Cornish Biodiversity Network - Supporting Wildlife Recording
The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Native. Oceanic Southern-temperate grass. Scattered around the coast of southern Britain from the Wash to South Wales, with a few sites in northern England and one inland outlier in Cheshire.
Regional Distribution
It occurs at Millbrook (SX45) and at several sites in the River Fal catchment (SW83 and SW84). It probably still occurs near Egloshayle (SX07).
Habitat & Ecology
Grows on path edges, tidal pool margins and a car park above but close to the tidal limit.
Threats
None apparent.
Conservation
Not known.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.