Grimston Warren

Looking towards Roydon Common













Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)







Trifid Burr-Marigold (Bidens tripartita)

Green phyllaries, only disc florets no ray florets





Brookweed (Samolus valerandi)



Lucerne Bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus)



Slightly older



Spiked Sedge (Carex spicata)







Colletes Sp

Hairy-saddled Colletes (Colletes fodiens)?







A cross between Corn Mint (Mentha arvensis) and Water Mint (Mentha aquatica)





Marsh Cudweed (Gnaphalium uliginosum)





Early Hair Grass (Aira praecox)



Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)





Gall on Fen Bedstraw ( Galium uliginosum)

Possibly Geocrypta galli or Dasyneura hygrophila









Phalangium opilio ♂︎





Heather Colletes (Colletes succinctus)





Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus)







Square-stalked St John's Wort (Hypericum tetrapterum)



Ichneumon Sp





Annual Knawel (Scleranthus annuus)



Polygonum Sp?







Little feet. Lower leaves on the stem.

Lady Fern (Athyrium felix femina)



Bristle Club-rush (Isolepis setacea)





Lousewort (Pendicularis palustris) seed pods



Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)





Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)





Oval Sedge (Carex leporina)







Marsh Ragwort (Jacobea aquatica)



Robberfly Sp?









Black-horned Nomad Bee ♂︎ (Nomada rufipes)







Floating Club-rush (Eleogeton fluitans)



Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)



Thick-legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)



Thistle Sp basal rosette



Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)











Lesser Water Plantain (Baldellia ranunculoides)



Water Purslane (Lythrum portula)



Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria)











Characteristic purple rhizoids of Fossombronia Sp

Fossombronia Sp?



Heart-leaved Spear-moss (Calliergon cordifolium)



Creeping Bent (Agrostis stolonifera)





Very long awns 5.5-8mm

Dense Silky Bent (Aptera interrupta)

Largely restricted to East Anglia



Bearded Fescue (Vulpia ciliata subs ambigua)

Even longer Awns 7.7-11.5mm





Brown Bent (Agrostis vinealis)

Tags: CommonBent, TrifidBurr-Marigold, Brookweed, Cudweed, EarlyHairGrass, FloatingClub-rush, BeardedFescue, DenseSilkyBent, CreepingBent, AnnualKnawel, LadyFern, BristleClub-rush, Lousewort, BatmanHoverfly, Adder'sTongueFern, OvalSedge, MarshRagwort, Black-hornedNomadBee, Thick-leggedHoverfly, ThistleSp, WaspSpider, LesserWaterPlantain, WaterPurslane, HornetPlumehorn, Heart-leavedSpearMoss, IcneumonSp, Square-stalkedStJohn'sWort, AlderBuckthorn, FenBedstraw, Phalangiumopilio, HeatherColletes, YorkshireFog, Hairy-saddledColletes, Mint, LucerneBug, SpikedSedge