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Sheepland Coast

…f species on the slopes with distinctive colourful plants such as spring squill Scilla verna, common spotted orchid Dactylorhizajuchsii, primrose Primula vulgaris and kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria. Further interest on the steeper slopes is added by flushing with base-rich wat…

Outer Ards

…ns, maritime heath. The maritime cliff community characterised by spring squill Scilla verna is particularly notable. At least seventeen rare or local plant species have been recorded for the area from a wide range of habitats. Some are relatively widespread, although most have r…

Pen y Gogarth / Great Ormes Head

…al occurrences of species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima, spring squill Scilla verna and thrift Armeria maritima. The latter occurs either in association with grassy ledges amongst the sea cliffs on the northern and western sides or where there are spoil banks arising fro…

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…erised by heather Calluna vulgaris and western gorse Ulex gallii. Spring squill Scilla verna is particularly abundant throughout most areas of dry heath on the site along with a varied and often abundant lichen flora. Heath grass Danthonia decumbens characterises a small area of …

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

…op supports a maritime heath community. Heather Calluna vulgaris, spring squill Scilla verna and sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina are abundant amongst kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus subsp. arcticus. The soil over serpentinite is very low in plant …

Kelsey Head

…ities on the cliffs are rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum and autumn squill Scilla autumnalis with spring squill Scilla verna occurring extensively around the coastal margins. The wet meadows alongside the Porth Joke stream support a rich assemblage of herbs, including yellow…

Tintagel Cliffs

…ney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, spring squill Scilla verna and sea campion Silene uniflora. Populations of autumn squill Scilla autumnalis and hairy bird’s foot trefoil Lotus subbiflorus, both species of restricted occurrence in Britain are abund…

Caerthillian to Kennack

…’s-foot Dactylis glomerata dominant. In spring, abundant blooms of spring quill Scilla verna can be seen in these grasslands, with fewer individuals of the nationally rare autumn squill Scilla autumnalis later in the year. Widespread across the cliff profile are pockets of shall…

Bedruthan Steps and Park Head

…ar Porth Mear, to the north of the site occur the nationally rare autumn squill Scilla autumnalis and hairy bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus subbiflorus. Other noteworthy species occurring here are spring quill Scilla verna and the prostrate form of dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria va…

Newport Cliffs

…hrift are constants of this maritime grassland. Other species are spring squill Scilla verna, kidney vetch Anthyllus vulneraria and common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. These also occur in the maritime heath zone amongst heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica c…

Craig Hammel to Sgaps Geo

…and crowberry Empetrum nigrum are typical species in these areas. Spring squill Scilla verna, creeping willow Salix repens, sea plantain and heath bedstraw Galium saxatile can be found growing amongst the heather. Cliff ledges and crevices provide suitable habitat for plants such…

Clegir Mawr

… vulgaris, bell heather Erica Cinerea, western gorse Ulex gallii, spring squill Scilla verna and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. Other notable plant species present include the nationally uncommon golden-samphire Inula Crithmoides on the sea cliffs, and the locally uncommon pri…

Gamrie and Pennan Coast

… a number of rare plants along the east coast of Scotland 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-ric…

Creuddyn

…s and ivy are conspicuous components for most of the year. In the spring a rich vernal flora appears and this includes wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, sanicle Sanicula europaea, lords-and-ladies Arum maculatum, primrose Primula vulgaris, herb-Robert Geranium robertianum, enchanter…

Killard

…olytrichus, birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, common whitlow grass Erophila verna, marram Ammophila arenaria, common centaury Centaurium erythraea, the moss Tortula ruralis and the lichen Cladonia portentosa. This dry grassland extends up onto the coastal plateau, where incre…

Ynys Enlli

…time grassland. Dominant species include thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna, sea campion Silene uniflora, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus and red fescue Festuca rubra. On drier thin soils, annual species such as early hair-grass Aira praecox and silvery h…

Boscastle to Widemouth

… with kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna and wild carrot Daucus carota. These species extend onto the cliffs and unstable slopes where scurvy grass Cochlearia spp., rock samphire Crithmum maritimum, and the nationally scarce gol…

Aire Point to Carrick Du

… plantain, ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata, kidney vetch and spring squill Scilla verna. Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta is found in more sheltered areas and on upper slopes where it is typically associated with coarse grasses, mainly cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata and sc…

Holborn Head

…ive in the salt-laden conditions include thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna and sea plantain Plantago maritima. There are also colonies of the Scottish primrose Primula scotica which only grows in Caithness, Sutherland and Orkney. The cliff-top vegetation is of i…

Back Bay to Carghidown

…ilk-vetch Astragalus danicus, dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria, spring squill Scilla verna and meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata. The gentler sloping boulder clay cliffs behind the shingle beds are of lesser interest, consisting mainly of a bracken/scrub mosaic with occasion…

Treshnish Isles

…t Viola riviniana, common bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, spring squill Scilla verna, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus and ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata. The plant communities vary from island to island. The islands also support the largest breeding seabird colony in …

White Park Bay

… there is a range of associated species such as red fescue Festuca rubra, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, sand sedge Carex arenaria, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica and field wood rush Luzula campestris, growing through a carpet of the pleurocarpous moss Rhytidiad…

Carrickarade

…foil Lotus corniculatus, sea campion Silene uniflora and frequent spring squill Scilla verna. Rock type is a major influence on the distribution of some communities, with heath comprising heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erka cinerea and limited crowberry Empetrum nigrum as…

Broomhill Burrows

…aces. These slopes merge into sea-cliff in the north-west , where spring squill Scilla verna is especially frequent in the dune grassland. Extensive scrub of gorse Ulex europaeus with some western gorse Ulex gallii and a little bell heather Erica cinerea occurs on these cliffs. S…

Mull of Galloway

…ve range of important plant species. These include large areas of spring squill Scilla verna, bloody crane’s-bill Geranium sanguineum, thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. There are also areas of low growing juniper Juniperus communis fringing the cliff-tops, …

Trona Mires

…on the heathland with maritime influence shown by the presence of spring squill Scilla verna, and sea plantain Plantago maritima. Other interesting species include golden rod Solidago virgaurea, St John’s wort Hypericum pulchrum and devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Over th…

Cape Wrath

… variety of other plants including wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, spring squill Scilla verna and common dog-violet Viola riviniana. The maritime grassland is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, sea plantain Plantago maritima and buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus. Two unu…

Ushat Head

…thyllis vulneraria are abundant, along with the maritime species, spring squill Scilla verna, sea campion Silene uniflora and sea plantain Plantago maritima.

Red Point Coast

…istic maritime species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima and spring squill Scilla verna. The maritime communities occur along a narrow zone at the cliff edge, except at Sandside Head where they extend much further inland. Cliff ledge vegetation includes Scots lovage Ligustic…

Arfordir Niwgwl - Aber Bach / Newgale - Little Haven Coast

… rose Rosa spinosissima, occasional heather Calluna vulgaris, and spring squill Scilla verna. Species of interest occurring within the maritime grassland, scrub, coastal crevice and shingle communities include maidenhair fern Adiantum capillus-veneris and invertebrates such as th…

Duncansby Head

…tain Plantago lanceolata, devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, spring squill Scilla verna and scurvy grass Cochlearia anglica. Vegetation communities on the cliff tops and ledges support plants such as Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum, bell heather Erica cinerea, creeping will…

Eilean nan Ron

…nd slopes of the island. The maritime heath is species-rich, with spring squill Scilla verna, sea plantain Plantago maritima, devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis and several sedges, including carnation sedge Carex panicea and glaucous sedge Carex flacca. The higher ground show…

Breckon

…rchid Dactylorhiza viridis, field gentian Gentianella campestris, spring squill Scilla verna and the locally scarce autumn gentian Gentianella amarella. The Ness of Houlland has a sward influenced by salt spray with red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and plantains …

Stackpole Quay - Trewent Point

…one, species-rich maritime grassland occurs, with species such as spring squill Scilla verna, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, common bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus, cowslip Primula veris, greater knapweed Centaurea scabiosa and red fescue Festuca rubra. This mari…

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, wild thyme Thymus polytrichus, spring squill Scilla verna and occasional heather Calluna vulgaris. Beyond this zone, bell heather Erica cinerea and western gorse Ulex gallii form dense carpets with gorse Ulex europaeus and scrub, including patch…

Gower Coast: Rhossili to Porteynon

…alad burnet Poterium sanguisorba and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. The vernal squill Scilla verna occurs in the grasslands and also in the limestone heath together with gorse Ulex europaeus and a wide range of other plants. Cliff ledges support a range of attractive spec…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…e-ear Cerastium diffusum, with kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, spring squill Scilla verna, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum and wild thyme Thymus polytrichus. At Lydstep Head, a good community of base-rich heathland lichens occurs, including Cladonia pocillum, Collema tenax, S…

Mariandyrys

…nclude quaking grass Briza media, glaucous sedge Carex flacca and spring squill Scilla verna. Fringing areas of scrub provide sheltered conditions for grazing stock and nest sites for birds. This is the main site in Anglesey for the nationally scarce spring cinquefoil Potentilla …

West Colonsay Seabird Cliffs

… steep slopes above the cliffs is herb-rich and contains abundant spring squill Scilla verna. Near-vertical cliffs support internationally-important numbers of breeding guillemot (approximately 1% of GB population) and kittiwake (approximately 2% of GB population) and a nationall…

Outer Belfast Lough

…ype, the maritime vegetation contains some notable plants such as spring squill Scilla verna and Ray's knotgrass Polygonum oxyspermum. Birds from Inner Belfast Lough regularly use Outer Belfast Lough for feeding, and the populations of the two areas are closely linked. However, t…

Aberarth - Carreg Wylan

…sea campion Silene uniflora, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum and spring squill Scilla verna. In places north of Llangranog, steep slopes above low cliffs support coastal heath dominated by western gorse Ulex gallii. Smaller remnants of coastal heath also occur throughout the sit…

Castlemartin Range

… grades into gorse Ulex sp. scrub in the most sheltered sections. Spring squill Scilla verna is especially abundant in the cliff grassland and heath and there are large populations of green-winged orchid Anacamptis morio, along with two gentians -the field gentian Gentianella cam…

Treen Cliff

…r cliff slopes and is dominated by red fescue Festuca rubra, with spring squill Scilla verna, wild carrot Daucus carota, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and sea plantain Plantago maritima. The nationally rare hare’s foot clover Trifolium arvense and western clover Trifolium occ…

Arfordir Penrhyn Angle / Angle Peninsula Coast

…n areas, along with species such as heather Calluna vulgaris, and spring squill Scilla verna. Freshwater flushes along the coastal slopes and cliffs support additional species such as distant sedge Carex distans and blunt-flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus. The Angle Peninsula coa…

Ty Croes

… the cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, heather Calluna vulgaris, spring squill Scilla verna, western gorse Ulex gallii and heath grass Danthonia decumbens. To seaward, maritime grassland of red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima and plantain Plantago spp. is found. In…

Stroma

…ain Plantago lanceolata, buck's-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, spring squill Scilla verna and Scottish primrose Primula scotica. Cliff-nesting seabirds (seabird colony and guillemot) The sea cliffs of Stroma SSSI support nationally important numbers of breeding seabirds. The s…

Ceunant a Thyrrau Trefgarn / Treffgarne Gorge and Tors

…ly a relict of a once more widespread population. Large stands of spring squill Scilla verna are a component of the open bracken and rocky areas. This maritime lily is rarely found far from the coast and its abundance seven miles inland is notable. Climbing corydalis Corydalis cl…

Horton, Eastern and Western Slade

…sland the maritime influence is shown by the frequent presence of spring squill Scilla verna. Open calcareous grasslands with maritime species are largely restricted in Britain to the south Gower and Pembrokeshire coasts. An area of purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea dominated gr…

Papa Stour

…ome thyme Thymus praecox, mountain everlasting Antennaria dioica, spring squill Scilla verna, sea plantain Plantago maritima, heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata and woolly hair moss Racomitrium lanuginosum. The coast of Papa Stour shows good examples of wave-exposed and s…

Cligga Head

…pecies include red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, spring squill Scilla verna, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria, and burnet rose Rosa spinosissima. Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica, a species restricted to the southwest coast, is found in the northern section…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…sing cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus and red fescue Festuca rubra. Where this occurs at the cliff top, creeping willow Salix repens can become locally abundant in damp holl…

Bennane Head Grasslands

… is mesotrophic grassland dominated by sheep’s fescue Festuca ovina, with sweet vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum, crested dog’s tail Cynosurus cristatus, heath-grass Danthonia decumbens and crested hair-grass Koeleria macrantha. Herbs present include common bird’s-foot trefoil …

Waterwynch Bay to Saundersfoot Harbour

…ath, with western gorse Ulex gallii, heather Calluna vulgaris and spring squill Scilla verna present. Scrub communities, including dense thickets of blackthorn Prunus spinosa and privet Ligustrum vulgare with frequent wild madder Rubia peregrina are extensive between Monkstone Po…

Creigiau Rhiwledyn / Little Ormes Head

…sland, a more maritime influence is revealed by the occurrence of spring squill Scilla verna and red fescue Festuca rubra ssp. juncea. In the southern corner of the site on south facing slopes below limestone crags and where the soils are deeper and sward more lightly-grazed than…

Morfa Abererch

…h together with an interesting area of heather Calluna vulgaris, -spring squill Scilla verna maritime heath. The eastern part of the beach also supports an area of relatively undisturbed vegetated shingle and has been assigned to the curled dock Rumex crispus, -yellow horned-popp…

Strangford Lough Part 3

…s' wort. Terrestrial species reflecting maritime influences are also found e.g. Scilla verna, spring squill and Sagina maritima, sea pearlwort. The smaller islands in the area have not been intensively farmed and contain examples of unimproved neutral grassland, scrub and woodlan…

Shipman Head & Shipman Down (Bryher)

…rrel Rumex acetosa are common together with a small population of spring squill Scilla verna. Two plants of particular importance on this site are the nationally rare orange bird's foot Ornithopus pinnatus and the notable hairy bird's foot trefoil Lotus subbiflorus. In addition t…

Porth Dinllaen i Borth Pistyll

…containing red fescue Festuca rubra, thrift Armeria maritima, and spring squill Scilla verna, grading to relicts of maritime heath. This sequence is particularly well-developed at the northern end of the headland. Unusual perched saltmarsh vegetation occurs at the base of the sof…

Priest Island

…ch as thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and spring squill Scilla verna. Locally, spray and maritime heath communities are well represented, with plants such as common scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis and sea mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum. Storm petrel…

Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley

…hich only grow where there is a strong coastal influence, such as spring squill Scilla verna, sea pink Armeria maritima and buckhorn plantain Plantago coronopus. These plants grow within a windswept mosaic of gorse Ulex species and heather species. Within deep cliff crevices, yel…

Stackpole

…fog Holcus lanatus, thrift Armeria maritima, cock’s-foot Dactylis glomerata and vernal squill Scilla verna, with wild carrot Daucus carota subsp. gummifer and a short Plantago sward in exposed closely grazed areas. There are small pockets of ericaceous maritime heath on Saddle Po…

Tre Wilmot

…ated by ling Calluna vulgaris and western gorse Ulex gallii, with spring squill Scilla verna and, on rock outcrops, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. The lower-lying areas support wet heath or peatland communities, with species such as crossleaved heath Erica tetralix, purple moo…

Loe Pool

…itima, wild carrot Daucus carota, wild thyme, Thymus polytrichus, spring squill Scilla verna, and western clover Trifolium occidentale. Loe Pool is the only known site in Britain for the Cornish subspecies of the sandhill rustic moth Luperina nickerlii leechi, which feeds on san…

Castle Point to Cullernose Point

…horn plantain Plantago coronopus, sea plantain Pinus pinaster and spring squill Scilla verna, an unusual species on the English east coast. There are small areas of sea cliff heath with heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea and the locally rare heath pearlwort Sagi…

Dunnet Head

…-bit scabious Succisa pratensis, angelica Angelica sylvestris and spring squill Scilla verna. The cliff ledges support a range of plant species which thrive close to the sea. These include plants such as Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum, sea campion Silene uniflora, angelica Ange…

North Hill

…ch as thrift Armeria maritima, sea plantain Plantago maritima and spring squill Scilla verna. The cliff grades into wind-clipped wet and dry heath which supports a strong population of the nationally scarce Scottish primrose Primula scotica. North Hill SSSI has the largest and mo…

Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs

…bra, with scattered thrift, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and spring squill Scilla verna is widespread, but the extensive areas of maritime heath are the most striking features of the vegetation. Heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea, and western gorse Ulex gal…

Eidda Pastures

…uttata occurs in great abundance here. Associated species include spring squill Scilla verna, English stonecrop Sedum anglicum, birdsfoot Ornithopus perpusillus heath pearlwort Sagina subulata and early hairy grass Aira praecox. Tuberaria occurs in only eight localities in Britai…

Marsland to Clovelly Coast

…rnet rose Rosa spinosissima, carline thistle Carlina vulgaris and spring squill Scilla verna. The nationally scarce rock sea-lavender Limonium binervosum and Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica occur on the cliffs. In places the grassland gives way to heathland, with heather C…

Larne Lough

…sea lavender Limonium humile, saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus, spring squill Scilla verna, frosted orache Atriplex laciniata and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides. Some of the saline lagoons on the west shore are also of interest. This is a very rare habitat in Northern Irel…

Trebetherick Point

…taury Centaurium erythraea, kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria and spring squill Scilla verna. The rocky intertidal zone at Trebetherick supports a diverse fauna notable for its high population numbers. The Mediterranean mussell Mytilus galloprovincialis, barnacles particularly C…

Burnmouth Coast

…b and species now rare in Scotland and the Borders. These include spring squill Scilla verna, waxy lady’s-mantle Alchemilla glaucescens, common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, and great horsetail Equisetum telmateia. Associated with the coastal …

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

… Ulex gallii. Common throughout are saw wort Serratula tinctoria, spring squill Scilla verna, burnet rose Rosa spinosissima and betony Betonica officinalis, together with the rare pale dog-violet Viola lactea, the nationally rare Cornish eyebright Euphrasia vigursii and hairy gre…

West Lizard

…luna vulgaris with wild thyme Thymus polytrichus subsp. arcticus, autumn squill Scilla autumnalis, spring sandwort Minuartia verna and thyme broomrape Orobanche alba. Thrift and common dog-violet Viola riviniana also occur in abundance. In places the cliffs are strewn with clitte…

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