Conservation status: C
First record: Ray,1660
Erica vulgaris Common Heath. Ray,1670:101-2.
Scopa prior Martyn,1727,123.
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Erica vul Gamlingay heath. Henslow ann. l:159.
Erica vul On the Heath. [Gamlingay] Plentifully. Jenyns,JNH,24.8.1824.
Gamlingay, Mus.Henslow, 24.8.1824, CGE.
Gamlingay, JS Henslow, 4.8.1828, Mus.Henslow, CGE.
Gamlingay H. 1835,Coleman(a),66.
Gamlingay Heath. Coleman(b).
Gamlingay. Bab.1860,147.
Gamlingay, HD.ann.
Gamlingay, West ann.
Gamlingay, AS (Shrubbs), 7.1905, CGE.
CINQUES
Gamlingay Cinques, CE Moss, n.d., CGE.
Gamlingay Cinques, a small remnant, J Sandford, 1977.
Straggly remains of 1 bush in well-cleared Cinques, with Poten ere, G Crompton & R Payne, 27.4.1987.
A large clump, Cinques, 227.529, G Crompton & R Payne, 20.5.1993, [R].
Gamlingay Cinques, 226.529, JCA Rathmell, 1995, [R].
1 large 'gardened' bush in recently flooded Cinques, G Crompton & DA Wells, c.1996.
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White Wood, CEM.ann.
HEATH WOOD AND MEADOW
Heath Wood, occasional and locally dominant, WTKB & JW, 1916.
Heath Wood, TG Tutin, 1932.
Calluna vulgaris Sparingly among Agrostis tenuis in a damp heathy field just S of Gt Heath Wood, Gamlingay, 26.7.1952. heavily grazed & no sign of inflorescences. DE Coombe, Card Index.
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One plant probably 2 years old, on old railway sidings, in short grass with much Cladonia, Stanground Washes NR, 209.976, JH Bratton, 10.4.1994.
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Near Ickleton Grange. Spurgin & Clarke, Walden Fl. 1832. SWN.
In small quantity near Ickleton Grange; GS Gibson. Bab.1860,147.
Erica vulgaris Triplow Heath. Coleman(b).
Erica vulgaris specimen: 'Gathered by N. Maynard from near Ninewells, but now lost from that locality.' ... formerly grew in profusion on Triplow Heath in the neighbourhood of [Ninewells]. Maynard MS.13:334,CRO.
Triplow Heath; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,147.
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Erica vulgaris Common heath. On Gogmagog hills... Ray,1660,50(62); JM.ann.
Erica vulgaris. Gogmagog Hills. Ray Index Loc.JM.ann.
Erica vulgaris. Gogmagog hills. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VII.
Erica vul Go(gmagog) H(ills) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,106.
Erica vulgaris Common Heath, or Ling. Gogmagog Hills, &c. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Gogmagog Hills; Ray. Bab.1860,147.
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c.5 bushes with Lepid lat freq., on cinders in fork between railway lines, March, 415.982, JO Mountford & CM Sargent, c.1981-2.
Quite large area of tall plants in grassy area, March railway sidings, 414.987, GMS Easy, 23.8.1993.
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Linton Heath in 1818; Job Watson. Bab.1860,147.
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Calluna vulgaris Balsham Heath–a single bush. Smart,1856.
Balsham Heath, only one bush left in 1856; RB Smart.Bab.1860,147.
Balsham Heath, only one bush left in 1856; RBS. in many places, 1864, Bab.ann.
Plantation near Six-mile-Bottom. Bab.1860,147.
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Dist.... 5. Newmarket Heath. Bab.1860,147.
Beacon Course, near Veronica spicata, Site I [58-61-] CP shows numerous patches on the actual Course, by first R/W post S of 2m post or 90th Fence post (starting at south end). G Crompton, 26.1.1980.
Calluna 42 good paces NE of V. spicata Site 1 opposite 90th fence post with Poten erecta & Succisa, DE Coombe, 31.5.1987.
It survives near V Spicata Site 1, DE Coombe in litt. 2.5.1989.
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Near Running Gap, [59-62-], Enid Hyde, n.d.
Near Running Gap 4 good patches in line with 1
m (July) post on west side of Course, s.s. [see correction below 21.4.1987] G Crompton, 29.6.1984. [= Enid Hyde's patches refound by Martin Hicks].4 straggly bushes of Calluna, between bypass fence and edge of Beacon Course, (± opposite 3rd telegraph pole on west side of Course), c.20 paces east of fence. c.599.627. Sketch map, G Crompton, EM Hyde & J Hyde, 21.4.1987. Seen with Viola canina, DE Coombe, 23.5.1987.
No Calluna found near Running Gap, DE Coombe in litt. 2.5.1989.
66 NEWMARKET HEATH, BURWELL
...and Newmarket heath. Ray,1660,50(62); JM.ann.
Newmarket On the bank of the great Ditch called Devils ditch. Ray,Index Loc.
Newmarket Heath. Jenyns ann.Relhan,1802.
Newmarket heath. Henslow ann. l:159.
Newmarket Heath, L.J., 4.9.1822, BATHG.
Newmarket Heath. 1835,Coleman(a),66.
Erica vulgaris Calluna vulgaris. Newmarket Heath. Coleman(b).
Dist.1 and 5. Newmarket Heath. Bab.1860,147.
'Yapp says on Devil's Dyke', CEM.ann.
Newmarket Heath, 1928, Blades ann.
[Dist.5] Newmarket Heath near Veronica spicata, 615.622, DE Coombe, 15.8.1986, CGE.
'Refound all four of my Calluna patches (two with Viola canina leaves) and they looked reasonably healthy, having put on up to 2 cms new growth. A few of last years fruits survive low down.' DE Coombe, in litt. 11.6.1989.
V. spicata–c.10 fl. spikes c.260 paces from cherries, in c.7 x 3 paces, plus 10 spikes NW of Calluna bush No.1. at c.230 paces,... All 4 Calluna bushes present. CPs. 21.9.1994, DEC in litt. 3.10.1994.
[V. spicata–c.140 fl. spikes in 6 patches in c.16 m x 230m.] Calluna bushes nos 1 and 2 not found. G Crompton and DA Wells with Bev Nicholls, DE Coombe & Prof. Whittington. Pop. map & CPs. 21.9.1995.
1 patch c.1m in diameter, in flower, Newmarket Heath, 61–62, M Gurney, 9.9.1999, [R].
Westernmost plant of the four has faded out by October 1996 when I photographed the remaining three. 3 patches left: one substantial but very short flowering, and 2 very feeble, of which the westernmost one has fragmented into 2 small patches. PH Oswald, CPs, 10.9.2000.
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Long Hill, c.66-64, JW Clarke and G Crompton, n.d.,
Long Hill, 1 bush seen in polygons, 24.8.1986; 3 patches, 20.9.1986, DE Coombe; and DE Coombe and G Crompton, 12.5.1987.
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Kennet Heath. [sic] Bab.1860,147.
Kennett Heath, AF.ann.
On edge of small Breckland heath V.c.26, (with Potentilla argentea and Apera interrupta), Kentford Heath, Kennett, V.c.26, 708.682, GMS Easy, 1973, & 29.6.1974.
