Ling,  Bell and Crossleaved Heather, give the hills  that awesome purple glow which lasts until November.

Milkwort, Heath Speedwell, Heath Bedstraw, Devil’s Bit Scabious,Tormentil, Lousewort, Cotton-Grass, Various Spotted Orchids, Bog Asphodel, Butterfly Orchid, Eyebright, Sundew,
Green and Gold Royal Fern.

Conifer Tree Plantations, Willow, Birch, Rowan, Ash, Yellow Flowered Furze (Gorse).

Well preserved ancient stumps of Pine and Oak trees have been found in many of the cutaway bogs in the area and to emphasize their age it’s recorded that it’s 1500 years since the last of the native species of Pine trees were cut down.

Rushes, Grasses, Sedges, Lady's Smock (Cuckoo Flower), Spearwort, Buttercup, Ragged Robin, Yellow Flag, Marsh Marigold (Kingcup), Stitchwort, Bugle, Meadowsweet, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Spotted and Marsh Orchids and Purple Loosestrife.

Early Purple and Spotted Orchids, Vetches, Cranesbills, Storksbills, Bugle, Lousewort, Medick, Speedwells, Buttercup, Spearwort, Ragged Robin, Clover, Hawkweeds, Ox-Eye Daisy, Yellow Rattle, Ragwort, Yarrow and Self Heal.

Bluebells, Primroses, Violets, Lesser Celandine, Herb Robert, Cowslip, Wild Strawberry, Wood Sorrel, Wood Anemone, Ramsons, Honeysuckle, Sanicle, Herb Bennett, Willow Herb, Pennywort, Woundwort, Figwort, Ground Ivy and Foxglove.

Whitethorn, Blackthorn, Elder, Dog Rose, Guelder Rose, Rowan, Ash and Fuchsia.

Purple Loosestrife, Meadowsweet, Yarrow, Russian Comfrey, Angelica, Bindweed, Vetches, Cleavers, Willow Herb, Meadow Vetchling, Herb Robert, Creeping Jenny, Tutsan, Cinquefoil, Knapweed, Montbretia, Pink Indian Balsam, Foxglove, Rhododendron Ponticum and Japanese Knotweed.

Bracken, Royal Fern, Male Fern, Rustyback Fern, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Hart's tongue Fern and Polypody.

Sphagnum Mosses are the basis of the boglands and Lichen is seen on rocks and trees, while Scarlet bunches of “Matchstick” Lichen (Cladonia) are found amongst the heather.

We also have our fair share of Fungi in Autumn, several of which are poisonous and should be treated with extreme caution.

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