| Identifying native plants on our land |
| September 23 | October 23 | November 23 | December 23 | January 24 | Spring 24 | Summer 24 |
| Native plants: Spring 24 |
| In September 23, we gave ourselves the task of finding, identifying and photographing a different wild/native plant from our land every single day. We planned to do it till the plants ran out, or the days ran out, or we ran out.... whichever came sooner.... We got to mid January 24 just before cold and rain and wind meant we stopped being able to find any new plants on our daily searches and so we stopped looking and promised ourselves to return to the task when spring got going..... In April 24 we began again, and in addition to finding new plants, we began to photograph as many as we could find in flower. We aim to publish our entire list of plants in family order soon. (Disclaimer: we are very much amateur botanists and reply on books, the internet and plant apps to help us identify the plants we find, we may not always get it right and are happy to receive feedback on any of the identifications we make.) |
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Current plant count on our land: = 153 (NEW this spring = 20) |
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| June 15th 2024 Wild Mustard - Rhamphospermum arvense Poultry paddock On our land: only in this paddock so far  |
June 12th 2024 Pineapple Weed (Wild Chamomile) - Matricaria discoidea Oak field, just outside field shelter Only seen in this location so far  |
June 7th 2024 Common Comfrey - Chenopodium album Garden (silver birch border) Only in this border  |
| June 2nd 2024 Fat Hen - Chenopodium album Allotment, on muck heap On our land: commonality not yet known  |
May 29th 2024 Water Manna Grass - Glyceria fluitans Oak field, in well area On our land: commonality unknown  |
May 28th 2024 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea alba Garden (by silver birch) On our land: just this clump so far  |
| May 27th 2024 Oval sedge- Carex leporina Oak field, bottom corner On our land: commonality not yet known  | May 26th 2024 Sweet Chestnut - Castanea sativa Oak field On our land: several planted in Oak field, spring 24  |
May 19th 2024 Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus Oak field On our land: several planted in Oak field, spring 24  |
| May 18th 2024 Yellow iris - Iris pseudacorus Garden Pond On our land: several in garden  |
May 16th 2024 Rough meadow grass - Poa trivialis Allotment On our land: commonality not yet known  |
May 12th 2024 Yorkshire fog grass - Holcus lanatus Oak field On our land: commonality not yet known  |
| May 7th 2024 Common bisort - Bistorta officinalis Garden pond On our land: only round pond  |
May 3rd 2024 Black poplar hybrid? Green Lane On our land: just a few in this area  |
May 2nd 2024 Hedge bindweed - Calystegia sepium Garden On our land: common  |
| April 24th 2024 Marsh marigold - Caltha palustris Garden, in pond On our land: just in pond  |
April 23rd 2024 Sweet vernal-grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum Oak field, bottom On our land: common  |
April 16th 2024 Common Bluebell - Hyacinthoides non-scripta Garden, stable lawn On our land: common in garden  |
| April 9th 2024 Meadow foxtail - Alopecurus pratensis Oak field, near the bottom On our land: common  |
April 2nd 2024 Goat willow - Salix caprea Fruit Field, inner hedgerow On our land: quite common  |
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