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Hoping to inspire others to see the beauty of our native wildflowers and wildlife and thus help protect them.
Cornwall Botany Group/BSBI/CornwallWildlifeTrust

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@AngelikaHTCG Thanks, I hope so too.

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@donnarainey4 Thanks Donna

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Cornwall Botany for May, rather limited due to a continuing bout of reactive arthritis!

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I hope you enjoy it.

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@B_Strawbridge Thanks Brigit.

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@AngelikaHTCG The big un might be Orange Mullein, but you'll need to wait for the flowers. See https://t.co/5P8ZF0jkY7 it will help you ID it.

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Heath Speedwell was abundant on the Bodmin Moor today, but without the flowers you wouldn't see the leaves. The sheep graze them so short they're almost invisible.
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Veronica officinalis

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A not terribly good photo of Slender Trefoil, its flowers tiny compared to Lesser Trefoil nearby. An unusual find for the Bodmin Moor and right next to a clump of Chamomile.
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Trifolium micranthum

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Bog Stitchwort was frequent, though its tiny flowers are easily missed from standing height. Bodmin Moor today.
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Stellaria alsine

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Sheep Sorrel flowering on the Bodmin Moor today. Now added to the Red List due to a steep decline in its numbers in England.
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Rumex acetosella

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English Stonecrop is found on walls (Cornish Hedges) all over the Bodmin Moor, while elsewhere it's mostly a coastal cliff loving species. #wildflowerhour

Sedum anglicum

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A new species for me today was finding a single tuft of Mat-grass in acres of Molinia grassland on the Bodmin Moor. Perhaps the sheep get most of them.
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Nardus stricta

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A flowering Heath Rush from Bodmin Moor today.
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Juncus squarrosus

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From a distance, I thought these aquatic plants were a Myriophyllum species, but they turned out to be the aquatic form of Bulbous Rush! Bodmin Moor today. Completely folds flat when taken out of the water.

Juncus bulbosus

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An inland Sheep's-bit flowering on a Cornish hedge above sheep grazing level on the Bodmin Moor today. #wildflowerhour

Jasione montana

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Mouse-ear Hawkweed from Bodmin Moor and the last one from Wadebridge for #wildflowerhour I think this is an attractive composite species.

Pilosella officinarum

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Ivy Broomrape, the white form, parasitizing Atlantic Ivy on the cliffs below Plymouth Hoe yesterday.
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Orobanche hederae f. monochroa

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Naturalised Silver Ragwort on the cliffs below Plymouth Hoe yesterday for #wildflowerhour The hybrid with Common Ragwort was also nearby.

Jacobaea maritima

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Heath Bedstraw flowering in good numbers on Bodmin Moor today. The 2st photo shows a clump out of reach of sheep, so it's it's much larger & bushier than the others.

Galium saxatile
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Harestail and Common Cottongrasses from Bodmin Moor today.

Eriophorum vaginatum and E. angustifolium