Why are Magnesian Limestone meadows so special?
The limestone grassland supports scarce plant species, including blue moor grass, small scabrous, rock-rose, and dark red helleborine to name but a few.Over the years the effects of agricultural change, mining and quarrying have reduced the limestone grassland to a tiny remnant of its original area. Insects abound with many unusual species present. Two notable examples are the salmacis form of the northern brown Argus butterfly and the glow-worm.
