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Distribution:
Locally common to the north of Parbold with scattered populations occurring elsewhere from Ainsdale (SD3011) to Hollinworth SD9612).
Habitat:
Hedgerows, woods, disused railways and the margins of quarry workings.
Taxon Designation:
South Lancashire Axiophyte.
Comments:
First discovered by the windmill, Harrock Hill (SD5113, DP Earl, 1994, BON, det. A Newton). This western species reaches a northern limit for mainland England in Lancashire although populations do occur further to the north in Man and Ireland and locally in South-western Scotland. It is possible that plants referred to as the Samuel Gibson Bramble are actually this species in which case the distribution of Rubus lanaticaulis in England extends further east into Yorkshire via the Ribble and Calder gaps.