Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common & Green

…d with disturbed ground such as rat tail plantain Plantago major and silverweed Potentilla anserina and species with a low growth habit or vegetative reproduction, including common daisy Bellis perennis and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera. A study of the vegetation in the lat…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…sow thistle Sonchus arvensis, sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritimus, silverweed Potentilla anserina, sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum and sea radish Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. maritimus. Occasionally, sheets of sand are present along the upper beach, supporting sand couch E…

Ratlake Meadows

…d orchid Dactylorhiza maculata, heath wood rush Luzula multiflora and tormentil Potentilla erecta. Other species common in the sward include common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum, bird's foot trefoil Lotus corni…

Nacton Meadows

…ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and silverweed Potentilla anserina. The uncommon marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris is also present. It is considered that this community is representative of the Juncus effusus/acutiflorus Galium palustre rush p…

Doley Common

…orsetail Equisetum palustre. Areas subject to flooding have abundant silverweed Potentilla anserina and water mint Mentha aquatica. The peripheral watercourse and flooded ditches provide habitats for a range of water plants and breeding amphibia. Limited recording of Lepidoptera …

Witton-le-Wear

…ntains a variety of herbs including common knapweed Centaurea nigra, silverweed Potentilla anserina, common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria and yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor. Features of particular interest are the extensive areas dominated b…

Gwaun Pen-lan

…p. Some wet flushes occur containing fleabane 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 s…

Morfa Harlech

… by creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, common sedge Carex nigra and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Other slacks are dominated by creeping willow Salix repens often accompanied by the moss Calliergonell cuspidatum, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris and water mint Mentha aquat…

Mournes Coast

…um maritimum, curled dock Rumex crispus, orache sp. Atriplex sp. and silverweed Potentilla anserina. A number of rare and scarce species are associated with the strandline along the Mourne Coast, including oyster plant Mertensia maritima, yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, rock…

Arun Banks

…ed by water mint Mentha aquatica, fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica and silverweed Potentilla anserina, with patches of meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata, yellow flag Iris pseudacorus and the locally uncommon marsh mallow Althaea officinalis. T…

Cernydd Carmel

…atic vegetation is absent and instead, bladder sedge Carex vesicaria,silverweed Potentilla anserina and the desiccation-resistant moss Fontinalis antipyretica dominate. The invertebrate fauna is diverse, with many crustacean species such as Chydorus sphaericus, Daphnia pulex and …

Spey Bay

…ernaemontani swamp at the seaward edge. Transitional grasslands with silverweed Potentilla anserina and tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus are also found. The active shingle ridge is bare of vegetation and backed by a sequence of pioneer shingle communities of scattered perenni…

White Park Bay

…g Holcus lanatus. In wetter situations, common sedge Carex nigra and silverweed Potentilla anserina become more prominent, forming dune slack communities. Bracken Pteridium aquilinum encroachment is common, often in association with shade-tolerant herbs such as ground-ivy Glechom…

Limpenhoe Meadows

…ing heath grass Danthonia decumbens, eyebright Euphrasia officinalis, tormentil Potentilla erecta, creeping willow, devil’s bit scabious Succisa pratensis and many headed wood rush Luzula multiflora. The remainder of the site is mostly unimproved or semi improved wet neutral gras…

Greenaways and Freshmarsh, Braunton

…is, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, silverweed Potentilla anserina, water mint Mentha aquatica, greater bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis and ragged-robin Silene flos-cuculi. The southern marsh-orchid Dact…

Walmore Common

…e soft rush Juncus effusus, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula and silverweed Potentilla anserina. The improved grassland is less rich in plant species, consisting largely of perennial ryegrass Lolium perenne, creeping bent and timothy Phleum pratense. The marshy grassland occu…

Ballyquintin Point

…l fescue Festuca arundinacea, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Maritime grassland, primarily developed of thrift Armeria maritima, red fescue Festuca rubra and Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus, with occasional sea plantain Plantago maritima and s…

North Norfolk Coast

…d grass Polypogon monspeliensis, jointed rush Juncus articulatus and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Extensive areas of permanent grazing marsh derived from reclaimed saltmarsh are present in several places along the coast. The dominant grass species in the sward are creeping be…

Ballykilbeg

…inant species, with abundant bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata and marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris. Where the underlying peats are kept moist through the year, a rich fen community has developed with lesser tussock sedge Carex diandra and brown sedge Carex disticha. In places, …

Kilberry Coast

…ndisturbed and support colonisers such as curled dock Rumex crispus, silverweed Potentilla anserina and sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum. Although these shingle beaches are small, vegetated shingle is a rare habitat type and this site represents one of the few examples in t…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…mp community, the former typically with common sedge Carex nigra and silverweed Potentilla anserina, the latter dominated by common reed Phragmites australis. Unusually, black bog-rush Schoenus nigricans can be present through both the saltmarsh and mire communities, where strong…

Morfa a Chraig Cwm Ivy / Cwm Ivy Marsh and Tor

…egetation, with marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre, common sedge and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Narrow-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo augustior occurs on Cwm Ivy Marsh, which forms part of the population of Whiteford Burrows, the largest known population in the United Kingdom. …

Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach

… reed Phragmites australis, hemlock water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata, silverweed Potentilla anserina, common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, curled dock Rumex crispus, perennial sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis and sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum. One colony, occurs unusually f…

Willow Burn Pasture

… rush Juncus effusus and locally with forget-me-not Myosotis sp. and silverweed Potentilla anserina. There has been some invasion of the grassland by scrub species, mainly hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, gorse Ulex europaeus and dog rose Rosa canina. Scattered grey willow Salix cin…

Gwithian to Mexico Towans

…pecies such as water mint Mentha aquatica, soft rush Juncus effusus, silverweed Potentilla anserina, grey willow Salix cinerea and adder's tongue Ophioglossum vulgatum. Species associated with the small cliff flushes include water Mmint, fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica, common fi…

Scotton Beck Fields

… capillaris. Associated herbs include heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, tormentil Potentilla erecta, field wood rush Luzula campestris, green ribbed sedge Carex binervis and creeping willow Salix repens. The northern field is an inland site for sand sedge Carex arenaria. In the sou…

Sheepland Coast

…nd are generally dominated by sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritimus, silverweed Potentilla anserina, common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis and curled dock Rumex crispus. Maritime communities along Sheepland Coast extend inland from the shore. A diverse range of grassland comm…

Cwm Llanwenarth Meadows

…urea nigra - Cynosurus cristatus meadow, Festuca rubra - Agrostis stolonifera - Potentilla anserina inundation grassland and several variants of the Fen Meadow community The site is also important for large stands of several locally rare species, including greater burnet Sanguiso…

Quoile

…uckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis, wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris, silverweed Potentilla anserina, carnation sedge Carex panicea and notably false fox sedge Carex otrubae. Grassland occurs on mineral soils on raised ground. This is typically dominated by grasses such as Yorkshi…

Ashleworth Ham

…adowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris and silverweed Potentilla anserina, while the less common great burnet Sanguisorba officinalisis present in undisturbed meadows. Fields with improved grassland contain more perennial rye grass Lolium perenne. The di…

Totamore Dunes and Loch Ballyhaugh

…. In the poached fringe of the purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea and tormentil Potentilla erecta mire is a community of the Red Data Book and nationally-rare Irish lady’s tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana. There is also a large colony of Irish lady’s tresses on Beinn Tioraidh. Ma…

South Woodburn

…rundinacea, common sedge Carex nigra, bladder sedge Carex vesicaria, silverweed Potentilla anserina, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus and water mint Mentha aquatica. The glen at South Woodburn runs from east to west as the river descends in torrents from the reservoirs above, down…

Upper Lough Erne - Galloon

…, marsh ragwort Senecio aguaticus, meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria, silverweed Potentilla anserina and common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica. With different management and soil conditions, the grasslands can display a wide range of variation. In strongly flushed conditions, a co…

Thwaite House Moss

…orget-me-not Myosotis secunda, skullcap Scutellaria galericulata and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Jointed rush Juncus articulatus, great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis and square stalked St. John’s wort Hypericum tetrapterum are also occasionally present. The open ditches adja…

Derwent Ings

… bent Agrostis stolonifera, marsh foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus and silverweed Potentilla anserina. On the drier areas where flooding is short lived, a species rich community occurs characterised by species such as great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis, meadow foxtail Alopecurus …

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek

…a club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus and grades into mixed marsh with silverweed Potentilla anserina, marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris, false fox sedge Carex otrubae and the nationally scarce divided sedge Carex divisa. The Duver at Seaview includes several brackish lagoons …

Dunnet Links

…ulgaris and crowberry Empetrum nigrum. Creeping willow Salix repens, silverweed Potentilla anserina and the nationally scarce Baltic rush Juncus balticus grow in the dune slacks.

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…ing red fescue Festuca rubra, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and silverweed Potentilla anserina) and a stand of common couch Elytrigia repens sand dune. Farther south, near Borthwen, a stand of black bog rush Schoenus nigricans/blunt-flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus mire, wi…

Morfa Dyffryn

… the more mature damp slacks with frequent common sedge Carex nigra, silverweed Potentilla anserina, moss Calliergonell cuspidatum and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera. Orchids including marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris, early-marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata, northern …

Killymackan Lough

…g buttercup Ranunculus repens, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, silverweed Potentilla anserina, marsh ragwort Senecio aguaticus and tufted forget-me-not Myosotis laxa, growing over a carpet of brown mosses dominated by Calliergonell cuspidatum and Rhytidiadelphus sguarrosus.…

St. John's Point

…tion grassland communities dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Red fescue Festuca rubra is also one of the dominant species in the maritime grassland which is prevalent across the whole site, becoming more species-rich on thin soils on the to…

River Usk (Upper Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Uchaf)

…water-pepper Persicaria hydropiper, redshank Persicaria maculosa and silverweed Potentilla anserina. More stable areas support communities dominated by common nettle Urtica dioica, creeping thistle Cirsium arvense, Indian balsam Impatiens glandulifera and other tall herbs such as…

Loch of Mey

…meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh marigold Caltha palustris and silverweed Potentilla anserina. Wetter areas have extensive patches dominated by marsh cinquefoil Comarum palustre, water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile or bottle sedge Carex rostrata. The shallower areas of the…

Sapperton Meadows

…The damper patches are characterised by common sallow Salix cinerea, silverweed Potentilla anserina and fiorin Agrostis stolonifera. There is a small pond in one of the grazed fields with marshy grassland around the margins. Characteristic plants of the hay fields include Yorksh…

Wilsford Heath Quarry

…, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, viper's bugloss Echium vulgare, silverweed Potentilla anserina and perforate St. John's wort Hypericum perforatum as well as a number of species now uncommon in the East Midlands and some orchids. Much of the quarried areas are dominated by sc…

Marloes Mere

…site, where summer cutting is infrequent. Associated species include silverweed Potentilla anserina, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, brown bent Agrostis canina and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera, with amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium and floating sweet-grass Glyce…

Fardrum and Roosky Turloughs

…ter periods but exposed when the water level in the turlough is low. Silverweed Potentilla anserina, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris, selfheal Prunella vulgaris and creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia are all associated with the upper part of this zone. The unusual looking …

Wyndrush Pastures

… Leontodon hispidus. Greater bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus, silverweed Potentilla anserina and zigzag clover Trifolium medium are locally abundant, particularly in damper parts of the meadows. Small areas of more acidic grassland are characterised by sheep’s-fescue Festu…

Penhale Dunes

…razed turf, dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra with herbs such as silverweed Potentilla anserina, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and common storksbill Erodium cicutarium. Damper areas are colonised by taller herbs such as meadowsw…

Hough Bay and Balevullin Machair

…of seasonal water inundation or flushing and have vegetation rich in silverweed Potentilla anserina, common sedge Carex nigra, marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris,and fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum. Deeper depressions contain shallow lochs with sedge-rich fen communities around …

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