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Coed Cwm Einion
Coed Cwm Einion is a woodland to the east of the village of Furnace, in Ceredigion, west Wales. It is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, covering . The Afon Einion river flows on the northern side of the Coed Cwm Einion woodland. Flora The woodland extends up a steep gorge, and is approximately 69% broad-leaved deciduous woodland. A Tilio-Acerion ravine forest, it contains ash (''Fraxinus excelsior'') and sessile oak, rowan, downy birch trees and the small-leaved lime (''Tilia cordata''). Species found in the woodland include Tunbridge filmy-fern (''Hymenophyllum tunbrigense''), hay-scented buckler-fern (''Dryopteris aemula''), '' Plagiochila atlantica'' and '' Parmotrema robustum'', a lichen which is critically endangered, and marsh hawk's-beard (''Crepis paludosa''). Numerous shrubs found in the wood include, ivy, honeysuckle, hazel and bramble and are a food source for mammals such as Dormice and birds. Sheep grazing has affected the woodland, particularly on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruined Enclosure - Geograph
Ruins () are the remains of a civilization's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate destruction by humans, or uncontrollable destruction by natural phenomena. The most common root causes that yield ruins in their wake are natural disasters, armed conflict, and population decline, with many structures becoming progressively derelict over time due to long-term weathering and scavenging. There are famous ruins all over the world, with notable sites originating from ancient China, the Indus Valley and other regions of ancient India, ancient Iran, ancient Israel and Judea, ancient Iraq, ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, Roman sites throughout the Mediterranean Basin, and Incan and Mayan sites in the Americas. Ruins are of great importance to historians, archaeologists and anthropologists, whether they were once individual forti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenophyllum Tunbrigense
''Hymenophyllum tunbrigense'', the Tunbridge filmy fern or Tunbridge filmy-fern, is a small, fragile perennial leptosporangiate fern which forms large dense colonies of overlapping leaves from creeping rhizomes. The common name derives from the leaves which are very thin, only a single cell thick, and translucent, giving the appearance of a wet film. The evergreen fronds are bipinnatifid, deeply and irregularly dissected, about 3 to 6 cm long, 2 cm across with dark winged stipes. In contrast to the similar ''H. wilsonii'' the fronds are more divided, flattened, appressed to the substrate and tend to have a bluish tint. The fronds are monomorphic and produce sori along the frond segments close to the rachis. Up to 5–10 purse-shaped sori are produced per frond, each covered by two strongly convex, flattened indusial valves. The valve margins are jagged and used to distinguish ''H. tunbrigense'' from '' H. wilsonii'', where the edges are entire. In common with al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
