I have so far found 20 separate populations on various parts of the Hutton Roof complex. Some of them only amount to a dozen or so flowers, whilst others amount to a couple of hundred flowers.
The larger colonies seem again to be on the Hutton Roof side (central or east), but there are also some nice colonies on the west side in Lancelot Clark Storth and a small amount on Burton Fell.
Without doubt the largest population has to be the banking below Park Wood above the Hutton Roof village, sadly this banking during 2018 got completely burnt out with the draught and continued sunshine and little remained of the colony for that year.
I have also tried to link the areas with importance to the concentrations of the Northern Brown Argus butterfly of which they are doing extremely well on Hutton Roof. There are six areas that have separate colonies which I have identified so far. All areas are mapped with their respective gps and are additionally archived at both Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the Carlisle Museum (Tullie House).
Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rock Rose) Click over to enlarge
Fairly dry and creased - Photo: Lancelot Clark Storth on 17th May 2020
Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rock Rose) Click over to enlarge
Photo: Jack Scout on 8th May 2019
Shows both flower and leaf
Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rock Rose) Click over to enlarge
Photo: Hutton Roof just below Park Wood on 23rd May 2017
This banking show here and continued on the photo below is completely full of
both Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rock Rose) and Poterium sanguisorba (Salad Burnet)
Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rock Rose) Click over to enlarge
Photo: Hutton Roof just below Park Wood on 23rd May 2017
This banking show here and continued on the photo below is completely full of
both Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rock Rose) and Poterium sanguisorba (Salad Burnet)