Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem
It was lovely to see Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem alongside the path to St Andrew's Church in Eaton, especially as last Spring it was disturbed by the cutting back of the Lime trees.
It was lovely to see Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem alongside the path to St Andrew's Church in Eaton, especially as last Spring it was disturbed by the cutting back of the Lime trees.
We spotted a small patch of Glory-of-the-snow growing amongst Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris on the top of a steep roadside bank alongside an agricultural field. It was around 50 meters from the nearest house on Pit Street in Lower Southrepps.
Hemispheric liverwort Reboulia hemisphaerica is quite frequent on steep roadside banks in this area.
We spotted a lonely plant on a roadside verge on Stump Cross Lane in Southrepps parish at least 100m from habitation.
We spotted a small patch of Coltsfoot in a strip of wet woodland on the northwestern edge of Southrepps parish. The flower shoots were emerging out of the woodland floor and the flowers just beginning to open.
We found Viola odorata f. lilacina in a grassy area in Rollesby and on edge of woodland just north of Acle.
We found Annual Buttonweed in a roadside gutter in urban Rollesby. This was a rather unexpected find, as there have only been 78 previous records of this plant for the UK, and only 2 from Norfolk, for Kelling Heath Caravan Park and an urban location in North Walsham.
Green field-speedwell is being found increasing in urban situations or anywhere where sunny well-drained bare ground is maintained.
We recorded 49 species in flower during our three hour walk around Southrepps for the BSBI New Year Plant hunt 2021, our most notable find was Corn Marigold, which was found in a boggy area at t
One plant of a mystery grass species was found in December 2020 growing on part of the medieval town wall of Gt Yarmouth, close to the quayside, by the authors, and after all attempts to identify it failed, the specimen was sent to the referee for alien grasses, Oli Pescott.