Bewick and Beanley Moors in association with old collapsing heather bushes. Conifer plantations aside, the moors have little woodland cover; what exists is found on the boundaries and following the paths of streams at lower elevations. Spwecies include alder ("Alnus glutinosa"), hawthorn ("Crataegus monogyna"), brown birch ("Betula pubescens"), rowan ("Sorbus aucuparia") and occasional ash ("Fraxinus excelsior"), and ground-cover of yellow pimpernel ("Lysimachia nemorum"), wood sorrel ("Oxalis acetosella") and smooth-stalked sedge ("Carex laevigata"). As with the bogs, so the woodland also provide transition locations, such as from wet birch-wood to purple moor-grass or to bogs of lesser pond-sedge ("Carex acutiformis"). Other wood species found include
Burrington Combe as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1952. The calcareous grasslands support a diverse flora which includes Salad burnet ("Sanguisorba minor"), Knapweed ("Centaurea scabiosa" and "Centaurea nigra"), Rock-rose ("Helianthemum nummularium") and Wild thyme ("Thymus praecox"). On the higher, more acidic, slopes Goldenrod ("Solidago virgaurea"), Wood sage ("Teucrium scorodonia") and Common Bent ("Agrostis capillaris") can be found. There are also scrub plants including Hawthorn ("Crataegus monogyna"), Mountain ash ("Sorbus aucuparia"), gorse ("Ulex europaeus") and Elder ("Sambucus nigra"). Several of the caves support bat populations. Geologically it is recognised as a fluvial karst feature which partly intersects a buried and filled