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Honister Crag

…mall montane herbs and ferns. These include starry, mossy and yellow saxifrages Saxifraga stellaris, Saxifraga aizoides and S. aizoides, alpine lady's mantle, brittle bladder fern and green spleenwort. Also associated with the crags is a rich bryophyte flora which includes severa…

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…

Moorhouse and Cross Fell

…rare species such as lesser clubmoss Selaginella selaginoides, starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris, marsh saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus, alpine foxtail Alopecurus alpinus and three flowered rush Juncus triglumis. Brown mosses can be very abundant and include Philonotis fontana, …

Hoy

…n avens Dryas octopetala, Alpine saw-wort Saussurea alpina and purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia. Species-rich flushes occur widely throughout the site, creating base-rich small-sedge fens. They support Alpine meadow rue Thalictrum alpinum, yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoi…

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…

Helvellyn & Fairfield

…one bramble Rubus saxatilis, alpine saw wort Saussurea alpina, purple saxifrage Saxifraga oppositifolia and moss campion Silene acaulis. A number of rare arctic alpine species occur very locally, representing the last remnants of populations which have declined since the last gla…

Pumlumon (Plynlimon)

… wet flushes and on rocks and cliffs scattered about the site. Starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris occurs near its southern-most limit in Britain. Most of the birds characteristic of upland Wales are found on the Pumlumon range, either feeding there or also breeding. Birds of pr…

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…

Tweedsmuir Hills

… 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 few stands of juniper Juniperus communis represent one of the few remaining fragments of juniper scrub in t…

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…

Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells

…flushes are found which contain locally scarce species such as starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris, marsh St John’s wort Hypericum elodes, bog pondweed Potamogeton polygonifolius and bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella. The pale forget-me-not Myosotis stolonifera which is nationally…

The Cheviot

…ley fern Cryptogramma crispa occurs commonly on acidic screes. Starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris grows along many mossy springs and seepages where chickweed willowherb Epilobium alsinifolium, alpine willowherb Epilobium anagallidifolium and, rarely, hairy stonecrop Sedum villo…

Eastern Mournes

… mounds around seepages, with scattered rosettes of the scarce starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris, although the latter is notably absent at lower altitudes. Frequent associates of this community include blinks Montia fontana and the mosses Polytrichum commune and Sphagnum auric…

Moorfoot Hills

…rata. The springs are locations for a range of mosses and also starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris and restricted species such as pale forget-me-not Myosotis stolonifera and the northern species, hairy stonecrop Sedum villosum. This slight enrichment is also reflected in the her…

Cuilcagh Mountain

…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 alpinum and Stagshorn clubmoss Lycopo…

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…

Shap Fells

…small springs characterised by the moss Philonotis fontana and starry saxifrage Saxifraga stellaris. The Shap Fells support examples of six acid grassland communities of which the most interesting are the species rich purple moor grass and rush dominated grasslands along the nort…

Armboth Fells

…gs in association with more base rich mires and flushes, where yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides and the local broad leaved cotton grass Eriophorum latifolium may be found. The latter is also in similar flushes on the north side of Castlerigg Fell towards Low Moss. Numerous sm…

Stonethwaite Woods

…arous fescue Festuca vivipara and mountain melick Melica nutans. The saxifrages Saxifraga aizoides and S. stellaris are found locally along the stream courses and the uncommon Wilson's filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii characterises some of the moss communities on the damp rock f…

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…

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