unknown plant for id please

[kiltoncomp]

found on a vehicle track through what was a conifer plantation that has been cleared, the soil was dry, sandy and stony,
there were quite a few along a 20yd stretch of the track,
probably a common plant , but not one ive seen before




Brian.

[treecreeper]

That's Common Cudweed Filago vulgaris

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by treecreeper

That's Common Cudweed Filago vulgaris

Hi Treecreeeper, thanks for the quick id on this, it may be common, but its still one ive never seen before , or heard of , come to that
just goes to show what a variety of wildlife there is out there , if you only take the time to look
thanks again,
Brian

[treecreeper]

Brian, the word 'common' doesn't mean much in plant names. There's a Common Wintergreen Pyrola minor which I've not found in 30 years of botanising. Common Cudweed is 'locally frequent to South, rare to North' in contrast with Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum which is listed as 'very common'.

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by treecreeper

Brian, the word 'common' doesn't mean much in plant names. There's a Common Wintergreen Pyrola minor which I've not found in 30 years of botanising. Common Cudweed is 'locally frequent to South, rare to North' in contrast with Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum which is listed as 'very common'.

being in the North Midlands (it was found in Clumber Park) should put it somewhere in the middle then
with our changing climate, it could be that the distribution of wildlife is changing too?
whatever its status, i'm pleased to have found it ,and even more so to have been able to put a name to it

Brian.

[treecreeper]

Brian, to discover how good a find it was you will need to locate Clumber Park on this!

BSBI Maps Scheme: Hectad Map vulgaris&commname=Common Cudweed

[tcvarlh]

1297, from O.Fr. comun, from L. communis "in common, public, general, shared by all or many," from PIE *ko-moin-i- "held in common," compound adjective formed from *ko- "together" + *moi-n-, suffixed form of base *mei- "change, exchange" (see mutable), hence lit. "shared by all." Perhaps reinforced in O.Fr. by Frank. descendant of P.Gmc. *gamainiz (cf. O.E. gemæne "common, public, general, universal"), from the P.Gmc. form of PIE *ko-moin-i- (see mean (adj.)).
Therefore, the word Common is used as a noun and not as an adjective and thereby having the meaning of the ‘standard’ by which others of the species are measured rather than a sense of generality.

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[treecreeper]

I'm ashamed of my dictionary.