Hollymount (NNR)

Map reference: J466399, 1 ml W of Downpatrick.
Hectares: 12.5
Alder carr and fen..
Restricted access October-January; via forest road from public road west.
April/June.

The reserve is a fine example of alder and willow carr.

There are a wide variety of sedges, perhaps the most spectacular being the extensive bed of tussock sedge, Carex paniculata; the pond sedge C. riparia is also common. The wide stagnant ditches in the reserve contain the water violet, Hottonia palustris which is very rare in Ireland.