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

Wild Basil

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An amazing display of Wild Basil on roadside verges throughout TM28A near Brockdish. Occasionally found with other South Norfolk specialities such as Sulphur Clover (Trifolium ochroleucon) and Pepper Saxifrage (Silaum silaus).

Hungarian Brome

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It has been some time since I have seen Hungarian Brome Bromopsis inermis in the county, so it was a pleasure to see it in some abundance near Scole.

Hard Grass alongside slip road

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Hard Grass was growing as a salt alien, along the edge of the slip road to the A11 in Wymondham. The picture shows the glumes, side by side, and hiding behind are the anthers which are important for identification.

Betony

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We found a few patches of Betony in bud in Silfield nature reserve near the Lizard in Wymondam, then later in the open meadow we came across a mass of purple flowers.

Common Cow-wheat

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The two colonies of Common Cow-wheat at either end of the strip of woodland between Eaton Park and Bluebell Road are both doing well. This plant is hemi-parasitic, meaning that it relies on obtaining some of its nutrients from the roots of nearby plants.