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Welcome to our Conservation page. 

Here you will find information about what conservation work we are doing to protect the Future of Endangered Species in Wales.

Due to the sensitivity of the birds that may nest at our woodland site.

For this Reason 

NO Dogs are allowed within Narrows Wood Conservation Area. 

Please keep any dogs on a leads when walking the private tracks adjacent to Narrows Wood Conservation site.

Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Section 7 – list of the living organisms of principal importance for

 the purpose of maintaining and enhancing biodiversity in relation to Wales.

Conservation Status Priority in Wales only species(*) as in Decline in Wales

There are 77 Vascular plants(77 species and 1 Hieracium sp. Group) of Priority in Wales. 

These Plants are in Decline and are Protected under the Act in Wales.

Priority in Wales only species(*)

Vascular plants

Field wormwood, Wild asparagus*, 

A maidenhair spleenwort*(Asplenium trichomanes subsp. pachyrachis), Flat-sedge,

Slender Hare`s-ear, Spreading bellflower*, Divided sedge, Cornflower, Perennial centaury, 

Narrow-leaved Helleborine, Arctic mouse-ear, Chamomile*, Yellow centaury, Basil thyme,

Wild cotoneaster*, 

A Marsh orchid(Dactylorhiza purpurella var. cambrensis (=Dactylorhizapurpurella subsp. cambrensis),

Frog orchid, Deptford pink*, An eyebright*(Euphrasia cambrica), Glandular eyebright, 

An eyebright(Euphrasia ostenfeldii), Chalk eyebright, An eyebright*(Euphrasia rivularis), 

An eyebright(Euphrasia officinalis subsp. monticola(=Euphrasia rostkoviana subsp.montana),

Purple ramping-fumitory*, Red hemp-nettle*, Downy hemp-nettle*, Large-flowered hemp-nettle*,

Early gentian, Field gentian*, Dune gentian*, Northern fragrant orchid*, Fragrant orchid*,

Marsh fragrant orchid*, Bog orchid*, Sea barley, Yellow bird`s-nest, Common Juniper*, 

A bird’s-nest(Hypopitys monotropa subsphypophegea (=Monotropahypopitys subsp hypophegea),  

A bird’s-nest(Hypopitys monotropa subspmonotropa (=Monotropa hypopityssubsp hypopitys), 

A juniper*(Juniperus communis subsp.hemisphaerica), Fen orchid*, Floating water plantain*, 

Marsh clubmoss*,  Stag’s-horn clubmoss*, Sea stock, Bastard balm, Pennyroyal*,

Burnt orchid, Tubular water-dropwort, Fly orchid, Pillwort*, Lesser butterfly-orchid, 

Glaucous meadow-grass,

Holly-fern, Grass-wrack pondweed*, Rock cinquefoil*, Small-white orchid, Small fleabane, 

Corn buttercup, 

Three-lobed water-crowfoot*, Shore dock*, Prickly saltwort, Tufted saxifrage, Shepherd's needle*, 

Annual knawel(Scleranthus annuus), Annual knawel(Scleranthus annuus subsp.annuus), 

Small - flowered catchfly*, A whitebeam(Sorbus eminens), A whitebeam(Sorbus leptophylla), 

Ley’s whitebeam*,

A whitebeam(Sorbus minima), Marsh stitchwort, Globe-flower*, Wood bitter-vetch*, 

Pale dog-violet, Oblong woodsia, 

6 threatened endemic species

Hieracium spp.:

 Hieracium angustatiforme, Hieracium breconicola, Hieracium reticulum, Hieracium radyrense, Hieracium snowdoniense, Hieracium subminutidens,

There are 67 Lichens(67 species and 2 communities) of Priority in Wales. 

These Lichens are in Decline and are Protected under the Act in Wales.

Priority in Wales only species(*)

Lichens

Anaptychia ciliaris subsp. ciliaris, Arthonia atlantica, Bacidia circumspecta, Bacidia incompta*,

Biatoridium monasteriense*, Blarneya hibernica, Bryoria smithii*, Buellia hyperbolica, 

Calicium adspersum, Caloplaca atroflava, Caloplaca flavorubescens, Caloplaca herbidella, 

Caloplaca lucifuga, Orange-fruited elm lichen*, Chaenotheca phaeocephala*, 

Cladonia peziziformis*, River-jelly lichen*, Collema fasciculare, Collema fragile, Collema fragrans, 

Cryptolechea carneolutea, Endocarpon adscendens, Fulgensia fulgens, Fuscopannaria sampaiana, 

Gomphillus calycioides, Graphina pauciloculata*, Gyalecta flotowii*, Heterodermia leucomela*,

Lecania chlorotiza, Lecanographa amylacea, Tarn lecanora, Lecanora quercicola, 

Lecanora sublivescens, Leptogium brebissonii, Leptogium cochleatum,

Lobarion community*

Megalospora tuberculosa

Melaspilea lentiginosa (A lichenicolous fungus)

Mine site community*

Opegrapha prosodea, Parmelina carporrhizans [=Parmelina quercina], Parmeliella testacea,

Parmelinopsis horrescens*, Parmotrema robustum, Peltigera venosa, Pertusaria velata, 

Southern grey physcia, Porina effilata, Porina hibernica, Pseudocyphellaria intricata, 

Ragged pseudocyphellaria, Pseudocyphellaria norvegica*, Pyrenula hibernica, Pyrenula nitida, 

Ramonia chrysophaea, Ramonia dictyospora, Rinodina isidioides, Schismatomma graphidioides*,

Stereocaulon delisei, Stereocaulon symphycheilum, Sticta canariensis, Strangospora microhaema*,

Strigula stigmatella var.stigmatella, Synalissa symphorea, Golden hair-lichen, Toninia sedifolia,

Usnea articulata, Usnea florida, Wadeana dendrographa.

For more Details on the above Lichens please visit the link Below.

lichens of Wales

There are 27 Fungi(27 species) of Priority in Wales. 

These Lichens are in Decline and are Protected under the Act in Wales.

Priority in Wales only species(*)

Fungi

Amanita friabilis, Armillaria ectypa*, Chrysomyxa pirolata, Clavaria zollingeri*, 

Cotylidia pannosa, Entoloma bloxamii, Geastrum elegans, Geoglossum atropurpureum,

Hericium erinaceus*, Hohenbuehelia culmicola, Hydnellum concrescens*,

 Hydnellum scrobiculatum*, Hydnellum spongiosipes*, Hygrocybe spadicea*, 

Hypocreopsis lichenoides, Hypocreopsis rhododendri, Microglossum olivaceum*,

Phellodon confluens, Phellodon melaleucus, Phellodon tomentosus, Phylloporus pelletieri,

Piptoporus quercinus, Poronia punctata*, Puccinia scorzonerae, Tremellodendropsistuberosa,

Tulostoma melanocyclum, Urocystis colchici

List update continues soon.