Over 160 different vascular plants have been recorded at Winskill Stones including noteworthy species such as spring sandwort, horseshoe vetch, meadow saxifrage, mossy saxifrage, mountain everlasting and moonwort.
The caterpillars feed from August in the flower stems and shoots of mountain everlasting and hibernate there.
A little gem to look for here is the very local mountain everlasting.
It encourages the growth of amazing wild flowers; including mountain everlasting, mountain aven, grass of Parnassus and a wide variety of rare orchids.
The Peak District is a meeting point between northern and southern types of calcareous grassland thus, on south-facing slopes, southern calcareous species such as dwarf thistle are found, whilst on the north-facing slopes northern calcareous species, such as mountain everlasting, are found.