Janet Higgins

Succulent Sea Rocket

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Sea Rocket Cakile maritima   Photo: Janet Higgins

A large group gathered at Winterton for the opportunity to see some of the coastal specialities. Sea Rocket is doing very well and was found scattered all over the fore dunes.

Scrambling Sea Bindweed

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Sea Bindweed Calystegia soldanella   Photo: Janet Higgins

Our jolly to Winterton Dunes NNR to see some of the coastal specialities did not disappoint.There was a lovely display of Sea Bindweed Calystegia soldanella, shown here scrambling amongst the abundant Marram Grass Ammophila arenaria.

Spiny Slender Thistle

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Slender Thistle Carduus tenuiflorus  Photo: Janet HIggins

We were excited to see this spiny thistle on a Norfolk Flora Group outing to Berney Marshes. A large stand was found growing in a drier area, around the base of a disused windmill alongside Breydon water.

Neglected Chickweed

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Greater Chickweed Stellaria neglecta  Photo: Janet Higgins

During my lunchtime walk around Bowthorpe Marshes, I noticed a patch of chickweed, growing in the long grass beneath some trees, along the edge of a the footpath.