alkaline

Sand pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisi showing insubstantial foliage and yellow and white flowers

Reindeer lichen Cladonia rangiformis showing spots of algae growing on the grey branches

Early Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp coccinea showing distinctive red flowers and stocky low habit

Close up of one flower showing reflexed sides of labellum and red colour

Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica with flower fruit seed and leaf underside

With spikelet detail, showing how the upper leaf looks like a continuation of the stem

Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis with details of pappas types on two different achenes

With stem detail showing swollen red bases of stem hairs

Sand hill screwmoss Wet specimen showing green starry tips against bronze background

Dry specimen showing how incurled the moss becomes when not wet

Syntrichia ruraliformis ruraliformis fascicle and leaf with hyaline tip

Western eyebright Euphrasia tetraquetra with leaf & flower detail

Sharp rush Juncus acutus with nutlet and inflorescence

Bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella showing sprawling habit

Showing seed, pale pink flowers, woolly blue leaves and a seed

Showing yellow and cream colouration and sprawling, tufted habit  

Jersey orchid Anacamptis laxiflora close up showing the top of the flowering spike, with three flowers.

Maple Acer campestre keys and leaves on branch

Field maple Acer campestre showing habit and growth pattern

Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca in flower with ripe fruit

Wild service tree Sorbus torminalis with white flowers and an autumn leaf with fruit

Watercress Nasturtium officinale with flower and seeds and edible leaves

True fox sedge Carex vulpina tussock

Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa