Plants noted in the Writtle area:
Flammulina velutipes, a yellow capped
toadstall with a dark brown velvety
stripe, was tufted on a tree stump.
The following three plants were in
seed and prominent in the hedges:
Clematis vitalba (Travellers joy)
Euonymus europaeus (Spindle Tree)
and Humulus lupulus (Hop).
The following 14 plants were seen
in flower:
Achillea millefolium- (Yarrow)
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel)
Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow)
Veronica persica (Common Field Speedwell)
Lamium album (White Dead Nettle)
Stellaria media (Chickweed)
Urtica urens (Small Nettle)
Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion)
Sonchus oleraceous (Common Sowthistle)
Capselia burso-pastoris (Shepherds Purse)
Tripleuropermum maritimum (Scentless
Mayweed)
Senecio squalidus (Oxford Ragwort)
Myosoton aquaticum (Water Chickweed)
Sinapis avensis (Charlock)
Martin Gregory.
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