Map


Map showing adopted verges during the Life on the Verge – Biosphere project 2016-2020

This map displays an overview of the work achieved by the project, it is not intended to be a field guide but displays the locations of Community Verges and Devon County Council’s Special Verges within the Biosphere Reserve. Botanical surveys were carried out for most sites, the markers show the number of plants found from a list of 22 ‘Indicators of good habitat within the project area’ devised by Devon Biodiversity Records Centre.You can find a list of these indicator species in the ‘Species List’ tab at the top of the page.

Click on the markers for more detailed information including site name and species.

You can use the tick boxes in the top right to add or remove displayed data from the map, use the +/- symbols in the top left or the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and out. Sites will cluster together the further you zoom out and the opposite as you zoom in.



For more detailed information, you can find the the special verges outlines on the Devon County Council Environment Viewer or you can contact the Devon Biodiversity Records Centre for more information about verge surveys.



Species List

Below is a list of the 22 indicator species used to evaluate the condition of the verges:

Name Latin Name Habitat
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria Dry Grassland
Betony Stachys officinalis Dry Grassland, Hedgerows
Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga Dry Grassland
Cat’s-ear Hypochaeris radicata Dry Grassland
Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus Dry Grassland
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Dry Grassland
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Dry Grassland
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis Wet Grassland
Devil’s-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis Dry & Wet Grassland
Greater Bird’s-foot-trefoil Lotus pedunculatus Wet Grassland
Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata Dry & Wet Grassland
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria Wet Grassland
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Dry & Wet Grassland
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Dry Grassland
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Wet Grassland
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi Wet Grassland
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica Wet Grassland
Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa Wet Grassland
Tormentil Potentilla erecta Dry & Wet Grassland
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris Wet Grassland
Water Mint Mentha aquatica Wet Grassland
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor Dry Grassland