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19-03-2010, 10:43 AM
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| |  Plant at Beechy Head
This plant was seen near the foot of Beechy Head, E Sussex in Sept 2009. I couldn't see any flowers on it, but I didn't get too close. I am hoping that the large size of the leaves will enable its identification. They were huge, I'd estimate 80-100 cm long, bigger than anything I've seen in the UK.
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19-03-2010, 11:07 AM
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| | | Re: Plant at Beechy Head
Looks a bit like colt's foot leaves but not at that size! Too early for butterbur (which has huge leaves) so I'm stumped! |
19-03-2010, 11:30 AM
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| | | Re: Plant at Beechy Head
 Could well be Common Scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis. White flowers april-august Found on sea cliffs and salted roadsides. lots of smooth fleshy heart shaped leaves.I'd get 20 I- Spy points in my book for this.... |
19-03-2010, 02:24 PM
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| | | Re: Plant at Beechy Head
Where abouts I have friends that live near there and I might be able to get it clarified for you however think you will find it's coltsfoot |
19-03-2010, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tufftie  Where abouts I have friends that live near there and I might be able to get it clarified for you however think you will find it's coltsfoot | It all depends on whether he means 80-100mm across or 80-100cm across which is considerably larger than any coltsfoot I have seen! |
19-03-2010, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton It all depends on whether he means 80-100mm across or 80-100cm across which is considerably larger than any coltsfoot I have seen! | That's a point - I wonder if the measurements are correct...plants tend to be smaller Beachy Head way too  It looks like the ones I've seen up there! |
19-03-2010, 11:48 PM
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| | | Re: Plant at Beechy Head
Thanks for the replies so far on this. I do mean cm and not mm but Leith,my wife, thinks that I may have exaggerated the size  . But I still think that they were over a foot long, so perhaps 30-50cm. Going through the books I did think of butterbur but the habitat seemed wrong, they were at the base of the cliffs in a very exposed position.
I wonder if they are perhaps not a native but some sort of exotic that has been washed or blown in?
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20-03-2010, 12:19 AM
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| | | Re: Plant at Beechy Head
I am pretty sure it is colts foot....and a dodgy measuring device
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20-03-2010, 01:23 AM
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| | | Re: Plant at Beechy Head
I thought it might be Butterbur going by the grey downy under the leafs they reach their full size in summer 10cm when young |
20-03-2010, 09:07 AM
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Having seen lots of coltsfoot at the bottom of the cliffs there and no butterburr - going to go with Dan's comment | | |
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