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.
Below is a list of the 22 indicator species used to evaluate the condition of the verges:
Name | Latin Name | Habitat |
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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 |