Botanical Cornwall 2011

Number 15 is in preparation for publishing in 2011, so if you have any new of interesting records, or wish to submit an article regarding recording in Cornwall and/or the Isles of Scilly please contact the editors:

>> I.J. Bennallick and

>> D.A. Pearman

Local Links

Botanical Cornwall Group

Environmental Records Centre

Federation of Biological Recorders

Botanical Cornwall 2010

>> Download BC2010 here (pdf 4Mb)

Botanical Cornwall 14 (2010) has just been published by the Botanical Cornwall Group and the Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS). Edited by I.J. Bennallick & D.A. Pearman this occasional publication is the first since 2005 and includes fifty pages of new and interesting records for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and fifteen colour pages and photos. Articles include:

>> A new dandelion - Taraxacum ronae - and its distribution in Cornwall by L.J. Margetts

>> Recording in Cornwall 2006 to 2009; Fitch’s Illustrations of the British Flora; and Important Plant Areas – all by C. N. French

>> The decline of Illecebrum verticillatum by D.A. Pearman

>> Centaurium scilloides, Juncus subnodulosus and Phegopteris connectilis rediscovered in Cornwall after many years by I.J. Bennallick.

>> Bryological Field Meetings 2006 – 2007 by N. de Sausmarez.

Botanical Cornwall 14 (2010) is available as a printed document from ERCCIS, Five Acres, Allet, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DJ for £7 incl. p&p in UK (please send a cheque made out to Cornwall Wildlife Trust)

Meetings

All walks start off at 10am (so try to get to the meeting place by 9.30am) and usually finish at around 4pm. Meetings are open to all and are free unless otherwise stated. Bring hand-lens, notebooks and field guides if you wish, relevant OS 1:25000 maps and a GPS if you have one. Suitable clothing and footwear is recommended and bring a packed lunch. If the weather is very wet (or forecast to be) the meeting may be cancelled – contact the co-ordinator beforehand to check.

Most of the meetings this year have been organised in East Cornwall where the bulk of the recording effort for the next few years is needed, especially on Bodmin Moor (*) and the China clay areas near St Austell.

Tel: 01726 890384 or 07714738189.  email ianbennallick@btinternet.com

Sunday 8th April – SW83 St Just-in-Roseland. Meet in car park in village SW852356.

Saturday 5th May – SW98 Port Quin to Port Isaac. Meet in Port Quin car park SW971805.

Wednesday 9th May – SX08 Tregardock area, north of. Meet at Tregardock, park along minor road at SX047838.

Sunday 3rd June - SX08 Tregardock area, south of. Meet at Tregardock, park along minor road at SX047838.

Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th July – SW42 and SW43 - Wild Flower Society meeting, based around Penzance area. For details contact the co-ordinator.

Wednesday 11th July – *SX17 Colliford Reservoir. Meet in car park by edge of reservoir SX163730. Searching for Dactylorhiza viridis, a huge population last seen here in the 1980s.

Sunday 15th July – *SX27 Trewortha Tor/Bastreet Downs/Tresellern Marsh. Meet along minor road SX258758.

Sunday 22nd July – *SX27 Halvana Plantation and East Moor. Meet at end of minor road, Halvana SX213787.

Sunday 29th July – *SX17 Kerrow Downs. Meet at T-junction at SX115749. Searching for Hammarbya paludosa.

Sunday 12th August – *SX26 Bulland Downs and Common Moor. Meet at Golitha Falls (Draynes Wood) car park SX227689.

Wednesday 15th August – *SX27 East Moor and Rushyford Gate. Meet along minor road near ford SX237770.

Sunday 26th August – SX95 Goverseth area. Meet in layby SW947546. Recording in the varied habitats of the China clay area.

Botanical Cornwall Group Co-ordinator – Ian Bennallick Lower Polmorla, St. Wenn, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 5PE.