More plants from Studland

[JennyS]

These plants were also photographed on the Studland peninsula.... a couple I'm fairly sure of, and two that I'm clueless on!

1. Shrubby Seablite?




2. Goldilocks Buttercup?




3.? Above high-water mark on shingle.




4.? On wet heath.

[Gill Catton]

hmmmm agreed on the first

perhaps small-flowered buttercup Ranunculus parviflorus just because I've met this for the first time this year and it looked a lot like this one.

3 no idea at all!!

4 my colleague and I are guess stag's-horn clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum

[JennyS]

Thanks Gill,

2. Small-flowered would make more sense location-wise for this one, it was in very sandy grassland above the high-water line.

4. Thank you both, I will have to get an id book for mosses too!


5. And one more, growing in sandy ground at the roadside....

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by JennyS

Thanks Gill,

2. Small-flowered would make more sense location-wise for this one, it was in very sandy grassland above the high-water line.

4. Thank you both, I will have to get an id book for mosses too!


5. And one more, growing in sandy ground at the roadside....

Eurrgghhh a brassica!! run for the hills!!!

(can't help sorry)

[Tiggrx]

4. is Marsh Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata). By the way getting a moss book won't help - clubmosses aren't mosses

5. might be Hoary Mustard (Hirschfeldia incana) but not sure

[JennyS]

Thanks Tiggryx,
umm, (and its not meant as a silly question) if Clubmoss isn't a moss what is it classed as?

[Tiggrx]

Originally Posted by JennyS

Thanks Tiggryx,
umm, (and its not meant as a silly question) if Clubmoss isn't a moss what is it classed as?

Clubmosses are vascular plants (i.e they have vascular tissues, such as xylem or phloem, to transport water). Other vascular plants include fern, horsetails, conifers and flowering plants.

True mosses don't have vascular tissues.

Clubmosses are most closely allied to the ferns.

[JennyS]

Ah, thanks for that Tiggyx, I've never noticed Clubmoss before, which it why it caught my attention.
Would you have any suggestions on 3. ?