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nature has not yet given up the fight and that Essex botanists can still
make exciting finds within the county.
Looking at the list of the 87 in detail, we are in many cases at a loss
to know just how many of their localities are still extant. Of the 87 at
least 26 are only known from one site, or within a single 1 x 1 km square.
How many sites can we now amass for Triglochin palustris, or the Early Marsh
Marsh Orchid, for example ? Does anyone know of a site for Crossuort other
than the one by Howe Wood Chalk Pit ? How many sites are left for Apium
inundatum outside Epping Forest 7 Are the two plants of Dianthus armeria
at Benfleet really the only two left in the county 7 Does Ranunculus
fluitans now occur anywhere else other than in the Cam just south of
Great Chesterford ? Indeed, how long will it be before Thalictrum flavum
(Meadow Rue) and Helianthemum chamaecislus (Rockrose) have to be added to
the list!
If you can answer any of these questions, or have any records of plants
on any of these lists, please let us have specific details so that some
sort of strategy can be worked out to save some of them before they become
extinct in Essex.
PLANTS, OTHER THAN THOSE IN THE NATIONAL RED DATA BOOK OF VASCULAR PLANTS
THAT OCCUR IN THREE OR LESS 1 x 1 km SQUARES IN ESSEX OR ONE OF ITS V.c's.
Aceras anthropophorum Geum rivale Thalictrum minus
Acinos arvensis ? Gnaphalium sylvaticum Thelypteris
Agrimonia procera (1) ? Gymnadenia conopsea palustris
Alopecurus bulbosus Helleborus viridis ? Thalspi alliaceum
Althaea officinalis (1) Hordelymus europaeus (1) Thymus pulegioides
Anagalis tenella Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (1) Tordylium maximum
Apium inundatum Hypericum elodes (1) Trifolium scabrum
Blysmus compressus (1) Jasione montana (1) T. suffocatum (1)
? Botrychium lunaria Juncus kockii Triglochin
Brachypodium pinnatum J. tenuis palustris
Carex echinata Lathraea squamaria Ulex minor
C. elata (1) Lathyrus hirsutus Utricularia
C. laevigata Lepidium perfoliatum (1) neglecta
7 C. rostrata Limonium binervosum ? Valerianella
Centaurium pulchellum (1) Linum bienne carinata
? Centaurea Cyathus Luzula forsteri ? V. dentata
? Ceterach officinalis Lycopodium clavatum (1) Vicia bithynica
? Crithmum maritimum Menyanthes trifoliata Viola palustris(1)
Dactylorchis incarnata Monotropa hypopitys (1?) Vulpia
Dactylorchis ericetorum Ophrys insectifera (1) membranacea
Dianthus armeria (1) Orobanche crenata (1 )
Drosera intermedia (1) Pedicularis sylvatica
D. rotundifolia ? Polygonum minus (1)
? Eleocharis quinqueflora (1) P. rurivagum Please send your
Epipactis palustris (1) Polypogon monspeliensis records to:
Erica tetralix ? Potamogeton compressus Ken Adams
Eriophorum angustifolium P. obtusifolius (1?) 63 Wroths Path
? Euphorbia paralias P. pusillus 
 Baldwins Hill
Festuca juncifolla Potentilla palustris (1)
 Loughton
Frankenia laevis Pyrola rotundifolia ESSEX IG10 1SH
Fritillaria meleagris Radiola linoides (1) 
? Fumaria densiflora Ranunculus fluitans
Galium cruciata (1?) ? Sagina maritima by the end of
Genista anglica (V.c.19) Scilla autumnalis (1) 1983 so that a
Gentianella amarella agg. Sonchus palustris (1)introd. definitive list
Geum x intermedium Symphytum tuberosum can be compiled.
Ken Adams