The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1829
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Juncaceae

Total records held
910

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 431	452
Tetrads: 188	205
Hectads: 22	28

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Apr 13 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Heath Rush is a tufted native perennial of moors heaths and flushes on acid soils. It is common and locally abundant throughout the Dark and the South West Peak areas, as at Lady Booth Clough (SK1486) and Upper Padley (SK2479). Elsewhere it is very scattered and rare as at Biggin Moor (SK1758), Wessington Green (SK3757) and Muggington Bottoms (SK2843). Previously it also occurred further south in the county for example at Hilton Gravel Pits (SK2431) in 1973 and Ticknall (SK3523) in 1969. This local loss is part of a general decline nationally where it has been lost from many lowland sites since 1962 due to agricultural improvement (Preston XXet al. 2002).