Saturday, 14 July 2007

Seeing the Changes 34











Lots of changes on my return from Libya. In Loughor the Blackberry (Rubus fruticosa) is black and the Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) bright red. In Bynea, the Great mullein is rallying after the caterpillars had their quota. Lots of plants have come into flower including Ribbed melilot (Melilotus officinalis), White melilot (Melilotus alba), Marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis), Marsh cudweed (Filaginella uliginosa), Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) and Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare). There were also many white umbellifers, probably Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) and rather fewer yellow umbellifers, probably Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa).

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