Week 8’ Preview : 7th – 13th May
First, the four species carried over from last week:
Square-stalked Willowherb, Epilobium tetragonum; Quaking-grass, Briza media; Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii; Spear Thistle, Cirsium vulgare
To which we can add the following 16 species:
Flote-grass, Glyceria fluitans; Spiked Sedge, Carex spicata; Hedge Woundwort, Stachys sylvatica; Creeping Cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans; Weld, Reseda luteola; Meadow Vetchling, Lathyrus pratensis; Corky-fruited Water-dropwort, Oenanthe pimpinelloides; Lesser Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis; Meadow Fescue, Festuca pratensis; Hop Trefoil, Trifolium campestre; Eyebright, Euphrasia sp/agg; Wall Lettuce, Mycelis muralis; Ground-elder, Aegopodium podagraria; Viper’s-bugloss, Echium vulgare; Privet, Ligustrum vulgare; Meadow Cow-wheat, Melampyrum pratense
Other species, already recorded, but which may soon be starting to flower more widely, would also be worth recording if you see them: e.g. Common Ragwort, Jacobea vulgaris (= Senecio jacobaea); Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; Ragged Robin, Silene flos-cuculi; Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus minor; Smooth Hawk’s-beard, Crepis capillaris
As always, I’d be very pleased to hear from anyone seeing any of these (or other) spp coming into flower in the next week, by email to simonleach@phonecoop.coop.
With all good wishes for the coming week.
Simon