Wild Plants and Vegetation
Starved plants of lesser trefoil Trifolium dubium may pose problems of identification for slender trefoil, Trifolium micranthum. The picture helps by showing the two alongside one another. Note the diagnostic longer central leaflet stalk of dubium (top arrow) and its … Continued
Tips on telling blunt-flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus from sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, which is much more common in Herefordshire The photo shows some differences in ‘jizz’. Sharp-flowered (L) has dark-chestnut perianths and capsules, blunt-flowered distinctly paler ones (though note much … Continued
We have to be (1) consistent about identification and (2) record in a productive and meaningful fashion. 1 Identification Quite a lot has been written on the subject. There are mathematical formulae (equivalent to the same thing Stace advocates for … Continued
Cambricum is a southern lime-lover and easiest by virtue of very restricted distribution in Herefordshire (the Lower Wye NCA), predilection for south-facing limestone, and having the most distinct form of the three. Distinguishing the other two is more difficult and … Continued
Year on year, the field season kicks off with the dilemma of telling the early from the common dog-violet. You know how it is… The sweet violet, appearing first, lulls us into a false sense of security. Even if you … Continued