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Re: A 2009 plant-hunter's diary

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Originally Posted by davidbr View Post
And, as I said, I've got some photos from my New Forest trip that I need some help in identifying... so here we go All suggestions welcome

1:

This, photographed at Martin Down, Wiltshire (next to where I found the Pasqueflower) is supposed to be Chalk Milkwort according to the reserve info on the Net, but I'm just not sure - what do people think? Chalk Milkwort, or just the common one?

2:

Could this be Dwarf Mouse-ear (Cerastium pumilum)? Found in the New Forest (at Bolderwood) in short grass by the side of a road, it certainly looked small enough and apparently one of the ID features of C. pumilum is the red stems.

3:

I can't make up my mind what this hawkbit-type daisy is; taken at Holmsley, the site for Narrow-leaved Lungwort.

4:

Growing on the sea wall at Keyhaven, I'm pretty sure this is some kind of pepperwort (Lepidium)?

5:

This was another shrub naturalised near our base at Avon Tyrrell; I'm fairly sure it's a member of the Ericaceae, but I've not been able to get any further with ID. The nearest I've found is Calico-bush, Kalmia latifolia, but the leaves still don't look right.

6:

Another one from Martin Down in Wiltshire; any chance this might be Dwarf Gorse, or is it just where they've cleared the scrub and it's reflowering?
1) chalk milkwort, I haven't seen a common milkwort with so many flowers or so dense.
2) dwarf mouseear because of the reddish stem
3) Maybe a catsear because of the hairy leaves
4)maybe Smith's Pepperwort
5)
6) common gorse
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