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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Kalmia procumbens""
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Southern Parphe
…ubmoss Huperzia selago, alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus and wild azalea Kalmia procumbens are common within the alpine heath. The three-leaved rush Juncus trifidus occurs on bare scree and erosion surfaces on the summits.
Maritime Cliff
The Torridonian sandstone and congl…
Garbh Choire
…rtillus, mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum ssp hermaphroditum, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens and abundant Cladonia lichens.
Snow-beds and related vegetation
A wide range of types of snow-bed vegetation are found, according to the length of snow lie. These include communities…
Morrone Birkwood
…chen Flavocetraria nivalis occurs quite widely here, along with trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens.
Species
Flora
The flora is unusually diverse, and a total of nearly 1000 plant species are recorded. These include a number of rare species of vascular plant and bryophyte associate…
Ben Hutig
…ities dominated by wind-pruned heather and mountain bearberry, with wild azalea Kalmia procumbens, crowberry Empetrum nigrum and cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus. The occurrence of this habitat at much lower altitude than elsewhere in Scotland is unusual and results from the northerl…
Hoy
…bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Alpine bearberry A. alpinus, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens and dwarf willow Salix herbacea. The site also supports the most northerly example in Britain of hepatic-rich dwarf shrub heath which is characterised by Atlantic bryophytes (non-vas…
Morven and Scaraben
…plants found in this habitat include crowberry Empetrum nigrum, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens, dwarf willow Salix herbacea, alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum and alpine lady’s mantle Alchemilla alpina.
The second type of alpine heath on this site is dominated by bilberry …
Ben Loyal
…ulgaris and mountain bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus with some trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens. There is a general profusion and luxuriance of lichens and a strong development of moss carpets. On the steep, west-facing slopes there is a tall-herb community dominated by blaeber…
An Teallach
…ginosum and supporting alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus, and wild azalea Kalmia procumbens.
There are also fine examples of alpine moss heath communities on An Teallach. This forms a sparsely vegetated rocky fell-field habitat on summit ridges which has several montane pla…
Ardlair - Letterewe
…range of species including parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa and trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens. Many of the cliffs have ledges supporting tall herb communities with mountain avens Dryas octopetala.
Ben Klibreck
… promontories. At higher elevations, heather is found alongside mountain azalea Kalmia procumbens, the nationally scarce alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus and lichens. Ben Klibreck supports one of the largest extents of this rare dwarf shrub community in Britain. Woolly hai…
Cape Wrath
…bmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum and least willow Salix herbacea and trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens. On the exposed gravelly summit there are fine examples of woolly hair moss Racomitrium heaths. The nationally scarce hair sedge Carex capillaris can also be found here.
Maritime cli…
Ben Griams
…clipped heather and an increase in the cover of species such as trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens and the nationally scarce Arctic bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus.
Subalpine calcareous grassland
This feature comprises two different vegetation types: mountain avens Dryas octopet…
Ronas Hill - North Roe
…y’s-mantle Alchemilla alpina, alpine saw-wort Saussurea alpine, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens, mountain sorrel Oxyria digyna and three-leaved rush Juncus trifidus occurring at an unusually low altitude. Ronas Hill-North Roe is the most important site in Shetland for montane s…
Cairngorms
… changing with altitude to a montane form rich in bearberry and trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens. Wet heath with a good cover of lichens is also found at alpine levels.
Snow-beds
Communities of late snow beds characterised by least willow Salix herbacea and bryophytes are more e…
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