These Plants were seen during June-2017. Since they were growing in the open there was no way they were going to survive the Council's Strimmers: nor did they.
Today was the first time we had returned to the Church Grounds since the Council' Strimmers destroyed the Bee Orchids we found during early-June.
Although we found lots of Ivy Broomrape today that had flowered, we really don't know if they were this Year's Plants or from previous Years. That being said, there are still a few Plants in flower viz.
The Church' Grounds * are a designated, Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC), in the London Borough of Bexley. That being said, we are inclined to think that the survival of the Ivy Broomrape is essentially down to luck rather than any judgement.
We don't know if the Council bears any responsibilty for maintaining SINC's: from what we have seen, it seems unlikely even though the Council seems to recognise their existence. That being said however, they should surely know enough about the SINC's and the Plants &c. that grow there, to want to avoid wanton destruction?
All of which makes our find today of a small population of Ivy Broomrape growing nearby, beside the Thames Path, all the more satisfying (Grid Reference TQ5096578806 or thereabouts): especially since the majority of Plants (forty plus we reckon) are growing on a steep slope and hopefully beyond the future reach of any Council' Strimmer (they were certainly beyond our reach) viz.
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* Plants seen flowering in the Church' Grounds during our visit included:
Black Horehound viz.
Common Bird's-Foot-Trefoil, Common Knapweed viz.
Various members of the Daisy Family, Ivy Broomrape (see above), Red Clover, Selfheal viz.
Spotted Medick (a favourite of ours with its small, super-pretty flowers), White Campion, White Clover, White Stonecrop viz.
and Yarrow.
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