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Habitats:
Habitats
Introduction
Marine
& Coastal Habitats
Wetlands
Peatlands
Limestone
Habitats
Woodland,
Trees and Hedgerows
Gardens
and Parks
Buildings
and Stone Walls |
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Grasslands
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Clare hosts many important grasslands including wet grasslands and
dry calcareous grasslands. Grasslands cover much of County Clare,
however they vary in quality from an ecological point of view. Orchid-rich
dry calcareous grasslands are an internationally important habitat
and support a high diversity of plants and animals including insects
such as butterflies, moths and snails. Orchid-rich grasslands are
common in the Burren and occur in small pockets.
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Wet
grasslands support many plant and animal species and can be very
important for many bird species. In Clare wet grasslands are most
common in South and West Clare due to the presence of shale bedrock. |
Grasslands
which are farmed very intensively and which have been re-seeded and or
heavily fertilised support much fewer species. Drainage is damaging to
wet grasslands, as is overgrazing.
| Grassland
Habitats in the Clare 101 list
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Wet grassland
- Dry calcareous grassland |
| Species
found in Grasslands from the Clare 101 list |
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Barnacle goose
- Spring gentian
- Whooper swan
- Bee orchid
- Skylark
- Quaking grass |
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Seven-spot ladybird
- White-fronted goose
- Hoary rockrose
- Hen harrier
- Pyramidal orchid
- Marsh fritillary |
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Chough
- Dropwort
- Lapwing
- Cowslip
- Brimstone |
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