Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Marlbank

…habitats and include brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum. Where there are deep fissures or cracks in the limestone cliff faces old stunted specimens of ash Fraxinus excelsior, common juniper Junipe…

Eryri

… lily Gagea serotina, floating water-plantain Luronium natans, tufted saxifrage Saxifraga cespitosa, Killarney fern Trichomanes speciosum, oblong woodsia Woodsia ilvensis and alpine woodsia Woodsia alpina, along with assemblages of rock, cliff ledge and crevice plants, montane gr…

Upper Teesdale

…ail Equisetum variegatum, Scottish asphodel Tofieldia pusilla, yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides and dwarf milkwort Polygala amarella. Outcropping carboniferous limestone on Mickle Fell also supports species rich grassland communities including some of the Teesdale rarities su…

Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs

…t in the most exposed situations annual species, including rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites, shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum and common whitlow grass Erophila verna are found. Calcareous grassland on deeper soils consists of sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, common be…

Knock Dhu Sallagh Braes

…found on the edges of ledges and grassy places on steep slopes. Mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides is also frequently found on the site on grassy places below the basalt scarp, on the scarp cliff itself and on the scree slopes. The site contains several areas that are rich in gr…

Knockninny Hill

…ble plants including mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, and a diverse orchid population with small-white orchid Pseudorchis albida, fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea, frog orchid Coeloglossum viride and pyramidal orchid Anacamptis py…

Coyles of Muick

…i. Mountain crowberry Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides also occur. Mosses associated with serpentine are also found, including Grimmia species. Grasses such as sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha and smo…

Coed Aberedw

… Plagiochila asplenioides. Welsh poppy and the locally uncommon mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides are locally abundant in this community. In the remainder of the wood the canopy is dominated by hybrid oak but there are considerable variations in the shrub layer and ground flora…

Great Asby Scar

…rb paris Paris quadrifolia, lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, and bloody crane's bill Geranium sanguineum. Other herbs include hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta, common twayblade Neottia ovata, hairy violet Viola hirta and wall lettuce Mycelis…

Combe Scar

…tumis again present in abundance and additional species such as mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, great wood rush, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii are …

Long Dale & Gratton Dale

…are typically colonised by early flowering species such as rue leaved saxifrage Saxifraga tridactylites and shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum. Many dales are dry but some have streams in winter only and some, permanent or semi permanent rivers. These streams are fringed by reed…

Scawt Hill

…page along some ledges has given rise to a substantial cover of mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. The cushion mosses Bryum capillare and Homalothecium sericeum are widespread on both dolerite and altered chalk surfaces. The crag provides a regular nesting site for peregrine fa…

Appleby Fells

…sociated with rarer species such as mountain pansy Viola lutea, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, moonwort Botrychium lunaria, limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri and others often confined to northern montane habitats including alpine scurvy grass Cochlearia alpina, alpine forg…

Green Hill of Strathdon

…aracterised by such species as spring sandwort Minuartia verna, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, thrift Armeria maritima, the serpentine form of black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, and common scurvy-grass Cochlearia officinalis. Mosses associated with serpentine are a…

Totamore Dunes and Loch Ballyhaugh

…rsity of plants. Arctic alpine species that thrive here include mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and moss campion Silene acaulis. Characteristic plants on the machair are lady’s bedstraw Galium verum, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, white clover Trifolium repens, common …

Blaen Nedd

…the years by plants such as small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, and narrow-leaved bitter-cress Cardamine impatiens. Marshy grassland with a high cover of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea is scattered across the site. Most stands in the valle…

Stoney Middleton Dale

…n rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, cowslip Primula veris and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. Within the site important communities of mosses and liverworts occur in the swallets on the north western edge. Of particular note are three nationally rare species; the moss Pla…

Fair Head and Murlough Bay

…fairy flax Linum catharticum, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. Hairy rock-cress Arabis hirsuta and shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum were recorded here during a National Trust biological survey in 1985, both species have a scattered distrib…

Black Mountains

…at for a number of distinctive and locally rare species such as mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. Of particular interest in the Welsh portion of the site are the cliffs of Tarren yr Esgob, which support the whitebeam Sorbus porrige…

Cairnsmore of Fleet

…e massif, several calcicole plants occur on the site, including mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, pale butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, green spleenwort Asplenium viride, tawny sedge Carex hostiana and dioecious sedge Carex dioica. Although not included as notified features, …

Radnor Forest

…s, since these eastern Silurian shales are slightly calcareous. Mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum are common on some cliff faces, with marjoram Origanum vulgare and a number of interesting mosses and liverworts – Brachydontium trichodes, An…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…plant, butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris. Small spring-heads with starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris are also found occasionally in these base-rich areas. This area includes a series of lakes along an environmental gradient in altitude, size, nutrient status and geology. Llyn Conw…

Castleton

…ommunities which include common valerian Valeriana officinalis, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and shining cranesbill Geranium lucidum. The local lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus is found in quantity on ledges in Cave Dale. The grasslands of south facing slopes are more ty…

Haw Craig - Glenarbuck

…the rocky slopes include shining crane’s-bill Geranium lucidum, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica.

The Cheddar Complex

…se ear Cerastium pumilum and rock stonecrop Sedum forsterianum. Mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and lesser meadow rue Thalictrum minus do not occur elsewhere in Somerset. Two nationally scarce species are present in the Charterhouse area. Spring sandwort Minuartia verna is fo…

Mallerstang-Swaledale Head

…tain pansy Viola lutea, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri, while on steeper slopes blue moor grass Sesleria caerulea becomes dominant. Flushed situations support species such as bird's eye primrose P…

Lang Craigs

…on plant species present include navelwort Umbilicus rupestris, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and few-flowered sedge Carex pauciflora. The tall herb assemblages present on this site represent the best example of this habitat at the lower limit of its altitudinal range withi…

Lacesston Muir and Glen Burn Gorge

…ifolium. This is the only known locality in North East Fife for mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea and alpine bistort Persicaria vivipara. The site also supports breeding bird communities representative of heathland habitats including red grouse a…

Mynydd Llangatwg (Mynydd Llangattock)

…ick Melica nutans, angular Solomon's-seal Polygonatum odoratum, mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides and alpine enchanter's-nightshade Circaea alpina, occurring here at its most southerly known locality in Britain. The moss, liverwort and lichen flora of the rocks and screes is al…

Galboly

…d Hieracium basalticola, which is a species endemic to Ireland. Mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides is a plant also found on grassy places below the basalt scarp, on the scarp cliff itself and on the scree slopes. Limestone bedstraw Galium sterneri is probably more or less confin…

Hipley Hill

… In some moist areas grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides occur. Burnt orchid Neotinea ustulata, an increasingly rare species nationally, occurs in Derbyshire only in a small area round Ripley Hill and here is found with eight other orchi…

Little Deer Park

…oved grassland such as yellow oat grass Trisetum flavescens and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. The short swards at Little Deer Park are important for a range of grassland fungi. Such areas are often described as "waxcap grasslands" because of the range of waxcap fungi from …

Leck Beck Head Catchment Area

…ris submontana, limestone polypody Gymnocarpium robertianum and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga hypnoides. Downstream, the gill develops into a deep, wooded gorge which harbours a rich calcareous woodland flora including such species as wood forget-me-not, hairy rock cress, wall lettuc…

Gamrie and Pennan Coast

…cotland such as spring squill Scilla verna and both purple and mossy saxifrages Saxifraga oppositifolia and S. hypnoides, along with roseroot Sedum rosea. The dens near Gardenstown and Pennan Head contain good examples of herb-rich grassland and flushes, reflecting the relatively…

Wasdale Screes

…populations of other montane species present include purple and mossy saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolium and S. hypnoides, rose root Sedum rosea, lesser meadow rue, mountain sorrel and sea campion, with less common species such as mountain everlasting, northern bedstraw and mount…

Cadair Idris

… saw-wort Saussurea alpina, common juniper Juniperus communis, purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia, and the scurvygrass Cochlearia pyrenaica ssp. alpina. The clubmosses, fir clubmoss Huperzia selago and lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides, starry saxifrage Saxifraga ste…

Oxlow Rake

…sterneri. Other locally uncommon plants found on this site are meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulataa, mossy saxifrage S. hypnoides, autumn gentian Gentianella amarella, common whitlow grass Erophila verna, hairyrock cress Arabis hirsuta and musk thistle Carduus nutans. The site …

Tilberthwaite Gill

…a. Crevices and rock faces along the rocky stream edge support yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum, common yellow sedge Carex demissa, pale sedge C. pallescens, meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, opposite leav…

Llandeilo, Rhulen and Llanbedr Hills

…erent localities, such diverse species as the locally uncommon meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata, mossy saxifrage S. hypnoides, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and, in one area, the nationally rare whitebeam Sorbus porrigentiformis. The lightly wooded rock outcrops on the sou…

The Cliffs of Magho

…l Equisetum pratense, Welsh poppy Mecanopsis cambrica and both yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides and mossy saxifrage S. hypnoides. Boulder slopes tend to be covered in dry heath, interspersed with stands of greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica. The heath is dominated by heather C…

Scafell Pikes

…ica and alpine meadow rue. Also present are starry, purple and mossy saxifrages Saxifraga stellaris, S. oppositifolia and S. hypnoides and in places banks of mountain saxifrage S. aizoides grow in profusion. Other ledges are dominated by great wood rush Luzula sylvatica and bilbe…

Pillar and Ennerdale Fells

…ock outcrops which continually run with water, narrow lines of yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides, with mossy and starry saxifrages S. hypnoides and S. stellaris are conspicuous. On the fell side immediately above the lake lies Side Wood, one of the best examples of an upland bi…

Dungeon Ghyll

… filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii. Several species of saxifrage such as yellow Saxifraga aizoides, purple S. oppositifolia, starry S.stellaris and mossy S. hypnoides are an important component of the arctic alpine community. The bryophyte flora reflects the submontane environmen…

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