Huntingdonshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

woodland rides on heavy boulder clay soils. Scrub clearance works damaged the only bush I
have seen in Aversley Wood and greater consideration needs to be given to the identification
and adequate protection of the County’s Rose flora. Just because certain species are more
challenging to identify should not mean that they are overlooked when developing site
management plans and planning routine site management works.
Rubus adspersus Weihe ex H. Weber
a bramble
National Status: Nationally Scarce?
County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Woodwalton Fen SSSI & SAC TL23038380 2008 (DB)
A species of heathland margins. Like R. nemoralis it is restricted to our ancient fens and has
only ever been known from Woodwalton Fen.
Rubus bucknallii J.W. White
a bramble
National Status: Endemic, Nationally Rare
County Status: Rare (1 site, 2 tetrads)
Site Grid Reference Last Record
Dillington, road side TL126660 2000 (RR)
Great Staughton, road side TL120655 2000 (RR)
A rare bramble that shows an affinity for road side hedges, although this may simply be a
reflection of survey bias. More surveys are needed to elucidate this species true status and
distribution in Huntingdonshire.
Rubus nemoralis D.J. Mueller
a bramble
National Status: Not scarce, not threatened
County Status: Rare (1 site, 1 tetrad)
Holme Fen SSSI:
Holme Lode Covert
Jackson’s Covert
Site Grid Reference Last Record
TL2088
TL217887
2006 (DB)
2009 (DB)
This is a species of acid heathland and moorland habitats. It is rare in Huntingdonshire
because of a lack of suitable habitat and is only known from Holme and Woodwalton Fens,
and has not been recorded at the latter for many years. It is exceptionally abundant in
Jackson’s Covert where it must represent an important nectar source for invertebrates.
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