Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

North Norfolk Coast

… the creeks. Other species occurring in this zone include sea plantain Plantago maritima, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, annual seablite Suaeda maritima and sea wormwood Artemisia maritima. The upper saltmarsh is characterised by grasses such as sea couch grass Elytrigia a…

Deben Estuary

…terised by a vegetation dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium, annual seablite Suaeda maritima, glasswort Salicornia europaea, sea poa Puccinellia maritima and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides. In places, particularly where steep cliffs abut the mud flats, virtually pure stan…

Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary

…ns, with a small area of low-marsh marked by common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, seablite Suaeda maritima and glasswort Salicornia species. The beds of common reed Phragmites australis are the largest in any estuary in Aberdeenshire. Stands of sea club-rush Bolboschoenus…

Mersey Estuary

…t Salicornia spp. is widespread on the outer margins whilst sea Poa Puccinellia maritimais dominant over the rest. Unlike the other saltmarshes in the estuary, Stanlow Banks has not been grazed by sheep or cattle and consequently has a more diverse flora. Sea aster Aster tripoliu…

Orwell Estuary

…e range of communities. glasswort Salicornia spp. and small cord grass Spartina maritima are the principal colonisers of the mud and seaaster Aster tripolium is abundant on the lower marsh. The central areas of marsh are dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, s…

Medina Estuary

… richer flora dominated by sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea plantain Plantago maritima and sea blite Suaeda maritima, with glasswort Salicornia species occupying low ‘pans’. The highest levels of the marsh grade to sea couch grass Elytrigia atherica, commonly with sea club rush…

Rock Dunes

… grassland. Strandline vegetation is restricted to scattered sea rocket Cakile maritima, annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima and the nationally rare sea spurge Euphorbia paralias. The embryo dunes are dominated by the salt tolerant dune builder sand couch Elytrigia juncea. Further …

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…low saltmarsh vegetation, often dominated by common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima. There are large areas supporting sea aster Aster tripolium, with associated species such as glasswort Salicornia europaea, common cord-grass Spartina ang…

Wyre Estuary

…ng frequent tidal inundation – the glassworts salicornia spp., annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Common cord grass Spartina anglica is abundant on some of the marshes but appears to be declining. Higher up the marshes there are exte…

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast

…utus, ruff Calidris pugnax, sanderling Calidris alba, purple sandpiper Calidris maritima, redshank Tringa totanus and Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis; -an assemblage of more than 20,000 waterbirds during the non-breeding season; and -a diverse assemblage of invertebrates as…

Colne Estuary

…e majority of this is high level marsh dominated by saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima while the creek edges and disused oyster pits have been colonised by glasswort Salicornia spp. sea aster Aster tripol…

Otter Estuary

…-grass Spartina anglica at the lower levels; common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides and sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum occurring on the middle marsh with annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and thrift Armeria …

Cattawade Marshes

…annels show a gradation, from saltmarsh with common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima to marsh dominated by common reed Phragmites australis where salinity is lowest. Other species present along the fresh water ch…

Morfa Dyffryn

…ical species include sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantago maritima, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, greater sea-spurrey Spergularia media, common cord-grass Spartina anglica, annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, annual glasswort Salicornia sp., sal…

Ballyquintin Point

…dii, autumn hawkbit Leontodon autumnalis and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. A few small isolated stands of annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima are scattered across the site, and a band of common couch Elytrigia repens is occasionally found. However, often the mid-marsh…

Stour Estuary

… dykes behind. The higher saltmarsh is dominated by saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, with sea aster Aster tripolium, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare are scattered throughout, together with the scarce lax…

Aber Taf / Taf Estuary

…award fringe, alongside scattered patches of common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, common glasswort Salicornia europaea, sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima. This vegetation then grades into a range of mid to upper marsh communities, dominated by…

Ulva, Danna and the McCormaig Isles

…ne support salt tolerant grasses and herb species such as sea plantain Plantago maritima, buck’s-horn plantain Plantago coronopus, thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene uniflora. Towards the shore fringing saltmarsh communities occur along the edges of the sea lochs. The…

Montrose Basin

…ts species including saltmarsh flat-sedge Blysmus rufus, tassel pondweed Ruppia maritima, grey club-rush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, long-bracted sedge Carex extensa and seablite Suaeda maritima. The Lurgies contains the best example of saline standing waters in Tayside. The …

Crouch and Roach Estuaries

…ered by most tides, are dominated by glasswort Salicornia Spp, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium, whilst on the higher land, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and thr…

Taw-Torridge Estuary

…the saltmarshes. Glassworts Salicornia spp., common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and cord-grass Spartina spp. occupy the lower levels; sea aster Aster tripolium and annual seablite Suaeda maritima characterise the middle marshes while red fescue Festuca rubra and sea rush…

Yar Estuary

…r drained areas and cord grass Spartina species and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima dominating the wetter, lower marsh. Associated plant species include sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea spurrey Spergularia media, sea blite Suaeda maritima and glass wort Salicornia species.…

Foulness

… Foulness Point includes yellow horned poppy Glaucium flavum, sea rocket Cakile maritima and prickly saltwort Salsola kali subsp. kali. Further south, along the beach of Pig's Bay, typical colonisers include abundant sea holly Eryngium maritimum together with sea rocket, sand sed…

Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh

…lower saltmarsh dominated by glasswort Salicornia europaea and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima. Other plant species associated with this habitat include sea aster Aster tripolium, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and spear-leaved o…

Merthyr Mawr

…, fern-grasses Catapodium marinum and Catapodium rigidum, and sea rocket Cakile maritima. The transition from lower to upper saltmarsh is well developed in these bays. The lower saltmarsh is generally a patchwork of vegetation dominated by common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia marit…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

…d and other organic material enables dense strands of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea campion Silene uniflora to grow on the back of the storm ridge. The spit at the end of South End Haws supports one of the richest …

Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary

…om pioneer communities dominated by glasswort Salicornia spp., annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima together with substantial areas of the introduced common cord-grass Spartina anglica through to low-midmarsh communities dominated by the common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima wi…

Hamford Water

…of islands and extensive saltmarsh covers one third of the area. Thrift Armeria maritima and common sea lavender Limonium vulgare, together with the rarer rock sea lavender L. binervosum and lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile. sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and saltma…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…h rush Juncus gerardii, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea milkwort Glaux maritima and sea aster Aster tripolium. In some places, sheltered muds occur in front of the species-rich saltmarsh. Here it is often dominated by sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, reflexed saltmar…

Adur Estuary

…ides dominates most of the areas above mean high water mark and annual seablite Suaeda maritima is also extremely frequent in these areas. Towards the mean low water mark, glasswort Salicornia sp. is dominant and sea aster Aster tripolium becomes more abundant. Other species are …

Duddon Estuary

…ere open stands of glasswort Salicornia europaea occur with occasional seablite Suaeda maritima, although in places, particularly on the eastern side of the estuary, invasive cord grass Spartina anglica is becoming established. Above the pioneer zones lie extensive areas of low m…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

… saltmarsh and pioneer marsh of glassworts Salicornia spp. and annual sea blite Suaeda maritima, through low mid and mid upper marsh communities, to a drift line dominated by common couch Elytrigia repens and upper marsh common reed Phragmites australis swamp. Downstream of the M…

Severn Estuary

…n bare mud flat and upper marsh. Glassworts Salicornia spp. and annual seablite Suaeda maritima colonise bare mud on the lower saltmarshes and disturbed areas at higher levels. Common cord grass Spartina anglica is abundant on the seaward fringes of marshes, where it occurs as de…

Newtown Harbour

…arkable in being a mixed species community in which saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare are dominant rather than cord grass Spartina which dominates most saltmarshes around the Solent. There is an abundance of associated saltmarsh species includ…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…ram grass Ammophila arenaria and individual plants of sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, sea kale Crambe maritima, yellow horned poppy, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea radish Raphanus raphanistrum ssp maritimus. The central section includes more clearly delineated shingle ridg…

Dengie

…lacoides over extensive areas, with sea aster Aster tripolium, annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and sea lavender Limonium vulgare scattered throughout. Lower, wetter areas are colonised with lavender and glasswort Salicornia spp. especially just out from the seawall foot where a …

Seaford to Beachy Head

…polium and, less commonly, rock samphire Crithmum maritimum and annual seablite Suaeda maritima. On slightly higher ground is a turf of sea couch grass Elytrigia atherica, common cord grass Spartina anglica and greater sea spurrey Spergularia media. The Cuckmere valley is also im…

Mersey Narrows

…sswort Salicornia sp, lesser sand spurry Spergularia marina and annual seablite Suaeda maritima. Grasslands dominated by creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera and red fescue Festuca rubra surround the two lagoons on areas of made ground composed of clay spoil from dock construction…

Central Sanday

…cies. The largest populations of sea aster Aster tripolium and annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima in Orkney grow in the salt marsh beside Little Sea.

Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary

…ornia species, nationally scarce golden samphire Inula crithmoides and seablite Suaeda maritima are co-dominant. The golden samphire population is amongst the largest on the south coast and forms a continuous monospecific stand in some areas. Hurst Castle to Lymington River Estua…

Dee Estuary

…torical land claim. Species such as glasswort Salicomia sp. and annual seablite Suaeda maritima are also present. Much of the saltmarsh remains ungrazed and this has allowed extensive stands of species intolerant of grazing to develop, such as sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides.…

Dee Estuary / Aber Afon Dyfrdwy

…orical land claim. Species such as glasswort Salicornia sp. and annual seablite Suaeda maritima are also present. Much of the saltmarsh remains ungrazed and this has allowed extensive stands of species intolerant of grazing to develop, such as sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides.…

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