Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Strid Wood

… as opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, wood melick Melica uniflora and mountain melick Melica nutans. Above the road, there is an area of relict wood pasture in which old pollards of oak, holly and birch are growing amongst bracken and acid grassland.…

Nichols Moss

…s where other plans characteristic of limestone grow. These include wood melick Melica uniflora, blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea and slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. The uncommon mountain melick Melica nutans and herb paris Paris quadrifolia have also been recorded.…

Edlington Wood

…g's mercury, but in places these are replaced by tufted hair grass, wood melick Melica uniflora, creeping soft grass and bracken. Characteristic of woodlands on limestone are giant bellflower Campanula latifolia and columbine Aquilegia vulgaris while more unusual species include…

Via Gellia Woodlands

…is habitat. This rich assemblage of species contains dog’s mercury, wood melick Melica uniflora and lily of the valley, which are usually associated with woodland and abundant rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, marjoram Origanum vulgare, and ot…

Widdenton Park Wood

…y, field maple and privet. The ground flora is largely dominated by wood melick Melica uniflora, locally by dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and ivy Hedera helix. It contains much wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus, while violet helle…

Baldersdale Woodlands

…cluding ramsons Allium ursinum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora, woodruff Galium odoratum, bugle Ajuga reptans, marsh hawk’s beard Crepis paludosa, meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. The uncommon speci…

Blackwater Valley

…eptans and moschatel Adoxa moschatellina. Woodland grasses include wood melick Melica uniflora, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis. The rare elongated sedge Carex elongata, which has a restricted distributi…

Wakerley Spinney

…is perennis and grasses such as wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis and wood melick Melica uniflora. Locally uncommon species include woodruff Galium odoratum, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata, fly orchid Ophrys insectifera and wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides. The value of t…

Midford Valley Woods

…rish. Many of the typical woodland grasses and sedges occur such as wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum, wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and pendulous sedge Carex pendula. The site supports a characteristic woodland breeding bird co…

Haile Great Wood

…cum and sweet woodruff Galium odoratum. Wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood melick Melica uniflora and hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium are frequent in damp, rocky stream gills and on shaded sandstone outcrops. alder stands follow Kirk Beck and Quick Sand Gill and, south of whe…

Coed Aberedw

… fern Asplenium scolopendrium, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum and a range of mosses and liverworts, including Eurhynchium praelongum, Thamnobryum alopecurum, Brachythecium…

Duddon Valley Woodlands

…ered rocks and boulders on bare ground and grass dominated patches. Wood melick Melica uniflora or dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis are abundant, occurring with false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sorrel, lords and ladies Arum maculatum, ramsons Allium ursinum and common …

Capler Wood

… The ground vegetation is richer in the oak dominated woodland with wood melick Melica uniflora, greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica and cow wheat Melampyrum pratense as characteristic species. Other notable plants are nettle leaved bellflower Campanula trachelium and fingered se…

Dyscarr Wood

…ramsoms Allium ursinum, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and wood melick Melica uniflora. Of particular interest is the presence of the gladdon Iris foetidissima at one of its most northerly British stations. A number of small watercourses cross the site and the water tabl…

Lydford Gorge

…Lydford Bridge, the precipitous slopes support a varied fern flora. Wood melick Melica uniflora, ramsons Allium ursinum and other base-demanding species occur on the ledges and beside the river. The splash zones and the upper slopes of the gorge support a luxuriant bryophyte comm…

Birkett Hill and High Out Wood

…flora includes woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood melick Melica uniflora, dog's mercury, wood sorrel, wood anemone, bugle and lady fern. There is also a rich and abundant cover of ground dwelling and epiphytic mosses and liverworts which are particularly we…

Warburton's Wood and Well Wood

…iolet Viola reichenbachiana and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. Wood melick Melica uniflora and wood millet Milium effusum also occur. In the valley bottom the canopy is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa with a number of typical tall fen species including greater tussock sed…

Vann Lake and Ockley Woods

…ndulous sedge Carex pendula, dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and wood melick Melica uniflora occur. Some of the less common plants that occur in the woods include spurge laurel Daphne laureola, Forster's wood rush Luzula forsteri, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chloranth…

Erwood Dingle

…wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum and woodruff Galium odoratum become more prominent in the field layer. The more shaded waterside rocks support oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris …

Coed Afon Crewi

…and more grass-dominated vegetation Agrostis/ Anthoxanthum/ Holcus. Wood melick Melica uniflora and the rare wood fescue Festuca altissima are also present. Locally the ground is particularly herb-rich and includes common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense, yellow archangel Lamiastrum…

Dole Wood

…alis perennis or bramble Rubus fruticosus. Woodland grasses include wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum and giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus. A wide peripheral area has a mixed woody component with wych elm Ulmus glabra and ash Fraxinus excelsior forming the…

Ling Gill

…marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and woodmelick Melica uniflora. The damp shaded conditions favour the growth of ferns including male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, together with a luxuriance of bryophytes. The flora…

Bach Howey Gorge

…false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, wood melick Melica uniflora and a variety of ferns, including hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and hard shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum. On the shaded side of the gorge, below Craig Pwll-du, the nationally…

Longsleddale Woods

… other plants. These include wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris, hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and the uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima.

Flood Brook Clough

… opposite leaved golden saxifraga Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and wood melick Melica uniflora. On the lower, damper and more base rich soils a number of less common species occur including soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, woodruff Galium odo…

Out Woods

…d bellflower Campanula trachelium, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and wood melick Melica uniflora. However of particular significance is the population of lily of the valley Convallaria majalis and angular Solomon's seal Polygonatum odoratum, which is the largest in the county.

Graig Fawr

…ristic woodland plants includes dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood false-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum, violets Viola spp. and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta. More open areas of…

Ebernoe Common

…e number of plants indicative of ancient woodlands occur, including wood melick Melica uniflora, thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and wood millet Milium effusum. A series of predominantly oak / ash woods with hazel Corylus avellana unders…

Lineage Wood & Railway Track, Long Melford

…xample of its kind. Hawks Grove has an exceptionally large patch of wood melick Melica uniflora at the northern end and the rare fly honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum on the southern boundary. Purple hairstreak butterflies are found there.

Pinkney and Gerrick Woods

…alis acetosella, greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea and, locally, wood melic Melica uniflora. More base rich soils support dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, sanicle Sanicula europaea, woodruff Galium odoratum enchanter's nightshade Circae…

Glynn Woods

…include woodruff Galium odoratum, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and wood melick Melica uniflora. The heavily shaded woodland floor has favoured the luxuriant growth of mosses characteristic of dense shade, such as common feather moss Kindbergia praelonga and mouse-tail moss Isoth…

Spring Wood,Hawnby

…ed helleborine Epipactis helleborine, toothwort Lathraea squamaria, wood melick Melica uniflora, large colonies of herb paris Paris quadrifolia and beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. Fairy Bank at the western end of the wood is a steep limestone grassland and scree supporting a …

Wykery Copse

…s, figwort Scrophularia nodosa, wood speedwell Veronica montana and the grasses Melica uniflora, Milium effusum and Bromus ramosa. There is a luxuriant moss flora in parts, with Hypnum cupressiforme being particularly abundant. The range of invertebrates and breeding birds appear…

Moss Valley Woods

…s the ground in the wetter parts. Wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and wood melick Melica uniflora are found occasionally. Alder Alnus glutinosa is the dominant tree growing alongside the streams and is found together with stands of ramsons, tufted hairgrass, opposite leaved golden …

Papana Water

…d in dry areas are dominated by dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora and red campion Silene dioica, whereas those of dry, acid areas comprise greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and ferns. Finally, those plant communities o…

Benarth Wood

… mercury Mercurialis perennis, Herb Robert Geranium robertianum and Wood Melick Melica uniflora are common. Until recently the wood supported a small heronry (heron).

Coed-y-Person

…osa. The ground flora of this area is also rich with such species as wood melic Melica uniflora, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and woodruff Galium odoratum. Remarks: Within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods

…anicle Sanicula europaea, wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum and wood melick Melica uniflora with ferns including lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum. On more acid soils the woodlands are dominated by sess…

Skelmorlie Glen

…icle (Sanicula europaea), dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis) and wood melick (Melica uniflora), as well as less common species such as alternate leaved golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium alternifolium), smooth-stalked sedge (Carex laevigata), giant bellflower (Campanula latifolia…

Middle Wood, Offton

…trachelium, woodruff Galium odoratum, hairy woodrush Luzula pilosa, wood melick Melica uniflora and the locally rare grass wood barley Horaelymus europaeus. Tollemache Hall Grove is predominantly composed of coppiced small leaved Lime, but there is an interesting transition to t…

Banhaw, Spring and Blackthorn's Woods

…a, rough meadow grass Poa trivialis, wood millet Milium effusum and wood melick Melica uniflora. Notable woodland species occur throughout the site and include herb paris Paris quadrifolia, sweet woodruff Galium odoratum and the orchids, early purple Orchis mascula, common spotte…

Gwernaffel Dingle

…den-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium is locally abundant and wood melick Melica uniflora also occurs. On the supper slopes of the southern half of the site the vegetation is a herb-rich example of the oak/bracken/bramble Quercus robur/Pteridium aquilinum/Rubus fruticosus v…

Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton Conquest

…f plants which are associated with ancient woodland sites including wood melick Melica uniflora, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood millet Milium effusum and the county rarities, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata and thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa. Additional habitat…

Whiteparish Common

…Carex remota, wood sedge C. sylvatica and pale sedge C. pallescens, wood melick Melica uniflora and giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus are also present. Streams, with meanders, pools and riffles, support wetland species such as marsh marigold Caltha palustris, hemlock water dropw…

Hook Wood

… of upper salt marsh plants. Scarce woodland plants present include wood melick Melica uniflora and wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides. The most notable tree species are aspen, crab apple and goat willow. Remarks: The site lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

Gallt Llanerch - Coed Gelli-deg

…is rubella and Haematomma elatinum. Scarce woodland grasses include wood melick Melica uniflora and wood meadow-grass Poa nemoralis. Breeding birds include, amongst others, great spotted woodpecker, wood warbler, redstart and pied flycatcher. Dormice are present. Remarks: The si…

Esgyrn Bottom

…k and ash Fraxinus excelsior trees are scattered on boundary banks. Wood melick Melica uniflora and spindle Euonymus europaeus occur in Esgyrn Wood, where ancient intrusive rock outcrops. The wood is deer-fenced and grazed by red deer Cervus elaphus. Unwooded slopes support scatt…

Masson Hill

… with abundant woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood melick Melica uniflora, bearded couch Elymus caninus and other species which are indicative of ancient woodlands. Several species of bat frequently use the mines and cave systems of Masson Hill as roosting …

Cranny Falls

…m odoratum, primrose Primula vulgaris, wood avens Geum urbanum and wood mellick Melica uniflora. Climbers such as ivy Hedera helix and honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum are also present on the trees. Cranny Falls provides an important habitat for a range of plants and animals, in…

Back Burn Wood and Meadows

… a good structure and on the richer soils there are species such as wood melick Melica uniflora and wood horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum with areas of more acid woodland elsewhere. This habitat is unusual in Clackmannanshire. The unimproved acid grassland is found largely at the m…

Dodgson Wood

… bird cherry Prunus padusand hazel. Sweet woodruff Galium odoratum, wood melick Melica uniflora, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, tutsan Hypericum androsaemum and the uncommon wood fescue Festuca altissima grow here in association with a variety of ferns including hard shield fer…

Inwood, Warleigh

…etidissima. Woodland grasses and sedges are widespread, for example wood melick Melica uniflora, wood false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and thin spiked wood sedge C. strigosa. The shady, slightly damp nature of the…

Warks Burn Woodland

…olcus mollis, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and more locally, wood melick Melica uniflora. Typical, spring flowering, woodland species are well represented and include moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, lesser celandine Ficaria verna, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa and primrose …

Bould Wood

…od goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus, wood meadow grass Poanemoralis, wood melick Melica uniflora, hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and herb paris Paris quadrifolia. The woodland contains a diverse lower plant flora. The fungi include several regionally uncommon species such …

Moss Valley

…he understorey contains oak and hazel and the ground flora includes wood melick Melica uniflora, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, ivy Hedera helix and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon. The range of woodland types and their component of dead or dying timber makes them or…

Crews Hill Wood

…h dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood melick Melica uniflora. Locally uncommon plants include spurge laurel Daphne laureola, stinking iris Iris foetidissima and toothwort Lathraea squamaria.

Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs

… wood millet Milium effusum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis and wood melick Melica uniflora occur, whilst in the most exposed situations annual species, including rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum and common whitlow grass Erophi…

Briarwood Banks

…er of dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, woodruff Galium odoratum, wood melick Melica uniflora, giant bellflower Campanula latifolia, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lutetiana and wood avens Geum urbanum. Hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum and hart’s tongue Asplenium scolopen…

Castor Hanglands

…lora holds many plants indicative of an ancient woodland, including wood melick Melica uniflora, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and ramsons Allium ursinum. Pockets of limestone grassland hold species rich turf where plants such as purple milk vetch Astragalus danicus and…

Whitehill Wood

… woodland are present including wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, wood melick Melica uniflora, woodruff Galium odoratum, primrose Primula vulgaris and two uncommon species flourishing in the clearings created by the removal of the trees include the cornfield weeds smooth fruite…

Lords Wood and Pasture

…woodruff Galium odoratum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, ramsons Allium ursinum and false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum. Herb paris Paris quadrifolia and lily of the valley Convallaria majalis occur on and above …

Taylor's Rough & Wellmeadow Wood

… ancient woodlands include yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood melick Melica uniflora and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa. The characteristic flora of wet areas includes meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and ma…

Coed Byrwydd

…ude alternate leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium, wood melick Melica uniflora and broad-leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine -all three relatively uncommon in Montgomery.

Tring Woodlands

…a amygdaloides. Notable amongst twenty species of grass present are wood melick Melica uniflora and two local species, wood barley Hordelymus europaeus and lesser hairy brome Bromopsis benekenii. In the central part of the wood floral diversity is enhanced by the presence of more…

Tindall Wood, Ditchingham

…caea lutetiana and primrose Primula vulgaris. Other species include wood melick Melica uniflora, stinking iris Iris foetidissima, herb paris Paris quadrifolia, ramsons Allium ursinum, greater butterfly Orchid Platanthera chlorantha and common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. …

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…vide habitat diversity and support species such as foliose lichens, wood melick Melica uniflora and smooth stalked sedge Carex laevigata. At Treworder on the River Allen the outcrops, clitter and open areas associated with a railway cutting through woodland support two national r…

Hollowhill and Pullingshill Woods

…e slopes there is a typical range of chalk woodland species such as wood melick Melica uniflora, giant fescue fescue gigantea and the local wood barley Hordelymus europaeus, as well as wood sedge Carex sylvatica, goldilocks buttercup Ranunculus auricomus and yellow archangel Lami…

Kincardine Castle Wood

… wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum and melick grass Melica uniflora on the steep slopes below the castle. The alder wood by the curling pond contains remote sedge Carex remota and smooth stalked sedge Crataegus laevigata. There is a rich list of bryoph…

Hanger Wood

… anemone Anemone nemorosa, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum and herb paris Paris quadrifolia, a species uncommon in the county. Additional habitats are provided by the rides which support marshy grassland communities…

Naphill Common

…e sedge Carex remota, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and the grasses wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum and giant fescue Schedonorus giganteus. The absence of many other species typical of ancient woodland in the Chilterns is presumed to reflect the history of…

Church Woods, Blean

…spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus and wood melick Melica uniflora. Several small trees and shrubs also fall into this category wild service tree and midland hawthorn are most frequent here. Many of the woodland rides have a rich flora, with such spec…

Coshogle Wood

…y. Dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, woodruff Galium odoratum and wood melick Melica uniflora occur in the cleuchs and opposite-leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium is typical of wet flushes. Additional interest is provided by a rich population of breeding bird…

Carie and Cragganester Woods

… the ground flora is locally herb-rich and includes species such as wood melick Melica uniflora, alternate leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium and bird’s-nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis.

Jack Scout

…und flora which includes soft shield fern Polystichum setiferum and wood melick Melica uniflora. Other habitats present within the site include a small fragment of limestone pavement, maritime limestone cliffs and extensive scrub of gorse Ulex europaeus, hawthorn Crataegus monog…

Great Wood & Dodd's Grove

…anemone Anemone nemorosa, primrose Primula vulgaris and the grasses wood melick Melica uniflora and wood millet Milium effusum also occur. The orchid, broad helleborine Epipactis helleborine, uncommon in Essex, is recorded. For many years the wood was a habitat of the heath friti…

Glenariff Glen

… ground flora in places. Rocky ledges often support grasses such as wood melick Melica uniflora and wood fescue Festuca altissima, as well as ferns such as maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes and hart's-tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium. Rare and scarce plants include common…

Asham Wood

…ort Lathraea squamaria, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon and wood melick Melica uniflora. The nationally rare narrow leaved bittercress Cardamine impatiens is of special interest while other species of note include columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, adder's tongue Ophioglossom…

Dancersend

…odland have been recorded. These include hairy brome Bromus ramosa, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum and wood meadow grass Poa nemoralis, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, nettle …

Gelt Woods

…l, sanicle and wood anemone as well as woodruff Galium odoratum and wood melick Melica uniflora. In the wetter, alder dominated flushes there is a good range of other herbs including common valerian, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa, water avens Geum rivale, moschatel Adox amos…

Wettenhall and Darnhall Woods

…he lower slopes species such as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora and woodruff Galium odoratum occur. Two uncommon species are present, giant bellflower Campanula latifolia and thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa. Several wet areas are dominated b…

Purbeck Ridge (East)

… covers the steeper slopes with wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, wood melick Melica uniflora and occasional great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica. Deeper, moist soils are dominated by ramsons Allium ursinum with occasional stinking iris Iris foetidissima. Hart’s tongue fern Phyliti…

Crest Mawr Wood

…aea, sweet woodruff Galium odoratum, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and wood melick Melica uniflora are widespread. The uncommon herb Paris Paris quadrifolia occurs in part of the wood. Soils are generally thin throughout the wood and there are several areas of rock outcrops and bou…

Tilberthwaite Gill

…and higher plants such as green spleenwort Asplenium viride and mountain melick Melica nutans. Above this point is the deep vertical sided gorge. The hanging canopy of trees and shrubs, the ledges and flushes and the damp and dry north and south facing walls respectively have enc…

The Mens

…ted by honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, bramble Rubus fruticosus, wood melick Melica uniflora and bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta with occasional butcher’s broom Ruscus aculeatus and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. In the extreme north of the site the wood has been intensivel…

The Wye Valley

…eep scree covered slopes, the ground flora includes species such as wood melick Melica uniflora, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia and dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis. Much of the rock and scree covered ground of the north facing moist woodland…

Garn Wood, Kilkiffeth Wood & Dan-Deri-Cwm Felin-Ban

…ent woodland sites in West Wales, such as woodruff Galium odoratum, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum, common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense and bearded couch Elymus caninus. The rich epiphytic lichen flora features 21 species that are indicators of woodland …

Finlarig Burn

…ercury Mercurialis perennis, common valerian Valeriana officinalis, wood melick Melica uniflora, great woodrush Luzula sylvatica, opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris. The field layer of the ravine sides and ledges is…

Langford Heathfield

… woodruff Galium odoratum, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood melick Melica uniflora and sanicle Sanicula europaea. Leigh Wood is ancient woodland of the Plateau Alder wood type. Alder Alnus glutinosa, downy birch Betula pubescens and ash are abundant. Understorey spec…

Belah Woods and Pastures

… dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood melick Melica uniflora, sanicle Sanicula europaea, woodruff Galium odoratum, common dog violet Viola riviniana, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood avens Geum urbanum, enchanter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana a…

Millington Wood and Pastures

…anula latifolia, woodruff Galium odoratum, water avens Geum rivale, wood melick Melica uniflora, primrose Primula vulgaris and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. Other characteristic woodland herbs, such as lily of the valley Convallaria majalis and nettle leaved bellflower Camp…

Marston Thrift

… wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, wood millet Milium effusum and wood melick Melica uniflora. An outlying population of Forster’s wood rush Luzula forsteri occurs here at its only known station in Bedfordshire. Additional habitats are provided by the rides which support damp g…

Pulham Market Big Wood

…eobdolon, primrose Primula vulgaris, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood melick Melica uniflora and yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum. Small stands of the ash maple variant of pedunculate oak–hornbeam woodland, wet ash–maple woodland and lowland hazel–pedunculate oak woodland a…

Warboy's and Wistow Wood

… variety of other plants characteristic of ancient woodland such as wood melick Melica uniflora and wood anemone Anemone nemorosa. The rides provide for additional variety and support woodland grassland plants such as meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and ragged-robin Silene flos-c…

Math and Elsea Wood

…n, woodruff Galium odoratum, wood forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica, wood melick Melica uniflora and wood millet Milium effusum. Woodland plants which are rather more uncommon in the County include thin spiked wood sedge Carex strigosa, early purple orchid Orchis mascula, herb par…

Little Paxton Wood

… number of interesting species occur on this feature. These include wood melick Melica uniflora, sweet violet Viola odorata and spiked star of Bethlehem Ornithagalum pyrenacium. The latter is a nationally restricted species which is here at the north eastern limit of its British …

Purbeck Ridge (West)

…tum, lesser celandine Ficaria verna, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and wood melick Melica uniflora. Dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis tends to dominate the drier mid-slopes whereas bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta is particularly abundant on the upper, more acid soil. Wood sorrel…

Perry Woods

…ical of ancient woodlands. Old woodland ‘indicators’ present includewood melick Melica uniflora and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. The dominant field layer plants are of the characteristic dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta type. Additional…

Pleasley Vale Railway

…aracterised by the abundance offalse brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, wood melick Melica uniflora, sanicle Sanicula europaea, sweet woodruff Asperula odorata, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis and by the pr…

Rievaulx Woods

…y purple orchid Orchis mascula, green hellebore Helleborus viridis, wood melick Melica uniflora and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. At the extreme southern and northern ends of the wood are areas with a more acidic flora of oak and birch Betula pendula over bracken Pteridium aquili…

Short Wood

…tia nidus-avis, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha and wood melick Melica uniflora. Violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata and herb paris Paris quadrifolia have also been recorded on this site in the past. Additional areas of interest include a number of small glade…

Coed Tŷ-Mawr

…e Sanicula europaea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. The uncommon wood melick Melica uniflora is also well represented. However, a more acid flora is also present in places, with such species as common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense occurring. great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica is…

Larkey Valley Wood

…hade. sanicle Sanicula europaea, sweet woodruff Galium odoratum and wood melick Melica uniflora occur with a number of orchids; bird's nest Neottia nidus-avis, fly Ophrys insectifera and lady Orchis purpurea. The latter is a scarce species restricted in Britain to Kent and is cha…

Gomm Valley

… well as Norway maple and crab apple. The field layer here includes wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum, hairy brome Bromus ramosa, sanicle Sanicula europaea and nettle leaved bell flower Campanula trachelium. Of particular interest at this site is the fact th…

Windsor Hill

…ussock grass Deschampsia cespitosa, wood millet Milium effusum and wood mellick Melica uniflora; pill headed sedge Carex pilulifera, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa and slender St John's wort Hypericum pulchrum mark more heathy areas and the rushes Juncus effusus and Juncus conglom…

Thornley Wood

…rich. woodruff Galium odoratum, dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora, ramsons Allium ursinum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, lesser celandine Ficaria verna and wood sedge Carex sylvatica are all common while in the most strong…

Thorpe Morieux Woods

… wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides, wood melick Melica uniflora, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. Several wet hollows with marsh marigolds Caltha palustris and lesser pond sedge Carex acutiformis are also present…

Ashridge Commons and Woods

…fluence is found the plant community is correspondingly richer with wood melick Melica uniflora, woodruff Galium odoratum and sanicle Sanicula europaea all abundant. Less frequent are fly orchid Ophrys insectifera, violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata and yellow bird's nest Hyp…

Tyne Watersmeet

…stic woodland species including dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood melick Melica uniflora, wood millet Milium effusum and great wood rush Luzula sylvatica which are locally dominant. A periodically flooded riverside rock outcrop supports an unusual ground flora assemblage …

Galboly

…chia nemorum, woodruff Galium odoratum, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood melick Melica uniflora and pignut Conopodium majus. At times, due to historical grazing management, a grassy ground flora dominates, consisting of grasses such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and swee…

Hockley Woods

…at Melampyrum pratense, slender St. John's wort Hypericum pulchrum, wood melick Melica uniflora and yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon are locally plentiful. Butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus is found on the boundary banks. Heath dog violet Viola cania, great wood rush Luzula…

Snelsmore Common

…al, wood speedwell Veronica montana, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood melick Melica uniflora and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. The site provides a wide range of habitats suitable for breeding and wintering birds. The woodlands support tawny owl, sparrowhawk, woodcock and hole ne…

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