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: 1670
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Ericaceae

Total records held
471

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 204	216
Tetrads: 104	110
Hectads: 15	16

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jul 18 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Cowberry is an occasional native plant of the South West Peak (Hogshaw Brook SK0575), Dark Peak (Ashop Clough SK1090) and Peak Fringe (Stone Edge SK36I) where it grows as an evergreen undershrub in open woods and moors. Its only current record away from these areas is for Bradwell Moor (SK1480) in the White Peak. There has been no recorded change in its distribution over the last 50 years. Locally it has been known as Clusterberry (Grigson 1975). Nationally it is a plant of upland areas and is on the eastern limit of its distribution with us. Cowberry is an occasional native plant of the South West Peak (Hogshaw Brook SK0575), Dark Peak (Ashop Clough SK1090) and Peak Fringe (Stone Edge SK36I) where it grows as an evergreen undershrub in open woods and moors. Its only current record away from these areas is for Bradwell Moor (SK1480) in the White Peak. There has been no recorded change in its distribution over the last 50 years. Locally it has been known as Clusterberry (Grigson 1975). Nationally it is a plant of upland areas and is on the eastern limit of its distribution with us.