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: 1884
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Polygalaceae

Total records held
273

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 146	166
Tetrads: 111	128
Hectads: 20	31

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Aug 2 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Heath Milkwort is a native perennial of acid grasslands and heaths. It is frequent in the South West and Dark Peak as at Whiteley Nab (SK0292), Berry Clough (SK0272) and Hathersage Dale Bottom (SK2481). Elsewhere it is rare, occurring on acid plateau soils in the White Peak for example east of Blake Moor (SK1662), in the Peak Fringe as at Alport Stone (SK3051), and in a few other localities. Previously it also grew in the south of our area as at Overseal (SK2915) and Ticknall (SK3523). This local loss is in line with a national decrease in southern England since 1950 (Preston XXet al. 2002).