Wednesday 14 May 2008

woodland plants

I took the long way to the supermarket this morning, to have a look at the largest area of woodland in the Florula Prima area.

Seedlings of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), beech (Fagus sylvatica), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), holly (Ilex aquifolium and elm (Ulmus sp.) were observed.

Shrubs included ivy (Hedera helix), bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg), rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) and snowberry (Sympharicarpos sp.). I need to confirm that the last two are growing wild, rather than were planted.

Herbaceous plants include garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), ramsons (Allium ursinum), wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa, cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), hairy bitter-cress (Cardamine hirusta), opposite-leaved golden saxifrage (Chyrsoplenium oppositifolium), pink purslane (Claytonia siberica), cleavers (Galium aparine), herb robert (Geranium robertianum), wood avens (Geum urbanum), hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta, an iris (Iris sp.), yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon), a mercury (Mercurialis sp.), lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), red campion (Silene dioica), a nightshade (Solanum sp.) dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg.), nettle (Urtica dioica), wood speedwell (Veronica montana), and a water lily.

Plus bracken.

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