CYNGOR CEFN GWLAD CYMRU
GWYNEDD /ANGLESEY SALBRI SSSI
Local Planning Authority: Ynys Môn
Date of notification: 1980,1987
National Grid Reference: SH373888
OS Maps: 1:50000 Sheet Number : 114
1:25000 Sheet Number: SH38
Site Area 3 hectares (7.5 acres)
Description
Salbri has been notified for it's biological interest, principally as an example of an acidic basin mire. The basin mire at Salbri is exceptionally intact and remains waterlogged throughout the year. Various species of bogmoss Sphagnum spp and other bryophytes form a more or less continuous cover over the mire surface: among the more abundant flowering plant are the ericaceous shrubs heather Calluna vulgaris and cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix, sedges,e.g. the cotton-grasses Eriophorum angustifolium and E.vaginatum and the bottle sedge Carex rostrata, and certain wetland herbs, e.g. marsh cinquefoil Potentilla palustris. Two nationally uncommon bryophytes, Sphagnum platyphyllum and Cephalozia pleniceps have been recorded, and there are populations of locally uncommon flowering plants including the mud sedge Carex limosa.
The boundary has been modified in 1987.
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