Thursday 16 July 2020

Out and About on the Crossness Nature Reserve and Surrounding area

We were hopeful of seeing the Frog Rush: mentioned in 'Kent Botany 2019'. It was alas, not to be.

Wild Flower' Species seen included:

Agrimony
Black Horehound
Black Medick
Bramble
Bristly Oxtongue
Burdock sp.
Celery-Leaved Buttercup
Cock's-Foot 
Common Fleabane
Common Knapweed (including the 'Rayed' variety)
Common Mallow
Common Ragwort
Common Sorrel
Common Spike-Rush
Creeping Cinquefoil
Creeping Thistle
Fennel
Field Bindweed
Field Scabious
Goat's-Beard
Goosefoot sp.
Greater Plantain
Gypsywort
Hedge Bedstraw
Hoary Cress
Lady's Bedstraw
Lesser Sea-Spurrey
Lesser Water-Parsnip
Lucerne aka Alfalfa
Mare's-Tail
Marjoram
Marsh Cudweed (in both the Norman Road Field and the West Paddock) viz.



Marsh Sow-Thistle
Marsh Yellow-Cress
Mugwort
Narrow-Leaved Bird's-Foot Trefoil
Orache sp.
Pale Flax viz.


Pink Water-Speedwell
Prickly Lettuce
Purple Loosestrife
Red Bartsia
Red Clover
Redshank
Ribwort Plantain
Sea Beet
Sea Club-Rush
Spear Thistle
Strawberry Clover
Teasel
Trifid Bur-Marigold
White Clover
Wild Carrot
and Yarrow



And it was nice to manage a few Train pictures at Belvedere viz.






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