Roadside Flora

[cjay]

Whilst awaiting a breakdown recovery vehicle at Copland Way Beccles Suffolk I recorded the flowering plants in the layby. The verge had a clay substrate & 18 plants were recorded in flower.

Anagallis arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel)
Bellis perennis (Daisy)
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-Ear)
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle)
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-Foot)
Lathyrus nissolia (Grass Vetchling)
Lotus corniculatus (Common Bird's-Foot-Trefoil)
Picris echioides (Bristly Oxtongue)
Plantago coronopus (Buck's-Horn Plantain)
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain)
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup)
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-Thistle)
Taraxacum officinale agg. (Dandelion)
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)
Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Ulex europaeus (Gorse)
Vicia hirsuta (Hairy Tare)
Vicia sativa (Common vetch)

[steve_nova]

Grass Vetchling, I would love to see that discreet plant one day. Hope you didn't have to wait too long!

[cjay]

Grass Vetchling is hard to find This time it was with Vica sativa.

Mandy my wife found it As I had overlooked it.

We waited an hour & a half for the RAC but I enjoyed looking at the flora.

CJ