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30-08-2011, 06:41 PM
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| | | Beach plant - what is it? Anyone know what this is? Seen on Felixstowe Beach in July. | 
30-08-2011, 07:41 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Snowdonia, N. Wales
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| | | Re: Beach plant - what is it? I don't recognise it as one of our native shingle-plants.
Plants growing near the sea can often look very different to their counterparts inland, and there is one that often turns up on or near the sea among the shingle, and that's Shasta Daisy - Leucanthemum x superbum, that's what I think this is. It often doesn't flower when close to the sea, but has a very tough root-system and can survive in what is a very harsh environment.
Dorts. | 
31-08-2011, 12:32 PM
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| | | Re: Beach plant - what is it? It's dittander just sprouting
Was this taken on Landguard?? | 
31-08-2011, 12:48 PM
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| | | Re: Beach plant - what is it? This may be the flower to the 'beach plant, as you can see there is a similar near. So any further thoughts? This pic was in the same place but on a bit of grassland next to the shingle.
I don't think it is the Shasta Daisy, the leaf is much thicker. | 
31-08-2011, 12:48 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Snowdonia, N. Wales
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| | | Re: Beach plant - what is it? Just seen the new photo Grandma Sue has posted, pity it wasn't posted first time round, it would have helped me no end! 
Yes agree it's Dittander - Lepidium latifolium.
Dorts.
Last edited by Dorts; 31-08-2011 at 12:54 PM.
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