new locality

On Saturday I had a look at a new locality - the hill at the southern extremity of parish A. Most of the accessible parts of this locality are a tree-lined sunken lane with patches of adjoining woodland, but there is also a public footpath that runs along the foot of the hill (there is a distinct break of slope here).

Plants recorded are ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastaneum), garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), burdock (Arctium sp.), sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), mouseear (Cerastium sp.), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), hazel (Corylus avellana), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), hemp-nettle (Galeopsis sp.), cleavers (Galium aparine), cut-leaved cranesbill (Geranium dissectum), herb robert (Geranium robertianum), wood avens (Geum urbanum), ivy (Hedera helix), hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), blubell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), holly (Ilex aquifolium), Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), nipplewort (Lapsana communis), dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis), Myosotis sylvatica (forget-me-not), ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), silverweed (Potentilla anserina), lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), common oak (Quercus robur), field buttercup (Ranunculus acris), lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens), redcurrant (Ribes rubrum), bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), elder (Sambucus nigra), groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), chickweed (Stellaria media agg.), red clover (Trifolium pratense), elm (Ulmus sp.), nettle (Urtica dioica) and germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys).

This includes the first record of lungwort in the area, and the first record of regenerating, rather than planted, sweet chestnut.