Or not exactly. My lockdown project has been to really get to know the wild flowers that I find locally and learn the Latin names. I thought I knew a fair few, but no. Like all areas of study, the more you learn, the more you realise how much you don’t know.
DS and DiL gave me the two definitive identification books for Christmas and I’ve been applying what’s left of my brain since. I photograph the wild flowers on my local Common along with notes and have acquired a wholly undeserved reputation for botanical knowledge. I also photograph plants on our walks. Those who know me know that my big pleasure in life is walking and discovering London and the local counties.
Last Sunday we went to the Hoo peninsula and I photographed an unusual plant which I’d never seen before. I discovered what it was and posted its English name and scientific name , Mouse tail / Myosotis minimus. It seems it’s very rare and I sent the details - photo, northings and eastings, habitat and relationship to the surrounding paths and fields to the Kent and Medway biological recording group who were beyond excited. It seems it’s very rare indeed, vulnerable in fact and the last record of it in Kent was 1975. The County Recorder is contacting the farmer to see if the land can remain unploughed as it’s so rare (it was left unploughed as it’s very low lying and flooded after the winter) and the find will be recorded in the Kent Botany.
I’m such a beginner in this so I’m very elated at having found a plant whose location was unknown to all the experts.
DS and DiL gave me the two definitive identification books for Christmas and I’ve been applying what’s left of my brain since. I photograph the wild flowers on my local Common along with notes and have acquired a wholly undeserved reputation for botanical knowledge. I also photograph plants on our walks. Those who know me know that my big pleasure in life is walking and discovering London and the local counties.
Last Sunday we went to the Hoo peninsula and I photographed an unusual plant which I’d never seen before. I discovered what it was and posted its English name and scientific name , Mouse tail / Myosotis minimus. It seems it’s very rare and I sent the details - photo, northings and eastings, habitat and relationship to the surrounding paths and fields to the Kent and Medway biological recording group who were beyond excited. It seems it’s very rare indeed, vulnerable in fact and the last record of it in Kent was 1975. The County Recorder is contacting the farmer to see if the land can remain unploughed as it’s so rare (it was left unploughed as it’s very low lying and flooded after the winter) and the find will be recorded in the Kent Botany.
I’m such a beginner in this so I’m very elated at having found a plant whose location was unknown to all the experts.
clever you xx
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