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…pically contain a strong grassy component of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, red fescue Festuca rubra and sea couch Elytrigia atherica. Characteristic associates include sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritim…

Pool of Bryher & Popplestone Bank (Bryher)

…m. The shallow water in great Pool supports a dense growth of beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima and sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii is abundant around the margins of the pool with lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina and Red Goosefoot Chenopodium rubr…

Blackwater Estuary

…ommon cord grass Spartina anglica. The scarce, native small cord grass Spartina maritima can still be found in places, despite the incursions of the more vigorous hybrid form. Further up the marsh, where tidal immersions are less frequent, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and …

Cemlyn Bay

…her inland support a number of uncommon plant species including sea kale Crambe maritima, sea radish Raphanus maritimus, brackish water-crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii and Ruppia maritima. There are colonies of common, ‘arctic’ and sandwich terns which breed on low islands in the ma…

Montrose Basin

…al plants species including saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus, tassel pondweed Ruppia maritima, grey club-rush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, long-bracted sedge Carex extensa and seablite Suaeda maritima. The Lurgies contains the best example of saline standing waters in Taysid…

Crouch and Roach Estuaries

… most tides, are dominated by glasswort Salicornia Spp, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium, whilst on the higher land, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and thrift Arm…

Moine Mhor

…ris quinqueflora. Saltmarsh plant species found here include sea milkwort Glaux maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima, greater sea spurrey Spergularia media, sea aster Aster tripolium, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis. Just above the salt water are mats and hummo…

Easter Loch

… a number of species tolerant of saline conditions, 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 fo…

Benfleet and Southend Marshes

…and the uncommon C. submersum. Other uncommon species include beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima and brackish water crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii. The great crested newt and scarce emerald damselfly Lestes dryas are also present. This combination of scrub, grassland and open wate…

Bann Estuary

…nus maritimus, common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis and sea milkwort Glaux maritima, while the whorled caraway Carum verticillatum, which is restricted in distribution to the north and west, is also present. Parsley water dropwort Oenanthe lachenalii is widespread throughout…

Cromarty Firth

…ow-leaved eelgrass Zostera marina, dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii and tasselweed Ruppia maritima, provide the food base for large numbers of overwintering wildfowl and waders (as well as sheltering a range of juvenile fish). Extensive areas of largely ungrazed saltmarsh occur in N…

Strangford Lough Part 1

…iant beds of eelgrass; Zostera noltii, Zostera angustifolia, Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima are all present, with the latter widespread but quite local in its distribution. Such extensive 'beds' are rare in the British Isles. The intertidal mudflats particularly the Zostera b…

Munlochy Bay

…Zostera spp. Extensive areas of glasswort Salicornia spp and beaked tassel weed Ruppia maritima cover the mud of the upper bay. The narrow salt marsh fringe supports characteristic plants with large populations of sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus and saltmarsh flat sedge Bly…

Beauly Firth

…ngustifolia and Zostera noltei, glassworts Salicornia agg and beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima. The upper reaches of the SSSI also provide a good example of the transition from mudflat and saltmarsh to the wetland and terrestrial habitats comprising common reed Phragmites austra…

The Vadills

…eltered sediment in the upper reaches of the Vadills support beds of tasselweed Ruppia maritima.

Broadwater

…laucous club-rush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani with the local Beaked Pondweed Ruppia maritima. Welsh Mudwort Limosella australis occurs here at one of only three European locations. The mudflats and saltings of the Broadwater lagoon support good numbers of wintering duck, espec…

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…

Gress Saltings

…pport the local plants saltmarsh flat sedge Blysmus rufus and beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima. Wildfowl and waders frequent the site during migration, and some overwinter here. Breeding birds include small populations of ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula.

The Swale

…ass Spartina anglica while less common plants include small cord grass Spartina maritima* and golden samphire Inula crithmoides*. As well as providing feeding and roosting places for many birds, the saltmarshes are of entomological interest; for example, this is the habitat of t…

Gilkicker Lagoon

…um being a national rarity, green alga Enteromorpha species and tassel pondweed Ruppia maritima. The invertebrate fauna includes at least 10 species of molluscs and 3 species of Coelenterata anemones and allied groups. This assemblage is relatively rich and includes 5 national ra…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…d and other organic material enables dense strands of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea campion Silene uniflora to grow on the back of the storm ridge. The spit at the end of South End Haws supports one of the richest …

Alde-Ore Estuary

…heath Frankenia laevis, glasswort Salicornia pusilla, small cord grass Spartina maritima and Borrer’s saltmarsh grass Puccinellia fasciculata. It is representative of the Atriplex portulacoides community as described in the National Vegetation Classification. Saltmarsh elements a…

Chesil & The Fleet

…ide of the Beach, large and nationally important populations of sea kale Crambe maritima, yellow-horned poppy Glaucium flavum, sea pea Lathyrus japonicus and shrubby sea-blite Suaeda vera occur. Sea holly Eryngium maritimum, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and little-robin …

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