town centre

While visiting the library and supermarket today I took the opportunity to record plants present in the town centre.

Just two days after first observing small nettle (Urtica urens) in the Florula Prima area, I found another one here. Another new plant is lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis).

Having made a start on identifying willows I note that sallow (Salix caprea agg.) is present.

A yellow-flowered crucifer that I saw last year, but was unable to identify, is still present. It appears to be tall rocket (Sisymbrium altissimum) - the fruits are too long for any other plausible match, and are held at the right angle, but the upper leaves are unlobed and narrowly lanceolate, rather than with narrow lobes.

The path connecting Tesco with the main row of shops is planted with various shrubs, which includes sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), which appears to be regenerating. (I'll wait until I'm sure that it's seeding rather than suckering before adding it to the list.) A couple of plants of love-in-a-mist (Nigella sp.) is also growing here.

I came back along the canal, where I passed a meadow cranesbill (Geranium pratense).