Several thousand crocuses in flower, many more not flowering
\nCreeping Buttercup\u00a0 Ranunculus repens
\nLesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria
\nLesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammula
\nCommon Sorrel\u00a0 Rumex acetosa
\nPrimrose Primula vulgaris
\nBarren Strawberry\u00a0 Potentilla sterilis
\nPignut Conopodium majus
\nBetony Stachys officinalis
\nDevil\u2019s-bit Scabious\u00a0 Succisa pratensis
\nMarsh Thistle\u00a0 Cirsium palustre
\nAn unvigorous rose
\nJointed Rush (heavily grazed) Juncus articulatus
\nSoft Rush (ungrazed) Juncus effusus
\nCock\u2019s-foot\u00a0 Dactylis glomerata
\nYorkshire Fog\u00a0 Holcus lanatus
\nTufted Hair-grass\u00a0 Deschampsia caespitose
\nBent Grass Agrostis spp.
\nFine-leaved Fescue Festuca spp.
\nPerennial ryegrass Lolium perenne
\nSnowdrops \u2013 single and double forms of Galanthus nivalis<\/p>\n
Song thrush
\nDunnock
\nRabbit droppings
\nMole hills
\nBombus terrestris<\/p>\n
Fungi:\u00a0 Hymenochaete rubiginosa (on large tree stump in field adjacent to crocuses)
\n![\"Lichen](\"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/photos\/inkpen-20090307bw.jpg\")
Lichens:
\nEvernia prunastri (various trees throughout the walk)
\nLecanora chlarotera (various trees throughout the walk)
\nParmelia sulcata (various trees throughout the walk)
\nMelanelia subaurifera (various trees throughout the walk)
\nXanthoria parietina (various trees throughout the walk)
\nXanthoria polycarpa (on hawthorn branches\/twigs in crocus fields)
\nFuscidea lightfootii (large tree in boggy corner of field adjacent to crocus field)
\n– I am fairly sure of this determination as the specimen fitted the description in Dobson (2005) and habitat type (i.e. trees in boggy areas).\u00a0 This is of interest as it is uncommon in the area but there only appeared to be one specimen so I could not take a specimen for microscopical examination.
\nCladonia fimbriata (on large tree stump in field adjacent to crocuses)<\/p>\n
The wood between the Crocus Field and the Inkpen Common reserve:<\/strong> At the Inkpen Common Reserve:<\/strong> Fungi: Lichens: The fungi and lichens were determined by Dr James Wearn, the mosses were identified from photographs by Dr Malcolm Storey and the remaining plants etc were identified by various members of the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Saturday 7th March, Jan Haseler led a field trip to Inkpen. The walk started in bright sunshine at BBOWT\u2019s Crocus Field reserve. Several thousand…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-trip-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\na Polypody
\nSoft Shield-fern\u00a0 Polystichum setiferum
\nHard Fern\u00a0 Blechnum spicant
\nBroad Buckler Fern\u00a0 Dryopteris dilatata
\nLichens:
\nHypogymnia physodes (on oak in woodland)
\nFlavoparmelia caperata (on oak in woodland)
\nThelotrema lepadinum (on oak in woodland)<\/p>\n
\nCreeping-Jenny\u00a0 Lysimachia nemorum
\nBroom Cytisus scoparius
\nGorse Ulex europaeus
\nFrogspawn
\n9+ different mosses under a birch by the mire, including
\na sphagnum
\nMnium hornum
\nDicranum scoparium<\/p>\n
\nBiscogniauxia nummularia (on beech trunk at the Mire)
\nHypoxylon fragiforme (on beech trunk at the Mire)
\nPiptoporus betulinus (on silver birch trunk at the Mire)
\nDaedaleopsis confragosa (on willow trunk at the Mire)<\/p>\n
\nCladonia coniocraea (on basal region of silver birch trunk on Inkpen Common)
\n– a test with Potassium hydroxide (KOH) gave a K- negative reaction, distinguishing it from the similar species, C. macilenta.<\/p>\n