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Appleby Fells
Appleby Fells is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, near Appleby-in-Westmorland. The area is approximately a triangle with a right angle in the North East at Cow Green Reservoir. It extends westwards to near Knock and southwards to near Helbeck. The area overlaps the North Pennines AONB. The fells rise steeply above the Eden Valley, the scarp slope being deeply dissected by streams. Natural England states that ''"the great importance of the area lies in its rich variety of habitats and associated plant and animal species"'' and that ''"geologically there are important exposures of the Great Whin Sill quartz dolerite"''. According to data from Natural England the condition of 93% of the SSSI is designated ''"Unfavourable Recovering"'' and less than 5% is ''"Favourable"''. There is blanket bog above about , a mire dominated by hares-tail cotton grass and heather. Some peaty pools exist with ''Sphagnum'' mosses in hummocks and some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fell
A fell (from Old Norse ''fell'', ''fjall'', "mountain"Falk and Torp (2006:161).) is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or Moorland, moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia, Iceland, the Isle of Man, parts of northern England, and Scotland. Etymology The English word "fell" comes from Old Norse ''fell'' and ''fjall'' (both forms existed). It is cognate with Danish language, Danish ''fjeld'', Faroese language, Faroese ''fjall'' and ''fjøll'', Icelandic language, Icelandic ''fjall'' and ''fell'', Norwegian language, Norwegian ''fjell'' with Norwegian dialects, dialects ''fjøll'', ''fjødd'', ''fjedd'', ''fjedl'', ''fjill'', ''fil(l)'', and ''fel'', and Swedish language, Swedish ''fjäll'', all referring to mountains rising above the Tree line, alpine tree line.Bjorvand and Lindeman (2007:270–271). British Isles In northern England, especially in the Lake District and in the Pennines, Pennine Dale (origin), Dales, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanket Bog
Blanket bog or blanket mire, also known as featherbed bog, is an area of peatland, forming where there is a climate of high rainfall and a low level of evapotranspiration, allowing peat to develop not only in wet hollows but over large expanses of undulating ground. The blanketing of the ground with a variable depth of peat gives the habitat type its name. Blanket bogs are found extensively throughout the northern hemisphere - well-studied examples are found in Ireland and Scotland, but vast areas of North American tundra also qualify as blanket bogs. In Europe, the southernmost edge of range of this habitat has been recently mapped in the Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain, but the current distribution of blanket bogs globally remains unknown. In the southern hemisphere they are less well-developed due to the relatively low latitudes of the main land areas, though similar environments are reported in Patagonia, the Falkland Islands and New Zealand. The blanket bogs known as 'f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galium Sterneri
''Galium sterneri'' or limestone bedstraw is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is native to northern Europe (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway and Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...). References External linksOnline Atlas of the British & Irish Flora, ''Galium sterneri'' (Limestone Bedstraw)Biopix photo, ''Galium sterneri'' sterneri Flora of Great Britain Flora of Denmark Flora of the Faroe Islands Flora of Ireland Flora of Norway Flora of Germany Plants described in 1960 {{galium-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botrychium Lunaria
''Botrychium lunaria'' is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae known by the common name moonwort or common moonwort. It is the most widely distributed moonwort, growing throughout the Northern Hemisphere across Eurasia and from Alaska to Greenland, as well as temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Description This is a small plant growing up to 30 cm in height from an underground caudex. The leaf is pinnate and is divided into a sterile frond and a fertile frond. The sterile frond of the leaf has 4 to 9 pairs of fan-shaped leaflets or pinnae. The fertile part of the leaf is very different in shape, with grapelike clusters of round sporangia producing spores by which it reproduces. As in other members of the family Ophioglossaceae, this species is eusporangiate, the sporangia derived from more than one initial cell and having sporangial walls more than one cell thick. Their spores develop into underground, mycotrophic gametophytes. Moonworts die down at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mossy Saxifrage
''Saxifraga bryoides'' is a species of saxifrage known by the common name of mossy saxifrage. In German it is known as '. It is an inhabitant of the Arctic tundra but it also grows in the Alps and other European mountain ranges at high altitudes. Description Mossy saxifrage is a low growing, evergreen perennial plant forming dense mats of foliage which seldom exceed in height. The leaves are linear lanceolate fringed with bristly hairs. The leaves curl together in winter and this form of growth is typical of plants growing at high altitudes and under cold conditions because it conserves energy. The leaves in the mat are about long while those that are found on the flowering stem are long. The leaf buds in the axils of the leaves are at least as long as the protecting leaves, a fact that distinguishes this species from the rather similar rough saxifrage, '' Saxifraga aspera''. The two species also occupy rather different habitats with the mossy saxifrage being found at higher a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viola Lutea
''Viola lutea'', the mountain pansy, is a species of violet that grows in Europe, from the British Isles to the Balkans. Description ''Viola lutea'' grows to a height of around . Its flowers are in diameter, and are typically yellow, although some individuals may have blue, purple or blotched flowers instead. Taxonomy ''Viola lutea'' was first described by William Hudson in his 1762 '' Flora Anglica''. ''V. lutea'' subsp. ''lutea'' is native to central and north-western Europe, from the British Isles to Austria; another subspecies occurs further east, from Hungary to the Balkans. Two very special subspecies are ''V. lutea'' subsp. ''calaminaria'' which occurs in the southernmost Netherlands and eastern Belgium, and ''V. lutea'' subsp. ''westfalica'', which only occurs at an extremely small locality near in East Westphalia, Germany. Both taxa have relatively recently evolved to take advantage of the local pollution left over after centuries of mining for metals in these lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thymus Praecox
''Thymus praecox'' is a species of thyme. A common name is mother of thyme, but "creeping thyme" and "wild thyme" may be used where ''Thymus serpyllum'', which also shares these names, is not found. It is native to central, southern, and western Europe. Classification ''Thymus praecox'' is in the genus ''Thymus'' belonging to the ''Serpyllum'' section. It has sometimes been reclassified as ''T. polytrichus.''Brickell, C. & Zuk, J., Editors-in-Chief. ''The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants,'' First American Edition. (New York: DK Publishing, Inc., 1997; ). Subspecies and cultivars ''Thymus praecox'' subspecies and cultivars include: * ''Thymus praecox'' subsp. ''praecox'' ** ''Thymus praecox'' 'Doone Valley' (recently reclassified as a hybrid under the name ''Thymus'' 'Doone Valley') ** ''Thymus praecox'' 'Minus' ** ''Thymus praecox'' 'Pseudolanuginosus' * ''Thymus praecox'' subsp. ''arcticus'' (sometimes classified as ''Thymus polytrichus'' subsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sesleria Albicans
''Sesleria albicans'' is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae which can be found throughout Europe. Description The species is perennial and caespitose with erect and slender culms that are long. It have a ligule that goes around the ciliolate membrane and is long. Leaf-blades are flat and are long and wide. The panicle is capitated, oblong, ovate and inflorescenced with a diameter being by . Spikelets are oblong, solitary, and are long with pedicelled fertile ones. Sterile spikelets grow in pairs and carry 2–3 fertile florets. Both upper and lower glumes are long and are also ovate, membranous, glaucous, with a single keel and vein, and with acuminated and muticous apexes. Fertile lemma is ovate, membranous, and is long. Flowers have three stamens, two stigmas, and are hairy. The fruits have caryopses which have an additional pericarp Fruit anatomy is the plant anatomy of the internal structure of fruit. Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koeleria Macrantha
''Koeleria macrantha'' is a species of grass known by the common name prairie Junegrass in North America and crested hair-grass in the UK. It is widespread across much of Eurasia and North America. It occurs in many habitat types, especially prairie. Description ''Koeleria macrantha'' is a short, tuft-forming perennial bunchgrass, reaching heights from . The leaves are basal and up to about long with a blue-green color. The inflorescence is nearly cylindrical and may taper somewhat toward the tip. It holds shiny tan spikelets which are sometimes tinted with purple, each about half a centimeter long. Its fruit is a grain that breaks once it has fully ripened. It is a good forage for many types of grazing animals. It is classified as a severe allergen in humans with grass allergy. Growing conditions and habitat Koeleria ''macrantha'' is a plant that prefers cooler seasons such as early spring or fall. It grows mostly in rocky or sandy, well-drained areas within forests or plains. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festuca Ovina
''Festuca ovina'', sheep's fescue or sheep fescue, is a species of grass. It is sometimes confused with hard fescue (''Festuca trachyphylla''). General description It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic ground, and in mountain pasture, throughout Europe (with the exception of some Mediterranean areas) and eastwards across much of Asia; it has also been introduced to North America. It is one of the defining species of the British NVC community CG2, i.e. ''Festuca ovina'' – ''Avenula pratensis'' grassland, one of the calcicolous grassland communities. However, the species has a wide ecological tolerance in the UK, occurring on both basic and acid soils, as well as old mining sites and spoil heaps that are contaminated with heavy metals. Sheep's fescue is a densely tufted perennial grass. Its greyish-green leaves are short and bristle-like. The panicles are both slightly feathery and a bit one-sided. It flowers from May until June, and is wind-pollinated. It has no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drosera Rotundifolia
''Drosera rotundifolia'', the round-leaved sundew, roundleaf sundew, or common sundew, is a carnivorous species of flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens. One of the most widespread sundew species, it has a circumboreal distribution, being found in all of northern Europe, much of Siberia, large parts of northern North America, Korea and Japan but is also found as far south as California, Mississippi and Alabama in the United States of America and in New Guinea. Description The leaves of the common sundew are arranged in a basal rosette. The narrow, hairy, long petioles support round laminae. The upper surface of the lamina is densely covered with red glandular hairs that secrete a sticky mucilage. A typical plant has a diameter of around , with a tall inflorescence. The flowers grow on one side of a single slender, hairless stalk that emanates from the centre of the leaf rosette. White or pink in colour, the five-petalled flowers produce , light brown, sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narthecium Ossifragum
''Narthecium ossifragum'', commonly known as bog asphodel, Lancashire asphodel or bastard asphodel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Nartheciaceae. It is native to Western Europe, found on wet, boggy moorlands up to about in elevation. It produces spikes of bright yellow flowers in summer. The bright orange fruits have been used as a colourant to replace saffron by Shetland Islanders.Richard Mabey ''Flora Britannica'' Despite the plant's English name "bog asphodel", it is not particularly closely related to the true asphodels. In addition to other forms of pollination, this plant is adapted to rain-pollination. The Latin specific name ''ossifragum'' means "bone-breaker", and refers to a traditional belief that eating the plant caused sheep to develop brittle bones. The probable origin of this story is that sheep eating a calcium-poor diet are likely to develop bone weakness, and ''N. ossifragum'' favours acidic low-calcium soils. Description Bog asphodel is a tuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
