More Shotover Flora – 20140712
On Saturday 12th July we paid another visit to our square in Shotover. We had two aims: to identify any plants we could find, particularly any that we may have missed on previous occasions, and to have a go at photographing some of the species we found.
Since time was spent taking photos as well as identifying plants the list of plant species is very short in comparison to other days. I also wanted to practice my use of the plan identity keys and so the whole process took even longer.
The plants I looked at were:
Prunella vulgaris
Potentilla erecta
Circaea lutetiana
Rumex conglomeratus
I also tried to identify a lichen that I found on a fallen twig. I think it may be Hypogymnia physodes or a Parmelia species, possibly P. acetabulum. But I may be completely wrong.
Carl Sprake 