Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Haggs Bank

… metallophytes, which make up the sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, spring sandwort Minuartia verna community. Haggs Bank is also notified for its species rich, calcareous grasslands of the sheeps fescue, common bent Agrostis capillaris and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus type and the …

Whitesike Mine and Flinty Fell

…allophytes. This community is the sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, spring sandwort Minuartia verna type and is known as Calaminarian grassland. The site is also notified for its important transitions from this metal tolerant community to both species rich calcareous grassland of the…

Herward Smithy

…ied as being of international importance for heavy metal tolerant Festuca ovina-Minuartia verna (sheep’s fescue-spring sandwort) grassland. This grassland type is referred to as Calaminarian grassland and is associated with the spoil heaps of old lead/zinc mine workings and assoc…

Cairnwell

…ular plants found include alpine milk vetch Astragalus alpinus, alpine sandwort Minuartia rubella, rock sedge Carex rupestris, alpine pearlwort Sagina saginoides, alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, least cinquefoil Sibbaldia procumbens, alpine…

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

… hair sedge Carex capillaris, northern bedstraw Galium boreale, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, mountain pansy Viola lutea, autumn and spring gentians Gentianella amarella and G. verna, alpine cat's tail Phleum alpinum and alpine forget-me…

Lambley River Shingles

…this site the most characteristic of these metalophyte species; spring sandwort Minuartia verna, alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens and thrift Armeria maritima, form a sparce turf over extensive areas of cobbles. Other plants in this turf include common milkwort Polygala vu…

Pinbain Burn to Cairn Hill

…mon juniper Juniperus communis and the nationally scarce plants spring sandwort Minuartia verna and alpine penny-cress Thlaspi alpestre occur where the underlying serpentinite is close to or outcrops from the soil surface. Loch Lochton is a rare example of a natural water body on…

Ben Lomond

…plants are found, including alpine mouse-ear Cerastium alpinum, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, alpine cinquefoil Potentilla crantzii and sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens. A number of nationally rare and scarce invertebrate species are also known from the site, most notably the be…

Allendale Moors

…evelop on some of the spoil heaps with typical plants including spring sandwort Minuartia verna. The nationally important breeding bird assemblage includes merlin, golden plover, red grouse, black grouse, short eared owl and dunlin which all nest on the open moorland. curlew, sni…

Jack Scout

…found in this community, rare spring sedge Carex ericetorum and spring sandwort Minuartia verna. Also present in this community is squinancywort Asperula cynanchica, which is rare in north west England, green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, a plant which is declining nationally, …

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…sing cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and red fescue Festuca rubra. Where this occurs at the cliff top, creeping willow Salix repens can become locally abundant in damp holl…

West Nidderdale, Barden and Blubberhouses Moors

…spoil heaps support the nationally scarce, heavy metal tolerant spring sandwort Minuartia verna. A population of chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea occurs on Barden Moor. Where grazing pressures have been severe, the vegetation is dominated by acid grassland, often in asso…

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

…orts a maritime heath community. Heather Calluna vulgaris, spring squill Scilla verna and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina are abundant amongst kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus subsp. arcticus. The soil over serpentinite is very low in plant nutrien…

Long Dale & Gratton Dale

…to Pike Head and on the oldspoil heaps there is an abundance of spring sandwort Minuartia verna and alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens species particularly associated with such sites but scarce elsewhere in the country. In moist crevices in dolomite outcrops in Gratton Dale g…

Creuddyn

…s and ivy are conspicuous components for most of the year. In the spring a rich vernal flora appears and this includes wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, sanicle Sanicula europaea, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum, primrose Primula vulgaris, herb-Robert Geranium robertianum, enchanter…

West Lizard

…s polytrichus subsp. arcticus, autumn squill Scilla autumnalis, spring sandwort Minuartia verna and thyme broomrape Orobanche alba. Thrift and common dog-violet Viola riviniana also occur in abundance. In places the cliffs are strewn with clitter and boulder scree which is typica…

The Wye Valley

…colonised with a specialist flora which includes the nationally scarce leadwort Minuartia verna. Geology Hob’s House consists of about seven large blocks of Carboniferous Limestone standing on a shelf halfway down the otherwise steep northern slope of Fin Cop on the southern side…

Glaswelltiroedd Trelogan / Trelogan Grasslands

… fontanum, mountain pansy Viola lutea and the nationally scarce spring sandwort Minuartia verna. More locally, thyme Thymus praecox, and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria are also present. A number of mosses are present including Weissia controversa var densifolia, Brachythecium …

Castleton

…special communities of plants such as the nationally restricted spring sandwort Minuartia verna, which are able to tolerate high concentrations of metals in the soil.

Glenariff

… juniper Juniperus communis, thyme broomrape Orobanche alba and spring sandwort Minuartia verna. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/glenariff-assi

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…rrences of species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima, spring squill Scilla verna and thrift Armeria maritima. The latter occurs either in association with grassy ledges amongst the sea cliffs on the northern and western sides or where there are spoil banks arising from old m…

Makerstoun - Corbie Craigs to Trows' Craigs

…ass Koeleria macrantha, yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, wood club-rush Scirpus sylvaticus, green figwort Scrophularia umbrosa, lesser meadow-rue Thalictrum minus and dog violet Viola canina. The nationally scarce species maiden pink Dianth…

Rose End Meadows

…ised by the two nationally scarce metal tolerant metallophyte species; leadwort Minuartia verna and alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens. Wherever conditions are slightly less toxic, over more highly weathered spoil, a grass dominated vegetation is found. Here the small, local…

Upper Wharfedale

…ls support a specialised flora comprising the nationally scarce spring sandwort Minuartia verna and alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens as well as common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis, mountain pansy Viola lutea and moonwort Botrychium lunaria. Unimproved neutral grassl…

Graig Fawr

…rested dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus, cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata and sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum have become locally abundant. Herbs present include common rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium, common birds' foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus and salad burnet. The si…

Wharmley Riverside

…lants regarded as metallophytes. There are large populations of spring sandwort Minuartia verna and alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens, both common on mine waste tips in the Pennine ore field, thrift Armeria maritima which is normally found in coastal or upland areas and mou…

Kisdon Force Woods

…e is an extensive area of lead mine spoil in West Wood on which spring sandwort Minuartia verna is abundant. Other Information 1. The woodland is listed in 'A Nature Conservation Review' edited by D A Ratcliffe,1977. Cambridge University Press. 2. During the 1985 revision the bo…

Oxlow Rake

…he most notable of these 'metallophyte' plants is spring sandwort or 'leadwort' Minuartia verna, a species which throughout nearly all of its British distribution is confined to heavy metal soils. The site also supports two further species which within the South Pennines are stro…

Malham-Arncliffe

…o uncommon species, alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens and spring sandwort Minuartia verna. The extensive areas of limestone pavements are a habitat for several species, usually confined to woodlands, such as dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood anemone Anemone nemorosa …

Scout and Cunswick Scars

…dstraw a number of other montane or northern species occur throughout the site, vernal sandwort Minuartia verna and mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica. Orchid species are well represented, including frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis on Bradleyfield, the local dark red hellebo…

Baulk Head to Mullion

…DB (*) hairy greenweed Genista pilosa and scarce plants such as spring sandwort Minuartia verna and thyme broomrape Orobanche alba. Where cliff topography affords more shelter, scrub can develop on the clifftops. Blackthorn Prunus spinosa is usually the most abundant species but…

Thrang End and Yealand Hall Allotment

…ria caeruleae, spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani and spring sandwort Minuartia verna. Ferns grow particularly well in the grikes, including three uncommon species, southern polypody Polypodium cambricum, limestone fern Gymnocarpium robertianum and rigid buckler fern Dr…

Silverdale Golf Course

…ls abutting the rock outcrops and within rock crevices, such as spring sandwort Minuartia verna, wall lettuce Mycelis muralis and wall rue Asplenium ruta-muraria. A small amount of secondary woodland and scrub is scattered throughout the grassland. The calcareous grassland habit…

Arnside Knott

…ies also occur within the community such as the arctic alpines, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, pale St John's wort Hypericum montanum, spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani, the very local Teesdale violet Viola rupestris and the ra…

Burnfoot River Shingle and Wydon Nabb

…lants characterised by alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis agg., mountain pansy Viola lutea and thrift Armeria maritima. In places the sparsely vegetated shingle has been covered by a short grassland…

Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

…nny cress Noccaea caerulescens, moonwort Botrychium lunaria and spring sandwort Minuartia verna. The site also has numerous limestone outcrops and screes. Here sheep's fescue common bent thyme Festuca ovina Agrostis capillaris Thymus praecox communities dominate, containing such …

Stonecroft Mine

…is phyllanthes, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, spring sandwort Minuartia verna a species characteristic of lead contaminated soils and common wintergreen Pyrola minor. Each of these species is nationally or locally rare. Other Information 1. This site was previo…

Alyn Valley Woods and Alyn Gorge Caves

… toothwort Lathraea squamaria and herb Paris Paris quadrifolia. Spring sandwort Minuartia verna, another nationally scarce plant, occurs on open ground on former spoil heaps associated with mining for lead and zinc whilst the nationally scarce rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum ha…

Clough Woods

…tallophyte' communities are characterised here by spring sandwort or 'leadwort' Minuartia verna and alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens; a particularly vigorous form which is found only in this area. On less toxic soils, the nationally uncommon narrow leaved bitter cress Card…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris with abundant sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, downy oat grass Avenula pubescens and silver hair grass Aira caryophyllea. Sedges occur frequently and are widely interspersed amon…

Six Pit, Swansea Vale and White Rock

…narian grassland, lichen assemblage, and for the vascular plant spring sandwort Minuartia verna. Six Pit, Swansea Vale and White Rock is located in central Swansea. It predominantly follows the line of a dismantled railway line that ran from Six Pit junction (near the modern-day …

Coldwell Farm Pasture

…er national rarities namely limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, spring sandwort Minuartia verna and spring cinquefoil Potentilla tabernaemontani. The calcareous grassland is representative of the Sesleria caerulea Galium sterneri community as described in the National Vegetation…

Ninebanks River Shingle

…d on the metalliferous shingle includes uncommon plants such as spring sandwort Minuartia verna and alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens which can tolerate levels of cadmium and zinc respectively which are toxic to most plants. Many of the plants which occur are more usually fo…

Hill of Towanreef

…screes have a limited but very interesting flora which includes spring sandwort Minuartia verna, the serpentine form of black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum and green spleenwort A. viride. Mosses associated with serpentine are also found, including Grimmia species. The surr…

Whitfield Moor, Plenmeller and Ashholme Commons

…oil heaps host nationally scarce metal tolerant species such as spring sandwort Minuartia verna. There is a rich assemblage of moorland nesting birds, including significant merlin and golden plover populations. merlin and other ground nesting raptors, such as short eared owl nest…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…a more maritime influence is revealed by the occurrence of spring squill Scilla verna and red fescue Festuca rubra ssp. juncea. In the southern corner of the site on south facing slopes below limestone crags and where the soils are deeper and sward more lightly-grazed than around…

Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells

…old spoil heaps host the nationally scarce heavy metal tolerant spring sandwort Minuartia verna. Where grazing pressure has been severe, the vegetation is dominated by acid grasslands, often in association with bracken Pteridium aquilinum on the lower slopes and gills. These gras…

Craigs of Succoth

…l flora of serpentine is best developed on the open rocks where spring sandwort Minuartia verna and the serpentine form of black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum are found. Mosses associated with serpentine are also found, including Grimmia species. The more widespread influe…

Appleby Fells

…ria alpina, alpine forget-me-not Myosotis alpestris and spring gentian Gentiana verna. Of the last two species, the former has the Appleby Fells as its only known English location, whilst isolated localities of the spring gentian in the northern Pennines are the only known statio…

Beltingham River Shingle

…loped on the shingles. The typically sparse vegetation includes spring sandwort Minuartia verna, alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens, mountain pansy Viola lutea, thrift Armeria maritima, common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and sea campion Silene uniflora. Other species …

Hermon Copper Bog

… pink Armeria maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora and the nationally uncommon vernal sandwort Minuartia verna. Several other uncommon plant species occur, some typical of damp grasslands, and including adder’s tongue fern Ophioglossum vulgatum, butterfly orchid Platanthera bifo…

Coombs Dale

…ed on either shallow leached soils or brown earths. They are dominated by sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, heath grass Danthonia decumbens, sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and common bent Agrostis capillaris. In these grasslands, wood sage Teucrium scorodonia is abundant wi…

Tyne Watersmeet

…s, typical of river deposits contaminated by heavy metals, with spring sandwort Minuartia verna, thrift Armeria maritima and meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. The most significant invertebrate records are for the variety of specialised beetles and uncommon species of flies and …

Wart Barrow

… lady's tresses Spiranthes spiralis, pale St John's wort Hypericum montanum and vernal sandwort Minuartia verna. In parts of the grassland where the soils are deeper and grazing has been less intense a cover of bracken has developed. The areas of grassland are separated by larger…

Alston Shingle Banks

… metal influences are most strongly felt with plants of thrift, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens and common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis, indicative of the metalliferous spoil and wild thyme, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and the rare …

Whernside

…ncludes baneberry Actaea spicata, wall lettuce Mycelis muralis, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus, angular Solomon's seal Polygonatum odoratum, and two species of lady's mantles Alchemilla glaucescens and A. minima. Many fern species occur includ…

Ox Close

…meria maritima, which is more typically found on the sea coast, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, known locally as leadwort, alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens, scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis and moonwort Botrychium lunaria. All these species are able to tolerate the hig…

Via Gellia Woodlands

…distinctive metallophytes alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens and 'leadwort' Minuartia verna occur within a sward dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina and thyme; together with other calcicoles. The small scarce fern, moonwort Botrychium lunaria, is often associated with t…

Cressbrook Dale

…pport. There are a number of mine spoil heaps in the dale where spring sandwort Minuartia verna is common and rock hutchinsia Hornungia petraea abundant. Both species are particularly associated with such sites but scarce elsewhere in the country. Cressbrook Dale is one of the mo…

Muggleswick,Stanhope & Edmundbyers Commons & Blanchland Moor

…oil heaps host nationally scarce metal tolerant species such as spring sandwort Minuartia verna, which occurs on spoil around Stanhope Common. There is a rich assemblage of moorland nesting birds, including nationally significant numbers of merlin and golden plover, the former o…

Upper Teesdale

…estuca ovina and blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea with spring gentian Gentiana verna, Teesdale violet Viola rupestris, hoary rock rose Helianthemum oelandicum, mountain avens Dryas octopetala, hair sedge Carex capillaris, rare spring sedge C. ericetorum, alpine cinquefoil Potent…

St Abb's Head to Fast Castle

…fern grass Catapodium rigidum, sea wormwood Artemisia maritima, spring sandwort Minuartia verna, and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. The coastal cliffs rise to 150 metres in places and support the largest mainland breeding seabird site between Angus and Yorkshire. There have…

Masson Hill

…s support good populations of the nationally rare spring sandwort or 'leadwort' Minuartia verna and alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens. There is a large population of fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea on one area of spoil heaps. Substantial areas of ancient woodland have be…

The Cheddar Complex

…dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, brown bent Agrostis capillaris and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum are also widespread. Associated species include spring sedge, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, pignut Conopodium majus, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and tormentil Pot…

Gang Mine

… plant almost wholly confined to mineral spoil in Britain – and spring sandwort Minuartia verna which is the most characteristic and frequently found metallophyte species of the southern Pennines. The bare spoil grades into a more closed turf which also contains important assembl…

Arkengarthdale, Gunnerside and Reeth Moors

…ria officinalis and the nationally scarce, heavy metal tolerant spring sandwort Minuartia verna. In a few areas where the limestone rock lies close to the surface or outcrops, species rich grassland supporting thyme Thymus praecox and lady's mantle Alchemilla spp occurs. Limesto…

Bonsall Leys

…Dactylorhiza viridis and the metallophyte species spring sandwort or 'leadwort' Minuartia verna which it is exceptional to find in a closed turf. These communities grade into more open vegetation growing on mine spoil heaps, where only characteristic metallophytes such as alpine …

Longstone Moor

…hout the site. These sites support a specialised flora of which spring sandwort Minuartia verna is most typical. Other species here include wild thyme Thymus praecox, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. A wide variety of lichens, for which …

The Clouds

…ley Convallaria majalis, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri and spring sandwort Minuartia verna which also occurs abundantly on old lead mine workings and in association with flushed areas. Other herbs include many, such as hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, wall lettuce Mycelis mu…

Glaswelltiroedd Eryrys (Eryrys Grasslands)

…ses, including common bent Agrostis capillaris, red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum and Yorkshire fog H. lanatus are well-represented, along with herbs such as black knapweed Centaurea nigra and ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata and pleurocarpous…

Hawes Water

…um and the nationally scare limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, spring sandwort Minuartia verna and rare spring sedge Carex ericetorum. A number of scarce orchids have been recorded here in the past, including green winged orchid Anacamptis morio, frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis…

Priddy Pools

…at can tolerate high concentrations of lead in the soil such as spring sandwort Minuartia verna and the moss Ditrichum plumbicola. Priddy Pools supports a very rich fauna. 15 species of dragonfly have been recorded including the notable four spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculat…

Tideslow Rake

… such situations. Most notable of these plants is spring sandwort or 'leadwort' Minuartia verna which has a population in excess of 100,000 plants at this site and which throughout nearly all of its British distribution is confined to heavy metal rich soils. Two further species …

Slit Woods

…open bent/fescue grassland and populations off the metallophyte spring sandwort Minuartia verna. Other Information During the 1987 revision, the site boundary has been amended to exclude areas of land previously notified* and to include land not previously notified*. * Under Sec…

Williamston River Shingle

…ain tolerant species are able to grow on the shingles. Of these spring sandwort Minuartia verna and alpine pennycress Noccaea caerulescens are normally found in limestone grassland in upland areas, commonly associated with mine spoil; mountain pansy Viola lutea is also usually re…

Pikedaw Calamine Caverns

…age of plants, tolerant to the difficult conditions, comprising spring sandwort Minuartia verna, alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens, moonwort Botrychium lunaria and adder’s tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. The plants are also found on mineralised limestone outcrops elsewhere in…

Green Hill of Strathdon

…raigs of Moniewhitt. These are characterised by such species as spring sandwort Minuartia verna, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, thrift Armeria maritima, the serpentine form of black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis. Mosses…

Hutton Roof Crags

…by blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea or by a mixture of grasses including sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis and bents Agrostis species. Although typically herb poor some uncommon plants do occur including limestone bedstraw Galium sterne…

Galboly

…es, consisting of grasses such as false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, but this makes up only a small proportion of the woodland. In places within the woodland, early purple orchid Orchis mascula is conspicuous with other notable plant…

Fothering Holme

…d on a gentle slope with numerous damp areas. The sward contains frequent sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog's tail Cynosurus cristatus and common bent Agrostis capillaris with occasional meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis. Herbs form a high proportion of the s…

Stanford Training Area

…erpyllifolia, rueleaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, fine leaved sandwort Minuartia hybrida and whitlow grass Erophila verna. The standing water bodies of the Stanford Training Area are also of great interest and support very diverse invertebrate populations including many …

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