ID Guides

We are continuing to build a resource of identification aids here

1. Bob Leaney's visual keys and other workshop notes

2. Mick Crawley's snowdrop identification guide (pdf)

3. Matt Parratt's conifer workshop and resources

4. Brian Eversham's elm workshop September 2021

Recent Sightings

Sea Club-rush

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Suki Pryce spotted Bolboschoenus maritimus Sea Club-rush on the Overstrand sea front, growing with other interesting species such as Atriplex portulacoides Sea-purslane and Triglochin maritimum Sea Arrowgrass, none of which have

Sanicle

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Sanicle in full flower at NWT’s Ashwellthorpe Wood Reserve for a well-attended joint meeting with Norfolk and Norwich Naturalist’s Society.

Snow-white Wood-rush at the Broadland Country Park

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During our spring flora group survey of Broadland Country Park, we spotted a tuft of hairy woodrush leaves, which we were unable to identify vegetatively.

Long-stalked Crane's-bill near Worstead

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geranium — Long-stalked Crane's-bill *Geranium Columbinum* Photo: Janet Higgins

We were surprised to find Long-stalked Crane's-bill growing on a grassy roadside bank near Worstead. We found a good number of plants along a stretch of about 2m, growing with Soft Brome Bromus hordeaceus and Yellow Toadflax Linaria vulgare.

Pink Clover

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reversed clover — Reversed Clover *Trifolium resupinatum* Photo: Jo Parmenter

We found this pretty pink clover in a recently constructed balancing pond at Little Snoring, in North Norfolk. The site has likely been sown with a ‘wildflower seed mix’ as other species present included cornfield annuals such as corncockle, the non-nativ