On Wed the 14th of August, the local recorder, I and two others did some plant recording on Towen Island. The activity was very educational - we learned about everything from the extra types of plantain to sea lavender. A handy thing was that if you got the Genus right, the species name was likely to be 'maritima'.
 |
| Looking like Rhubarb; Burdock - Arctium minus |
 |
A comparison of Reddeadnettle - Lamium purpureum and woundwort - Stachys sylvatica
Woundwort has a strong smell, like dog urine according to some; neither of the plants sting. |
 |
| Charlock - Sinapis arvense |
|
 |
| Sun Spurge - Euphorbia helioscopia |
 |
| Northern Bedstraw - Galium boreale |
 |
| Lady's Bedstraw - Galium vernum |
And the plantains:
 |
| Buck's horn plantain - Plantago coronopus | |
 |
| Sea plantan - Plantago Maritima |
|
Let the 'maritimas' begin:
 |
| Lesser Sea-spurry - Spurgularia maritima |
 |
| Sea-spurry - Spergularia media and S. maritima |
 |
| Saltmarsh grass - Puccinellia maritima |
 |
| Rock Samphire - Crithmum maritimum |
 |
Glasswort?
Still to come: Sea Lavandar, Sea Wormwood |
