2 plants from wet areas for id please.

the naturelover · #1 (**permalink**) 09-07-2011, 12:47 AM

Hi can anyone id these two plants for me please.

Unfortunately not in flower. which would have made it slightly easier. Found a group of these growing in a permanently wet boggy area. Huge 14 inches long heart shaped leaves.

just the seed head and leaves of this one. growing on a bank at the side of a lake.
regards tn.

aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-07-2011, 04:48 AM

1 is one of the Burdock species, Arctium sp
2 Haresfoot Clover, Trifolium arvense, surprising from a wet area as I usually find it in well drained areas.

King Edward · #3 (**permalink**) 09-07-2011, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Haresfoot Clover, Trifolium arvense, surprising from a wet area as I usually find it in well drained areas.

It may perhaps have been on a dry bank beside the lake.

the naturelover · #4 (**permalink**) 11-07-2011, 08:31 PM

Again my thanks for you're help.
I did look at both of these but dismissed them as in my book they are both said to inhabit DRY areas. The clover I can possibly understand as the bank is well drained and very sandy and the weather this year has been exceptionaly dry. However the burdock is growing in a permantly very wet boggy area. Almost in a stream which is the runoff from a lake.
I am happy to agree with you're id's though and will keep an eye on the burdock until it flowers.
Just goes to show how adaptable nature can be and how difficult it is to pin things down for us novices.
regards tn.