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Botanical notes and finds in 2011
Carex biigelowii – This was found on the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill on 15/6/2011 by Mike Canaway, Roger Neale & L.R. This was the confirmation of a pre-1986 record. (SD7887)
Carex nigra (tufted form) – Probably a 1st record for v.c. 65 for this beautiful form of Carex nigra in the ephemeral Pinkers Pond near Middleham, found by Marie Saag, Simon Warwick and L.R. on 17/7/2011, confirmed by Mike Porter. (SE1086)
Carex vaginata – The 3rd record of Carex vaginata in v.c. 65 was spotted by L.R. on 22/6/2011 by L.R. in a flush on the southern slopes of Wold Fell, this was confirmed by Mike Porter. (SE7884)
Centaurea nigra (rayed form) – Possibly a 2nd record for v.c. 65, found by L.R. on 30/7/2011 on roadside near Burton Pasture, Waldendale. (SE01.84)
Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides – one plant found on 3/6/2011 at Locker Tarn by Kevin Walker & Alan Gendle, first record since David Tennant’s 1977 record. (SE0091)
Dryopteris cambrensis ssp. cambrensis – found by Bruce Brown and Mike Canaway below Dent Head Viaduct on 30/7/2011. (SD7784)
Epilobium alsinifolium – This was found in a calcareous flush on the lower slopes of Great Knoutberry Hill on 15/6/2011 by Mike Canaway, Roger Neale & L.R., the confirmation of an old pre 1986 record. A second colony was found by Brian Burrow in a nearby flush shortly afterwards. (SD7887)
Gagea lutea - 2011 got off to a good start with an early email from Deborah Millward getting reports of thousands of heads of Gagea lutea on the banks of the Ure at Danby Low Mill. At the field meeting at Cover Bridge on 6th April these were visited and other old records confirmed at Tanfield on the riverbank lower down the Ure, Castle Bolton in a woodland well above the stream and Lord’s Bridge near Wensley in an open riverbank pasture.
Gentiana verna – L.R. whilst tetrad bashing on 25/4/2011 found a new colony on the south side of the Brough to Middleton-in-Teesdale road. Over 60 plants were counted on a patch of limestone grassland. Persicaria vivipara also occurred at the same site. (NY8420)
Helleborus viridis - not just one or two plants but thousands were seen on 17/4/2011 in a pasture near Woden Croft near Cotherstone, the adjacent woodland and the riverbank also had hundreds of plants. Recorders were members of Dr. M. Bradshaw’s Botany Group, Doug McCutcheon & Brian Burrow. (NZ0020)
Hordeum jubatum – possibly a first record for v.c. 65 found by L.R. on 19/8/2011 on the roadside near the bridge at the bottom of West Stonesdale. (NY8801)
Juncus bulbosus ssp. kochii – This was spotted by Mike Wilcox on a visit to Great Shunner Fell by Mike Wilcox, Jesse Tregale, Tim Laurie and L.R. on 20/7/2011. (SD8496)
Juncus effusus (non-flowering form) – Patch 3 m x 6 m spotted up Hunder Rigg by L.R. on 29/8/2011. (NY9116)
Polystichum x bicknelli – one plant found in Deepdale Woods by John Durkin, record received from John Durkin on 20/11/2011. (NZ0316)
Rosa multiflora cultivar – found in small woodland south of West Burton on 30/7/2011 by L.R. determined by Roger Maskew. (SE0186)
Rubia peregrina – this was spotted on the path up the limestone quarry above Pinker’s Pond near Middleham on 17/7/2011 by Marie Saag, Simon Warwick and L.R. This is a first record for v.c. 65, a lot further north than the previous records in the BSBI Atlas, North Wales being the most northerly site till now. (SE1086)
Salix caprea ssp. sphacelata – This record still needs confirmation. A few trees and bushes were spotted on 30/5/2011 along with normal Salix caprea on the scars at How Edge, near Ravenseat by Tim & Eileen Laurie and L.R. (NY8602)
Sorbus rupicola – Tim & Eileen Laurie spotted two bushes of Sorbus rupicola on White Scar near Downholme, their find was confirmed by Dr. Tim Rich, this was last recorded in 1963. (SE1199)
Trichophorum x foersteri - spotted on the saddle of Buttertubs Pass by Mike Wilcox, the 3rd record for v.c. 65 on 20/7/2011. (SD8695)
Trichophorum x foersteri – found on the moor between Tan Hill and Rogan’s Seat by L.R. on 22/8/2011, determined by Jeremy Roberts. (NY8905)
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