BSBI Summer Meeting
at

Beeston Common & Beeston Bump



Beeston Common





Soft Rush



Ragged Robin







Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)





Flat Sedge (Blysmus compressus)







Compact Rush (Juncus glomeratum)



Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)















Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius agg)

Strictly

Leafy Rush (Juncus foliosus)



Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)


Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)



Almond Willow (Salix triandra)





Heath Grass (Danthonia decumbens)












Inland Club-rush (Bolboschoenus laticarpus)





Marsh Arrow Grass (Troglochin palustris)



Quaking Grass (Briza media)



Black Bog Rush (Schoenus nigricans)



Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladona)
















Bulbous Rush (Juncus bulbosus)






Marsh Valerian seed heads (Valeriana dioica)



Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)



Sphagnum Sp

Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)?



?
nestled in a bed of Pointed Spear-moss (Calliergonella cuspidatum)







?



Dodder

Greater Dodder Cuscuta europea)?



Carnation Sedge (Cares panicea)



Common Butterwort rosette (Pinguicula vulgaris)








Crested Buckler-fern (Dryopteris cristata)



Bog-groove Moss (Aulocomnium palustre)



Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris)

A fruiting spike with the utricles fully reflexed





Tawny Sedge (Carex hostiana)





?










Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) nestled amongst Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens) with capsules





Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)







Greater Sundew (Drosera anglica)





Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)



Marsh Hellborine (Epipactis palustris)



Slender St John's-wort (Hypericum pulchrum)

Beeston Bump









Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer)



Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)



Common Broomrape

Orobanche minor var heliophila



Purple Broomrape (Orobanche purpurea)

Now

Phelipanche purpurea







Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)





Rough Clover (Trifolium scabrum)





Sand Catchfly (Silene conica)



Spring Vetch (Vicia lathyroides)





Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia)







Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)







Toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)


Thanks for a great day

Corrections & additions always welcome.

Tags: SoftRush, RaggedRobin, HardRush, FlatSedge, CompactRush, LeafyRush, GreatSUndew, Round-leavedSundew, ToothedMedick, ToothedMedick, BroadBucklerFern, WildRadish, RoughClover, MeadowThistle, MarshHelleborine, StJohn'sWort, SweetVernalGrass, FleaSedge, LustrousBog-moss, CarnationSedge, MarshValerian, MeadowVetchling, BulbousRush, DeadlyNightshade, Landscape, SpringVetch, PurpleBroomrape, CommonBroomrape, KidneyVetch, BlueFleabane, PyramidalOrchid, BlackBogRush, SandCatchfly, MarshArrowGrass, CommonSpottedOrchid, HeathGrass, InlandRush, WildRadish, Blunt-floweredRush

Fringed Heartwort (Ricciarpos natans) just surfaced from the winter underwater world.

Tiny hearts spreading across the surface of the pingo.

A complete lack of the purple ventral scales seen in the images below from last June. Clear new out growths seen on the floating bodies, which can be seen in the above image.

Slightly more clearly in the enlarged images here.





Fringed Heartwort (Ricciocarpos natans) June 23









Willow-moss (Fotanalis antipyretica)







Fruiting Hornshuch's Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)







Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomnium palustre)









Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)_





A small liverwort tucked away in amongst the Sphagnum.



X100



X 200

Liverwort Sp

After much dissection & measuring this was determined to be

Common Pouchwort (Calypogeia fissa)







Great Scented Liverwort/Snakewort (Conocephalum Sp) with new growth.



Fissidens Sp growing on stone.



Marble Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa)

Tags: Landscape, WillowMoss, Hornschuch'sBeard-moss, LustrousBog-moss, GreatScentedLiverwort/Snakewort