Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Brackagh Bog

…leriana officinalis, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum. Throughout the area, royal fern Osmunda regalis occurs along the edge of the old cuttings and drier peat ramparts. Braclcagh Bog also include…

Combe Haven

…ipsywort Lycopus europaeus, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Alder Alnus glutinosa and sallow Salix cinerea fringe parts of the reed bed and the tall fen community. WOOD LAND Variation in past management and in local drainage conditions hav…

Lymington River

…m inundatum, alternate water milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum, water purslane Lythrum portula, shoreweed Littorella uniflora, intermediate water starwort Callitriche brutia ssp. hamulata, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and least bur reed Sparganium minimum. Species fou…

Darras Hall Grassland

…frage Silaum silaus, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and common reed Phragmites australis. These are accompanied by large populations of more common species including cowslip Primula veris, lady’s mantle Alchemilla spp., northern marsh…

Corraslough Point

…bundant. A wide range of other species grows here, including purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, cowbane Cicuta virosa, and yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris. The main part of the site is mown for hay and is exceptionally rich in plant species. Generally, the dominant cove…

Cors Ty-Llwyd

…the locally uncommon whorled caraway Carum verticillatum and purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Runnels within this community support bog-moss Sphagnum spp., round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and common butterwort Pinguicula …

Gypsy Camp Meadows, Thrandeston

…nary grass occurs with yellow flag iris Iris pseudacorus and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. These ditches also support water forget-me-not Myositis scorpioides, brooklime Veronica beccabunga, pink water speedwell Veronica catenata, gypsywort Lycopus europaeus, water mint M…

Sherburn Willows

…ce Typha latifolia, common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum and purple loose strife Lythrum salicaria. Together with two pools at the northern end of the site it provides an important habitat for such water birds as mallard, wigeon, teal, water rail, snipe, reed bunting and grasshopp…

Barn Hill Meadows

…herb communities comprising meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. Common reed Phragmites australis and sweet grass Glyceria spp., are …

River Derwent and Tributaries

…me in the river including the moss Leptodictyum riparium and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. The Derwent retains its oligotrophic status downstream to Cockermouth, the only major addition to the flora being the filamentous red alga Lemanea fluviatilis. Below the confluence …

Lea Marsh

…parganium erectum. On the deeper drain sides, herbs such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, gypsywort Lycopus europaeus, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum occur amongst more grassy vegetation dominated by false oat grass Arrhenatherum …

Braunton Swanpool

…ort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and the local parsley water-dropwort Oenanthe lachenalii. Of special note is the presence of marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, a rare plant in Devon. Other meadow supports a ri…

Blelham Tarn & Bog

… but associated with a wide variety of other species such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and gypsy wort Lycopus europaeus. At the southwestern end of the tarn there is also an area of wet marshy grassland…

Farnham Mires

… Associated species include meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum. In wetter areas marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and lesser hairy willowherb Epilobium parviflorum ar…

Barnby Broad & Marshes

…rchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Angelica Angelica sylvestris and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Drier, relatively species poor fen, characterised by false oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius, is also present, on former grazing marsh. A range of grassland types is present on the si…

Esthwaite Water

… Equisetum fluviatile, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, purple loosestrife 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.…

Felmersham Gravel Pits

…ound flora including yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and orange balsam Impatiens capensis. The neutral unimproved grassland is dominated by grasses such as Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, with a go…

Mill Lough

…antain Alisma plantago-aquatica, water mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris and bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata form the bulk of the vegetation. This merges into a narrow fringe of flooded alder Alnus glutinosa and grey willo…

Sontley Marsh

…m telmateia also support panicled sedge Carex paniculata and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Marsh valerian Valeriana dioica occurs throughout the site. At the southern end of the site herb-rich damp grassland occurs with ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, yellow-rattle Rhina…

Castlemartin Corse

…sh Juncus subnodulosus. Other abundant plant species include purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, hempagrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, greater bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, common reed and meadow…

Afon Eden - Cors Goch Trawsfynydd

…ies-rich flora including the globeflower Trollius europaeus, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea and saw-wort Serratula tinctoria. A small silted-up ox-bow lake has formed in the middle reaches of the Eden and supports a hybrid sedge…

Corsydd Llangloffan

…ica Angelica sylvestris, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. In some areas greater pond-sedge Carex riparia can dominate and there are patches of bottle sedge Carex rostrata and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre vegetation. Towards the drier …

Lower Wick River

…stralis and the locally unusual water sedge Carex aquatilis. Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, flag iris Iris pseudacorus, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, common valerian Valeriana officinalis and water mint Mentha aquatica are also found …

Caeau Talwrn

…refoil Lotus pedunculatus fleawort Pulicaria dysenterica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. In the southern part of this site the hedge banks support excellent populations of Aquilegia vulgaris.

Thriplow Meadows

…robin Silene flos-cuculi, fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. A number of species uncommon in the region are also present and of particular note is the large population of marsh orchids Dactylorchis pratermissa and Dactylorhiza incarnate. The …

Tretio Common

… Angelica sylvestris, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria are abundant in the tall fen, whilst sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus and purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea characterise the marshy grassl…

Borlasevath and Retallack Moor

…oil (Lotus pedunculatus), fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) ragged-robin (Silene flos-cuculi), common mint (Mentha aquatica) and lesser spearwort (Ranunculus flammula). These mosaics have much to do wi…

Upper Lough Erne - Belleisle

…mmon plants like water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. In many places where the shoreline is grazed, there is a transition to wet grassland, which is very variable in species content. In general, grasses and rushes are dominant here, e…

Aqualate Mere

…cap Scutellaria galericulata, water mint Mentha aquatica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. It is one of the most diverse examples of this community type represented in the meres group. Willow carr is well developed, particularly at the ends of the mere. Grey willow Salix …

Stanford End Mill and River Loddon

… Eupatorium cannabinum, common comfrey Symphytum officinale, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, with butterbur Petasites hybridus occurring locally. Smaller growing species include water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, water chickweed My…

Ingrebourne Marshes

…as apart from the occasional water dock Rumex hydrolapathum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus. Extensive beds of reed sweet grass have become uncommon in Britain owing the efficient land drainage associated with modern agricul…

Warnborough Green

… sweet grasses Glyceria fluitans and G. maxima respectively, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water mint Mentha aquatica, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata and brooklime Veronica beccabunga. The order of flies, Diptera, is well…

Blackdike Bog

…n and marsh valerian Valeriana officinalis and V. dioica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. bog mosses form a carpet in places and amongst the range of other moss species present several are uncommon or rare. The dense willow thicket at the northern end of the rich fen is …

Patmore Heath

…land plants present are marsh speedwell Veronica scutellata, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus and devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis. The Heath is noted for its insect life, particularly dragonflies, the most outstanding resident species bein…

Pulfin Bog

… Lathyrus palustris, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, reedgrass Phalaris arundinacea, marsh woundwort Stachys palustris, meadow rue Thalictrum flavum and valerian Valeriana officinalis. On the east of the site the fen communities are b…

Rusland Valley Mosses

…lower Trollius europaeus, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common sedge Carex nigra and bottle sedge Carex rostrata has developed. At its northern end, Rusland Moss has a mature woodland canopy of Scot's pine and in one area, of oak Quercus…

Denham Lock Wood

…represented species include meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and common comfrey Symphytum officinale. These communities grade into a more open sedge dominated sward on the waterlogged soils under the carr and woodland. In places where the wate…

Tattershall Old Gravel Pits

… rush Juncus acutiflorus, skullcap Scutellaria galericulata, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, marsh speedwell Veronica scutellata, common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum, marsh woundwort Stachys palustris and greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus. Several mosses typica…

Upper Lough Erne - Trannish

…mmon plants like water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. In many places where the shoreline is grazed, there is a transition to wet grassland, which is very variable in species content. In general, grasses and rushes are dominant here, es…

Offham Marshes

…folia, to fen dominated by bur reed Sparganium erectum, with purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and yellow flag iris Iris pseudacorus. Winter and spring flood pools in a field dominated by hard rush Juncus inflexus are also important amphibian breeding sites. One of the poorly …

Fathom Upper

…x pulicaris, greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris, water mint Mentha aquatica and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula. The variation in topography and related soil hydrology, and the affects of pa…

River Itchen

…lowherb Epilobium hirsutum, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris and orange balsam Impatiens capensis, an introduced species, are also widespread. Amongst the more localised and infrequent river bank species…

Temple Island Meadows

… Eupatorium cannabinum, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus and marsh woundwort Stachys palustris. The shallower ditches that cross the meadows support sparse vegetation with the rare water violet Hottonia palust…

Blo' Norton and Thelnetham Fens

…ncluding plants such as hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and great hairy willowherb Epilobium hirsutum. Woodland and scrub have invaded quite large areas of all three fens. The scrub consists mostly of dense sallow, whilst the woodland is …

Wickenby Wood

…lene flos-cuculi, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and purple loose strife Lythrum salicaria. The non flowering plants have been well documented and the wood is notable for the variety of fungi. Breeding birds include the typical woodland species of woodcock, tree creeper an…

Cerrig y Gweunydd

…erecta, devil’s bit scabious, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loostrife Lythrum salicaria, greater bird’s foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and marsh bedstraw Galium palustre. Wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata are occasional. F…

Ballykilbeg

…weet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh woundwort Stachys palustris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Where the fen grades into wet grassland, soft rush Juncus effusus and sharp-flowered rush J. acutiflorus are dominant. Occasional patches of dry g…

Thwaite House Moss

… common nettle Urtica dioica, bittersweet Solanum dulcamara, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, red campion Silene dioica, hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, herb robert Geranium robertianum and tufted …

Fray's Farm Meadows

…ngly uncommon in the London area due to habitat destruction. Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and common skullcap Scutellaria galericulata grow along ditch banks while water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica, water cress Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, water forget-me-not Myoso…

Higher Moors & Porth Hellick Pool (St. Mary's)

…wherb, yellow Iris, creeping forget-me-not Myosotis secunda, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. The slightly higher and drier adjacent areas are dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum and bramble Rubus fruticosus with several populations…

Ge-Mare Farm Fields

…rigold, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, southern marsh orchid, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and water pepper Polygonum hydropiper. The southern most part of the site supports alder Alnus glutinosa woodland.

Mother Drain, Misterton

…rue Thalictrum flavum, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, while meadow cranesbill Geranium pratense, greater burnet Sanguisorba officinalis and common valerian Vale…

Redgrave and Lopham Fens

… reed with herbs such as yellow and purple loosestrifes Lysimachia vulgaris and Lythrum salicaria, meadowsweet and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum. Most of the fen communities are prone to invasion by sallow Salix cinerea and locally this has developed into dense scrub and ca…

Barnham Heath

…l diversity and support waterside and aquatic plants such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water forget me Not Myosotis scorpioides, water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and fool's water cress Apium nodiflorum. On the drier areas the scrub and developing woodland consi…

Wyndrush Pastures

…raw Galium palustre, whorled caraway Carum verticillatum and purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria are interspersed with the rushes. Sedges, including carnation sedge Carex panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca, are locally abundant. In places, the rushes grade into tall-herb fe…

Brandon Marsh

…agmites australis with abundant gipsywort Lycopus europaeus, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and sedges Carex acutiformis Carex riparia and Carex paniculata. The marsh has been colonised by willow Salix spp., silver birch Betula pendula alder Alnus glutinosa and hawthorn Cr…

Manton and Twigmoor

…und flora comprising yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, bittersweet Solanum dulcamara, tufted hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa, gipsywort Lycopus europaeus, remote sedge Carex remota and purple moor grass. Other Information During the 19…

Blackwater Valley

…ow thistle, devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis and, locally, water purslane Lythrum portula. On drier, neutral soils there are extensive areas of grassland characterised by the presence of species such as red fescue, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, common bent Agro…

Dowrog Common

… iris Iris pseudacorus, hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. A little water dock Rumex hydrolapathum and yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris borders the Alun, whi…

Moors River System

…y gaps are characterised by species of tall herb fen such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and open channel margins support stands of branched bur reed Sparganium erectum. The aquatic vegetation is solely dominated by brook water crowfoot Ranunculus penicillatus ssp. pseud…

Gwaun Pen-lan

…abane Pulicaria dysenterica, silverweed Potentilla anserina, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus, with grey willow Salix cinerea invading. In the north-western corner of the meadow is a pure stand of wood small-reed Calamagrostis epigejos – its o…

Castle River Valley

… parts, with greater bird's foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris, ragged robin Lychnis flos-cuculi, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, devils-bit scabious Succisa pratens…

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…s sedge Carex pseudocyperus, gipsywort Lycopus europaeus and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria along with some clumps of the uncommon royal fern Osmunda regalis. Additional interest is provided by a small disused limestone quarry, at the northern end, supporting a limestone gr…

Tiroedd a Glannau Rhwng Cricieth ac Afon Glaslyn

…riegatum and sharp rush Juncus acutus, as well as the common purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. In the eastern section, the wet slacks have been divided into small fields, with some being grazed whilst others develop into dense willow carr, dominated by willow Salix. In contra…

Cropple How Mire

…water dropwort Oenanthe crocata, water mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris.

Croxley Common Moor

…Filipendula ulmaria, Lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria.

Lough Melvin

…d herbs and grasses include marsh marigold Caltha paluslris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris and common sedge Carex nigra. Sheltered parts of the lough shore are fringed by…

Attenborough Gravel Pits

…ies can in places be species rich, containing such plants as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, flowering rush Butomus umbellatus, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, fine leaved water dropwort Oenanthe aquatica and the locally uncommon marsh stitchwort Stellaria palustris and sle…

Rhoscolyn Reedbed

…lica Angelica syvestris, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Small stands of greater pond-sedge Carex riparia and blunt-flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus are also present. Sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutuflorus fen meadow occurs on the periph…

St. David's Airfield Heaths

…fen of water horsetail, hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria. Small disused clay pits with much bogbean and common cottongrass Eriop…

Halsdon

…ula ulmaria, greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. In the woodland, all three species of woodpecker are breeding, together with sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, buzzard Buteo buteo, wood warbler Ph…

Honeybrook Farm

…grass Phalaris arundinacea, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water forget-me-not Myositis scorpioides, gypsy wort Lycopus europaeus and false fox sedge Carex otrubae all thrive. The close juxtaposition of the meadows and the ancient semi natu…

Leven Canal

…rt Oenanthe fistulosa, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, brown sedge Carex disticha and bottle sedge Carex rostrata. There is a wide range of aquatic plant species including arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia, flowering rush Butomus umbell…

River Beult

…orippa amphibia, water plantain Alisma plantgao-aquatica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. The adjacent agricultural land use significantly affects these riverside plant communities, which in turn influence the insect and bird life. The most diverse plant communities occu…

Wilbraham Fens

…alis which occurs as dense stands. Other fen species such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and meadow rue Thalictrum flavum occur within these areas. The grassland communities include rough wet pastures dominated by tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa together with are…

Castle Point to Cullernose Point

…rass Eriophorum latifolium. Saw wort Serratula tinctoria and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria occur on low, flushed cliffs. The sea cliffs at Dunstanburgh support the largest mainland sea bird colony in the county with up to 700 pairs of kittiwake breeding annually as well as…

Big Waters

…weet Filipendula ulmaria, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and a hybrid woundwort Stachys xambigua Stachys palustris, Stachys sylvatica. These plant communities grade into shorter areas of damp grassland dominated by tufted hair grass Descha…

Rodbed Wood

… Scrophularia auriculata, marsh woundwort Stachys palustris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, comfrey Symphytum officinale, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and clustered dock Rumex conglomeratus. reed grass Glyceria maxima, great pond sedge Ca…

Freshwater Marshes

…tion contains a variety of typical fen plant species such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water dock Rumex hydrolapathum, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and greater pond sedge Carex riparia. Several rare and uncommon species also occur including the greater spearwort Ra…

River Foyle and Tributaries

…owherb Epilobium hirsutum, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common valerian Valeriana officinalis, monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus, cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris and bulrush Typha latifolia. Willows Salix spp. are scattered throughout. The…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

…asting markedly with the central acidic surface, for example purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, gipsywort Lycopus europaeus, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, cyperus sedge Carex pseudocyperus, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and, in the flanking drain, water violet Hot…

Wey Valley Meadows

…ss Rorippa amphibia. Yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and water mint commonly occur adjacent to the ditches. The site contains several areas of woodland, the majority of which is alder Alnus glutinosa carr. Here, species such as bitter…

Stanley Bank Meadow

…lica, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa, ragged-robin, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and marsh woundwort Stachys palustris. Several plants occur which are restricted in distribution in Merseyside, such as bristle club rush Isolepis setacea, adder’s tongue, yellow wor…

Over Water

…Crepis paludosa, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, which in turn merges into willow carr and woodland. These areas of woodland are generally dominated by either birch and alder or birch and willow. Other tree species occur in small …

Cavenham - Icklingham Heaths

… grassland species such as ladies smock Cardamine pratensis, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and marsh marigold Caltha palustris. The rest of the grassland is rather variable and the drier areas have a rather limited range of plant species. The lowest areas of land in the fl…

Lough Neagh

…Oenanthe crocata, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, but in places there are a number of more uncommon plant species. Some of the lough shore is fringed by a fragmented, swampy woodland of alder Alnus qlutinosa and willow Salix spp. r…

Tidcombe Lane Fen

…weet Filipendula ulmaria, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, water mint Mentha aquatica, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and southern marsh-orch…

Clarilaw Grasslands

…re include celery-leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. At the east end of the moss there are areas of greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata and common reed Phragmites australis. The Moss supports a rich aquatic beetle fauna, with thirt…

Cors Penally (Penally Marsh)

… Eupatorium cannabinum, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, and yellow iris Iris pseudacorus. Other abundant plants are blunt-flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, water dock Rumex hydrolapathum, lesser w…

Oakhanger Moss

…ennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, marsh violet Viola palustris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, all uncommon plants in Cheshire. Similarly diverse botanically are the two distinct areas of vegetation dominated by bog moss Sphagnum fallax i…

Aldermaston Gravel Pits

…dge Carex riparia and containing water mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and many other marshland and wet ground species, has established in places on the lake margins, particularly in sheltered bays and inlets. On drier ground surrounding the pits there …

Yanal Bog

…vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, water mint Mentha aquatica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. The area surrounding the raised dome of the mire is dominated by grasses including common bent grass Agrostis capillaris, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuc…

River Frome

…-dropwort Oenanthe crocata, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, common comfrey Symphytum officinale, bittersweet Solanum dulcamara, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and less commonly, meadow rue Thalictru…

Berry Fen

…of slender tufted sedge Carex acuta. Other herbs include the purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. The ditches add further diversity, retaining open water into the summer months. Wetland herbs such as the local sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, mar…

Upper Lough Erne - Galloon

…mmon plants like water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Where the shoreline is grazed, there is often a transition to wet grassland, which may be very variable in species content. In general, grasses and rushes are dominant here, especi…

Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows

…ca, pepper saxifrage Silaum silaus, water avens Geum rivale, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and southern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. The whole site supports a rich invertebrate fauna, but so far attention has been focused on the woods where, in the Moor Copse c…

Cashel Loughs

…a, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, water mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris. Some of the area consists of old peat workings, which now form a complex mosaic of wetland communities d…

Cattawade Marshes

… grass Glyceria maxima, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and flowering rush Butomus umbellatus.

Lough Cowey

…anthes trifoliata, water forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula also occur along the shoreline. Of particular note is the extensive reed bed to the south of the lough which provides cover, foraging and nes…

Otter Estuary

…ris Iris pseudacorus, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, cross-wort Cruciata laevipes and divided sedge Carex divisa, as well as a small reedbed with areas of open water. Rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum is present on the cliff ledge…

Leiston - Aldeburgh

… iris Iris pseudacorus, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and nationally scarce marsh sow thistle Sonchus palustris. Water mint Mentha aquatica is present in the understorey with cleavers Galium aparine and bittersweet Solanum dulcamara fre…

Ant Broads and Marshes

…magrostis canascens, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common valerian Valeriana officianalis, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, water dock Rumex hydrolapathum and a large population of milk parsley Thyselium palustre. Associated with these…

Hatfield Chase Ditches

… but include patches of common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria. Other parts are dominated by scrub and there are some areas of heath vegetation dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus or broom Cytisus scoparius. So…

Moelyci a Chors Ty’n y Caeau

…numbers. In wetter areas, there are flower-rich marshes with purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, joined locally by flea sedge Carex pulicaris, marsh St. John’s wort Hypericum elodes, Angelica Angelica sylvestris and lesser skull-cap Scutellar…

Lingfield Cernes

…ularia auriculata, trifid bur marigold Bidens tripartita and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. The ivy leaved crowfoot Ranunculus hederaceus, a plant which is uncommon in Surrey, has been recorded from a ditch at this site. The swamp area supports a diverse community which in…

Afon Cleddau Gorllewinol / Western Cleddau River

…sturtium officinale, hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata, purple-loosetrife Lythrum salicaria, bittersweet Solanum dulcamara and remote sedge Carex remota. In shady, steeper-gradient sections the vegetation is dominated by mosses such as the rusty feather-moss Brachythecium p…

Corfe Meadows

…arex acutiformis, hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata and purple-loosetrife Lythrum salicaria. Several cattle-grazed fields adjacent to the hay meadows are influenced by the acidic lateral flow and drier soil conditions associated with surrounding heathland areas, this resul…

Flitwick Moor

…ond sedge Carex acutiformis; the species rich marsh includes purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata, water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and in the open water, pondweed Potamogeton sp. Where the springs well up, eight species of bog moss S…

Didlington Park Lakes

…bean Menyanthes trifoliata, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. The lakes are surrounded by broad leaved plantation and small areas of alder carr. The site supports a sizeable breeding population of gadwall. teal, mallard, shoveler, tufted duck …

Arger Fen

…eadow and fen margin species does however persist, including purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia and lady's smock Cardamine pratensis.…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

… australis is dominant. In wetter conditions species such as purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum may be found. In drier locations species such as creeping thistle…

River Ise and Meadows

…ettle Urtica dioica, great willowherb Epilobium hirsutum and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria to water forget-me-not Myositis scorpioides at the water’s edge. Less common is skullcap Scutellaria galericulata. The structural diversity of the river channel is reflected in the r…

Coombe Meadow

…a occur in places, with hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and wild angelica Angelica sylvestris. A minor heathy component is represented by cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix together with creeping willow Salix repens, tormentil Potentilla …

Woolhampton Reed Bed

…ow herb Epilobium hirsutum, marsh marigold Caltha palustris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, meadow rue Thalictrum flavum, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, comfrey Symphytum officinale and hemlock…

Killymackan Lough

…a, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, water mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, marsh bedstraw Galium palustre and meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria. In places, the fen merges into a sparse alder Alnus glutinosa and grey willow Salix cinerea carr woodland. Wher…

Haxey Grange Fen

…f herb species with several of uncommon occurrence including purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, which is abundant here, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, wild angelica Angelica sylvestris and skullcap Scutellaria galericulata. Seasonal fluctuations in the water table create shallo…

Glaslyn

…ag Iris pseudacorus, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile and purple-loosetrife Lythrum salicaria form lush tall-herb vegetation. Areas of oak woodland with sessile oak Quercus petraea accompanied by Betula sp. (usually Betula pubescens occur on the drier rocky ridges. The shrub …

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

…rife Lysimachia vulgaris, hemp agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, greater spearwort Ranunculus lingua and a number of localised species such as milk parsley Thyselium palustre, cowbane Cicuta virosa, marsh sow thistle Sonchus palustris and greater…

Upper Lough Erne - Crom

…mmon plants like water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Where the shoreline is grazed, there is often a transition to wet grassland, which may be very variable in species content. In general, grasses and rushes are dominant here, especi…

Hanmer Mere

…e Cicuta virosa, as well as yellow flag Iris pseudacorus and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. The emergent and marginal fen stands are often narrow and discontinuous. Around the mere are stands of wet alder Alnus glutinosa woodland locally with crack willow Salix fragilis. T…

Low Church Moss

…on reed mace Typha latifolia, with soft rush Juncus effusus, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre and marsh woundwort Stachys palustris. The poor fen community on the margins of the pond on the east …

Crowle Borrow Pits

…owsweet Filipendula ulmaria, pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water mint Mentha aquatica and water figwort Scrophularia auriculata. A wetter area of fen includes tufted sedge Carex elata, saw sedge Cladium mariscus, reed Phragmites australis, …

Pwll Lagoon

…trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water mint Mentha aquatica, common fleabane Pulicaria dysentrica and frequent southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Areas which are not dominated by closed herbaceous fen…

Stanley and Alder Carrs, Aldeby

…s Phalaris arundinacea, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, water figwort Scrophularia auriculata, gipsywort Lycopus europaeus and water mint Mentha aquatica. The uncommon gold dock Rumex maritimus also occurs. The insect fauna is rich in sp…

Kingford Fen

…actylorhiza praetermissa, marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum. Higher up the valley side unimproved acidic grassland is to be found. Purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea is the major sward constituent but…

Lough Gullion

…igher plants including water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris, common marsh bedstraw Galium palustre, greater birdsfoot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus and water mint Mentha aquatica. Less frequent herbs includ…

Little Paxton Pits

…racteristic species such as meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and several species of sedges and rushes. Many of the older pits are surrounded by dense willow Salix carr. Amongst the more local aquatic plant species represented are lesser reed m…

Lockington Marshes

… mint Mentha aquatica, marsh woundwort Stachys palustris and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria and by the occurrence locally of creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia and marsh marigold Caltha palustris. The site supports an important invertebrate fauna, including nationally sca…

Heron and Carrigullian Loughs

…a, yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, water mint Mentha aquatica, purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris. Other, more localised communities are characterised by floating mats of bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata, bo…

Burley Dene Meadows

…field has frequent lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis, with purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi and common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum, which is locally scarce. Corky fruited water dropwort Oenanthe pimpinelloides, a nationally uncommon species…

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