Important Plant Areas for algae - Natural History Museum

Potential UK Red Data List desmids
Roya cambrica var. limnetica, Euastrum humerosum var. affine.
UK IPAs for Desmids
12. Culag Wood Bog, Assynt (Sutherland)
Grid ref:
NC093214
Status:
unknown
Ownership:
Assynt Estates
Qualifying criteria:
A; B1, B2; C
No. of species recorded: 50
No. of potential UK Red List desmids 4
Survey period
March 1994 – Oct 2003 (8 visits)
Records contact:
David Williamson
Site description
Wood covers 36 hectares and contains many boggy pools. Sampled by David Williamson, I. Evans, Peter
York and David John.
Potential UK Red Data List desmids
Cosmarium variolatum, C. praegrande, Pleurotaenium rectum, Closterium toxon.
UK IPA for Desmids
13. Podnet Moss, Cumbria
Grid ref:
NY405925
Status:
unknown
Ownership:
unknown
Qualifying criteria:
A, B1, B2; C
No. of species recorded:
50 plus
No. of potential UK Red List desmids 7
Records contact:
David Williamson
Site description
Many soft, acid water bog pools. David Williamson and Edna Lind sampled these pools between 1979
and 1996.
Potential UK Red Data List desmids
Cosmarium perforatum, Euastrum dubium, Staurodesmus incus, S. spencerianus, Staurastrum
oxyacanthum, S. quadrangulare, S. subcruciatum.
UK IPA for Desmids
14. Gurnal Dubs Tarn, Cumbria
Grid ref:
Status:
Ownership:
Qualifying criteria:
No. of species recorded:
SD503992
unknown
unknown
B1, B2; C
50 plus
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