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| A Plant a Day: December 23 |
| In September 23, we started doing this totally mad thing.. we gave ourselves the task of finding, identifying and photographing a different wild 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 begin again, although are now tasking ourselves to find a 'flowering' plant each day or a totally new one - this will give us a chance to re-find the 133 plants found over the 23/24 winter but also to hopefully find new ones too.... |
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Current plant count on our land: = 118 (NEW this month = 31) |
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| December 31st 2023 Ivy-leaved speedwell - Veronica hederifolia Garden, beech tree border On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 30th 2023 Common chickweed - Stellaria media Oak Field, inner hedgerow, in ditch On our land: fairly common in this ditch  |
December 29th 2023 Common nipplewort - Lapsana communis Poultry Paddock, behind pig arc area On our land: Common in this paddock  |
| December 28th 2023 Mouse-ear hawkweed - Pilosella officinarum Front Drive, base of bank On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 27th 2023 Red-stemmed feather-moss - Pleurozium schreberi Oak field, along top fence On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 26th 2023 Lesser celandine - Ficaria verna Front Drive Bank On our land: very, very common  |
| December 25th 2023 Creeping jenny - Lysimachia nummularia Driveway, near south entrance On our land: a few so far  |
December 24th 2023 Ground elder - Aegopodium podagraria Goat Field, inner hedgerow On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 23rd 2023 Lesser spearwort - Ranunculus flammula Oak Field, far bottom corner in grass On our land: commonality not yet known  |
| December 22nd 2023 Common marsh bedstraw - Galium palustre Goat Field, inner hedgerow, in ditch On our land: common in this ditch  |
December 21st 2023 Hemlock water dropwort - Oenanthe crocata Oak Field, inner hedgerow, near top On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 20th 2023 Early dog violet - Viola reichenbachiana Swallow Field, inner hedgerow, Yeti's gate On our land: commonality not yet known  |
| December 19th 2023 Sweet briar rose - Rosa rubiginosa Green Lane, middle On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 18th 2023 Brittle bladder-fern - Cystopteris fragilis Green Lane, garden bank side near poultry gate end On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 17th 2023 Bush vetch - Vicia sepium Four-Fruit-Tree Area On our land: commonality not yet known  |
| December 16th 2023 White clover - Trifolium repens Allotment On our land: very, very common  |
December 15th 2023 Bugle - Ajuga reptans Garden (Mountain Fleece steps) On our land: common in garden  |
December 14th 2023 Wallflower - Erysimum cheiri Front Drive Bank On our land: common in garden  |
| December 13th 2023 Woodspurge - Euphorbia amygdaloides Garden (Silver birch border) On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 12th 2023 Crested woodfern - Dryopteris cristata Front Drive Bank On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 11th 2023 Fringed willowherb - Epilobium ciliatum Front Drive Bank On our land: a few seen so far  |
| December 10th 2023 Scaly male fern - Dryopteris affinis Four-Fruit-Tree Area On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 9th 2023 Ash - Fraxinus excelsior Swallow Field, inner hedgerow On our land: a fair few  |
December 8th 2023 Foxglove - Digitalis purpurea Swallow Field, inner hedgerow On our land: very common  |
| December 7th 2023 Hairy bittercress - Cardamine hirsuta Garden, gravel path On our land: fairly common  |
December 6th 2023 Wall speedwell - Veronica arvensis Allotment On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 5th 2023 Sweet violet - Viola odorata Oak Field, inner hedge (under Ash tree) On our land: commonality not yet known  |
| December 4th 2023 Black medick - Medicago lupulina Allotment On our land: commonality not yet known  |
December 3rd 2023 Cuckoo flower - Cardamine pratensis Goat Field, inner hedgerow On our land: very common  |
December 2nd 2023 Stinging nettle - Urtica dioica Fruit Field, inner hedgerow On our land: everywhere  |
| December 1st 2023 Ribwort plantain - Plantago lanceolata Allotment On our land: fairly common  |
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