The newborn black lambs and the spring sunshine added to the delightful walk yesterday across a grazed meadow where on close inspection many interesting little plants were to be found, including the first Romulea columnae Sand Crocus. It seems to be a good year for Lamium purpureum Red Dead-nettle, there was a good display near the entrance gate. There were numerous plants of Luzula campestris Field Wood-rush or Good Friday Grass all across the meadow. There were some small plants of Erophila verna Common Whitlow Grass which I hoped might be the sand dune subspecies, but the specimens I bought home were not sufficiently hairy to qualify for that status.
The difference between the grazed meadow and the enclosed Dolmen was noticeable, there were plants like Rubus fruiticosus Bramble, Pseudognaphalium undulatum Cape Cudweed and someone must have planted Narcissus x cyclazetta ‘Tête-à-tête’ the small horticultural Daffodil, which it would be desirable for them to be removed if possible.
Anne Haden
Botany Secretary
