Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Haile Great Wood

… Dryopteris filix-mas, scalymale fern Dryopteris affinis and lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma are abundant in the more shaded areas and stream valleys. Ash becomes frequent towards the valley bottom and in the southern section of the woodland, where it is found in associ…

Pamber Forest and Silchester Common

…ria majalis, wild daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus and the rare mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma. In the north of the site, woodland grades into the heathland of Silchester Common, which together with Tadley Common, represents the largest remnants of the once extensive nort…

Glen Tarff

…is. They are particularly rich in mosses and ferns, including the mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma, and scaly male-fern Dryopteris affinis. There are also locally important plants such as wood crane’s-bill Geranium sylvaticum and the grasses mountain melick Melica nutans and …

Upper Teesdale

…woodland ground flora tends to be dominated by ferns such as lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris. Over 50 species of birds breed in Upper Teesdale with typical …

Scafell Pikes

… sylvatica and bilberry with a wide range of ferns including lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris, scaly male fern and broad buckler fern. The species composition of the neighbouring gills of Skew and Gret…

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

…nes of loose scree with parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa and lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma. Between the screes the ground is covered with bilberry dominated heath, with lesser amounts of wavy hair grass, heath bedstraw and a range of mosses. In addition there is an u…

Cadair Idris

…ly deeper and more acidic on the more shaded slopes abundant lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, and hard fern, are found with wood-sorrel, tormentil Potentilla erecta and heath bedstraw. The more basic rock outcrops, which are found in various places around the mountain, …

Afon Irfon

…tarmica, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina, sedges Carex spp., lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, bog mosses Sphagnum spp., marsh violet Viola palustris and the locally uncommon globeflower Trollius europaeus. The lower reaches of the I…

Mynydd Ty-isaf, Rhondda

…crags within the SSSI include beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma, broad buckler fern Dryopteris dilatata, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. In addition to supporting an interesting pteridophyte flo…

Dark Peak

… Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma. Small areas of willow Salix carr are also present, for example in the Alport valley. Birds The vast blanket mires of the Dark Peak plateaux support nationally important breed…

Beinn an Lochain

…a and angelica Angelica sylvestris, as well as ferns such as lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Beinn an Lochain provides one of the best representations of upland habitats in Scotland and is therefore notified as a SSSI for its upland habit…

West Pennine Moors

…terspersed with ferns, such as hard fern Blechnum spicant or lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, bilberry and wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella. The woodland within Longworth Clough is the most diverse, with a mosaic of woodland, scrub, heathland and grasslands. There is a wel…

Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir

…nwort Botrychium lunaria, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix, lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, creeping willow Salix repens and lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor. Small pools contain bog moss Sphagnum spp. and support breeding broad bodied chaser dragonfly Libellula depr…

Highclere Park

…e Epipactis helleborine, Epipactis phyllanthes respectively, lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, butcher’s broom Ruscus aculeatus and wood speedwell Veronica montana. Additionally, the alder woods support remote sedge Carex remota, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosp…

Lower Red Lees Pasture

…sed quarry towards the top of the pasture where the uncommon lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma occurs. A small area of acid grassland adjacent to the clough supports a species poor community dominated by common bent, sheep’s fescue, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and torm…

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

…Anemone nemorosa, pignut Conopodium majus, the Surrey rarity lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and the nationally scarce marsh fern Thelypteris palustris. Neutral grassland. Several fields near map reference SU 932596 and SU 930607 support rich grassland, a habitat type b…

Gwaun Llwyn-gwyn

…. Drier hummocks support purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea. Acid grassland on the old river terraces is dominated by bents Agrostis spp., and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, and heath bedst…

Bradley Woods

…ex laevigata, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma. The woodland has a diverse epiphyte flora. Typical lichens of old woodland which occur include several of the beard lichens Usnea spp., Peltigera praetextata, Leptogium licheno…

Coed Mynachlog-fawr

…teristic species such as beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana and common cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense. In the woodland along the stream guelder-rose Viburnum opulus and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna…

Scords Wood and Brockhoult Mount

… the valley Convallaria majalis, common wintergreen Pyrola minor, lemon scented Oreopteris limbosperma and green hellebore Helleborus viridus. A 'Nature Conservation Review', edited by D A Ratcliffe. Cambridge University Press.

Scar End Wood

…veral ferns are present including male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Wet flushed areas add diversity to the site; marsh species include meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, sundew…

Pwll Lagoon

…n by acidophile plants including royal fern Osmunda regalis, lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and hard fern Blechnum spicant. Perhaps surprisingly, given the intimate proximity to alkaline areas and the low altitude, bog mosses such as Sphagnum fimbriatum and S. subniten…

Heatheryburn Bank

… Caltha palustris, while scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis, lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and lady fern Athyrium filix-femina grow on the steepest part of the bank.

Stanley Ghyll

…nocarpium dryopteris, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma are more characteristic of north western woodlands.

Long Mynd

…ude a number of distinctive and locally rare species such as lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, the latter found here at its most easterly British location. The site also includes several shallow peaty pools which have charac…

Ashdown Forest

…the liverwort Nardia compressa and a range of ferns including the mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma and the hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula thrive in this 'atlantic' microclimate. The damming of streams, digging for marl and quarrying have produced several large pon…

Allt Grillan Gorge

… include Polystichum aculeatum, Athyrium filix-femina, Phegopteris connectilis, Oreopteris limbosperma, Hymenophyllum wilsonii, Dryopteris borreri, Dryopteris dilatata and Dryopteris carthusiana. Several lichen species add to the interest of the wood. These include the very local…

Ben Loyal

… are the dominant tree species. The field layer includes frequent mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma, and there are a few base-rich flushes. These woods are of great lichen interest, harbouring sub-alpine, boreal, and boreo-atlantic species, including the nationally rare Lecano…

Milkingstead Wood

…with, apart from the Tunbridge filmyfern, abundant clumps of lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, male fern, buckler fern and occasionally beech fern Phegopteris connectilis. On deeper soils bluebell, greater stitchwort Stellaria holostea, wood sorrel and locally bracken wi…

Worth Forest

…rium filix-femina, narrow buckler fern Dryopteris carthusiana and mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma. On much of the steep lower slope the wet ground supports carpets of Sphagnum mosses with clumps of purple moor grass Molinia caerulea. Two locally uncommon 'Atlantic' mosses, H…

Tilberthwaite Gill

…llaris and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, abundant ferns such as lemon scented Oreopteris limbosperma, male Dryopteris filix-mas and scaly male Dryopteris affinis and scattered trees and shrubs including birch Betula spp., oak Quercus spp., ash Fraxinus excelsior, larch Larix de…

Dodgson Wood

…n Polystichum aculeatum, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis, lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. The juniper scrub occupies the steep slopes immediately above the wood and has developed in association with yew, holly, birch an…

Ardvar Woodlands

…tum. Where grazing is restricted, areas rich in ferns occur, with mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma, scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis and hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula. Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii is locally abundant in the shady humid areas. Base…

Coed Nant Menascin

…linia caerulea, bog-mosses Sphagnum spp. and species such as lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma. Remarks: The site lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park. Part is owned by the National Trust and part is managed as a nature reserve by the Brecknock Wildlife Trust.

North Dartmoor

…um oxycoccos on the open moor, fir clubmoss Huperzia selago, lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, Tunbridge filmy-fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and Wilson’s filmy-fern H. wilsonii in wet shaded crevices in scree slopes, bog orchid Hammarbya paludosa in a few mires, and the…

Charnwood Lodge

…aria minor, common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma, all of which are rare in Leicestershire. The site includes several areas of enclosed acidic pasture with frequent heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and field wood rush Luzula camp…

Troutbeck

…munity including the local parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa, lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma and oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris. Alpine lady's mantle and a small population of juniper Juniperus communis are found in adjacent grassy banks.

Longsleddale Woods

…xglove Digitalis purpurea and wood sage Teucrium scorodonia. Lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma is also present. The steep gill sides and rock outcrops throughout the wood provide shelter for a variety of other plants. These include wood crane’s bill Geranium sylvaticum, w…

Bream Wood

…gland. Other uncommon species include royal fern Osmunda regalis, mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma, hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula and the mosses Chionoloma tenuirostre and Dicranodontium longirostre. The upper drier slopes carry ancient woodland dominated by oak …

Winster Wetlands

…esser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides. In places clumps of lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma grow where small rock outcrops occur within the mire. This slope also supports dense hawthorn and blackthorn scrub and a number of trees including ash and cherry. At the base o…

Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse

…ata and Pellia neesiana. lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and lemon scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma are present together with hay scented buckler fern Dryopteris aemula. On Bexleyhill Common former wood pasture has now developed into high forest dominated by sessile oak Quercu…

Barle Valley

…issectum and locally, bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum and lemon-scented fern Oreopteris limbosperma. Ashway Side and Whiterocks Down support mosaics of acid grassland and heathland dominated by purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and heather Calluna vulgaris on the plateau, whi…

Tripsdale

…le fern Dryopteris filix-mas, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma are present under the open canopy. The east side of Bilsdale forms the western edge of the site. The intake fields there support acid grassland in which the principal species in…

Hartley Cleugh

…d orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii, while soft rush Juncus effusus and mountain fern Oreopteris limbosperma occur along the stream banks. Above the valley on the south west side the grassland merges into wet heath, with hare’s tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, heath rush J. squa…

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