White Sedge

It was good to see White Sedge, Carex canescens doing well at East Ruston Common SSSI after scrub clearance in recent years.

Bob Ellis

02.06.2020

Recent Sightings

Grass Vetchling

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grass pea — Grass Vetchling *Lathyrus nissoli* Photo: Jo Parmenter

We were thrilled to find the jewel-like flowers of Lathyrus nissolia near Acle- a new hectad record for the plant.

Purple-stem Cat's-tail

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grass — Purple-stem Cat's-tail *Phleum phleoides* Photo: Jo Parmenter

As modelled by Meg, a gloriously architectural Phleum phleoides at Shadwell Estate.

Dense Silky-bent

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We were excited to find Apera interrupta growing alongside a sandy track in our survey area on the Shadwell Estate. A ‘new’ plant for several of our group.

The eagle-eyed Mary continues to miss nothing - after we recorded plenty of Eyebrights Euphrasia spp. and Small scabious Scabiosa columbaria, she spotted the minute Basil Thyme Clinopodium acinos in grassland at the edge of a forestry plantation and earned 'P

Forked Catchfly

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Thrilled to find a large population of the non-native annual, Forked Catchfly Silene dichotoma, on the edge of a proposed development site on the edge of Thetford. Thanks to Bill & Carol Hawkins for the tip-off!