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Some flowers out in mid Summer (June) |
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AQUATIC PLANTS
AUTUMN FLOWERS
AUTUMN FRUITS
GRASSES
LATE SUMMER FLOWERS
MAYTIME FLOWERS
SEDGES & RUSHES
SPRING FLOWERS
SUMMER FLOWERS
WINTER TWIGS |
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DOG ROSE Rosa canina
agg.
Common on woodland edge, and
hedgerows. Often with long arching stems
which may hang from the surrounding bushes.
Photo: 28th
June 2006. Plantation. |
FIELD ROSE Rosa arvensis.
Common in low scrub areas,
where it forms a tangled mass. Note the fused styles which form a column
in centre.
Photo: 28th
June 2006. Latchford Meadow. |
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HONEYSUCKLE
Lonicera periclymenum.
A climbing
shrub, common in the secondary woodland areas. Radiates a pleasant scent
especially in the summer evenings around Roe's Well. Photo: 21st June 2000.
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ENCHANTERS NIGHTSHADE
Circaea lutetiana
Common within the woodland and
on woodland edges.
Photo; 28th June 2006. Near
Roe's Well. |
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GREATER WILLOW HERB or CODLINS
AND CREAM
Epilobium hirsutum.
Tall plant up to 1.8m.
Found in wet places in the forest.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
Latchford Meadow boggy area. |
HOARY
WILLOW HERB Epilobium parviflorum.
Closely related to the Greater
Willow herb. A hairy plant about 25mm tall, found in the margins of Roe's
Well. Photo: 28th June 2006. |
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WHITE or DUTCH CLOVER
Trifolium repens
Common on the short grassland
areas and paths. Photo: 28th June 2006. Latchford
Meadow. |
SPOTTED
MEDICK Medicago arabica
The clover-like leaves have a
purplish blotch on them.
Found in grassy and bare
earth. Photo: 28th June 2006. Angel Car park. |
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TORMENTIL Potentilla erecta
Generally has four petals
compared with five on other Potentillas.
Found throughout the forest in
the acid grassland areas.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
Heathland. |
CAT'S EAR Hypochaeris
radicata
Flowering stems about 30cm
high. Found throughout the forest in the acid grassland areas.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
Heathland. |
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LESSER STITCHWORT Stellaria
graminea.
Compare with its larger
flowered species Greater stitchwort which flowers in Maytime. Common in
all the dry grassy areas of the forest.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
Heathland. |
RIBWORT PLANTAIN Plantago
lanceolata.
Found throughout the forest in
grassy areas. Flowering stems arise from a rosette of lance-shaped
leaves.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
Latchford meadow. |
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COMMON BIRD'S-FOOT-TREFOIL
Lotus corniculatus
Grassy areas in the forest. Many names given to this plant
including Boots and shoes and Lady's slipper. Granny's toenails
refers to the seed pods.
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil
L. uliginosus also present in similar areas of the forest. It is
larger, more flowers in each inflorescence, and is hairy.
Photo; 28th June 2006.
Plantation. |
LARGE BINDWEED Calystegia
silvatica.
Found throughout the forest
especially in clearings and woodland edges. Here seen climbing the stem of
Hemlock. Hedge bindweed C. sepium also occurs and is very similar.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
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MUSK MALLOW Malva moschata.
Found in the wild flower
meadow on Hog Hill. Closely related to the Common mallow which it differs
from in having deeply cut leaves.
Photo: 28th June 2006. |
NIPPLEWORT Lapsana
communis.
A tall plant (up to 1m) with
small dandelion-like flowers. On woodland rides throughout the forest.
Photo: 28th June 2006. Ride on
Hog Hill. |
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TUFTED VETCH Vicia cracca.
Found in long grassland areas,
throughout the forest. Supports itself on the grass stems by using
tendrils which it wraps around the stem. The tendril is a modified end of
the leaf.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
Heathland. |
RUSSIAN COMFREY Symphytum x
uplandicum.
Found throughout the forest
especially in damp places.
Photo: 28th June 2006. Dog
Kennel Hill |
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OX-EYE DAISY Leucanthemum
vulgare.
Found in the farm and in the
wild flower meadow.
Photo: 28th June 2006. On the
farm. |
HOGWEED Heracleum
sphondylium
An umbellifer common
throughout the forest. A tall, robust plant of the same family as the Cow
Parsley which is found in earlier.
Photo: 28th June 2006.
Headland Path. |
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WOOD SPURGE Euphorbia amygdaloides
growing in the woodland edges near the lake. Photo:
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Vic George |
FOXGLOVE close up showing bee
entering the flower. In gathering the nectar it will pollinate the flower.
Casual appearing on Hainault Lodge Reserve and on the heathland.
Photo:
©
Vic George |
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