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: 1889
Latest year: 2004

County Status
Native

Family
Pyrolaceae

Total records held
58

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 10	14
Tetrads: 7	9
Hectads: 4	4

Conservation Status
B, A

Account last edited
Jul 15 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Common Wintergreen is a very rare native, evergreen perennial of wooded and heathy areas. Its current distribution is the north of the county (Disley SJ9885 and Unstone SK3777) with the majority of its records from the Miller’s Dale/Monsal Dale area (SK1377). Previously it grew over a similar area and it has thus not shown locally the decline it has undergone nationally due to changes in land use and management (Preston et al. 2002).