ID help needed please!

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Hi,

The following images were taken yesterday in Teesdale. Any help with ID greatly appreciated!

Regards
Tristan

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I am not sure which Stitchwort this is?

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Is this Knotted Pearlwort?

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Not sure what family this is in, let alone what species! Any ideas? Leaves were linnear (very grass like).

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And finally! Any ideas what this Fern is?
Any help appreciated.

[Xenospiza]

The first plant looks a lot like not-yet-flowering Common Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium). The "Stitchwort" is one of the Mouse-ears (Cerastium... don't know which one: what kind of habitat was it growing in?)
Knotted Pearlwort is right. The "grass" seems to be Marsh Arrowgrass (Triglochin palustre). The fern is Polypody (Polypodium vulgare).

[Xenospiza]

The first could also be Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), which I admit looks completely different from Rock-rose!

[lizard orchid]

Dear Tristan R ,
Your first set of pctures are a Milkwort species. The pictures of the plant in seed are Scottish Asphodel { Tofieldia pusilla } which I myself have also seen in Teesdale. Your fern pictures is one of the Polypody ferns , however I am a bit rusty on which one it is.

Lizard Orchid { Brian Laney }

[lizard orchid]

Dear Tristan R ,
I agree with your idea of one set of your pictures being Knotted Pearlwort. The set of pictures before this is one of the Cerastium species but not quite sure which one.

Lizard orchid { Brian Laney }

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Hi Lizard Orchid and Xenospiza,

Thanks for your help with my queries. Looking at the leaf arrangement on the Polygala sp, could this be Dwarf Milkwort (Polygala amerella)?
The Cerastium ssp was growing on the edge of a dry section of limestone on the periphary of upland bog habitat.

Regards
Tristan

[Xenospiza]

amarella looks OK to me.

[Binocularface]

amarella looks OK to me.

Hi Xenospiza,

I have just had the Milkwort Confirmed as Polygala vulgaris as in your original Polygala suggestion. Also the Cerastium ssp is Cerastium fontanum (ID clinched as it is the only one with 10 stamens).

Regards
Tristan

[rollingthunder]

When in Teesdale - it's a good idea to nibble Milkwort leaves if unsure as i have found Bitter Milkwort to be ... bitter :eat: