Week 3’ Preview : 1st April
Right, here we go again. ‘Week 3’, if you’re up for it, runs from tomorrow, 2nd April, until next Wednesday 8th April. Five species are carried over from last week, namely:
Sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus; Bugle, Ajuga reptans; Beaked Hawk’s-beard, Crepis vesicaria; Red Clover, Trifolium pratense; Common Vetch, Vicia sativa
To which we can now add the following ten spp:
Lesser Swine-cress, Lepidium didymum (= Coronopus didymus); Early-purple Orchid, Orchis mascula; Common Comfrey, Symphytum officinale; Barren Brome, Anisantha sterilis; Greater Pond-sedge, Carex riparia; Winter-cress, Barbarea vulgaris; Wood Speedwell, Veronica montana; Lesser Trefoil, Trifolium dubium; Elder, Sambucus nigra; Common Nettle, Urtica dioica
Hopefully this gives you a decent range of species to look out for, whether you’re out in the sticks or an out-and-out townie. Incidentally, if spring continues advancing at the same pace as it has up until now, we probably ought to have knocked all these off by about the 12th. (By which time the swallows will be back! There’s always something to look forward to, thank goodness.)
As usual, I’d love to hear from anyone seeing any of these (or any other) species coming into flower in the next week, preferably by email simonleach@phonecoop.coop
Many thanks, take care everyone, and best wishes. Hope you all have a good week.
Simon