Flower Walk, 2 July 2003

Martyn Stead leads flower walks on the first Wednesday of the summer months - May, June, July and August. The walks start at 7pm from the car park. We do not have an extensive database of botanical information on our site. If you want to know more about any of the flowers listed here, we suggest you visit the Reticule web site. The site will also help you name a flower based on the description you can provide.

Four people turned out. The weather was sunny with some cloud. Martyn Stead lead with Jonanthon Barritt recording.

Wellfield Area

1. Common Spotted Orchid (262 spikes)
2. Timothy Grass
3. Cocks-foot Grass
4. Crested Dogs Tail Grass
5. False Oat-Grass
6. Meadow Vetchling
7. Lesser Trefoil
8. Smooth Tare
9. Hairy Tare
10. White Clover
11. Creeping Thistle
12. Curled Dock
13. Hogweed
14. Broad Leaved Dock
15. Meadowsweet
16 Red Clover
17. Nipplewort
18. Herb Bennet

Metal Bridge Area on Caldy Valley Road

19. Teasel
20. Ox-Eye Daisy
21. Ragwort
22. Short Fruited Willowherb
23. Perenial Rhy Grass
24. Common Reed
25. Tufted Vetch
26. Great Bindweed

Tarmac Path to Bachelors Bridge (stream on right)

27. Male Fern
28. White Bryony
29. Silverweed
30. Cleavers

Bachelors Bridge Area

31. Fools Water Cress
32. Water Cress
33. Marsh Woundwort
34. Dotted Loosestrife
35. Water Pepper

Malcolm's Scrape Area

36. Canadian Pondweed
37. Common Duckweed
38. Rigid Hornwort
39. Celery Leaved Buttercup
40. Water Forget-Me-Not
41. Great Willowherb
42. Galingale

Malcolm's Scrape to Main Pond

43. Couch Grass
44. Hemlock

Main Pond Area

45. Lesser Stitchwort
46. Black Horehound

Bachelors Hill down Cycleway to Bachelor's Bridge

47. Black Medick
48. Shepherds Purse
49. Birdsfoot Trefoil
50. Knapweed
51. Broad- Leaved Willowherb
52. Prickly Sow Thistle
53. Cut Leaved Cranesbill
54. Mugwort
55. Lady's Bedstraw
56. Wild Carrot
57. Self-Heal
58. Common Centaury
59. Imperforate St. Johnswort
60. Barren Strawberry
61. Toad rush
62. Cuckoo Pint
63. Wavy Bittercress

NB: One new species found, MALE FERN (no 27)

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