Lowland acid grasslands and heathlands | Suffolk Biodiversity ...
Suffolk heathlands are made up of a matrix of dry acid grassland with dwarf shrub layer plus additional features such as scattered trees and scrub, areas of bare ground, bracken, areas of acid grassland, lichens, gorse and wet heaths.
Heathland – Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape
An area of grassland, gorse, scattered trees, heather and, very importantly, bare ground, found on some of the poorest, most acidic soils in eastern England, the Sandlings support rare birds and a range of characteristic heathland plants and animals.
Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape – An Area of ...
The Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape was designated in 1970 and is cared for by a Partnership, a team, and the thousands of people who live in, work in and visit it. It is a diverse and ever changing landscape.
Lowland heath - Suffolk Wildlife Trust
On damp heathland tracks in the south-west, look out for a group of specialist plants, including the tiny gentian yellow centuary and the starry-flowered white water buttercup, three-lobed water crowfoot. From April, many heaths turn yellow as gorse blossom is at its most abundant, but heathers flower later and are at their best in August.
The Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is one of Britain’s finest landscapes. It extends from the Stour estuary in the south to the eastern fringe of Ipswich and then north to Kessingland. The AONB was designated in 1970 and covers 403 square kilometres.
Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape - Wikipedia
The Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Suffolk and Essex, [1] England. The AONB covers ancient woodland, commercial forestry, the estuaries of the Alde, Blyth, Deben, Orwell and Stour rivers, farmland, salt marsh, heathland, mudflats, reed beds, small towns and villages, shingle beaches ...
The importance of heathland management in Suffolk
Aug 28, 2020 · In Suffolk, three types of heather can be found growing: bell heather, Erica cinerea, common heather or ling, Callunais, and crossed-leaved heather, Erica tetralix, although the latter is found growing much less abundantly in Suffolk.
Heather - Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Heather is also known as 'ling' and is an abundant plant on heathland, moorland, bogs and even in woodland with acidic or peat soils. Its delicate pink flowers appear from August to October and are a contrast to the tough, wiry, sprawling stems they grow upon.
Heathland heaven - Great British Life
Jun 10, 2010 · By far the most common species is Common Heather or ling. It is an evergreen bushy shrub with stalkless leaves growing in distinctive vertical rows. The pinkish purple flowers appear from July to September. The second species, …
Dunwich heather back in bloom after remarkable recovery
Aug 21, 2024 · Dunwich Heath, a rare heathland habitat cared for by the National Trust on the Suffolk coast is showing signs of recovery, with its patchwork of pink and purple heather back in bloom after being severely impacted by extreme heat and drought in 2022.