Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

The Ings

…arex elongata. Towards the lake the alder woodland merges into wet willow scrub Salix fragilis, Salix viminalis, Salix alba, Salix cinerea, which then gives way to beds of common reed Phragmites australis and reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea along the lake shore. The woodla…

Combe Haven

…orus and purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria. Alder Alnus glutinosa and sallow Salix cinerea fringe parts of the reed bed and the tall fen community. WOOD LAND Variation in past management and in local drainage conditions have resulted in a range of woodland types. Redgeland W…

Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

…species of trees and shrubs including silver birch Betula pendula, crack willow Salix fragilis, Scot's pine Pinus sylvestris and alder Alnus glutinosa. Stands of wet flood plain woodland occur on past gravel workings and include those at Earls Barton which form the largest exampl…

Lockington Marshes

…ent. The majority of the site is dominated by willow can composed of a range of Salix species, including crack willow S. fragilis, sallow Salix cinerea and osier Salix viminalis. Beneath the willows is a characteristic ground flora of this community dominated by nettles Urtica di…

Corsydd Nug a Merddwr

… river Nug south of Cefn-brith are numerous bushes of the pointed-leaved willow Salix x meyerana a hybrid of crack willow Salix fragilis and bay willow Salix pentandra an introduction known only from a thin scattering of widely dispersed locations in Wales. The sluggishly-flowing…

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

…e river. These include woodlands dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and willows Salix spp., marshy grassland, stands of tall herb, swamp and fen vegetation. Shingle banks and gravel shoals below Brecon support a variety of species more normally considered to be arable weeds. Back…

Aqualate Mere

…illow carr is well developed, particularly at the ends of the mere. Grey willow Salix cinerea is usually dominant with scattered crack willow S. fragilis, osier Salix viminalis and purple willow Salix purpurea. In turn these stands give way to transitional sump alder woods domina…

Saddington Reservoir

…us and rove beetle Dochmonota clancula. Large mature specimens of crack willow Salix fragilis along the reservoir shoreline support a notable beetle fauna associated with dead wood including the nationally scarce Atheta basicornis, Eledona agricola and Gyrophaena lucidula. The …

Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods

…herry and, locally, wych elm. Where the ground becomes wetter alder and willows Salix fragilis, Salix cinerea and S. caprea appear but below this onto the clay the woodland is dominated by ash and contains field maple, English elm, aspen, crab apple, blackthorn, dogwood, guelder …

The Flits

…sland contribute to the site’s overall value. In the wetter areas crack willow Salix fragilis, sallow Salix cinerea and guelder rose Viburnum opulus are common. Drier parts have hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, blackthorn Prunus spinosa and hazel Corylus avellana with the occasional…

Black Firs & Cranberry Bog

…perimeter shows advanced development of carr woodland and scrub of crack willow Salix fragilis, grey willow Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia, alder Alnus glutinosa and downy birch Betula pubescens. It contains many plants characteristic of nutrient rich conditions, contrasting marked…

Weir Wood Reservoir

…nd is otherwise poorly drained, woodland of alder Alnus glutinosa, crack willow Salix fragilis, goat willow Salix caprea and downy birch Betula pubescens has developed. On drier ground pedunculate oak Quercus robur, hazel Corylus avellana, ash Fraxinus excelsior and downy birch a…

Big Waters

…ws remain, whilst there are also areas of willow scrub composed of crack willow Salix fragilis, common sallow Salix cinerea and goat willow S. caprea. A relatively young plantation of alder Alnus glutinosa and downy birch Betula pubescens is present in the south corner of the sit…

Big Hyde Rough

…elm Ulmus glabra. The shrub layer contains hazel Corylus avellana, crack willow Salix fragilis, grey willow Salix cinerea, elder Sambucus nigra and dogwood Cornus sanguinea. The species rich ground flora includes ramsons Allium ursinum, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, sanicle Sani…

River Test

… the river, the roots of alder Alnus glutinosa and willows usually crack willow Salix fragilis and sallow Salix cinerea bind the banks and provide refuges for river animals such as otter. The site includes former water meadows, fen pasture and rush pasture communities of botanic…

Rushy Meadows

…num lantana, guelder rose Viburnum opulus, hazel Corylus avellana, crack willow Salix fragilis and sallow Salix cinerea enclose and sub divide the meadows. A broad, shallow, eutrophic ditch running north south through the site is dominated by narrow leaved water parsnip Berula er…

Bishop Monkton Ings

…composed largely of alder Alnus glutinosa, ash Fraxinus excelsior, crack willow Salix fragilis and bay willow Salix pentandra and a well developed shrub layer in which guelder rose Viburnum opulus is common. The ground flora is varied with dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, red …

Whitmoor Common

…t of the site there is a swamp of mature alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis, whilst grey willow Salix cinerea occurs in wet areas around the ponds and stream. Water The water areas at Whitmoor Common, totalling 3.6 hectares, include two ponds and several stream…

Betley Mere

… conditions. To the south the fen is invaded by scattered shrubs of grey willow Salix cinerea and purple willow Salix purpurea. Where the ground becomes drier this community gives way to rushy pastures of variable floristic composition. A nationally uncommon type of wet alder wil…

Gungrog Flash

…reed sweet-grass Glyceria maxima, marsh ragwort Senecio aquaticus, crack willow Salix fragilis and grey willow Salix cinerea. This association of plants gently merges into a more emergent community around the lake edge, containing species such as bulrush Typha latifolia, yellow i…

Wilden Marsh and Meadows

…ra. These areas of carr are dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis. In places grey willow Salix cinerea scrub has invaded the marsh vegetation on the edge of the carr. Several white willow Salix alba and crack willow pollards occur and there are a few …

Lingfield Cernes

…rows include pedunculate oak Quercus robur, ash Fraxinus excelsior, grey willow Salix cinerea, crack willow Salix fragilis, hazel Corylus avellana, blackthorn Prunus spinosa, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and alder Alnus glutinosa. The banks of the Eden brook are dominated by reed …

Papercourt

…pinus and extended sedge Carex extensa. Small woodlands composed of grey sallow Salix cinerea, crack willow Salix fragilis and alder Alnus glutinosa are distributed throughout the site. There are three areas of open water within the site where former gravel workings have become a…

Old River Severn, Upper Lode

…in river the old channel has silted up and willow can dominated by white willow Salix alba, crack willow S. fragilis and osier Salix viminalis has developed. Beyond this, spoil dumped in the old channel years ago has become colonised by rough grassland, including grasses such as …

Downton Gorge

…n ones as oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. The site is also important for mosses and lichens. Over 100 species of lichen have been recorded from Downton Gorge which is considered to be a site of national importance for this group of …

Edgbaston Pool

…lamus. This grades into carr woodland at the northwestern end with crack willow Salix fragilis, goat willow S. caprea, grey willow Salix cinerea and alder Alnus glutinosa. The eastern shore has a narrow poor fen community with yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, skullcap Scutellaria ga…

Cors Cefn Llwyd

…land community, with the canopy dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, grey willow Salix cinerea and occasional crack willow Salix fragilis. Ash Fraxinus excelsior is also locally frequent. The field layer is characterised by plants which are indicative of the high nutrient status o…

Hencott Pool

…wamp carr on very wet peat dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and common sallow Salix cinerea with frequent crack willow Salix fragilis. Although there are considerable areas of bare peat beneath the trees, there is a rich flora of fen plants. The site is notable for the size of …

Butterby Oxbow

…pports fen carr which is gradually invading areas of swampand fen. Crack willow Salix fragilis is dominant, but alder Alnus glutinosa and grey willow Salix cinerea are locally abundant. The ground flora is made up of fen and swamp species including common reed, lesser pond sedge,…

Hedgecourt

…dland is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa together with birch and grey sallow Salix cinerea. White and crack willows Salix alba and S. fragilis also grow here, as does alder buckthorn Frangula alnus. The ground flora is dominated by sedges including the greater tussock sedge Ca…

River Mease

…ith alder Alnus glutinosa, ash Fraxinus excelsior and various species of willow Salix spp. including good numbers of large pollarded crack willow Salix fragilis. Some sections of bank are flanked by dense scrub dominated by hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and blackthorn Prunus spinos…

Thwaite House Moss

…emi natural fen woodland displaying transitional succession from pioneer willow Salix spp. woodland through to mature alder Alnus glutinosa and birch Betula spp. woodland, species rich fen meadow and tall herb fen. Thwaite House Moss is a remnant example of once widespread wetl…

Coleshill and Bannerly Pools

…places the bog is being invaded by downy birch Betula pubescens and grey willow Salix cinerea. Coleshill Pool and its bog are surrounded by mature woodland of pedunculate oak Quercus robur and silver birch Betula pendula in which there are some planted Scot's pines Pinus sylvestr…

Hartlebury Common and Hillditch Coppice

… which has developed in a damp hollow beside the Hartlebury Brook. crack willow Salix fragilis is common amongst the alder and hazel Corylus avellana and grey sallow Salix cinerea are present in the shrub layer. The ground flora is mostly dominated by greater pond sedge Carex rip…

Stourvale Marsh

…eas of carr woodland dominated by common alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis. Scattered patches of scrub occur throughout the site composed of a variety of species including osier Salix viminalis, blackthorn Prunus spinosa and guelder rose Viburnum opulus. With…

Stafford Brook

…al character. The canopy is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis with an understorey of downy birch Betula pubescens, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, elder Sambucus nigra and sallows Salix spp. Nettle Urtica dioica occurs extensively in the ground flora…

Moss Valley

…re. The wet woodlands are dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, with crack willow Salix fragilis, ash Fraxinus excelsior and sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus. The understorey contains hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, hazel Corylus avellana and willows Salix spp. The ground flora is dominat…

Redcar Field

… in County Durham, is locally plentiful. Willow carr, dominated by crack willow Salix fragilis occurs over approximately a quarter of the site. Beneath the canopy there is a discontinuous shrub layer of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, grey willow Salix cinerea, black currant Ribes n…

Boynton Willow Garth

…ge stands of English elm Ulmus procera with alder Alnus glutinosa, crack willow Salix fragilis and ash Fraxinus excelsior, as well as some introduced species. There are mature individual trees of black poplar Populus nigra thought likely to be native at this site. The shrubs are …

Checkhill Bogs

…has an uneven aged woodland dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis. This is a nationally restricted woodland type known as sump alder wood. In the understorey both these species are also present; some of the alder as overgrown coppice, whilst fallen cr…

Llwyn

…ula and Betula pubescens becomes co-dominant in the canopy whereas crack willow Salix fragilis occupies a corner of the southern block. Throughout both blocks there are localised occurrences of sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus in the canopy. There is a rich and often dense shrub laye…

Staines Moor

… on the old railway embankments consists of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, sallow Salix cinerea, birch Betula pendula and pedunculate oak Quercus robur. The adjacent rough grassland is dominated by cock's foot Dactylis glomerata, tall fescue Schedonorus arundinaceus, tussock grass …

Wylde Moor, Feckenham

…rse it. There are many hedgerow trees including several pollarded crack willows Salix fragilis. Notification Date, 11 July 1986

Denaby Ings

…a latifolia. The course of the old river Dearne is marked by large crack willow Salix fragilis and alder Alnus glutinosa and mixed deciduous woodland has been planted along the disused railway embankment marking the southern boundary of the site. The remainder of the site largely…

Chapel Mere

…f restricted distribution nationally. The fen carr is dominated by crack willow Salix fragilis with frequent alder Alnus glutinosa. Drier areas are dominated by species such as remote sedge Carex remota, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea and …

Chimney Meadows

…n comfrey Symphytum officinale. The ditches are lined by pollarded crack willow Salix fragilis and some hawthorn. Wading birds which nest in Chimney Meadows include curlew, snipe and redshank. All these are now uncommon breeding species in Oxfordshire following the widespread dra…

Cassington Meadows

…reeds. Mature hawthorn hedges surround parts of the site and crack willow trees Salix fragilis are common within the hedgerows and along the river bank.

Hurcott and Podmore Pools

…ing ash Fraxinus excelsior, silver birch Betula pendula, crack and goat willows Salix fragilis and S. caprea and guelder rose Viburnum opulus. The ground flora includes characteristic wetland species such as marsh marigold Caltha palustris, marsh thistle Cirsium palustre, marsh b…

Moor Park

… site. The wetland is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa with some crack willow Salix fragilis. The swamp, to the north east of the site is dominated by common reed Phragmites australis although other wetland species such as great pond sedge Carex riparia, bur reed Sparganium ere…

Ashwell Springs

…th mature ash Fraxinus excelsior, sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus and crack willow Salix fragilis, which are important in providing some shade for the pools. The site has educational value for the study of freshwater invertebrate communities.

Bushy Park and Home Park

… along with alder Alnus glutinosa, sweet chestnut Castanea sativa, crack willow Salix fragilis, small leaved lime Tilia cordata and sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus. A range of tree forms exist, the majority being either maiden or natural and managed pollards. Park management has mai…

Yellow House Meadow

…runus spinosa, field maple Acer campestre, ash Fraxinus excelsior, crack willow Salix fragilis, dogwood Cornus sanguinea and crab apple Malus sylvestris. The meadow supports a strong colony of the common blue butterfly Polyommatus icarus.

Hanmer Mere

…mere are stands of wet alder Alnus glutinosa woodland locally with crack willow Salix fragilis. The ground flora beneath is variable and in parts supports a rich tussock sedge community with bladder sedge Carex vesicaria, tufted sedge Carex elata, uncommon in Clwyd, and a large p…

Wimboldsley Wood

…e for an extensive wet area dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis. Areas of scrub, unimproved grassland, open water and a saliferous spring, a rare habitat nationally, are included and add significantly to the value and scientific interest of the site…

Hopwood Dingle

…heavily shaded and in consequence have little growing in them, but crack willow Salix fragilis and alder Alnus glutinosa occur along their banks with abundant opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Alongside the wood are two small fields, too steep to cul…

Mavis Enderby Valley

…l Covert has alder together with pedunculate oak Quercus robur and crack willow Salix fragilis and large areas of the herb moschatel Adoxa moschatellina. Other woods are notable for marsh marigold Caltha palustris, tussock sedge Carex paniculata, giant horsetail Equisetum telmate…

Culham Brake

… snowflake Leucojum aestivum. This site is dominated by well grown crack willow Salix fragilis growing in a seasonally flooded backwater of the Thames. The wet clay soils and humid conditions within the willow thicket or withy bed support a lush fen carr flora in which well over …

Pig Hill

…ow herb Epilobium hirsutum and fragmentary willow carr, containing crack willow Salix fragilis is developed. This site supports a population of the Durham Argus butterfly Aricia artaxerxes salmacis which is confined to the Magnesian Limestone formation in County Durham. Other In…

Murcott Meadows

…nderstorey. This wood grades into patches of blackthorn and an old crack willow Salix fragilis bed. All the meadows and wood are enclosed by mature hedges which contain hawthorn, midland hawthorn Crataegus laevigata, blackthorn, English elm and oak. A small pond, located on the n…

West Blean and Thornden Woods

… common over the impervious London Clay. Associated with these are crack willow Salix fragilis, alder Alnus glutinosa, pendulous sedge Carex pendula and tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa. Lying to the north of Thornden Woods are several small agriculturally unimproved pastu…

Holme Pit

…s westwards beneath an area of scrub and wet woodland dominated by crack willow Salix fragilis and alder Alnus glutinosa. Holme Pit and the adjacent areas of marsh provide a valuable habitat for a variety of passage, wintering and breeding bird species, while the reed beds are a …

Caledon and Tynan

…ore Acer pseudoplatanus, horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum and crack willow Salix fragilis. There are occasional specimens of species such as walnut Juglans regia, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum and hornbeam Carpinus betulus. There are also some spectacular avenues of …

Upton Warren Pools

… and the Hen Brook run through the site and a number of pollarded crack willows Salix fragilis line their courses. The principal importance of the site is its ornithological interest. The pools provide an important habitat for wintering and passage waterfowl and wader species. Th…

Denham Lock Wood

… carr to wet valley alder wood. Woods of alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis dominate a major part of the site and also form a scattered understorey within a derelict plantation of poplar. On the more waterlogged ground the willow characteristically occurs as a …

Tabley Mere

…woodland types is present. In the wetter areas alder Alnus glutinosa and willow Salix fragilis predominate with a field layer of tall fen species. Elsewhere alder is associated with birch Betula pendula and this grades into dry birch and oak Quercus robur woodland. A large heronr…

The Wilderness & Vermin Valley

… the stream and around the silted pools, alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis are dominant. At the top of the slope the shrub layer consists almost entirely of hazel coppice and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna. On the lower slopes where the soils are deeper and more …

Blindley Heath

… pedunculate oak Quercus robur and scrub of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, sallow Salix cinerea and blackthorn Prunus spinosa are scattered throughout the grassland. The open sward also supports one of the best colonies in Surrey of the lesser marsh grasshopper Chorthippus albomar…

Bratoft Meadows

…ge of hawthorn Crataegus monogyna with fine specimens of pollarded crack willow Salix fragilis. Both are managed as hay meadows and are grazed after cutting. They are dominated by sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, red fescue Festuca rubra, meadow fescue Schedonorus praten…

Joe's Pond

…leocharis palustris and yellow flag Iris pseudacorus and in places crack willow Salix fragilis. Aquatic plants include mare’s tail Hippuris vulgaris, fennel pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus, grassy pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius, spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum and t…

Foxcote Reservoir and Wood

…local sticky groundsel Senecio viscosus, lakeside brambles and scrub of willows Salix fragilis and S. alba and grey poplar Populus candicans, as well as the meadows, provide additional habitats for breeding birds. The meadows themselves harbour a number of plant species which, be…

Waltham Abbey

…cer pseudoplatanus, ash Fraxinus excelsior, poplar Populus sp. and crack willow Salix fragilis. elder Sambucus nigra and blackthorn Prunus spinosa are the main shrub species. The ground flora is dominated by common nettle Urtica dioica and ground ivy Glechoma hederacea with local…

Narborough Bog

…e. North of the reed bed lies an area of wet woodland dominated by crack willow Salix fragilis and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and which includes such understorey species as alder buckthorn Frangula alnus, rowan Sorbus aucuparia, field maple Acer campestre, guelder rose Viburnum …

Berkswell Marsh

…and at the western end of the site has an open canopy of alder and crack willow Salix fragilis over a shrub layer of hazel Corylus avellana, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and guelder rose Viburnum opulus. The ground flora is locally rich with abundant opposite leaved golden saxifr…

Brackland Rough

… of the wood is, however, dominated by ash Fraxinus excelsior with crack willow Salix fragilis and silver birch Betula pendula scattered throughout. The ground flora in the wetter areas of the wood is characterised by tall fen species including reed Phragmites australis and meado…

Beechmill Wood and Pasture

…l abundant and wild cherry Prunus avium, alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis occur in small areas. There is a well developed shrub layer containing elder Sambucus nigra, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, crab apple Malus sylvestris and guelder rose Viburnum opulus. U…

Offham Marshes

…ow flag iris under a canopy dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa and crack willow Salix fragilis. The woods on the chalk escarpment have, under a canopy of ash Fraxinus excelsior and sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus, damp areas with dense growths of hart's tongue fern Asplenium scolop…

Tuckmill Meadows

…standards. The understorey includes hazel, hawthorn and elder with crack willow Salix fragilis bordering the fen. The ground layer consists mainly of rank grasses and nettles Urtica dioica and includes cock's foot Dactylis glomerata, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, tufted ha…

Areley Wood

…shrubs and trees including ash, alder, field maple Acer campestre, crack willow Salix fragilis and aspen Populus tremula. Small leaved lime Tilia cordata is common including several ancient pollards, with occasional large leaved lime Tilia platyphyllos which is nationally scarce.…

Wraysbury & Hythe End Gravel Pits

…shores. The Hythe End pits have steep banks fringed with alder and crack willow Salix fragilis. Species occurring around the water's edge include the locally uncommon trifid bur marigold Bidens tripartita and horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris. The habitat west of the Colne …

Seaford to Beachy Head

…leston reed bed and forms the ground flora beneath a small area of crack willow Salix fragilis woodland. Saltmarsh communities, developed over clays and silts, line the canalised and upper reaches of the river. Bare muds by the water's edge have been colonised by glassworts Salic…

Dyscarr Wood

…ange to woodland dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, together with crack willow Salix fragilis. The shrub and ground layer vegetation is similar to that of the ash wych elm wood but locally meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum dominate the groun…

Holborough to Burham Marshes

…n end, surrounding a large reedbed is a damp woodland of alder and crack willow Salix fragilis with some ash Fraxinus excelsior and oak Quercus robur on drier ground. The ground flora, particularly in the wetter areas resembles that of the adjacent reedbed with a predominance of …

Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows

…Acer campestre along with English elm Ulmus procera and pollarded crack willows Salix fragilis. Where the fields are bounded by woodland, hazel Corylus avellana is the dominant shrub.

Attingham Park

…the northern end of the Park. The woodland, which is dominated by crack willow Salix fragilis, is structurally varied and includes many collapsed trees and abundant dead wood of value for saproxylic invertebrates. The continuity of parkland and woodland cover at Attingham Park w…

Monkwood Green

…presence of a pond and a small number of trees including pollarded crack willow Salix fragilis and black poplar Populus nigra which is uncommon in the county.

Moorend Common

…bescens, gean Prunus avium, hazel, hawthorn, sallow and occasional crack willow Salix fragilis; and wet ash sallow woodland near the stream and swallow hole. A small area has been planted with European larch and Scot's pine, though a dense undergrowth of hawthorn, hazel and birch…

Groby Pool and Woods

…nosa and which contains oak Quercus robur, ash Fraxinus excelsior, crack willow Salix fragilis and hazel Corylus avellana. The ground flora is characterised by the abundance of opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria and P a…

Lodge Wood & Sandford Mill

…mposition and structure. Both woodlands are dominated by alder and crack willow Salix fragilis, together with some ash. There is a relatively poorly developed understorey which includes hazel, dogwood, elder, blackthorn and red currant Ribes rubrum. The southern part of Lodge Woo…

Pevensey Levels

…ridge Road from the old road parallel to it is dominated by mature crack willow Salix fragilis with hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and elder Sambucus nigra scrub. Closed canopies have a sparse ground cover of ground ivy Glechoma hederacea and nettle Urtica dioica. This area is of im…

Old Rectory Meadows

…f alder; only around the margins are other tree species, primarily crack willow Salix fragilis, present. The ground flora is dominated by common nettle Urtica dioica, bramble Rubus fruticosus, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica, yellow iris Iris ps…

Ford Moss

…ak Quercus robur and Scot’s pine Pinus sylvestris, birch Betula spp. and willow Salix atrocinerea, S. fragilis carr. The seedlings of Scot’s pine and birch are invading the bog surface as it dries out. Chickweed wintergreen Trientalis europaea grows within the pinewood. The moss …

Northwick Marsh

…orner of the marsh there is a clump of mature pollarded white and crack willows Salix alba and S. fragilis. The site includes a bank of the River Severn which is fringed with alder Alnus glutinosa, willow Salix sp., ash Fraxinus excelsior and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna scrub. Th…

Esthwaite Water

…x rostrata and reed community and then carr woodland dominated by common sallow Salix cinerea and alder Alnus glutinosa with lesser amounts of purple and crack willow Salix purpurea and S. fragilis and scattered birch and ash. Tufted sedge Carex elata, lesser pond sedge Carex acu…

Cage Brook Valley

…ccur in the areas immediately adjacent to the Cage Brook, together with willows Salix caprea and S. fragilis. In the drier parts of the woodland the ground flora is dominated by such characteristic species as dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, enchanter’s nightshade Circaea lute…

Westwood Great Pool

…gh grassland colonised by scrub, mainly hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and willows Salix cinerea and S. fragilis. The southern margin is bordered by woodland with a mixture of species dominated by oak Quercus robur, ash Fraxinus excelsior and birch Betula pendula. These areas of gra…

Glyme Valley

…e river and supports ash, field maple Acer campestre and goat and crack willows Salix caprea and S. fragilis. Scattered hawthorn scrub is present on the limestone grassland together with occasional field maple and mature oaks. Birds recorded from the site include corn bunting, l…

Ipsley Alders Marsh

…f isolated large trees mainly pedunculate oak Quercus robur and pollard willows Salix alba and S. fragilis provide a screen from the adjoining housing development and a valuable additional wildlife habitat.

Great Thrift Wood

…her areas are dominated by stands of coppiced alder with grey and crack willows Salix cinerea and S. fragilis, ash and oak. Birch, aspen Populus tremula and alder buckthorn Frangula alnus are locally frequent. Field maple Acer campestre occurs mainly on boundaries and banks. The …

Brownheath Moss

…consists of carr dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa. Willow carr, consisting of Salix cinerea and S. fragilis, is less common. Beneath the trees are areas of sedges interspersed with patches of bare, peaty mud. In this community the nationally rare elongated sedge Carex elongata …

Cooksholme Meadows

…e is enhanced by the presence of a small pond fringed by white and crack willow Salix alba and S. fragilis. The muddy edges support water starwort Callitriche agg. and celery leaved buttercup Ranunculus sceleratus. The meadows are surrounded by tall, species rich hedges chiefly o…

Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood

…peaty wet soils alongside the river and here alder woodland with birch, willows Salix caprea and S. fragilis, alder buckthorn Frangula alnus and some planted poplar hybrids Populus spp. occur, along with a diverse field layer typical of such wet conditions. Herb paris Paris quadr…

Puxton Marshes

…ll area of damp woodland is dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa with grey willow Salix cinerea and crack willow S. fragilis. The open water consists of an ox bow lake, with great reed mace Typha latifolia and branched bur reed Sparganium erectum growing round the edge and a number…

Frome St. Quintin

…undant hazel Corylus avellana coppice on drier ground and stands of grey willow Salix cinerea with crack willow S. fragilis on the wettest soils. Holly Ilex aquifolium, elder Sambucus nigra and groups of young ash are occasional in Burl Moor and Dry Hill Moor and redcurrant Ribes…

Lewes Brooks

…ater dock Rumex hydrolapathum. Occasional hawthorns Crataegus monogyna, sallows Salix caprea and crack willows S. fragilis also occur. In the ditches a range of aquatic species rapidly recolonise after they have been cleaned out, including both rigid and the rarer soft hornworts …

Elmlea Meadows

…en managed for hay with aftermath grazing together with a small piece of willow Salix spp. dominated scrub. Over twenty five species of grass occur including many typical meadow species such as meadow foxtail, red fescue Festuca rubra, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus and c…

High Wood, Dunmow

…am Carpinus betulus with some pedunculate oak Quercus robur and abundant willow Salix spp., including large trees of crack willow S. fragilis and white willow S. alba. There is also a small amount of planted hybrid poplar Populus sp. The coppice is fragmented and over mature and …

Barrow Farm Fen

… canopy dominated by alder Alnus glutinosa, silver birch Betula pendula, sallow Salix cinerea, white willow S. alba and crack willow S. fragilis. The ground layer includes common reed Phragmites australis, hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum, tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespito…

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