Plant sites in Norfolk

[davidbr]

I'm heading to Norfolk for a couple of weeks from Saturday, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any specific sites for unusual species in Norfolk & Suffolk (or Cambridgeshire, for that matter...)?

I'm especially thinking about locations for naturalised species (churchyards, that kind of thing), but any & all information will be welcomed

Thanks

[treecreeper]

Don't miss the matted sea-lavender Limonium bellidifolium on the North Norfolk coast. I can't remember its East-West limits but its easy to find. It grows abundantly on the sand rather than on the salt marshes.

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by treecreeper

Don't miss the matted sea-lavender Limonium bellidifolium on the North Norfolk coast. I can't remember its East-West limits but its easy to find. It grows abundantly on the sand rather than on the salt marshes.

Don't forget the really rare orchids you only get in the South. You could research some sites for the Fen Orchid but I think you need permission to see it

[Hobjob]

The coastal strip Dunwich Cliffs to Sizewell, past Minsmere, has all the shingle sea plants, plus mossy stonecop and Marsh Sow-thistle on the reserve, though that was very poor last year (too much digging out of ditches - which was equally necessary for other reasons).

There is a roadside reserve at (52.24530288393035, 1.5158557891845703). Fordley Rd, Middleton, just to west of railway, that has dyers greenwood and spiny-restharrow - though last year the latter was scarce.


PM me if you're coming my way!

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by Hobjob

The coastal strip Dunwich Cliffs to Sizewell, past Minsmere, has all the shingle sea plants, plus mossy stonecop and Marsh Sow-thistle on the reserve, though that was very poor last year (too much digging out of ditches - which was equally necessary for other reasons).

There is a roadside reserve at (52.24530288393035, 1.5158557891845703). Fordley Rd, Middleton, just to west of railway, that has dyers greenwood and spiny-restharrow - though last year the latter was scarce.


PM me if you're coming my way!

I'm planning to come as far down as Saxmundham, to have a look at an old relic garden there alongside the railway line, and I seem to remember during my birding days seeing Dittander at Aldeburgh. I'm sure we'll take a look at Minsmere (maybe not the RSPB reserve itself) and there's also supposed to be a colony of Angular Sea-fig on the cliffs nearby.

I don't suppose you know whether the Giant Fennel's still present on the A11 near Mildenhall, do you? Also, my Alien Plants of the British Isles lists Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) as "known for more than 30 years" at Bawdsey, and Yellow Hardhead (Centaurea macrocephala) as "persistent in an abandoned orchard" at Belstead. Would you happen to know anything about either of those, because I've been unable to find any more information?