Today we went out to my favourite area, the Yorkshire Wolds to see some rare plants on a chalk scree and chalk pit floor. A successful day in one of my favourite areas, near Market Weighton, Driffield and Beverley. The journey there was good but typical traffic on the M62 around Brighouse - the J32A and then after that was very quiet as usual all the way to Goole where we turned off the M62. On the way home, almost solid all the way from J32A to our junction to get home, at J22. Red Hemp Nettle and Basil Thyme are rather scarce and declining arable weeds. There were a few thunderstorms out and about too. To clarify, the reason this plant has been determined as Large Thyme up against it's close relative Wild Thyme is that the plant is clearly much stronger scented than the nearby Wild Thyme and the flower spikes are more elongated. The book states for seperation of the two species : flower spikes more elongated on Large Thyme, Large Thyme also far more strongly scented then Wild Thyme. the Wildlfie Trust does not state Large Thyme is present here but the BSBI database has records here so the plant is definitely Large Thyme.
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| Autumn Gentian |
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| Yellow-wort |
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| Weld |
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| Scarlet Pimpernel |
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| Field Forget-me-Not |
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| Common Toadflax |
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| Carline Thistle |
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| The Nationally Scarce Red-Hemp Nettle |
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| Basil Thyme |
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| Large Thyme |
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| Large Thyme |
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| Large Thyme |
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| The reserve |
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| Pale Toadflax |
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| Looking towards the Holderness Plain |
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| Typical Wolds countryside |
A beautiful reserve with a great selection of plants :)
ReplyDeleteYes I really enjoyed it. Very nice plants and lovely surroundings.
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