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Species indicators Flashcards

1
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The Scottish crossbill

A

Loxia scotica

Caledonian pine forests

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Heather

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Calluna vulgaris

Heathlands

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Bell heather

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Erica spp.

Heathlands - prefers wetter areas of heaths

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Purple moor grass

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Molina caerulea

Heathlands

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Snake’s head fritillary

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Fritillana meleagris

Damp meadows

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6
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Hay rattle

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Rhinathus minor

Meadows

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Common gorse

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Ulex europaeus

Heather - provides important habitats for birds

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Dwarf gorse

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Ulex minor

Heather

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Bog asphodel/bone-breaker

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Narthicium ossifragum

Heather

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10
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Scots pine

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Pinus sylvestris

The only wild populations are in Scotland (Ancient Woodland)

All English and Welsh pines are from recent planting (they often invade heathlands).

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Juniper

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Juniperus communis

Can occur under pines in the highlands of Scotland (ancient woodland)

Can be a nurse species to yew in chalky soil (we lead Europe in ancient yews)

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Dartford warbler

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Sylvia undata

Found on our low-land heaths and requires a gorse heather mosaic

IUCN: near threatened with decreasing population

After a hard winter in the 1960s the UK’s population decreased to less than ten breeding pairs!

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13
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Dog mercury

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Mercurialis perennis

Ancient Woodland Indicator (especially in western UK)

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14
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Wood anemone

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Anemone nemorosa

Ancient woodland (one of the most reliable AWIs)

Hoverflies are thought to favour this plant

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15
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The Nightjar

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Caprimulgus europaeus

Heathlands (nests on heaths but hunts in oak woodlands)

IUCN: least concern with a decreasing population

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16
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Lily of the Valley

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Convallana mayalis

Ancient Woodland indicator

17
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Ladybird spider

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Eresus cinnaberinus

Heathland –> confined to small patches of heath and is a poor coloniser

18
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Cuckoo flower

A

Cardamine pratensis

Meadows

19
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The Scarborough snail

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Spermodea lamellata

Ancient Woodland (only ever found in old, damp woodland

20
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Twinflower

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Linnaea borealis

Ancient Caledonian pine forests

21
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Silver-studded blue butterfly

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Plebejus argus

Also found on dunes but its main habitat is heathlands

22
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Creeping ladies’ tresses

A

Goodyera repens

Ancient Caledonian pine forests

23
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Shepherd’s needle

A

Scandix pecteri-veneri

Endangered farm weed

Prefers arable soils and was common in the UK until the 1950s

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