Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
Hollinhill Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
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Primula vulgaris (Cowslip)
Markland Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
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Primula x polyxantha (False Oxlip)
Markland Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
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Ulmus sp (Elm)
Hollinhill Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
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Carex caryophyllaea (Spring Sedge)
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Markland Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
Markland Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
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Carex ericetorum (Rare Spring Sedge)
Markland Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
A very rare plant in Derbyshire, this tiny sedge is restricted to a single site in Derbyshire, where it grows in very small quantity.
Rare Spring Sedge is a similar stature to 'common' Spring Sedge, but once seen, it has a very distinctive and different appearance. The most striking feature is the very dark purple (almost black) inflorescence. It also flowers earlier than Spring Sedge, so that by the time C. caryophyllaea is flowering, the spikes of C. ericetorum have largely finished. Spring Sedge also has very different glumes - they are orange-brown with a prominent green midrib.
Rare Spring Sedge is a similar stature to 'common' Spring Sedge, but once seen, it has a very distinctive and different appearance. The most striking feature is the very dark purple (almost black) inflorescence. It also flowers earlier than Spring Sedge, so that by the time C. caryophyllaea is flowering, the spikes of C. ericetorum have largely finished. Spring Sedge also has very different glumes - they are orange-brown with a prominent green midrib.
Carex montana (Soft-leaved Sedge)
Hollinhill Grips DWT Reserve, Clowne
Known from only a single site in Derbyshire, this is one of the county's most scarce plants. Despite its name, C. montana has a southern distribution nationally, with the Derbyshire population by far the most northerly in Britain.
C. montana can be recognised by its congested, very dark inflorescences and soft green leaves. The similar C. pilulifera has coarser, glaucous leaves and grows in acidic sites.
C. montana can be recognised by its congested, very dark inflorescences and soft green leaves. The similar C. pilulifera has coarser, glaucous leaves and grows in acidic sites.
Equisetum hyemale
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Millington Green, E of Ashbourne
Millington Green, E of Ashbourne
Rough Horsetail is only known from a single site in Derbyshire, where it occurs in rather ordinary-looking woodland on a damp streabank. Why it occurs here and nowhere else is a mystery.
I saw only colonies, one very small and one forming a patch extending over a couple of square metres.
Rough Horsetail is an easy species to identify apart from it thick, tall, unbranched stems, it is a distinctly blue-green plant, rather than the normal green of other Equisetum species and the stems are very rough to touch. The black leaf sheaths also lack teeth.
I saw only colonies, one very small and one forming a patch extending over a couple of square metres.
Rough Horsetail is an easy species to identify apart from it thick, tall, unbranched stems, it is a distinctly blue-green plant, rather than the normal green of other Equisetum species and the stems are very rough to touch. The black leaf sheaths also lack teeth.