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2: Designated conservation areas within or adjoining the southern
section of the N9/N10 route corridor from Kilcullen to Waterford.
Appendix
C: Flora, Fauna and Fisheries
Table
2: Designated conservation areas within or adjoining the southern
section of the N9/N10 route corridor from Kilcullen to Waterford.
| Site
Name |
Code |
Status |
General
site description/main habitat types/rare species |
| River
Barrow and River Nore |
2162 |
pcSAC |
Long,
narrow site incorporating the river corridors and associated
bankside habitats of the Barrow, Nore and parts of some
of the main tributaries. Important for five Annex I habitats:
floating river vegetation (3260), *alluvial forests (91E0),
*old sessile oak woods (91A0), *petrifying springs (7220)
and salt meadows (1330) Vascular plants: meadow saffron,
nettle-leaved bellflower, Killarney Fern Mammals: otter,
Daubenton's bat Birds: Greenland white-fronted goose,
whooper swan, Bewick's swan, kingfisher, peregrine Fish:
salmon, twaite shad, smelt, brook lamprey, river lamprey,
sea lamprey Invertebrates: white-clawed crayfish, freshwater
pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera, M. margaritifera
durrovensis) |
| Red
Bog, Dungarvan |
0846 |
pNHA |
Wetland
area with floating fen surrounded by wet grassland and
scrub. Proposed as an SAC on the NGO shadow list of SACs
(Dwyer, 2000) for the Annex I habitat, degraded raised
bog (7120) |
| 1Archersgrove |
2051 |
pNHA |
Three
areas of scrubby woodland supporting an important population
of a rare plant on the banks of River Suir Vascular plants:
nettle-leaved bellflower |
| 1Thomastown |
0410 |
pNHA |
Narrow
strip of wet grassland and broadleaved woodland beside
the River Nore. Supports populations of two rare plants
Vascular plants: meadow saffron, nettle-leaved bellflower
|
| 1Mount
Juliet |
0843 |
pNHA |
Wet
grassland and woodland on the floodplain of the River
Nore Vascular plants: meadow saffron |
| Lough
Cullin |
0406 |
pNHA |
Lake
and associated wetland habitats (fen and wet grassland)
in a low-lying depression. Important for birds (I-WeBS
count site) |
| Hugginstown
Fen |
0404 |
pNHA |
Large
isolated area of swamp and floating fen with iron-rich
springs in a small valley. Proposed as an SAC on the NGO
shadow list of SACs (Dwyer, 2000) for the Annex I priority
habitat, *Cladium fen (7210) |
| Grannyferry |
0833 |
pNHA |
Reedswamp,
marsh and wet grassland with a saline influence on the
margins of the Black Water, a tributary of the River Suir
Vascular plants: meadow barley |
| Kilkeasy
Bog |
0839 |
pNHA |
Large
wetland area comprising small lakes, fen, wet grassland,
cutover bog and heathland |
| Lower
River Suir [adjoins the southern boundary of the study
area] |
2137 |
pcSAC |
Long
narrow site incorporating the river corridor of the Suir.
Important for four Annex I habitats: floating river vegetation
(3260), *alluvial forests (91E0), *old sessile oak woods
(91A0) and salt meadows (1330) Vascular plants: opposite-leaved
pondweed Mammals: otter, pipistrelle bat, natterer's bat,
Daubenton's bat Birds: Greenland white-fronted goose,
greylag goose, whooper swan, dunlin, greenshank, kingfisher,
golden plover Fish: salmon, twaite shad, smelt, brook
lamprey, river lamprey, sea lamprey Invertebrates: white-clawed
crayfish |
1
= sites that overlap with, or are sub-sites of River Barrow
and River Nore pcSAC 2162 pcSAC = proposed candidate Special
Area of Conservation pNHA = proposed Natural Heritage Area
Annex I = list of habitats of conservation importance in the
EU Habitats Directive * = Annex I priority habitat (in danger
of disappearance) I-WeBS = Irish Wetland Bird Survey Rare
and protected species include those listed in the Flora Protection
Order, 1999, in the Irish Red Data books for vascular plants
(Curtis and McGough, 1988) and vertebrates (Whilde 1993),
and in Annex I of the EU Birds Directive.
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