Saturday, 9 May 2009

A few more plants

Yesterday I crossed the Florula Urbana area twice on the way to and from the city centre.

Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria), which wasn't recorded last year because I didn't start recording plants in the area until later in the year, was seen in a few localities.

A little over the border into the area were some plants of wall speedwell (Veronica arvensis).

I used a public footpath that I hadn't used for a few years. This had a colony of woodruff (Galium odoratum) alongside it, and also a few scattered plants of ramsoms (Allium ursinum).

I came back through the woods on the east side of the park lying to the south of the region. This had a colony of bugle (Ajuga reptans). There was also a colony of a speedwell, that I think was wood speedwell (Veronica montana), which I will verify later.

Finally, on the edge of the northern section of the park (seen from the adjoining road) was a specimen of fly honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum).

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