This map has been generated using a programme created by
John Lowell for the South Lancashire 'snapshot flora' 1995-2005.
A revised map needs to be created to show the additional records made since 2005.
Distribution:
This plant grows in abundance in the woodlands between Wigan and Bamber Bridge particularly along the well-wooded sections of the Yarrow and Douglas valleys. An outlier population occurs to the west at Pool Hey Covert, Scarisbrick (SD3614, DP Earl, 1997, BM).
Habitat:
Woods and woodland borders, occasional in hedgerows.
Taxon Designation:
Regional Endemic; South Lancashire Axiophyte.
Comments:
Features of this distinctive bramble include the long narrow bright pink petals, often with red styles and the rhomboidal to obovate terminal leaflets. A distant outlier to the east occurs in vice-county 64 at Big Wood, Barnoldswick (SD8548, DP Earl & J Earl, 1999, Herb DP Earl). This regional endemic, as far as is known, only occurs within Lancashire and Greater Manchester.