Rare Plant Register for Huntingdonshire - Botanical Society of the ...
Rare Plant Register for Huntingdonshire - Botanical Society of the ... Rare Plant Register for Huntingdonshire - Botanical Society of the ...
Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp. incarnata (L.) Soó Early Marsh-orchid National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: Rare (3 sites, 4 tetrads) Site Grid Reference Last Record Monks Wood SSSI, Compartment 4d TL2080 2003 (MM) St Neots Common SSSI, Lammas Meadow TL181606 2003 (TW) Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC: Compartment 37 Compartment 39 Compartment 41 Compartment 46 Compartment 51 Compartment 58 Compartment 76 Compartment 82 Compartment 83 28 TL232852 TL234852 TL227833 TL227849 TL228846 TL227843 TL227837 TL227835 TL229833 2009 (RH) 2011 (MM) 2011 (MM) 2009 (MM) 2010 (MM) 2008 (MM) 2010 (MM) 2011 (MM) 2009 (MM) A plant of calcareous to neutral damp habitats such as fens, flood meadows and other damp grasslands. Dactylorhiza praetermissa (Druce) Soó Southern Marsh-orchid National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: Scarce (4 sites, 5 tetrads) Site Grid Reference Last Record Norman Cross Pits TL16259090 2009 (DB) Monks Wood SSSI, East Field TL199804 2002 (MM) St Neots Common SSSI, Islands Common TL182609 1996 (TW) Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC: Compartment 37 Compartment 39 Compartment 41 Compartment 47 Compartment 58 Compartment 76 Compartment 82 TL232852 TL234852 TL228850 TL229848 TL228843 TL227837 TL227835 2010 (MM) 2008 (MM) 2011 (MM) 2011 (MM) 2011 (MM) 2011 (MM) 2009 (MM) Like the above species, a plant of calcareous to neutral damp habitats such as fens, flood meadows and other damp grasslands.
Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) Landwehr Narrow-leaved Marsh-orchid National Status: Endemic, Nationally Scarce, not threatened County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad) Site Grid Reference Last Record Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC TL227838 2006 (MM) Endemic to Britain and Ireland. First recorded for Huntingdonshire in 1978 and only a few plants occur in any one year (none in some years). Only one plant was seen in 2006 (see photo). Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC. Heath-grass National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: Rare (3 sites, 4 tetrads) Site Grid Reference Last Record Godmanchester Eastside Common TL27067153 2010 (NM) RAF Molesworth County Wildlife Site TL067773 (centroid) 2003 (NM & MB) Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC Compartment 41 Compartment 76 29 TL227851 TL227838 2010 (MM) 2010 (MM) In Huntingdonshire this is a rare grass of clay pastures, fens and alluvial pastures with surface acidification. Our grasslands have probably not been examined in as great a detail over recent years as they have been historically. Old sites include Hemingford Grey and Upwood Meadows. Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. Wavy Hair-grass National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad) Site Grid Reference Last Record Holme Fen SSSI, Compartment 19 TL204893 2010 (MM) First reported in 1953 but the record was discounted as it was not supported by a specimen. Not re-found until 2007 when MM found one small tuft in flower. Dianthus armeria L. Deptford Pink National Status: Endangered County Status: Extinct in the wild This species, last seen in 1984, is currently extinct as a truly wild plant, however seed from Woodwalton Fen is maintained in cultivation locally and attempts are being made to establish this species in two recently established, favourably managed, wildflower meadows at Ramsey Heights. Early signs indicate a modicum of success but it will be several years before it can
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Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) Landwehr<br />
Narrow-leaved Marsh-orchid<br />
National Status: Endemic, Nationally<br />
Scarce, not threatened<br />
County Status: <strong>Rare</strong> (1 site, 1 tetrad)<br />
Site Grid Reference Last Record<br />
Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC TL227838 2006 (MM)<br />
Endemic to Britain and Ireland. First recorded <strong>for</strong> <strong>Huntingdonshire</strong> in 1978 and only a few<br />
plants occur in any one year (none in some years). Only one plant was seen in 2006 (see<br />
photo).<br />
Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC.<br />
Heath-grass<br />
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: <strong>Rare</strong> (3 sites, 4 tetrads)<br />
Site Grid Reference Last Record<br />
Godmanchester Eastside Common TL27067153 2010 (NM)<br />
RAF Molesworth County Wildlife Site TL067773 (centroid) 2003 (NM & MB)<br />
Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC<br />
Compartment 41<br />
Compartment 76<br />
29<br />
TL227851<br />
TL227838<br />
2010 (MM)<br />
2010 (MM)<br />
In <strong>Huntingdonshire</strong> this is a rare grass <strong>of</strong> clay pastures, fens and alluvial pastures with<br />
surface acidification. Our grasslands have probably not been examined in as great a detail<br />
over recent years as <strong>the</strong>y have been historically. Old sites include Heming<strong>for</strong>d Grey and<br />
Upwood Meadows.<br />
Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.<br />
Wavy Hair-grass<br />
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: <strong>Rare</strong> (1 site, 1 tetrad)<br />
Site Grid Reference Last Record<br />
Holme Fen SSSI, Compartment 19 TL204893 2010 (MM)<br />
First reported in 1953 but <strong>the</strong> record was discounted as it was not supported by a specimen.<br />
Not re-found until 2007 when MM found one small tuft in flower.<br />
Dianthus armeria L.<br />
Dept<strong>for</strong>d Pink<br />
National Status: Endangered County Status: Extinct in <strong>the</strong> wild<br />
This species, last seen in 1984, is currently extinct as a truly wild plant, however seed from<br />
Woodwalton Fen is maintained in cultivation locally and attempts are being made to establish<br />
this species in two recently established, favourably managed, wildflower meadows at Ramsey<br />
Heights. Early signs indicate a modicum <strong>of</strong> success but it will be several years be<strong>for</strong>e it can
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