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Galium uliginosum L.<br />

Fen Bedstraw<br />

National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: <strong>Rare</strong> (1 site, 1 tetrad)<br />

Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC:<br />

Compartment 76<br />

Site Grid Reference Last Record<br />

38<br />

TL23118531<br />

TL22737<br />

2010 (DB)<br />

2009 (MM)<br />

While this species has always been scarce in <strong>the</strong> County, it was known historically from<br />

several widely dispersed fens and wet grasslands. It has not been seen at most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

historic sites since <strong>the</strong> 1970’s and may have been lost to drainage and agricultural<br />

improvement. The population at Woodwalton Fen is very large, with more sites than listed,<br />

and currently under no threat.<br />

Genista tinctoria L. ssp. tinctoria<br />

Dyer’s Greenweed<br />

National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: Scarce (5 sites, 5 tetrads)<br />

Great Stukeley Railway Cutting:<br />

Unit 3<br />

Unit 4<br />

Site Grid Reference Last Record<br />

TL23507558<br />

TL23527544<br />

2010 (TC)<br />

2010 (TC)<br />

RAF Molesworth County Wildlife Site TL067773 1996 (TW)<br />

RAF Molesworth, boundary footpath TL069767 2010 (KR)<br />

Upwood Meadows SSSI, Bentley Meadow TL252828 2005 (DW & MW)<br />

Woolley Leys road verge TL16937442<br />

TL17087441<br />

2011 (MiB)<br />

2011 (MiB)<br />

Always restricted to a few sites on <strong>the</strong> calcareous boulder clays <strong>of</strong> central <strong>Huntingdonshire</strong>. It<br />

has declined over recent years and this decline is probably ongoing.<br />

Geranium columbinum L.<br />

Long-stalked Crane’s-bill<br />

National Status: Not scarce, not threatened County Status: <strong>Rare</strong> (2 sites, 2 tetrads)<br />

Site Grid Reference Last Record<br />

Paxton Pits Nature Reserve TL195630 2005 (RE)<br />

Wans<strong>for</strong>d Railway (disused) TL07749657<br />

TL07759677<br />

2007 (DB)<br />

2007 (DB)<br />

A species <strong>of</strong> drier grasslands. The population along <strong>the</strong> embankment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> defunct Wans<strong>for</strong>d<br />

Railway is locally abundant but potentially vulnerable to scrub encroachment.

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