Thursday 3 April 2008

Seeing the Changes 79













In Loughor, the Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) bud has finally gone red and the Silver birch (Betula pendula) leaves are peeping through. Exits for ground-nesting bees are being created on my lawn. Also in this location, as well as Bynea, the Field woodrush (Lazula campestris), Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) and the Flowering ash (Fraxinus excelsior) are in bloom. All over the area, Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) appear as common as the Daisy. In Bynea, the Sea storksbill (Erodium maritimum), Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus), Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) and Common reed (Phragmites communis) are in flower. The initial probes of the Field horsetail (Equisetum telmatria) are emerging en masse like small snake heads. At the National Botanical Gardens Wales (Llanarthe), the cultivated flowers were joined, in addition to Ground ivy, by Wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides), Bluebell (Endymion non-scripta) and Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris).

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