Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Botley Wood and Everett's and Mushes Copses

…archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood speedwell Veronica montana, bugle Ajuga reptans and both wood and remote sedges Carex sylvatica and Carex remota. The ride vegetation is very varied, depending on the base status of the soil, with species rang…

Grange Wood

…reptans, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood avens Geum urbanum, wood speedwell Veronica montana and the moss Eurhynchium striatum. One of the most notable features in this part of the wood is the luxuriant growth of mosses and liverworts bryophytes on boulders and rocks. Expose…

Westwater Reservoir

…um filix-femina and several locally rare plant species including wood speedwell Veronica montana and remote sedge Carex remota. Woodland of this type is rare in Fife and Kinross. Semi-natural vegetation including blackthorn scrub and grassland occurs between the blocks of woodlan…

Coed Nant Menascin

…cury, harts-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium, lesser celandine and wood speedwell Veronica montana. There are numerous wet flushes on the valley sides and in boggy hollows next to the stream. These support a canopy of alder Alnus glutinosa and ash, with frequent hazel and occasiona…

Holnest

…des moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, sanicle Sanicula europaea and wood speedwell Veronica montana. Much of the grassland is of a varied structure and provides good foraging conditions for great crested newts. Most has been improved in the past but it is not now farmed intensively.…

Glen Lyon Woods

…stalked sedge Carex laevigata, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and wood speedwell Veronica montana; on rock outcrops near the river species such as Wilson’s filmy fern Hymenophyllum wilsonii, and black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum are present. Glen Lyon Woods is of particul…

Bullock Wood

… Digitalis purpurea, three nerved sandwort Moehringia trinervia, wood speedwell Veronica montana, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa. Water avens Geum rivale, a very uncommon plant in Essex, has also been recorded.

Linn Mill

…, water avens Geum rivale, wood club rush Scirpus sylvaticus and wood speedwell Veronica montana. The uncommon ferns green spleenwort Asplenium viride, brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis and hard shield fern Polystichum aculeatum are found on nutrient-rich rock faces by th…

Spring Wood,Hawnby

…g's mercury Mercurialis perennis, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood speedwell Veronica montana and early purple orchid Orchis mascula. Where the slopes are flushed tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa is dominant and marsh hawk's beard Crepis paludosa is also present. Ferns …

Kincardine Castle Wood

…ula europaea. The riverside haugh of the Glen is herb rich, with wood speedwell Veronica montana, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, wood stitchwort Stellaria nemorum and melick grass Melica uniflora on the steep slopes below the castle. The alder wood by the curling pond contains remot…

Wykery Copse

…tosella, primrose Primula vulgaris, figwort Scrophularia nodosa, wood speedwell Veronica montana and the grasses Melica uniflora, Milium effusum and Bromus ramosa. There is a luxuriant moss flora in parts, with Hypnum cupressiforme being particularly abundant. The range of invert…

Snelsmore Common

… include early dog violet Viola reichenbachiana, Solomon's seal, wood speedwell Veronica montana, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood melick Melica uniflora and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. The site provides a wide range of habitats suitable for breeding and wintering birds. The w…

Crofton Woods

…lesser celandine Ficaria verna, red currant Ribes sylvestris and wood speedwell Veronica montana. Forster's wood rush Luzula forsteri and saw wort Serratula tinctoria, both uncommon London plants, are more locally distributed in these wet situations. A similarly diverse ground f…

Edinchip Wood

…ternate leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium alternifolium and wood speedwell Veronica montana.

Rushbeds Wood and Railway Cutting

…ea, primrose Primula vulgaris, moschatel Adoxa moschatellina and wood speedwell Veronica montana. Many of these are more abundant in the rides where, in the wetter areas and particularly alongside the streams, additional species include the sedges Carex remota, Carex pendula, Car…

Combe Haven

…maple Acer campestre present above a ground flora which includes wood speedwell Veronica montana and goldilocks Ranunculus auricomus. Monkham Wood is coppice with standards woodland with oak and ash standards above coppiced hazel, hornbeam Carpinus betulus and sweet chestnut Cast…

Rostrevor Wood

… false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood speedwell Veronica montana, primrose Primula vulgaris and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. The bryophyte layer consists of more characteristic calcicolous and flush species such as Eurhynchium striatum, Eurhynchium …

Pwll-y-wrach

…ood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, common dog-violet Viola riviniana, wood speedwell Veronica montana and barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis are prominent in the field layer. Additional structure is provided by scattered tall herbs such as meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, common va…

Lurgan River Wood

… buttercup Ranunculus auricomus, common twayblade Listera ovata, wood speedwell Veronica montana, remote sedge Carex remota and wood sedge Carex sylvatica tend to be more scattered in their distribution. Mosses occur on the ground and over exposed rock faces and boulders. Dominan…

Short Wood

…ommunities. Several county rarities have been recorded including wood speedwell Veronica montana, bird’s nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis, greater butterfly orchid Platanthera chlorantha and wood melick Melica uniflora. Violet helleborine Epipactis purpurata and herb paris Paris qu…

Coed Cwm Cletwr

…odruff Galium odoratum, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood speedwell Veronica montana and guelder rose Viburnum opulus. Sixteen species of fern, including oak fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and Wilson's filmy-fern Hymenophyllum wilsoni…

Knighton Downs & Wood

…tellina, sanicle Sanicula europaea, woodruff Galium odoratum and wood speedwell Veronica montana. A 3 hectares glade is of particular interest and contains large quantities of dwarf sedge growing in species rich chalk grassland. This sheltered clearing, lightly grazed by rabbits …

Pollochro Woods

…ibution locally, including smooth-stalked sedge Carex laevigata, wood speedwell Veronica montana, false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum and green spleenwort Asplenium viride. The bryophyte and lichen flora is rich in species, several of which are typically associated with ancient w…

Hainault Forest

…ping soft grass Holcus mollis. Other species of interest include wood speedwell Veronica montana, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sedge Carex sylvatica, hart's tongue Asplenium scolopendrium and marsh pennywort …

Yewbarrow Woods

…llow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, primrose Primula vulgaris and wood speedwell Veronica montana, with the occasional ferns such as scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis, beech fern Phegopteris connectilis and in rock crevices the delicate brittle bladder fern Cystopteris fragilis. …

Mill Wood

…ere include woodruff Galium odoratum, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood speedwell Veronica montana, remote sedge Carex remota, twayblade Neottia ovata, herb-Paris Paris quadrifolia, stone bramble Rubus saxatilis and strawberry Fragaria vesca.

Pipewell Woods

…bellflower Campanula latifolia, herb paris Paris quadrifolia and wood speedwell Veronica montana have been recorded. Rides and open grassy areas provide additional habitats for plants, invertebrates and birds. Several old boundary banks and ditches with occasional pollarded oaks…

Sidley Wood

…ervia, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood speedwell Veronica montana and dog's mercury Mercurialis perennis all abundant. Less frequently occurring species include moschatel Adoxa moschatellina, Solomon's seal Polygonatum multiflorum and giant fescue S…

Coed Gwempa

…oneysuckle Lonicera periclymenum, wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella, wood speedwell Veronica montana, common nettle Urtica dioica, red campion Silene dioica, bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. and ferns, in particular male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas and soft shield-fern Polystichum setifer…

Willoughby Wood

…nemone nemorosa, broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, wood speedwell Veronica montana, yellow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum and toothwort Lathraea squamaria. The abundance of the moss Fontinalis antipyretica is a feature of the spring and stream. Breeding birds includ…

Bonds Glen

…anter's nightshade Circaea lutetiana, sanicle Sanicula europaea, wood speedwell Veronica montana and herb Robert Geranium robertianum. Further upslope the soils become progressively drier and more leached. Here, the woodland is more acidic in character, with mature stands of sess…

Aunt Mary's Bottom

…wood anemone Anemone nemorosa, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and wood speedwell Veronica montana. Opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and remote sedge Carex remota are locally abundant. The site has a distinctive bryophyte flora, including the local mo…

Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry

…hangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella and wood speedwell Veronica montana are all locally frequent. Several species of orchid are present including broad leaved helleborine Epipactis helleborine, early purple orchid Orchis mascula and violet helleborine Epi…

Highclere Park

…ern Oreopteris limbosperma, butcher’s broom Ruscus aculeatus and wood speedwell Veronica montana. Additionally, the alder woods support remote sedge Carex remota, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and marsh marigold Caltha palustris. The neutral to sl…

Coille Thogabhaig

…lants on or close to their northern limit being present, such as wood speedwell Veronica montana, remote sedge Carex remota and wood sedge Carex sylvatica. On the south-west facing slopes of Sron Daraich, the underlying Torridonian Sandstone and associated acid soils lead to a ch…

Burn of Ballintomb

…woundwort Stachys sylvatica, marsh hawk’s-beard Crepis paludosa, wood speedwell Veronica montana, and opposite and alternative-leaved golden saxifrages (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and C. alternifolium). The wetter slopes contain striking drifts of wood horsetail Equisetum sylv…

Buddon Wood and Swithland Reservoir

…posite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium and wood speedwell Veronica montana. The list of vertebrate and invertebrate animals is equally impressive, with about one third of the British spider fauna having been recorded including one nationally rare species. T…

Chalkney Wood

…llow pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum, creeping Jenny L. nummularia, wood speedwell Veronica montana and remote sedge Carex remota. There are over twenty ponds or dells in the wood that are apparently natural.

Out and Plunder Woods

…e, hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa, wood sedge Carex sylvatica and wood speedwell Veronica montana. A dry, acid influence occurs where patches of sand and gravel lienear the surface. This is unusual for the county and supports less common flora including a variety of mosses such as…

Cilcenni Dingle

…rtianum, wood avens Geum urbanum, ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea, wood speedwell Veronica montana and dog's mercury. Other widespread species include opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, pendulous sedge Carex pendula, great wood-rush Luzula sylvatica, a…

Ben Heasgarnich

…lpina, scorched alpine sedge Carex atrofusca, mountain bladder fern Cystopteris montana, rock speedwell Veronica fruticans, alpine woodsia, simple bog sedge Kobresia simpliciuscula, close headed alpine sedge Carex norvegica, alpine fleabane Erigeron borealis and snow pearlwort Sa…

Meall Ghaordie

…rigeron borealis, woolly willow Salix lanata, mountain bladder-fern Cystopteris montana, rock speedwell Veronica fruticans, mountain avens Dryas octopetala, black alpine-sedge Carex atrata and rock sedge Carex saxatilis, and shady horsetail Equisetum pratense. Most of these speci…

Ben Lui

…there is a notable abundance of mountain avens Dryas octopetala, rock speedwell Veronica fruticans, mountain bladder-fern Cystopteris montana, and alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina. Willow scrub is well-developed on an extensive series of schistose crags and rock ledges, with mountai…

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