Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
The dry heath is dominated by heather, "Calluna vulgaris", and wavy hair-grass, "Deschampsia flexuosa"; the regionally rare bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, is found on the higher parts of Blanchland Moor. Other noteworthy plants are the nationally scarce pale forget-me-not, "Myosotis stolonifera", and the regionally rare round-leaved crowfoot, "Ranunculus omiophyllus", and ivy-leaved bellflower, "Wahlenbergia hederacea", all of which occur in the vicinity of streams, and the nationally scarce spring sandwort, "Minuartia verna", one of a number of metallophytes that occur on old spoil heaps around disused lead-mines on Stanhope Common.