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… have been recorded for the Western Mournes, including the notable dwarf willow Salix herbacea, dark leaved willow Salix myrsinifolia, bog orchid Hammarbya pallldosa and few flowered sedge Carex pauciflora. An area of shallow pools on the western edge of the site contains a popul…

Ben Loyal

…lowii and woolly hair-moss Racomitrium lanuginosum with patches of least willow Salix herbacea. There are also areas of prostrate heath which include short, wind-clipped heather Calluna vulgaris and mountain bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus with some trailing azalea Kalmia procum…

Arran Northern Mountains

…nge moss Racomitrium lanuginosum community that forms extensive beds along with Salix herbacea on the summit ridges of the hills. The most extensive area of woodland is in the north-west of the site between Lochranza and Catacol. Although predominantly birch Betula pubescens, row…

Moffat Hills

… themselves montane grassland with stiff sedge Carex bigelowii and dwarf willow Salix herbacea is extensive and patches of Racomitrium lanuginosum heath occur in rockier areas. Numerous springs, rills and soligenous mires occur, many of them base-enriched and dominated by mosses …

Scafell Pikes

…ommon species which include, three flowered rush Juncus triglumis, dwarf willow Salix herbacea and thrift Armeria maritima. In places amid the boulder fields where soils have accumulated broken patches of montane sheep's fescue Festuca ovina grassland occur whilst to the west of…

North Fetlar

…erpentine-influenced community with stone bramble Rubus saxatilis, least willow Salix herbacea and a variety of ferns including black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. The prime interest of North Hill is however the density and variety of breeding upland birds. These are heav…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…bog-sedge Carex magellanica, marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata, dwarf willow Salix herbacea, northern bedstraw Galium boreale, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica and water sedge Carex aquatilis are of special interest as well as an assemblage of flowering plants. The Welsh…

Cadair Idris

…re small and fragmented with very little moss. The regionally rare dwarf willow Salix herbacea has been recorded from the summit ridge and occurs here near its southern most limit in Britain. The alpine lichen Thamnolia vermicularis, which is more commonly found in Scotland, is a…

Skiddaw Group

…dominant with sheep's fescue, stiff sedge, bilberry and crowberry. Dwarf willow Salix herbacea is occasional in this community but forms quite dense carpets on the west facing escarpment of the summit plateau. The montane heaths are lichen rich with Cladonia arbuscula, Cladonia g…

Eryri

…Trichophorum cespitosum and Sphagnum compactum, while stiff sedge, dwarf willow Salix herbacea and R. lanuginosum occur frequently in summit heath vegetation. The high rainfall of the mountains of Eryri has led to the development of extensive areas of bog and soligenous mires wh…

Dinas Dinlle

…in Britain. Examples are purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia, dwarf willow Salix herbacea, serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda and northern bedstraw Galium boreale. Craig Cerrig-gleisiad supports at least 300 plant species, including 100 different bryophytes. Rock outcrops…

Hoy

…Alpine bearberry A. alpinus, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens and dwarf willow Salix herbacea. The site also supports the most northerly example in Britain of hepatic-rich dwarf shrub heath which is characterised by Atlantic bryophytes (non-vascular plants such as liverworts and…

Morven and Scaraben

…lude crowberry Empetrum nigrum, trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens, dwarf willow Salix herbacea, alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum and alpine lady’s mantle Alchemilla alpina. The second type of alpine heath on this site is dominated by bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus and woolly h…

Cuilcagh Mountain

…lla sphacelata and Gyrnnomitrion crenulatum. Higher plants include dwarf willow Salix herbacea, starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, Tunbridge filmy fern Hymenophyllum tunbrigense, alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpi…

Hill of Towanreef

… the north-eastern limit of several arctic-alpine plants including least willow Salix herbacea and spiked woodrush Luzula spicata. There are also extensive areas of heather moor and heather-cottongrass bog. Flushes on the lower ground contain abundant sedges and rushes as well as…

Monar Forest

…ant cushion forming alpine plants such as thrift Armeria maritima, least willow Salix herbacea, sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens and moss campion Silene acaulis. A range of montane heaths are present including those with abundant alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpinus and crowber…

Mynydd Du (Black Mountain)

…pine flora, with such species as northern bedstraw Galium boreale, dwarf willow Salix herbacea, lesser meadow-rue Thalictrum minus and roseroot Sedum rosea, together with a rich moss and liverwort flora. Nutrient-rich flushes are frequent throughout the site, with herb, sedge an…

Tweedsmuir Hills

…ex bigelowii is found throughout both of these two communities and dwarf willow Salix herbacea sparingly in the latter. Springs found on the site include both the acid Philonotis fontana-Saxifraga stellaris spring and the base-rich Palustriella commutatum-Festuca rubra spring. A …

Cape Wrath

…h alpine species such as alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum and least willow Salix herbacea and trailing azalea Kalmia procumbens. On the exposed gravelly summit there are fine examples of woolly hair moss Racomitrium heaths. The nationally scarce hair sedge Carex capillaris c…

Eastern Mournes

…Donard, the highest point in the Mournes, there is an abundance of dwarf willow Salix herbacea, a scarce montane species. On the lower, north-facing slopes, the damp microclimate allows wet heaths to develop. This community is characterised by the prominence of cross leaved heath…

Rousay

…berry Arctostaphylos alpinus, Alpine saw-wort Saussurea alpina and dwarf willow Salix herbacea. The high degree of exposure enables these plants to survive at much lower altitudes than is usual. Numerous nutrient rich flushes occur within the wet heath. These result from spring w…

Foula

… sedge Carex bigelowii, northern bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum and least willow Salix herbacea. Sub-maritime species also occur on the higher ground which is dominated by greater woodrush Luzula sylvatica. The spray-influenced cliff top vegetation is composed largely of sea plant…

Cairngorms

…e levels. Snow-beds Communities of late snow beds characterised by least willow Salix herbacea and bryophytes are more extensive and finely developed than anywhere else in Britain and support a number of rare arctic-alpine herbs, bryophytes and lichens. Herb-dominated vegetation …

Buttermere Fells

… grassland dominated by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina and including dwarf willow Salix herbacea, stiff sedge Carex bigelowii, wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa and several bryophytes and lichens. The woolly fringe moss heath on Grasmoor, once extensive, is now confined to two p…

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

…arex bigelowii and viviparous fescue. Several rare species found include willow Salix herbacea and two lichens Cetraria islandica and Cladonia arbuscula. To the east of the gentle slopes of Ennerdale Fell lie the steep and rugged crags of Pillar which as a result of weathering o…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…lla fruticosa and P. crantzii, alpine mouse ear Cerastium alpinum, downy willow Salix lapponum, mountain avens Dryas octopetala, alpine and glaucous meadow grass Poa alpina and P. glauca, black alpine sedge Carex atrata, hoary whitlowgrass Draba incana, alpine saxifrage Saxifraga…

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