Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Braunton Burrows

… about its present location, sharp rush Juncus acutus, round-leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia ssp maritima, early gentian Gentianella anglica and orchids. Grassland, or “dune pasture” although it is not generally grazed by livestock, carries a rich mixture of grasses, sedge…

Swanscombe Peninsula

…eurum tenuissimum, Bithynian vetch Vicia bithynica and round-leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritima; • assemblages of invertebrates associated with bare sand and chalk, open short swards, open water on disturbed mineral sediments and saltmarsh and transitional bra…

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

… the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended and round leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia a regional rarity. General description Chasewater and the Southern Staffordshire Coalfield heaths SSSI is located in southern Staffordshire between Norton Canes and Burntwood and …

Lindisfarne

…tmarsh, the upper marsh remains dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and thrift Armeria maritima. Extensive sand dune systems include that on Ross Links where a series of dune ridges of recent origin shelter an ancient beach and glacial sands. The older, leac…

Compton Chine to Steephill Cove

…ication NVC communities of the vegetated maritime cliffs and slopes are Armeria maritima Cerastium diffusum ssp. diffusum maritime therophyte community NVC MC5; Festuca rubra Armeria maritima maritime grassland NVC MC8; Festuca rubra Holcus lanatus maritime grassland NVC MC9 and …

Duddon Estuary

…n stands of glasswort Salicornia europaea occur with occasional seablite Suaeda maritima, although in places, particularly on the eastern side of the estuary, invasive cord grass Spartina anglica is becoming established. Above the pioneer zones lie extensive areas of low mid mars…

Morecambe Bay

…marsh is typified by pioneer species notably common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and occasionally glasswort Salicornia europaea. Cordgrass Spartina anglica has recently spread on to muddier substrates south of the River Keer and in the northaround Holme Island, Plumpton a…

Cynffig / Kenfig

…ache Atriplex longipes, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides, and sea rocket Cakile maritima. Embryonic shifting dunes dominated by sandcouch Elytrigia juncea occupy a very small area behind the foreshore but their continued development is restricted by inadequate supplies of new san…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…ram grass Ammophila arenaria and individual plants of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, yellow horned poppy, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea radish Raphanus raphanistrum ssp maritimus. The central section includes more clearly delineated shingle ridg…

Traeth Pensarn

…Glaucium flavum, curled dock Rumex crispus and the locally rare sea kale Crambe maritima. Regularly associated with these are plants such as sea fern-grass Catapodium marinum, sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima, sea campion Silene uniflora and sea mayweed Tripleurospermum marit…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…wn slope to the shore. Notable shoreline species include oyster plant Mertensia maritima and saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus while Scot's lovage Ligusticum scoticum, although sparsely present throughout the site, is more frequent along the shore. Scree is widespread varying fr…

Lytham St Annes Dunes

…s including locally abundant yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor, harebell Campanula rotundifolia, yellow wort Blackstonia perfoliata, grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, red and white clovers Trifolium pratense and Trifolium repens. In addition the rare seaside centaury Centauriu…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…re Crithmum maritimum, golden samphire Inula crithmoides, sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and the occasional patch of rock sea-spurrey Spergularia rupicola and sea aster Aster tripolium. A sea-bird cliff community occurs occasionally, parti…

Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit

…or its flora which includes the largest populations of round leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia and man orchid Orchis anthorpophora in Essex.

Newham Fen

…cies including grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris, round leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia, northern marsh orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella and the early marsh orchid Dactylorhiza incarnate…

Morfa Dyffryn

…r Hypochaeris radicata, rest harrow Ononis repens and wild pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisii. Annual species including sea mouse-ear Cerastium diffusum, thyme-leaved sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia and the nationally scarce dune fescue Vulpia fasciculata are characteristic of thi…

Sefton Coast

…pecies poor community variously dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea sandwort Honckenya peploides and sea rocket Cakile maritima. Where dune development is more advanced, sand couch Elytrigia juncea with occasional lyme grass Leymus arenarius dominate. Se…

Oxwich Bay

…marella subsp. occidentalis, Fen Orchid Liparis loeselii and Larger Wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia. The rare strandline beetle Eurynebria complanata is found at Oxwich. Remarks: Comprises part of the more extensive South Gower Coast site of national nature conservation importan…

Rousay

…emblage of nationally scarce vascular plants including round-leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia, Scottish primrose Primula scotica, serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda, and shady horsetail Equisetum pratense. These habitats provide important breeding sites for a variety of …

Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes

…thaea officinalis, Danish scurvy grass Cochlearia danica and sea milkwort Glaux maritima in places attests to the influence of brackish water here. Birds nesting around the margins of the broads include water rail, mallard, gadwall, garganey and particularly significant numbers …

Craigellachie

…he woodland has serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda, round-leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia, creeping lady’s-tresses Goodyera repens and chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea. Woodland glades contain species rich grassland with alpine bistort Persicaria vivipara, wood…

Crymlyn Burrows

…epidium latifolium, rock hutchinsia Hornungia petraea, round leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia, dutch rush Equisetum hyemale and the variegated horsetail Equisetum variegatum. The rare fen orchid Liparis loeselii is found occasionally within the slacks, whilst the sea stock …

Merthyr Mawr

…, fern-grasses Catapodium marinum and Catapodium rigidum, and sea rocket Cakile maritima. The transition from lower to upper saltmarsh is well developed in these bays. The lower saltmarsh is generally a patchwork of vegetation dominated by common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia marit…

Upton Broad & Marshes

…s and the locally rare bladderwort Utricularia minor. Round leaved wintergreenn Pyrola rotundifolia is another nationally scarce species which grows locally on ride and glade edges. Mixed scrub has invaded many former areas of open fen and includes bog myrtle Myrica gale, creepin…

Castle Eden Dene

…quadrifolia, bird’s nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis and round leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia. Juniper Juniperus communis and small leaved lime Tilia cordata also occur in the dene. In the upper parts of the dene on boulder clay soils pedunculate oak Quercus robur and, to a…

Glan-traeth

…, whilst variegated horsetail Equisetum variegatum and round-leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia occur in the damp depressions.

Ben Lui

…velopment of tall-herb ledge vegetation, with abundant round-leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia, Alpine woodsia Woodsia alpina and false sedge Kobresia simpliciuscula. There are banks of different types of saxifrage which includes Saxifraga nivalis, and some steep drier ledge…

Durham Coast

… maritime grassland, containing red fescue Festuca rubra, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea thrift Armeria maritima occur. This gives way on more sheltered slopes to extensive calcareous grasslands, support glaucous sedge Carex flacca, wild thyme Thymus praecox, common rock …

Yockletts Bank

…g the scarce lady orchid Orchis purpurea. The uncommon round leaved wintergreen Pyrola rotundifolia also grows in one of the open grassy clearings. A variety of woodland birds breed. hornbeam is predominant as old coppice on the upper slopes with some ash coppice and a few oak an…

Winterton - Horsey Dunes

…aved heath and creeping willow Salix repens. The rare round leaved wintergreenn Pyrola rotundifolia has also been recorded from the slacks. Damp, fern rich meadows form a large area of rough, tussocky grassland behind the main dunes. Sand sedge is dominant with abundant purple m…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…s. These include perennial 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 bea…

Roydon Common

… tetralix with purple moor grass places. Species of note include sundew Drosera rotundifolia, bog mosses Sphagnum ssp., the locally rare cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, bushes of bog myrtle Myrica gale and the lesser butterfly orchid Platanthera bifolia. The valley mire is a v…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…rsh and pioneer marsh of glassworts Salicornia spp. and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima, through low mid and mid upper marsh communities, to a drift line dominated by common couch Elytrigia repens and upper marsh common reed Phragmites australis swamp. Downstream of the Monk Bre…

Mid Cornwall Moors

…le butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge C. pulicaris, star sedge Carex echinata and the locally notable …

Ninebanks River Shingle

… on coasts and are rare in lowlands; alpine scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis ssp. alpina, mountain pansy Viola lutea, thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. Other plants of the shingle are common mouse ear Cerastium arvense, sh…

Chailey Common

…n this habitat; bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, round leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia and heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum. Areas of scrub dominated by gorse Ulex europaeus occur on the open common, while alder buckthorn Frangula alnus and blackth…

Merthen Wood

…le butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. ericetorum, round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia, lesser skullcap Scutellaria minor and tawny sedge Carex hostiana, flea sedge C. pulicaris, star sedge C. echinata and the locally notable whi…

Rathlin Island - Kebble

…e of coastal habitats, such as spring squill Scilla vema, sea plantain Plantago maritima, crested hair grass Koeleria macrantha, harebell Campanula rotundifolia and lady's bedstraw Galium verum. Rathlin Island-Kebble contains a rich assemblage of wet grassland vegetation types, w…

Spey Bay

… regionally rare or declining vascular plants. These include curved sedge Carex maritima, coralroot orchid Corallorhiza trifida, baltic rush Juncus balticus, intermediate wintergreen Pyrola media, sheep’s-bit Jasione montana, purple milk-vetch Astragalus danicus, autumn gentian G…

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