundant tree-mallow Malva arborea which the Cambridge botanist, the Rev John Ray, found “in great plenty” on St Margaret…

Stackpole

…vice community with scattered rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden-samphire Inula crithmoides and rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum. On north-facing slopes and in blow-holes sea aster Aster tripolium is present and the saltmarsh species sea-purslane Halimione portulacoide…

Colne Estuary

…lavender Limonium vulgare. Nationally uncommon species such as golden samphire Inula crithmoide and shrubby seablite Suaeda vera occur frequently in the upper marsh and at the foot of the sea walls. shrubby seablite is particularly extensive at Colne Point where there is transit…

Beddmanarch-Cymyran

…imus and the invasive cord-grass Spartina anglica; the uncommon golden samphire Inula crithmoides occurs in both saltmarsh communities and on parts of the rocky shoreline. The coastal dune heath at both Traeth y Gribin and Cymyran are interesting examples of this locally uncommon…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…ce flora exists, dominated by rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and the occasional patch of rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and sea aster Aster tripolium. A sea-bird c…

Mull of Galloway

…the northern limits e.g. rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum, golden-samphire Inula crithmoides, small restharrow Ononis reclinata or the southern limits of their British range e.g. Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum. Small restharrow occurs here at one of a very few UK sites. Th…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…um, sea lavender Limonium vulgare and the nationally scarce (4) golden samphire Inula crithmoides. South of the River Stour saltmarsh grades into the sand dune system; this is the only Kent site for the long bracted sedge Carex extensa and also provides suitable conditions for a…

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