Rare Plant Register for Huntingdonshire - Botanical Society of the ...

Salome Wood TL12677788 2009 (DB & LF)
Staughton Moor, Rookery Farm TL13186121 2011 (DB)
The Wansford Tunnel record is perhaps the only location where this species is likely to occur
as a good native. Here it is only a short journey as the crow flies to the numerous colonies on
the limestone of VC32. This species status elsewhere is uncertain and in some cases may be
linked to previous disturbances and the importation of substrate.
Athyrium felix-femina (L.) Roth
Lady-fern
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: Scarce (4 sites, 5 tetrads)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Aversley Wood SSSI TL1682 2010 (CBG)
Holme Fen SSSI, Ralph’s Dyke TL199899 2008 (MM)
Waresley & Gransden Wood SSSI TL2654 (monad) 2002 (Anon)
Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC:
Compartment 42
Compartment 77
12
TL229850
TL229837 (centroid for
compartment)
2010 (MM)
2008 (MM)
Our relatively dry climatic regime does not favour this species and it only occurs in low
numbers in a few of our dampest woodlands. It is perhaps most abundant at Woodwalton Fen
where it is widely scattered and present in many of the compartments (more than listed),
including Compartment 42 where it is locally frequent.
Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort.
Meadow Oat-grass
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: Rare (3 sites, 3 tetrads)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Brampton Racecourse SSSI TL2072 2008 (LF)
Midloe Grange Farm, Horse Close TL163647 1996 (DeW)
Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC,
Compartment 85
TL231833 (centroid for
compartment)
2008 (MM)
In Huntingdonshire this is a rare grass of dry calcareous clay pastures. Always scarce,
currently it is not clear whether it has declined further or is under-recorded. Our grasslands
have probably not been examined in as great a detail over recent years as they were during
the heyday of Monks Wood Experimental Station. Old sites include Eastside Common,
Vinegar Hill and Papworth St Agnes.