2010 Floral Survey starts
Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa)
The 2010 Floral Survey started on 12th. April. Members of the Sussex Botanical Recording Society and Worthing Natural History Society led the session. We are concentrating on Cant D, Cant T and the mounds east of the pond. The two Cants were coppiced this year and the mound was mowed in the autumn. We tend to survey those areas which have been worked most recently to ensure that the flora regenerates satisfactorily. We are not including the small area in Cant A, which was coppiced, as it will be included when the rest of the cant is surveyed.
Due to the cold winter the woodland plants are slower to show signs of flowering than in previous seasons. However, there are plenty of flowers to be seen. In particular the Wood Anemone’s ( Anemone nemorosa) are especially brilliant at the moment. Cant’s C and D are both carpeted in white.
In the northern end of the wood there are numerous clumps of Town-hall clock (Adoxa moschalellina). This diminutive little plant is particularly charming at the moment. With it’s four flowers at the cardinal points and the fifth one on top it certainly resembles the Town-hall clock of its name. There is a particularly fine clump just left of the first bridge after the kissing gate on the northern boundary path.
Town-hall Clock (Adoxa moschatellina)
Lesser Celendine (Ranunculus ficaria)
Early Dog Violet (Viola reichenbachiana)
Primrose (Primula vulgaris)Lesser Celendine (Ranunculus ficaria)
The survey will be continuing throughout the summer. The next session will be on Monday 3rd. May 2010, meeting at 10:00 next to Small Dole Village Hall. If you would like to attend please contact us to check on final arrangements.
