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Killymackan Lough

…e of only three water bodies in Northern Ireland with eight species of pondweed Potamogeton spp. In addition, the lough has a rich invertebrate community, which includes a number of notable species. The aquatic vegetation is dominated by extensive submerged beds of pondweeds, con…

Kinoulton Marsh and Canal

…l Myriophyllum spicatum, hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum, broad leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus. The diversity of wetland and terrestrial habitats present provides suitable feeding and breeding condi…

Slapton Ley

… the stoneworts Chara contraria and Chara globularis as well as fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, and curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus. Slapton Ley is the only Devon site for fan-leaved water-crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus. The shor…

Roman Wall Loughs

…ter loughs support a diverse aquatic flora including eleven species of pondweed Potamogeton and all three have the unusual association of stonewort Chara spp. and various leaved pondweed Potamogeton gramineus. Other species found include the locally rare shining pondweed Potamog…

Montgomery Canal

… unusually species-rich. The submerged vegetation is characterised by pondweeds Potamogeton spp., including perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus and lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and the nationally scarce grass-wrack pondweed Potamogeton compressus. Other notable aq…

Orton Pit

…assification system. The open water of the ponds is characterised by pondweeds Potamogeton species fen pondweed Potamogeton coloratus, fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and broad leaved pondweed P. natans, an abundance of Chara species,…

Llyn Maelog

…ecies of pondweed Potamonaceae have been recorded including perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius and lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus. The shallow water margins, the main zone of plant growth, support both widespread plant…

Bassenthwaite Lake

…de a good habitat for an abundance of water plants. A wide variety of pond weed Potamogeton species are found. Potamogeton perfoliatus, P. berchtoldii, Potamogeton crispus and P. natans are widespread while P. alpinus, Potamogeton gramineus and Potamogeton pusillus are more local…

Attenborough Gravel Pits

…emblage of floating and submerged aquatic plants which includes lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus, ivy leaved duckweed Lemna trisulca, least duckweed Lemna minuta, common stonewort Chara v…

Lindores Loch

…h with extensive Stonewort Chara spp. beds and at least six species of pondweed Potamogeton spp. including slender-leaved pondweed Potamogeton filiformis and lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus. The freshwater transition mire is the most extensive and least disturbed example of …

Chesterfield Canal

…il Myriophyllum spicatum, Nuttall’s waterweed Elodea nuttallii, fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, brackish water crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii, short leaved water starwort Callitriche truncata and algae of the genus Cladophora. Tw…

Heath Lake

…nclude floating club rush Eleogiton fluitans, blunt leaved and lesser pondweeds Potamogeton obtusifolius and Potamogeton pusillus and shoreweed Littorella uniflora which is abundant along the northern edge of the lake. This species is common in upland lakes, but only occurs very …

Puxton Moor

…d Elodea nuttallii, frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, small and lesser pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii and Potamogeton pusillus, common water crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis and the locally uncommon opposite leaved pondweed Groenlandia densa are all present. Also occurring are the…

Loch Watston

…phaea alba, yellow water-lilies Nuphar lutea, and fine-leaved pondweeds such as Potamogeton pectinatus and Potamogeton pusillus. Although the nationally scarce eight-stamened waterwort Elatine hydropiper is not a notified feature of the site it is an important component of the ve…

Langtoft Gravel Pits

… are characterised by spike water milfoil Myriophyllumspicatum, fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, small pondweed P. berchtoldii, broad leaved pondweed P. natans, Canadian pondweed Elodea canadensis and stoneworts Chara spp. Other plant…

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

…e Carex canescens. The latter site contains abundant bottle sedge, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and Sphagnum inundatum. A swamp on No Man’s Bank is dominated by common sedge, marsh cinquefoil and common cotton grass, with bog pondweed, water horsetail and jointed rush …

Chew Valley Lake

…assland. The sparse submerged vegetation is composed largely of fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, opposite leaved pondweed Groenlandia densa and water crowfoots Ranunculus spp. The site is an internationally important staging post for m…

Sea Bank Clay Pits

…y. The water plant communities of the pits are characterised by fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris, spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum, algae of the genus Enteromorpha and two nationally sca…

Turnford & Cheshunt Pits

…ace Typha angustifolia, frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, blunt leaved pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and brown sedge Carex disticha. Many of the spits and islands have developed into areas of scrub and woodland dominated by willows Salix…

Easter Loch

…onditions, including beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima, slender-leaved pondweed Potamogeton filiformis, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris and shoreweed Littorella uniflora, all of which provide food for the swans but are not notified fea…

Cam Lough

…quatic plants such as Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, various leaved pondweed Potamogeton gramineus, lesser marshwort Apium inundatum and alternate water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum occur in submerged beds, while amphibiou…

Dinefwr Estate

…but the main interest is botanical. Species of open water include the pondweeds Potamogeton crispus, P. berchtoldii and Potamogeton pusillus, whilst the bladder sedge Carex vesicaria and bladderwort Utricularia spp. occur in the reedswamp. GEOLOGY: The site includes a number of…

Esthwaite Water

…and the moss Fontinalis antipyretica as well as a number of species of pondweed Potamogeton, including the blunt leaved Potamogeton obtusifolius, various leaved Potamogeton gramineus, small P. berchtoldii and lesser Potamogeton pusillus. The only known locality in England and Wal…

Lough Macrory

…tipyretica replaces Isoetes lacustris with a large stand of perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus particularly in the western half of this end of the lough. The east shore of the lough drops off at an acute angle giving rise to dense beds of water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna …

River Ribble (Long Preston Deeps)

… slow flowing water include yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus, curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus, broad leaved pondweed P. natans, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica and bulrush Schoenoplectus …

Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee)

…dients flowing over nutrient rich soils, with pondweeds such as curled pondweed Potamogeton crispus, perfoliate pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus and small pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii occurring frequently. Tripartite bur-marigold Bidens tripartita and lesser pondweed Potamoge…

Prees Branch Canal

…so occur, dominated either by yellow water lily Nuphar lutea, floating pondweed Potamogeton natans or the uncommon frog bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, which is unusually abundant at this site. Submerged aquatic plants include small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and hornwort Cerato…

Biddle Street, Yatton

…t Ranunculus circinatus, Nuttall's water weed Elodea nuttallii, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, whorled water milfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum and stonewort Chara sp. are found, the latter two species indicative of the calcareous influence of the underlying Compton soils.…

Wraysbury & Hythe End Gravel Pits

…pond sedge Carex riparia. Aquatic species include the locally uncommon pondweed Potamogeton pusillus. Wraysbury Southpit has a more regular shoreline with willow predominant along the banks and bulrush Typha latifolia and common reed occurring along the shores. The Hythe End pits…

River Derwent and Tributaries

…ed bays, where the water is locally more nutrient rich, support lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and white Nymphaea alba and yellow water lilies Nuphar lutea. Derwentwater is the only known Cumbrian locality for the nationally scarce floating water plantain Luronium natans. B…

Quoile

…. The open waters contain a range of aquatic species, including fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, fat duckweed Lemna gibba, greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza and yellow water lily Nuphar lutea. Around the water's edge there is a band of swamp, often dominated by common r…

Hesledon Moor East

… other species, the stonewort Chara vulgaris var. papillata and lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus.

Comber Mere

… palustris. Fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus and lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus are present and both are rare in Cheshire. Several patches of white and yellow water lily Nymphaea alband Nuphar lutea and amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium occur. Around mos…

Llyn Traffwll

…e and the aquatic flora includes characteristic species such as lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and spiked water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum. Among the rare and uncommon species that have been recorded are the eight-stamened waterwort Elatine hydropiper and flowering rush …

Barrow Gravel Pits

…water lily Nuphar lutea, rigid hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum, lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus and fan leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus circinatus. The gravel pits are fringed with willow carr formed by various species of willows and sallows, including osier Salix viminalis…

Inner Thames Marshes

…l of which are rare or scarce in the London area. These include lesser pondweed Potamogeton pusillus, thread leaved water crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus and two nationally scarce species, soft hornwort Ceratophyllum submersum and brackish water crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii. El…

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